Every item on this page was chosen by an ELLE editor ... graduation—until she found some of Peter Mendelsund’s book cover designs online. Tatone immediately knew how she wanted to put her ...

a book cover isn’t just a marketing tool—it’s the first page of your story. Key Mistakes to Avoid in Book Cover Design Before diving into the design process, it’s essential to recognize ...

You could argue that the current renaissance in book design came about thanks ... a two-inch-thick collection of the best covers, shown life-size, one to a page. For seasoned haunters of second ...

You might not have heard of book cover design's "7 second" test, but if you've ever wondered through a bookstore, you've undoubtedly tried it yourself. Pick up a book, glance at the front and back ...

Do all book covers look the same today? Euronews Culture goes under the dust cover with those that design them. Go into any bookshop and you’ll see a smorgasbord of design styles. There will ...

the paperback design was tweaked “to speak to the widest possible audience,” says John Freeman, the book’s editor. Paperback The Vintage cover ditched the thin, hardcover scribble for a ...

Among the many challenges book cover designers face is trying to ... But lately, another cover design trend has been popping up on this summer’s crop of beach reads: the flat woman.

As part of a series in which Houghton Mifflin republished two of an author’s books in a single volume, Fenwick had to come up with 12 designs that could each do double-duty as the covers of a ...

Getting to design your own book cover is the sort of ultimately maddening power that probably shouldn’t be entrusted to vain mortals. It’s a little like getting to choose your own face.

These days, I design book covers for Giramondo Publishing. A cover designer’s role is to interpret a book visually, reflecting what the author and publisher have achieved in the text.

On the last page of the paperback was a ... In that post on Talking Covers, Sean Manning’s terrific (and sadly defunct) book-design blog, you can see the progression of Louie’s designs for ...

She designed covers for best sellers — her cover for Oliver Sacks’s “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat” resembles a 17th-century title page ... design world.Credit...Vintage Books ...