Post­ed by Nat Bern­stein

If you’re sur­prised to dis­cov­er that Helen Maryles Shankman already has anoth­er title due out this Octo­ber, look closer:

For rea­sons the author attrib­ut­es to the mys­ter­ies of the book busi­ness,” Scrib­n­er has decid­ed to change not only the orig­i­nal art­work for In the Land of Armadil­los but the very name of the book itself in a reprint edi­tion” of Shankman’s debut col­lec­tion of short sto­ries, which came out in Feb­ru­ary. The announce­ment of these changes was met with a wide range of respons­es from read­ers, writ­ers, and friends of the author last week — as well as here in the office! ” I think it’s a good sign that they’re chang­ing the title and cov­er,” one fel­low writer com­ment­ed on Shankman’s post. It means they are still very invest­ed in the book.”

While it sounds like the cov­er you see above is still far from final­ized, it’s a great sneak peak. What are your thoughts on the new book cov­er and title? Weigh in in the com­ments sec­tion below!

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Nat Bern­stein is the for­mer Man­ag­er of Dig­i­tal Con­tent & Media, JBC Net­work Coor­di­na­tor, and Con­tribut­ing Edi­tor at the Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and a grad­u­ate of Hamp­shire College.