Throughout its beautiful 258 pages, “Lolita -- The Story of a Cover Girl” reproduces many of these covers, many of which feature nudity, women’s lingerie (e.g., a Dutch language edition from ...

E arlier in the summer, the original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was sold for a record £1.5m.The book is more than 25 years old, but the price the watercolour ...

Those snippets of praise on book covers have been around for over 150 years (at least). But how do they get there — and why? The answers are more complicated, and compelling, than you might think.

Take an antique leather-bound book, open it up, and inhale deeply. There’s just something about that old-book smell. And thanks to a new analytical chemistry technique, the volatile organic ...

Considering the time, trouble and effort that goes into creating the perfect cover for a book, it’s astonishing how often that effort goes astray. Skip to main content. You ...

You should judge a book by its cover, to some degree.” The super-early-rate deadline for Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies Awards is Friday, July 25, at 11:59 p.m. PT. Apply today ...