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*** Feasting crows, on the other hand, tend to drink from the veins of corpses, though...

* The UK covers Scott Westerfeld's ''Midnighters'' trilogy form a clock on the spine, hands at 12 o'clock.

* Many of the [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]] novels have the [[Star Wars]] logo written ~~across--not~~ down, like on most books, but ~~across--the~~ spine. Some have the titles written the same way; others don't. It's a bit inconsistent. Also, the [[Star Wars]] logo is always on the cover, usually at the top, sometimes in raised letters, with the book's [[Anachronic Order|Era]] emblem on a lower corner of the back.

* Many of the [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]] novels have the [[Star Wars]] logo written across—not down, like on most books, but across—the spine. Some have the titles written the same way; others don't. It's a bit inconsistent. Also, the [[Star Wars]] logo is always on the cover, usually at the top, sometimes in raised letters, with the book's [[Anachronic Order|Era]] emblem on a lower corner of the back.

* The ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' novel trilogy ''Millenium'' has a long shot of the station and wormholes (yes, plural) spanning across the three front covers.

* Barbara Remington's wonderful painting that became the cover of Ballantine Book's paperback edition of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. What started as the cover for "The Hobbit" became a 38" x 73" long oil on masonite painting transitioning from the Shire to Mordor. The cover for each volume was 1/3 of the painting, and when you set the books next to each other you got the whole thing. The full poster was on this troper's bedroom wall for years ...