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Offline oca
 Post subject: Weird picture on the cover of this book
Post #1 Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2014 11:25 pm 
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Hi,

First let me tell you that I really, really, like the content of that book from Fan Hui.
Very nice book well suited for my DDK level...

But... why placing the stones like that on the cover... :shock: :shock: :shock:

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So weird...

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Post #2 Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 12:28 am 
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Publishers can be so cruel.

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Post #3 Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 1:45 am 
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Publishers can be so cruel.


Designer: "That's othello, isn't it?"
Publisher: "I think it's not, hmm..."
Designer: "Sure looks like othello. Maybe ask the author?"
Publisher: "Let's go with othello then"

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Post #4 Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 4:37 am 
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Ow, ow, ow, now I want to gouge my eyes out :shock:

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Offline Inkwolf
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Post #5 Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 5:18 am 
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Well, they will certainly succeed in making Go players stare at their cover.
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Post #6 Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 5:44 am 
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Haha, just seeing that and imagining it were my book makes me want to lay some expletives out to the publisher. :lol: :rambo:

Then imagining the possible feelings of Fan Hui makes my emotions go the opposite direction. :oops: :cry:

Ok, I'm just going to step away and solve some go problems or something
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Post #7 Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 6:11 am 
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well, at least the content of the book is just fine...
and the cover may even be worse, let me try :mrgreen: :
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Post #8 Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 6:27 am 
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Post #9 Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 7:00 am 
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BTW, that looks like a regression, the first 4 books of the serie have all the same image which is "correct"...

So maybe the graphist just though that the stones where too close from each others...


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