[Vwoolf] Oh My

[Mary Ellen Foley]

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://lithub.com/50-very-bad-book-covers-for-literary-classics/__;!!KGKeukY!h_z0tgnsUh-TsxzGNtGkom9j5NO2hDTfhVCywOdloJRUgWsSgU9mxYlZkEy9iI_sWGw$ 

See particularly the cover of 'Mrs Dalloway'

Mary Ellen (sorry -- forgot and signed the previous message 'mef')

On Wed, Jun 23, 2021 at 4:52 PM Mary Ellen Foley <mefoleyuk at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Interesting...  Bookshop.org's stated purpose is to provide an alternative
> to Amazon, yet this book is published by CreateSpace, which is owned by
> Amazon.
>
> CreateSpace I'm sure sometimes does laudable work, and I do not know Paula
> Benitez (Are you here? Does anyone know her?), but CreateSpace is also
> well-known for publishing public-domain books in slapped-on covers,
> sometimes at stupendously ridiculous prices.  I'd question where this
> editor/publisher got the text, as sometimes these things are pirated, and
> genera--sometimes the people who publish these editions are...well, they're
> cashing in.
>
> At least they have a dog on the cover.  Some of these things are even
> father out in left field...
>
> mef
>
> ---
M.E.Foley
MEFoleyUK at gmail.com
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