A while ago Meaghano answered one of my questions:

Ha, and no, no custom dust jackets. I HATE DUST JACKETS. I have taken dust jackets off, I’ll tell you that. But it sort of feels like a betrayal to hide what book you’re reading. It’s like you have to earn the right to read it by owning up to the fact that you’re reading it. But i am Catholic so keep that in mind.

I’ve been thinking about the dust covers a bit since then. Dust jackets are kind of annoying and impossible not to throw on the drawers when you read a book. But! I also quite like the idea of having an author with a unified spine design in the bookshelf. Especially when they span over a few different publishing houses like Jonathan Lethem. I want to be able to look at a shelf and see where the authors are without having to know.

So yes, I’m thinking good paper stock, a ruler and illustrator. You think this is sad? Fuck you, I take my bookshelves seriously. If I could, I’d bend the room in more dimensions in order to get more walls to cover up with books.