We’re all told that we shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but most of us do! In fact, judging a book by its cover might not be such a bad thing. A cover can help readers get a sense of what ...

The collaged, Easter egg–laden set was an immediate hit in cover meetings at Farrar, Straus and Giroux, and the first book had hit shelves, but then Strick says a literary agent intervened.

Earlier in the summer, the original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was sold for a record £1.5m. The ...

Most videos on book cover designer Elisha Zepeda’s TikTok account have a similar format: he gets an assignment from a publisher, crafts several options, gets feedback, makes some tweaks ...

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Book covers are usually designed to reflect what the book is all about — which isn't exactly in line with the famous saying about judging a book by its cover. Now, a pair of researchers from ...