Below, Reed chose eight lesser-known book cover designs that are exceptional. [Photo: courtesy Jesse Reed] 1. ... is a far cry from the stock photo-filled McGraw Hill books of the early 2000s.

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 ...

And while most people don’t judge a book by its cover, Skip to content. Toggle Navigation. News Events. TNW Conference June 19 ... Anatomy of book cover designs: What made it and what died?

I know that the old excuse, "I don't know the title, but it was blue," is meant to be a joke, but let's face it: there are an awful lot of books with similar covers these days. Whether it's a case ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the future of books and the business of storytelling. You might not have heard of book cover design's "7 second ...

The Yellow Book is a fascinating case in book design because it deliberately wanted people to judge it by its cover. Alongside Beardsley’s illustrations, The Yellow Book (aptly) had a yellow cover .

9. Stranger Things: Worlds Turned Upside Down: The Official Behind-the-Scenes Companion, by Gina McIntyre (Del Ray), cover design by Paul Kepple “A few initial ideas were tossed around, like ...

Among the many challenges book cover designers face is trying to represent a ... Why Do So Many of This Year’s Book Covers Have the Same Design ... Aug 25, 2015 12:53 PM. Photo illustration by ...

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. (A similar chartreuse is ...

If you find yourself in a bookstore, Peter Mendelsund can be hard to avoid. His dust jackets wrap big-name contemporary releases like The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. He's created ingenious covers ...