OK, I’ll admit this is kind of a dumb thing to share but I thought it was pretty funny. The other day I was on YouTube, enjoying some music, and all of a sudden I randomly get THIS advertising banner for Haruki Murakami’s 1Q84 Book ( This cover was designed by Chip Kidd ). Random House created this ad to announce that the book is coming out in both the Paperback and eBook format. The cool thing is that it links directly to Random House’s special “Haruki Murakami” website. To check it out, just CLICK HERE!

Ever since Chip Kidd and Dave Taylor’s brand-new Batman Graphic Novel (DC Comics) came out there has been a really good buzz about it. Oh man, you know we’re really happy about that! It’s been great & we really appreciate it. But, the funny thing is, at first, all the reviews were conducted by “comic book related” blogs and websites. Then, the next wave were all the serious “Book Review people” like, The New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, NPR Books, etc… Now, it seems that the next wave are sites dedicated to Architecture.

Here’s a great example: Over at the ARCH DAILY website, a site dedicated to very serious Architectural News. They have a Writer named Nicky Rackard who just did a very excellent review on the book. Of course their focus on the article is “the ideas about Architecture”, that were a main theme to the story. (Thanks Nicky!) It’s a wonderful article, very well thought out, so please be sure to visit their page & give it a quick read -Hey, just CLICK HERE!

This year marks the 75th anniversary of Dr. Seuss’s Classic Children Book, “The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins”. Random House has released a special anniversary edition ( holographic foil cover ) and, also in honor of the book, the Seuss Estate has decided to start the “Hats off to Dr. Seuss!” campaign.

Yes, Dr. Seuss was an extremely serious Hat Collector. He had hundreds of them and, in one way or another, many of them made their way into his artwork. So, Dr. Seuss’s widow, Audrey S. Geisel, decided to open up his collection of hats to the public for a never-before-seen glimpse at the amazing array of head wear. This is the first time any of these hats have traveled outside the Seuss Estate.

The Dr. Seuss hat exhibit launched at the Children's Center of the New York Public Library (42nd Street branch). It will be in New York until February 12th, 2013, and then will go on to 15 additional locations throughout 2013. Here’s the list:

All photos are courtesy of TM & 2013 Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P. All Rights Reserved.

Over at the CHARITY BUZZ website we’re proud to announce a new auction where, if YOU WIN, you can have the Book Designer Chip Kidd design a cover for your book. So, if you’re a Publisher or Author you need to jump on this rare opportunity! Just image, YOUR book cover designed by Chip Kidd!! All proceeds benefit the Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute and it’s a really great cause.

For more details, and to enter the contest, please CLICK HERE!

Here’s an unusual video we found on YouTube the other day, it’s a Fun Book Review by a “female robot voice”, ha! Basically, it’s a summary of “The Art and Making of The Dark Knight Trilogy” by Jody Duncan Jesser, Janine Pourroy, Michael Caine, Christopher Nolan, & Chip Kidd. The book was recently published by Abrams Books and covers the history of the recent Batman Dark Knight Film Trilogy.

Random House recently hired a company to discover the statistics on ebook readers and their habits. Then, they created this series of infographics. The data is pretty interesting and might hold a few surprises, check it out.

We all love reading good books. Here’s a great example: An Art Group in Russia, named “Color of the City”, recently transformed a run-down building in a local Tyumen schoolyard into a painted bookshelf. The cool thing is that they got their inspiration from the beautifully painted wall mural of the Kansas City Public Library in the USA (1st photo). WOW, The World just got a little better.

“Arrgghh, You kids get outta my yard!”

Fans of Preppy Fashion and good books will love this news. Lisa Birnbach and Chip Kidd were recently interviewed about their new book, TRUE PREP. They appeared on FOCUS GROUP RADIO with John Nash. The interview is very entertaining and also gives us a look into how this book came about plus the creative process of dealing with so much material in such a short time. So, please give the interview a listen, we embedded it down below:

FOCUS GROUP RADIO is hosted by Tim Bennett and John Nash. This excellent program appears every Saturday morning LIVE at 11am EST, with a replay on Sunday's at 10am. The Call Letters are SiriusXM OutQ 108 and you can get more information about their programming by clicking right HERE!

OK, This is pretty cool news! A company in Barcelona, Spain called “Ecc Ediciones” will be publishing Chip Kidd and Dave Taylor’s BATMAN: DEATH BY DESIGN (DC Comics) into a foreign language! The new title will be called, “Batman: Arquitectura Mortal”. They even created a really nice Book Trailer Video which you can see down below. We’re not really sure of an exact release date but it is due in 2013. Stay tuned to this site and once we know we’ll pass it on. Also, for more information, please be sure to check out their website, just CLICK HERE!