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Schuster, scrivener, touchstone, gallery. Theres all different art directors for those, but i solely do the Simon Schuster imprint. Host so you do the covers of books. Guest yeah. Host what goes into a cover of a book . Guest well, the first thing that when we hear about this project, usually from the editor, we find out what the book is about. Theres a manuscript or sometimes there isnt, sometimes theres just a little bit to read, and you get a flavor of what the voice of the author is. And from that we kind of have a discussion with the editor, the publisher and the author to find out do they have any preconceived notions of what theyre looking for, and its always good to hear that up front. You get even if they dont, you get a sense of their aesthetics, and you can do some research at the bookstores, see what the competition is like, what the what books theyre going to be facing in that limited book shelf space. Host well, i want to start with this one, and this is former senator ja
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In the back row, got me my very first tolstoy finger puppet. [laughter] and they dont sell them here anymore. Oh and antoine mentioned this to me. And this has been a mainstay of my talks on tolstoy, i dont know, for the past seven or eight years. So i feel as if we have come home tonight. [laughter] and in honor of this special event, im going to leave him on my finger during the whole talk. [laughter] just kidding. [laughter] i am not going to do that. Oh. But hes here for inspiration for all of us. And during q a, if you really would like him to be present with me, im happy to put him back on my finger. So one of the first questions i get when people see the cover of this book is, cool picture, whered you get the picture . Ladies and gentlemen, exhibit a, my copy of war and peace. [laughter] this is a book that has been well loved, a book that has been lived through, lived with, struggled with, engaged with, tossed around a bit. Tolstoy and i have been together for almost 25 years.