(Welcome back to the new academic year of my column. I hope you had a fun summer!) How do blind dates go? Imagine you’re outside a café, waiting for a blind date. There’s a flower in a vase on the ...

Bookstores say customers love “Blind Date With a Book,” which masks a book’s real cover and lets readers discover what’s inside. Bookstores say customers love “Blind Date With a Book,” which masks a ...

Never judge a book by its cover — even if the cover doesn’t say much at all. The first thing customers see when they walk into the Strand Book Store in the Manhattan borough of New York City is a ...