Since David Rakoff’s next book, “Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish: a Novel” will be published posthumously this year by Doubleday (Random House) we thought we would mention an extremely wonderful thing done by WBEZ Chicago Radio at their Official Website for THIS AMERICAN LIFE.

Besides being a very talented Author, David Rakoff also made many appearances at Book Tours, Lectures, and, most notably, on a Radio Show called THIS AMERICAN LIFE. Down below is a “Special Tribute to David” they broadcasted after he passed away. Please give it a listen. Then, on their site, you can listen to many different shows that David actually appeared in. There are some really good ones like “Who’s Canadian?”, “Poultry Slam 1998″, “Office Politics”, and many more. There are even some very good interviews. So, to be very entertained, please CLICK HERE.

Also, you can look for David’s last book to hit bookstores around mid-July, 2013.

Hey Everybody!! Here’s a quick post to inform you that we have just added a ton of new photos of Chip Kidd’s “Book Cover Design” work over at the GALLERY PAGE. Actually, some of them were also even added to Page Two. About half of them are ones he just completed for brand-new books coming out in 2013 and then there are a few he designed awhile back. Sort of like, “something old, something new”. Anyways, Please feel free to check them out and we hope you enjoy them. Please remember to always check back because we’re obsessed with adding more all the time, ha!

You can just click the Gallery TAB up above or please CLICK HERE!

Also, please remember to share this website with all your friends and family on your favorite social network website ( Like: Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Pinterest, etc…) Thanks!

Check out this cool video that is a great documentary about a reporter’s difficult search for the celebrated Japanese Book Author, Haruki Murakami. I just discovered this beautiful gem on YouTube the other night and I knew I had to post it because every fan of Murakami is going to enjoy watching it. In fact, if you have never heard of his books, then you should watch it, because afterwards… you will love him.

Over at the INSPIRATION FEED website one of their Bloggers, a guy named Igor Ovsyannykov, recently did a post where he shared a ton of photos of Retail Store Signs that inspire him. I mean, all the signs he posted are extremely cool and are also a very nice study of GREAT Graphic Design & Typography! Just check out the ones we borrowed from his story. Now, we have only shown a few here as examples but you need to check out his post to see way more, it’s cool stuff, just CLICK HERE!

As sort of a tribute to the great American Historian & Random House Author, Gore Vidal, we would like to present this full-documentary that PBS TV Series, American Experience, did on him titled, “The Education of Gore Vidal”. It runs about an hour & twenty four minutes, so please, just sit back and enjoy.

Gore Vidal is the author of twenty-four novels, five plays, many screenplays, more than two hundred essays, and the critically lauded memoir, Palimpsest (of which, Chip Kidd designed the cover, you can view it on Page 2 of our COVER GALLERY, Link Button up above just below the header). Also, Gore Vidal's United States (Essays 1952-92) won the 1993 National Book Award.

R.I.P. Gore Vidal 1925 - 2012.

OK, here’s a wacky piece of literary history! Back in 1948, at age t thirteen, a young Elvis Presley checked out “The Courageous Heart: A Life of Andrew Jackson For Young Readers” from his high-school library. In fact, he must have really loved this book because it’s said that he checked it out multiple times! Also, this is the earliest known example of his signature… cool!

This post is not only for sharing the news about a reallt great book coming out, titled “THE DANIEL CLOWES READER: A Critical Edition of GHOST WORLD And Other Stories, With Essays, Interviews, and Annotations” (Fantagraphics). Whew! Now that’s a title, ha! but this book is already getting great buzz and the other reason for the post is that the Publisher was very generous in supplying a very large preview of the book, which you can read down below. Also, you can pre-order the book RIGHT HERE and save some money too.

The book was edited by Ken Parille. It has 360-pages, full-color, and measures about 7.25″ x 10.25″ (softcover) and will retail for around $24.99. (ISBN # 978-1-60699-589-1). Look for it to hit bookstores around July, 2013.

This landmark collection features ten of Daniel Clowes’s most influential graphic narratives, along with interviews about his career and creative process, and twelve thought-provoking essays by contemporary scholars and critics. Oh yeah, here’s the preview:

LONDON BOOK FAIR - Check out this wonderful video of Neil Gaiman’s keynote speech at The Digital Minds Conference 2013, QEII Conference Centre, Westminster, London. He shared some very powerful ideas and the speech given will really make you think. It was recorded on April 14th, 2013. His talk is mostly about the differences between Digital e-Books and real Books… and their futures.

Abigail Crouse, a Kansas State University student, recently posted a very sweet article about Chip Kidd’s visit last month to the AIGA KANSAS CITY Meeting where he gave a lecture titled, “Failing Better”. The post contains many different quotes from some of the Graphic Design Students & Designers and we want to thank them for both the kind words & wonderful hospitality they all shared.

To read the article, please CLICK HERE!

HEY! If you would like to schedule Chip Kidd for a speaking engagement or lecture then please be sure to visit the RANDOM HOUSE SPEAKERS BUREAU.