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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 .

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 ...

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 ...