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Real books are fighting back against their digital counterparts. Publishers are playing to their strengths by creating increasingly covetable tomes: Covered with cloth, colour coordinated and embellished with art, they look stunning either on your shelves or toted like accessories.
Best dressed
A cloth cover and ribbons set this book apart.
The Mystery of Mercy Close, Marian Keyes, $35.
Work of art
Fashion illustrator Sarah Singh gives the classics a makeover.
Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë, $10.
A rainbow of reading
Mix and match these Pantone-inspired volumes.
The Books Are Beautiful collection, $17 each, Random House.
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