If you are a female author, you are much more likely to get a package that suggests the book is of a lower perceived quality. We're the high fructose corn syrup of literature, even when our products are the same.
We interviewed Pete Dyer about his cover art design for Charles Fernyhough's book Pieces of Light for our ongoing series Under the Covers. : In...
As part of Under the Covers, our occasional series on book cover design (formerly known as Rejected Covers), we talked via email to Natalie Slocum, co...
"A Clockwork Orange" is a unique novel that, thanks to Stanley Kubrick's 1971 film, has become a fundamental cultural touchstone. Written in the imagi...
The James Bond books by Ian Fleming have been in print since they were written in the 1950s-60s. In preparation for the new Bond movie Skyfall, new re...
The earliest recognizable American flag - or the thing that it became - was created 235 years ago. Yet its meanings continue to shift and change as pa...
I started this project because when I am 90 (if I live that long), I want to have a library in my house (if there are still books) where every book jacket is designed by me. That is my long-term plan.
Daniel Gray, a UK-based graphic designer, was watching a movie when a thought occurred to him. "'What if that book they mentioned was an actual pa...
To celebrate the launch of El Huffington Post, our expansion into Spain (¡Felicidades herman@s!), we dropped in on the Feria del Libro, an annual pub...
Rejected Covers is part of an ongoing series on rejected book cover designs, in which we invite cover artists to reveal some of the rejected ideas and...
This is part of an ongoing series on rejected book cover designs, in which we invite cover artists to reveal some of the rejected ideas and inspiratio...
This is part of an ongoing series on rejected book cover designs, in which we invite cover artists to reveal some of the rejected ideas and inspiratio...
This is part of a new series on rejected book cover designs, in which we invite cover artists to reveal some of the rejected ideas and inspirations be...
Here are the results of the 50 Watts' Polish Book Cover Contest, which asked contestants to design the "Polish edition" of their favorite book. Poland...
Following our first round of the best book covers of 2010, we have another 25 outstanding covers from 2010.
Books offer graphic designers, illustrators and typographers a great way to expand their portfolios. There are endless possibilities that can be explo...
One is given not just a hypothetical cover of the book, but an entire surrogate book as a manifested object residing in space. This may point to moder...
Earlier this year Meg Rosoff expressed a desire to let loose with an illegal firearm, goaded by the "aggressive pinkness" of the upcoming Queen of Tee...
The bright yellow cover of Stieg Larsson's "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," featuring a swirling dragon design, has become one of the most instantly...
Ever wondered what it takes to create a book cover? In this video, the whole process is compressed into two minutes, and we get to see every little de...
