Wordsworth classics love/hate

[birdienl]

Last weekend was the Book Festival in the town where I live, a market where the central book deposit sells all it's leftover stock at really low prices, so a yearly trip for me as a book nerd. I bought some really nice boooks (not too many, because my bookshelves are already overfilled), Little Men & Jo's boys by Louisa May Alcott (I've been searching for this sequel to Little Women for a very long time already), Recipes for a perfect marriage by Kate Kerrigan and some non-fiction, A-Z of English Literature and Timeline of Kings and Queens.

But there was one little thing that annoyed me this year: Wordsworth Classics is changing the layout of their books. First all their classics were like this:
 

I already bought quite a lot of the classics in this format over the last few years. But now Wordsworth has decided they need a new 'look', so all their books I'll be buying from now on will look like this:



I'm afraid this will ruin the look of my bookshelves terribly ;-)

Comments

[spally.livejournal.com]

I even have some Wordsworth Classics from older years with the design preceding those two! My bookshelf is already crazy :P

I like the look of that new cover. It's the classiest it's ever been.

[birdienl.livejournal.com]

Yes, now you mention it, I also have one older book.

I don't really like the new look, there are already many bookseries in black and the blue stood out and immediatly made you recognize your Wordsworth Classics

[spally.livejournal.com]

Ah, that is a good point!

[mystery-spell.livejournal.com]

Books are love. =)

I understand your concern over the books change in format. It's like having a series in two different formats and is rather irritating. Oh well. You'll just have to put a few other books between where the old format ends and the new begins on your bookshelf. :P

[birdienl.livejournal.com]

Books are indeed love! And the book festival... Oh if you lived in the Netherlands I would so recommend you going there!

[themirrorofsin.livejournal.com]

I hate cover changes and sizes! :( does ruin the look on the shelf

[birdienl.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm afraid my shelves are already a bit messy with all the new and second hand books alternating, but until now I could at least clearly recognize my Wordsworth Classics

[themirrorofsin.livejournal.com]

had to re-arrange by whole book case just so one of my books would both fit and be with the series - the size was changed and still kind of sticks out but isn't too bad that I can't look at it xD

[caffeinatedlife.livejournal.com]

I don't have any of the Wordsworth Classics but the new look looks very elegant IMO. But I know what you mean, I always get annoyed when formats change after I've been collecting for a while and stuff xD