People who love Reading know the score! Anytime a movie or video game is based on a Book… the BOOK IS ALWAYS BETTER!! Ha Ha, this image is on a T-Shirt you can get HERE!

TED Talks is currently in the middle of an exciting new television partnership with Japan’s public broadcasting station, NHK. These two groups have teamed-up to create a brand-new TV Series titled, SUPER PRESENTATION. This new program is an educational TV series that aims to teach English through the art of persuasive ideas (via TEDTalks). The great news, NHK has plans to feature Chip Kidd’s TED speech in an upcoming episode. Please stay tuned to this website and once we have official information on the release date we’ll let you know.

Now, for the people who have not seen Kidd’s TEDTalk here’s some minor background. Last year, TED asked Chip Kidd to give a lecture on “Designing Books”. He did, and the wonderful thing is that it became very popular (whew!). So popular that it has been viewed (at the time of this writing) 657,356 times on the Official TED website. It has also been viewed over 88,000 times on YouTube. Well, the actual estimate for total viewing is approximately 900,000 times! Yes, almost a million people, WOW! So, if you have not seen it we have it right here. Please give it a quick view.

Last month Random House released Roger Hobbs’ debut thriller, GHOSTMAN, and the book is doing very well. So good in fact that they created a great Book Trailer Video for it, check it out! oh yeah, as an important side-note we should mention that this beautiful Book Cover was designed by the ultra-talented Knopf Designer, Peter Mendelsund.

Also, for fans of this new Author, here are some useful links:

Official Facebook Page

GHOSTMAN at Random House

Over at the OTHER PEOPLE Podcast with Brad Listi, Author David Shields talked about his new book, “How Literature Saved My Life”, published by Knopf. It’s a very in-depth interview as they discuss Fiction, Publishing, Book Writing Methods, and many other Book-Related things. It’s very thought provoking & if you’re a fan of Shield’s work you just have to hear it, it’s fun! Just CLICK HERE! Oh yeah, as a side-note we should also mention that Chip Kidd designed this Book Cover and you can see a larger view in the Gallery Section of CHIPKIDD.COM by clicking HERE!

This is a quick post to share this fun photo showing some of the “Vampires in the Lemon Grove” books that were recently published by Knopf and are waiting to be signed by the Author, Karen Russell. Oh man, we don’t envy her, this pile must have taken days to sign, ha ha! Oh well, it’s totally worth it because people really love Autographed Books. On a side-note we should mention that the designer for this amazing book cover is Knopf art director and long-time colleague and friend Carol Devine Carson.

About 2 weeks ago, as a part of Japan’s 2013 Tokyo International Literary Festival , the book cover designer Chip Kidd gave a talk at the Rainy Day Bookstore in Minami, Aoyama. He discussed current Book Cover Design, Graphic Art Influences, and his love of Japanese Culture. But this post was done to share this wonderful photo taken by Naoko Takano. Her personal blog has many other photos to see and some nice information too. To view it, please CLICK HERE!

Here’s a random photo we came across on the Internet and knew we had to share. Now, THIS is how you display books to sell, ha ha! I’m not sure where this bookstore is but whoever works there sure knows something about merchandising display and must also be a HUGE J. J. R. Tolkien LORD OF THE RINGS / HOBBIT Fan!! The books for sale are shown here stacked-up like the evil eye of Sauron!! Well played Sir, well played.

Here’s some Book Retail News that is sure to please Fans of both Chip Kidd and Batman, the Caped Crusader! Over at the ultra-awesome TFAW website they are selling Chip Kidd’s “BAT-MANGA: The Secret History of Batman in Japan” as a special Autographed Signed-Edition! This book is limited to 500 copies and for a short time it’s price is marked 17% OFF! So, Please be sure to get yours today, just CLICK HERE!

Oh yeah, this post is a quick shout out to let y’all know we have added a ton of fresh Book Cover Photos to the CHIPKIDD.COM Gallery Page. Some of them have been added to the first page & then there are some more on the second. So, please be sure to check them out and also remember to share them with all your friends and family!

Hey, Just click the “Gallery” Tab up above or simply, CLICK HERE!

Here’s a post that is both “book-related” and wacky! There’s a new movie in Japan, titled LIBRARY WARS, that is based on the Manga Graphic Novel stories by Toshokan Sensou. Now, this series of books have already been made into an animated TV Show, the graphic up above is an example of that. But wait! Now it’s a LIVE-ACTION MOVIE!

The film tells the story of Kasahara Iku, the first woman to join the Library Task Force. In the near future in Japan, the Media Enhancement Law has been forced upon the population censoring all books and media. To counter this, the Library Defense Force was created. To protect themselves against the Media Enhancement Law Commission, all major libraries are fully equipped with a military Task Force, who take it upon themselves to protect the books and freedom of media of the people. This anime follows Iku and her fellow soldiers as they protect various special books and artifacts from the oppression of the Media Enhancement Law Commission. A love story, war story, and comedy all rolled into one.

Check out the new Movie Trailer down below: