It has always been said that the books should not be judged by their roof, but the truth is that the editorial industry has paid close attention to the covers, making them as attractive as possible for the potential client. However, now youth literature has imposed a trend that goes beyond and that forces readers to look at the song specimens. The book becomes a decorative and collector object thanks On the colored edge of its pages.
In Spain we begin to see these striking songs sporadically and consolidated with the series Empirical by Rebecca Yarrosan American writer who causes a fans phenomenon similar to JK Rowling. The saga has been published in 42 countries and has been bestseller In all of them.
In this case, the protagonists are riders of dragons studying at the Basgiath War College, so the songs have been decorated with references to these magical beings.
Spanish authors, also focused on the youth public, have recently launched decorated novels in this colorful form. This is the case of Inma Rubiales, Superventas new adult. Published a few weeks ago Our place in the world (Planet) in which music has a lot of presence – one of its protagonists is a singer – and that is why in song we see musical notes.
The nickname as “Master of the Youth Thriller”, the Sevillian Blue Jeanswho has already seen some of his novels adapted audiovisually, has just published The last time I think of you (Planet), a book that shares same colors and styles from its cover to its song.
On this occasion, Blue Jeans moves the reader to the world of books, publishers, influencers who talk about literature and young people who want to be writers. The plot is also splashed with mystery dose.
For adult readers
But not only the novels for young people and adolescents bet on these striking styles. The editorial Books He celebrates his 15th anniversary as an independent editorial with the publication of three titles that have marked his career, but with the painted songs. It’s about The wild girlby Delia Owens, which has a large -success film adaptation; The Templarsby Dan Jones, the history of the order of the tempering intertwined with the crusades in the Holy Land and in Spain; and lAs seven deaths from Evelyn Hardcastleby Stuart Turton, a mystery novel that remembers Marmot’s day, Black Mirror From Agatha Christie.
Irene Vallejo absorbently narrated the history of the book from its inception to the present day in The infinity in a together (Siruela). His overwhelming success caused it to be published in the enlightened version and Debolsillo. In a limited edition, he took exemplary bookstores with tinted blue songs with open flowers.
Other adult options with this beautiful appearance are found in the Editorial Maeva, which presents it as “a precious edition with special design and enveloping flap for Enjoy reading experience“.The secret book of Flora Leaby Patti Callahan Henry.
It is set in the London of 1939. Hazel, fourteen years old, and Flora, of five, are evacuated to a rural area for escape from World War II. Hazel full of stories on the days of his little sister, and invents a secret and imaginary universe to which they can escape. when Flora suddenly disappears, Hazel drags guilt until adulthood. Twenty years later, his ordered life turns a while when he falls into his hands a book entitled just like the world he had imagined for Flora, and that only two knew. It has been best seller of The New York Times and best book of the year of Barnes & Noble.
With this increasingly rooted trend between publishers, The problem for readers It is none other than to devise how to place them on the shelves so that they look in all their splendor.
