Where To Stream The Beauty of Books Season 1 Episode 4

The paperback book democratized reading in the 20th century, and printing directly onto the covers became a way of selling a book in the mass market. Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell was a book written in and for this era, emerging as a paperback in 1954. Its changing cover design reflects each decades approach to selling the book to new readers: from its classic 50s Penguin cover to the latest design from Jon Gray, they are signs of our times. As an example of how cover design has become...