[Vwoolf] Oh My

[Sarah M. Hall]

 Ha, these are hilarious! As the old saying goes: What were they thinking?

    On Wednesday, 23 June 2021, 15:56:23 BST, Mary Ellen Foley via Vwoolf <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu> wrote:  
 
 https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://lithub.com/50-very-bad-book-covers-for-literary-classics/__;!!KGKeukY!kIHTPPWCL1kjwSCa3qElyrD-hQCwnTDfqwpOHoSz8UtpdcTdLPyw7UJs7AGUk87IExY$ 

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

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