I was asked to do a third printing late at night, and the question is always “how fast can you turn this in?” I’ve worked in ...

You know that moment when you're browsing a bookstore and a cover just stops you cold? There's something magnetic about a truly stunning book cover. It's not just marketing. It's art, psychology, and ...

I used to be embarrassed that I often buy books based on their cover, but I’m not anymore: Book covers are a labor of love, filled with artistry and design. That’s the animating force behind the ...

Every bookshop shelf tells the same visual story now. Romance, fantasy, literary fiction: the covers blur into one another, ...

A reader has shared the differences between some UK and US book covers, and when it comes to capturing the book's overall ...

If you’re an author wondering how to create the ideal book cover for your work, deciding between AI-generated designs and professional design services can feel challenging. The book cover is a key ...

“This cover feels simultaneously classic and entirely new. It’s slightly reminiscent of 1970s science fiction covers (albeit much more restrained), and yet I’ve never seen anything quite like it. That ...

At its bluntest and most general, the current directive in book design is that covers be, above all else, legible. So that when they’re viewed online (which, for many people buying books, means Amazon ...