He’s done book covers with relief before, by painstakingly carving each letter out with a knife, then gluing leather onto the cover, pressing it into the indent left by carving. It’s not easy.

Surface Book 1 or Surface Book 2 owners may want to consider going full book-like with the new leather covers from Toast. In my latest review I'll tell you why this cover is great and ...

For the past 25 years, Chip Kidd has made a name for himself as a top book designer. His designs have helped transform books into visual icons. But in the brave new world of e-books, where covers ...

The world's first animal-free leather-bound book for sale, as seen on eBay. The current high bidder says that if he wins, he'll donate the book to a museum. Courtesy of The Good Food Institute ...

The book can be something you pick up for cheap at a local second-hand book shop or a yard sale. Take your iPad or Kindle along and align it with the book cover to see if it will fit. Sugru ...

With 1Q84, on the other hand, the dust jacket is made from transparent vellum, exposing some of the book cover underneath. See images of the vellum cover, then the book binding cover, below.

If most book cover designs are conceived as quick-to-metabolize marketing tools, a great one can make the reader do a double take in slow motion. A good first impression is, of course, the goal ...

Vienna ’s MAK (Museum for Applied Arts) has launched an exhibition of book covers designed by the Wiener Werkstätte. Created between 1904 and 1927, the tomes celebrate the firm’s aesthetic prowess and ...