Friday, February 17, 2012

A Publisher's Menagerie


Publishing Trendsetter reveals the history of book publisher logos.

From the piece...

Penguin’s founder, Allen Lane, wanted a “dignified but flippant” name for his new series, suggesting an animal or a bird. His secretary, Joan Coles, came up with the idea of a Penguin. Edward Young of the Production Department went off to the London Zoo to sketch the new symbol.

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