01. Understand the story first A book cover should encapsulate the essence of the story. Before diving into the design, read the book or discuss its themes with the author.

Hiring a general graphic designer, a common choice for book covers, will cost between $100 and $400 at the entry level, McConnehey estimates, but costs grow alongside the skill of the designer: "A ...

Next, Olsen advises checking out some online resources like The Book Cover Archive, The Casual Optimist, FaceOut Books, and Design Observer's 50 Books/50 Covers for more ideas.

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Inspired by the “ flat design ” that’s become standard on the Web, these covers take on a minimalist style characterized by bright colors, simple layouts, and lots of white space.

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 ...

Before long, the new designer had an actual design job. Today, some 15 years later, Mendelsund's an associate art director at Knopf, having designed around 600 covers.

I’ve been a book designer since the 1990s, working with some of Australia’s and the United Kingdom’s leading publishers. These days, I design book covers for Giramondo Publishing.