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  1. Back Cover is in the process. New issue in May. Please be patient.
  2. The new Back Cover version, published once a year, will present more topics, analysis and interviews… Issue 5 in April!
  3. HAPPY NEW YEAR!
  4. issue 3 is sold out since months. BUT ! For those who want to get one of the last copies, some are available here. typotheque.com/books/back_cov…
  5. Salon Light, Paris, from 21 to 23 of october. This year "Back Cover" will be represented by Section 7 Books ! Come to visit the festival.
  6. Back Cover is part of Typo week in Barcelona (Spain) on friday 8 at Bau (High school of design). Our lecture is 8pm. baued.es/es/estudios/un…
  7. Discount on the book "This is the end. Cover art by H5". Showcasing 100 covers by H5 studio. 15€ instead of 38€. http://www.editions-b42.com
  8. Come to visit us at the Amsterdam Art book fait this week end. http://www.amsterdamartbookfair.com/
  9. Back Cover 4 preview in Lyon today, from 7pm, at Ouvrir l'oeil bookshop.
  10. B42 réédite "La Conjonction Interdite. Notes sur le skateboard", le premier texte de Raphaël Zarka sur le skateboard. Dispo @ B42
  11. Back Cover will participate to the 1st Amsterdam Art Book fair, 14 - 15 May. Come to meet us. http://www.amsterdamartbookfair.com/index.html
  12. Rick Poynor reviews Back Cover and makes relevant proposal for the next issue http://www.eyemagazine.com/critique.php?cid=541
  13. Rick Poynor reviews Back Cover and makes relevant proposal for the next issue http://www.eyemagazine.com/critique.php?cid=541
  14. Back Cover presentation in Paris. Saturday 26 from 5 pm. http://www.castillocorrales.fr/galerie/index.php/Currently
  15. The Journal of Urban Typography : http://pear.ly/eyzqG via @pearltrees #miscellanous
  16. Back Cover 4 preview in Lyon today, from 7pm, at Ouvrir l'oeil bookshop.
  17. Back Cover #4 received and sent to the subscribers. Soon in your favorite bookshop.
  18. "To dare; to pretend." Karel Martens, Back Cover #4, p. 31
  19. "Avant de commencer ce travail, vous devez accepter que c’est moi qui décide." Karel Martens, Back Cover nº4, p. 2
  20. Les préférences en matière de caractères typographiques sont en grande partie question de sentiment personnel. Jost Hochuli, BC 04, p. 51