Until recently, the archetypal western romance cover featured a photo of a solo, brooding stud in a 10-gallon hat, shirt optional. But when Lyla Sage self-published Done and Dusted in 2023, the ...

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 ...

01. Understand the story first. A book cover should encapsulate the essence of the story. Before diving into the design, read ...

People love a good design trend story (guilty!). When it comes to book covers, it’s a delight to read about Frappucino unicorns, stacked silhouettes, and overgrown botanical borders.The only ...

Love Book Cover Design UK is an expert in producing different, attractive, yet simple romance book covers. Our artwork is created with the intention of sparking feelings and drawing readers into the ...

Bespoke libraries bring books and design in harmony 04:30. Richard Schlesinger peruses the volumes of a custom-designed library: If you judge your books' covers to be just a bit blah, then ...

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 ...

I spoke with Kim about what led her to her final design, how her thinking on Cannibals in Love evolved and changed, and why the book’s depiction of a post-9/11 world resonated with her so ...

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 ...

Keith Hayes, who designed the Bernadette cover for publisher Little, Brown, told me via email that he didn’t have any intention of using the flat design style or starting a trend when he ...

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.