Oversized issue!Over 130 pages of book cover design related articles and features, this issue is our most ambitious yet.The cover designed by Kerry Squires with its beautifully designed shapes evoke our featured artist, Matisse. Although not done using his 'drawing with scissors' technique, the digitally created design still holds an intuitive and human tone.New & noteworthy: fiction & non-fictionDrawing With Scissors: The cover designs of Henri MatisseGaberbocchus Press: best lookers not best sellersPlaying it Straight: grip-lit genre design and copycat techniques by Danny AfterAltering the Apparent: should cover designs be translated across cultures? By Nuria RodríguezInterviews with Michael B. Myers Jr. and Emily Weigel by Eric WilderA Day at the Bookbinders: reprint of the 1838 account of a London bookbinders from the Penny MagazineBook review: The Form of the Book we review Occassional Papers' title which brings together essential essays on the book-its history, present, and possible futures.