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 a book is going to be about, or pique their interest in the story.

She’d been tasked with designing the book covers for the English translations of Karl Ove Knausgaard’s six-part autobiographical novel, My Struggle—and she’d landed on a concept to tie the ...

The styling Oprah’s 111th book club pick features type in a shade of yellow that you’ll also see on the cover of the forthcoming “ Happiness & Love,” among others.

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, and ...

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 ...

The Sweetest Way to Celebrate a Book Is by Putting It on a Cake For some authors, the book cover cake has become a publishing rite of passage by Bettina Makalintal Dec 13, 2023, 9:05 AM PST ...

It took less than five minutes to cover Augie’s book. Now the dust jacket stays put and is protected from stains, creases, rips, and whatever damage an overzealous 3-year-old could inflict upon it.

Nearly six in 10 (57%) Americans have bought or read a book based solely on its cover, new research suggests. A survey of 2,000 U.S. adults found that surprisingly, a whopping 96% of those who did ...