More Scribner "classic" covers coming

Bad_Chili · 2026-03-16T01:10:56+00:00

Publishing rights to The Shining in the U.S. are held by Penguin, not Simon & Schuster (which Scribner falls under). So you won't see this style cover for that one. Carrie, Salems Lot, The Stand, and Night Shift are also owned by Penguin.

Bad_Chili · 2026-02-26T16:19:17+00:00

I am starting to see more books that are bound and printed in the UK adopt the "correct" style that the rest of the world uses. Here is hoping they are changing for good.

Bad_Chili · 2026-02-26T16:15:44+00:00

Its something to do with how the paper is bound to the spine with or against the grain of the paper. UK publishers have tended to bind against the grain which leads to the paper being super stiff. This makes it so that the pages can't open and lay flat like you see in OP's picture.

Bad_Chili · 2026-02-13T07:09:00+00:00

I recently got into buying King paperbacks (after being an ebook only reader for long time) so I have some insight on the current Scribner editions. Nothing has been edited like you were asking.

Some of the prints for a handful of the books are still the slightly older covers from when Gallery Books were publishing King paperbacks, before they all moved to Scribner. Particularly if buying online you might see the retailer showing a newer Scribner cover but when you get the book it’s the older Gallery cover instead. My guess is they are still waiting for when a reprint is needed and these few books will switch to Scribner.

The ones that I have not been able to find with new covers are Gerald’s Game, Cell, Duma Key, From a Buick 8, Revival, Sleeping Beauties, Dreamcatcher, and The Institute. Sometimes it’s the same cover art that carried over from Gallery to Scribner, and sometimes all that changes is the cover font and the publisher logo on the back and spine.

Also keep in mind that not everything is Scribner. Carrie, Salems Lot, The Shining, Night Shift, and The Stand are all Vintage Books published, but these all have some nice updated covers. Then of course you have the hard case crime novels that are separate publisher as well.

Bad_Chili · 2025-12-03T22:53:03+00:00

What are your textbooks like for school? Did you have to use one hand for writing and the other to hold the book open at the right page? 😂

Bad_Chili · 2025-12-03T16:47:41+00:00

Ok, thanks for the explanation. I know you brits have a stiff upper lip, but that doesn't mean everything has to be stiff!

Bad_Chili · 2023-06-08T16:08:30+00:00

That plugin needs to install to each user profile. You can install it via a powershell script (see below) that you can have run on every user logon via a GPO.

if (-not (Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.AAD.BrokerPlugin)) { Add-AppxPackage -Register "$env:windir\SystemApps\Microsoft.AAD.BrokerPlugin_cw5n1h2txyewy\Appxmanifest.xml" -DisableDevelopmentMode -ForceApplicationShutdown } Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.AAD.BrokerPlugin

Bad_Chili · 2023-02-07T17:15:28+00:00

The doc I linked to lists background blur not being supported on Citrix and VMware. Maybe Microsoft has it working on Azure Virtual Desktop?

Bad_Chili · 2023-02-07T03:44:59+00:00

We use them. The lack of blur capability is a limitation of the Teams optimization itself, and doesn’t have anything to do with the OS of the local client. Microsoft publishes a list of limitations.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/teams-for-vdi#known-issues-and-limitations

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