Mark Sinclair picks his ten favourite book covers of the year, chosen for their “strong, characterful, challenging and exciting” design Has it ever been easier to design a book cover? As with most ...

Good book cover design is about making promises to the reader: their journey, the world they're about to enter, and the emotions they will have. You've got 3 seconds. That's all. There are only three ...

From genre-homogeny to data-backed design decisions and marketing trends, book cover designers have to battle to create something risky and unique. Designers Na Kim and David Pearson wade in on this ...

When book lovers grabbed William Kent Krueger’s early novels because of Lee Child’s praise on the cover — “Krueger hits the sweet spot every time” — there was just one issue: Child hadn’t read the ...

Abstract: We consider the design of sets of discrete-phase, including binary/quaternary, sequences for phase-modulated continuous-wave multiple-input multiple-output radar in the presence of ...

The book cover designer talks to CR about joining the industry in his 30s and why he continues to work on his skills, hone his craft and push himself with every project For designer and illustrator ...

Alex Wermer-Colan received funding from the Mellon Foundation. Alex Wermer-Colan is the Managing Editor of the Programming Historian in English and the Executive Director of Philly Community Wireless.

For decades, Chip Kidd has revolutionized the book jacket—giving Jurassic Park its iconic T-Rex silhouette, The Secret History its Greek statue, and 1Q84 its ghostly, translucent type. Now, for the ...

The idiom “don’t judge a book by its cover” doesn’t hold up for a Somerville artist who hopes readers will critique each and every exterior. “ I fully support judging a book by its cover,” said ...

Comic book covers are the images that sell a book to many. They are the reader’s first connection to the comic, and make an argument as to why you should pick up this issue as opposed to all the ...

Why is a book’s cover important? A compelling book cover stops a potential reader in their tracks. Think about the last time you grabbed some new reading material on a whim from the library or ...