the author and longtime book designer Peter Mendelsund told me, laughing. “This collage of the ornamental ... courage to float the idea of a V.C.-style cover to my editor—dot matrix, justified ...

Through the use of style hints and color, the book designer communicates to the reader through visuals instead of words. That’s especially true of the best book covers. Reader’s Digest spoke ...

Doubleday Books Art Director Emily Mahon has been designing book covers for 20 years ... in design steered me away from having a particular style, and taught me instead to try and solve problems.

The 82-year-old has created a collage called High Street Heroes in the style of the album cover featuring 40 small ... who sources rare first edition books and stages candlelit evening readings ...

As a book cover designer working with a variety ... “The Four Humors,” by Mina Seçkin (Catapult) Cover design by Na Kim. Collage art by Ekin Su Koç. The collage on this cover is striking ...

Survey the first edition hardback covers of Haruki Murakami’s books throughout the years ... an associate art director at Knopf who insists he has no style, though everything he touches is ...

Redesign? Relaunch? Regret? Take a look at the ways publishers aimed to seduce new audiences by changing up the covers of notable books. By Scott Heller and Miguel Salazar “You never get a ...

Among the many challenges book cover designers face is trying ... that’s become standard on the Web, these covers take on a minimalist style characterized by bright colors, simple layouts ...

This post was updated March 9 at 7:52 p.m. Sometimes it is best not to judge a book by its cover – unless ... that reflect the romantic, classic style of the period pieces Austen wrote.

This style of cover has ... “When you’re reading a book, you are imagining the whole thing happening. I want space for people to be able to do that.” These covers speak to the rom-com ...