What makes you pick up a book you’ve never heard of? Is it the title, the author’s name, or the promise of an intriguing story? More often than not, it’s the cover—a single image that has the power to ...

There's something magical about holding a physical book in your hands, feeling the texture of its cover, and wondering about the story hidden inside. Book covers are more than just protective shells - ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the future of books and the business of storytelling. Jul 19, 2019, 11:30am EDT Jul 19, 2019, 06:11pm EDT This ...

The age-old saying goes: “You shouldn’t judge a book by its cover.” But that’s exactly what happened recently. The American Institute of Graphic Arts published the 2020 winners of its annual ...

Looking for a solution to design your own eBook covers on Windows PC? Here is a complete guide to creating an eBook cover image for free. You can use a free template to design and customize your eBook ...

“This cover feels simultaneously classic and entirely new. It’s slightly reminiscent of 1970s science fiction covers (albeit much more restrained), and yet I’ve never seen anything quite like it. That ...

Readers with a keen eye for book cover design are likely to associate uniform jacket schemes primarily with boutique literary publishers—among them Archipelago Books, Fitzcarraldo Editions, McNally ...

What makes an outstanding book cover? The Book Jacket Designers Guild of the 1940s and ’50s defined the art as the “successful integration of concept with graphic means … and expression of the spirit ...