If you've been to an American bookstore in the past decade, the odds are good that a cover designed by Peter Mendelsund has caught your eye. Despite scant formal training, he has managed to create ...

Among the many challenges book cover designers face is trying to represent a book’s premise or main character without getting so specific that readers are left with little to imagine. A few years ago, ...

One of my favourite book covers of this year doesn’t make my top ten, but I think it’s a great example of what can be achieved with the most fundamental elements of book cover construction – type and ...

Primary school students have been reading TikTok sensation Icebr­eaker, an enemies-to-lovers romance about a figure skater and an ice-hockey player. The cartoon cover features a ponytailed girl (who ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the future of books and the business of storytelling. This article is more than 6 years old. Hiring a general ...

Cover to Cover, a new book from Penguin Classics, is the closest I can get to looking at pornography in the office. I’ve stared at it for hours, flipping back and forth between covers I’ve passed a ...

Despite a steady rise in the popularity of e-books and a surge in ownership of electronic readers and tablets, real dead-tree paper books are not about the exit the scene any time soon. And while most ...

If you’re an author wondering how to create the ideal book cover for your work, deciding between AI-generated designs and professional design services can feel challenging. The book cover is a key ...

The announcement of the seven best entries was accompanied by a panel discussion as part of AKLF at Allen Park Three of the seven book covers nominated in the shortlist for the Oxford Bookstore Book ...