She notes that, even with the innovative cover design, the U.K. edition of Malice bears a £6.99 cover price, standard for a paperback YA novel of almost 400 pages.

But lately, another cover design trend has been popping up on this summer’s crop of beach reads: the flat woman. Inspired by the “ flat design ” that’s become standard on the Web, these ...

I’ve been a book designer since the 1990s, working with some of Australia’s and the United Kingdom’s leading publishers. These days, I design book covers for Giramondo Publishing.

A pre-made font that met these requirements didn’t exist, to his knowledge. Dyslexic-centered fonts were too clunky. Arial and Times New Roman weren’t unique enough. Then there was the issue ...