Do all book covers look the same today? Euronews Culture goes under the dust cover with those that design them. Go into any bookshop and you’ll see a smorgasbord of design styles. There will be the ...

What makes you pick up a book you’ve never heard of? Is it the title, the author’s name, or the promise of an intriguing story? More often than not, it’s the cover—a single image that has the power to ...

For Reed, Second Hand isn’t simply a nostalgic trip down memory lane. The unearthing of analog book covers offers an opportunity to give lesser known, but brilliantly executed, designs their due. He ...

Among the many challenges book cover designers face is trying to represent a book’s premise or main character without getting so specific that readers are left with little to imagine. A few years ago, ...

The Academy of British Cover Design (ABCD) has revealed its winners for the best book designs of the year in addition to a special competition for the “winner of ...

Evidently, the art of designing book covers cannot merely be left to pleasing aesthetics as the devil is in the detail — and the technicalities involved Rhea Gupte was sought out by writer Karuna ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the future of books and the business of storytelling. This article is more than 6 years old. Hiring a general ...

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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 a book ...

Getting to design your own book cover is the sort of ultimately maddening power that probably shouldn’t be entrusted to vain mortals. It’s a little like getting to choose your own face. What kind of ...