Every battle is won before it is even fought — Amazon acquires Stanza. Like just about everyone else, I was completely blindsided by this. But should we have seen it coming?
The Black Series — Paperback covers from 1960’s Swedish crime series “Svarta serien” illustrated by Per Åhlin seen at Martin Klasch’s blog.
100 Books on Typography — Compiled by Charles Nix president of the Type Directors Club (via Design Observer).
Writing Without Words — Stefanie Posavec’s gorgeous visualizations of text and the writing styles of various authors (via @Ashbury&Ashbury).
The Art of Penguin Science Fiction— James Pardey is creating an archive of Penguin science fiction cover designs. If I have one complaint it’s that you can’t see larger versions of the covers, but otherwise it is brilliant (via Ace Jet 170).