These days, I design book covers for Giramondo Publishing. A cover designer’s role is to ... covers reflect these different aims. For example, Granta Books planned to publish both a hardcover ...

Finding the right cover and jacket design for a book can be one of the most exciting parts of the publishing process—and one of the most challenging. Indie authors will want to give some serious ...

You might not have heard of book cover design's "7 second" test ... which includes visual cues on cover art or designs. "For example," McConnehey says, "science fiction and fantasy book covers ...

Tania Branigan’s book on the Cultural Revolution in China, for example, while in October it published a process-driven story on the design of Sara Pascoe’s Weirdo by the cover designer Sophie Harris.

“If you tell me that you read a sample of my work and ... volatile set of conditions for cover design. A cover is likely a reader’s front door to a book. The art needs to entice, convey ...

The often subversive story of book cover design is retold in a new title from Ten Speed Press, which celebrates and explores the many methods publishers have used to grab readers’ attention The book, ...

are "very different animals" when it comes to cover design. Nonfiction covers seek to use imagery that conveys exactly what the book contains. For example: "How To Raise Chickens In Your Studio ...

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.

When a book grabs her attention at a bookstore, Komal Seth immediately flips it open. “If it doesn’t move in the first 20-30 pages, I just leave it,” she says adding that she never judges ...