Comments on: us vs uk: The True History of Tea http://fadetheory.com/?p=2724 The habit of reading is the only enjoyment in which there is no alloy; it lasts when all other pleasures fade. ~ Anthony Trollope Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:19:45 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Heidi http://fadetheory.com/?p=2724&cpage=1#comment-1359669 Heidi Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:03:05 +0000 http://fadetheory.com/?p=2724#comment-1359669 I prefer the US cover. I prefer the US cover.

]]> By: theorist http://fadetheory.com/?p=2724&cpage=1#comment-1358875 theorist Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:53:51 +0000 http://fadetheory.com/?p=2724#comment-1358875 I completely agree! I did carefully read the description to be sure it wasn't ONLY about English tea (which would still be interesting, but not quite as interesting as a "complete" history). To me, the US cover caters almost too much to American readers. Don't most Americans think tea is boring? And that's exactly what the US cover says to me. Do you mean Salt by Mark Kurlansky? I have it but still haven't read it. I just checked to see if there are different US/UK covers, and there are! Thanks for helping me find covers for my next us vs uk post! I completely agree! I did carefully read the description to be sure it wasn’t ONLY about English tea (which would still be interesting, but not quite as interesting as a “complete” history). To me, the US cover caters almost too much to American readers. Don’t most Americans think tea is boring? And that’s exactly what the US cover says to me.

Do you mean Salt by Mark Kurlansky? I have it but still haven’t read it. I just checked to see if there are different US/UK covers, and there are! Thanks for helping me find covers for my next us vs uk post!

]]> By: Meredith Miller Gottschalk http://fadetheory.com/?p=2724&cpage=1#comment-1358238 Meredith Miller Gottschalk Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:22:04 +0000 http://fadetheory.com/?p=2724#comment-1358238 I feel more drawn in by the UK cover because it better suggests that the book will cover the social history of people in relation to tea...colonialism, class dynamics,etc. I can see how the publishers would have thought the UK cover was too "British" for an American audience...maybe they worried it would seem too narrowly focused or something. I am someone who enjoyed 2/3's of a book about the history of salt before drifting off into something else. I just didn't dare suggest this book to the book club I was in when it was my turn to pick...maybe if it had had a truly great cover. :) I feel more drawn in by the UK cover because it better suggests that the book will cover the social history of people in relation to tea…colonialism, class dynamics,etc. I can see how the publishers would have thought the UK cover was too “British” for an American audience…maybe they worried it would seem too narrowly focused or something. I am someone who enjoyed 2/3’s of a book about the history of salt before drifting off into something else. I just didn’t dare suggest this book to the book club I was in when it was my turn to pick…maybe if it had had a truly great cover. :)

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