From: Kevin Smith Date: 2001-09-04T03:13:09+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:20797] Re: OReilly Ruby book has snail on cover --- Sean Chittenden wrote: > none of these qualities are even close to being > exemplified by a snail. Interestingly, O'Reilly already used a (different) snail for their SSH book: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/sshtdg/ There might be an easier way to get a gallery but I enjoyed looking at a collection of their book covers: http://search.oreilly.com/cgi-bin/search?term=animals&category=All&pref=all Here's how they describe part of the selection process: --- Hatching an idea During the writing and editing process, O'Reilly book designers usually approach Lorrie with a firm idea about the animal they want on the cover of a book. The designer requests sketches, often with a very specific pose to fit the book's cover design. Once in a while, Lorrie offers her own ideas about which animal should be on the cover of a book. When the designer was at a loss, Lorrie suggested African wild dogs for the cover of Managing IMAP (~September 2000) because she realized the animal's splotchy coat resembled a map. It was also Lorrie who championed the blue-footed boobies on Zero Administration for Windows. --- Kevin __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com