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Leah Jacobs-Gordon on the artistry of book cover design

Creative Boom

The illustrator behind a series of best-selling books explains how she sums up the story and grabs the reader's attention. We all know the old saying, "Don't judge a book by its cover". In short, covers serve as a shop front for each title, enticing readers with their visual allure and hinting at the stories within their pages.

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How to design a book cover that sells on Kindle and other eBook Platforms?

Designer Daily

The process of creating an e-book cover is more complex than just design; it involves consideration for several platforms such as Google Play Books, Apple Books, and Amazon Kindle. Every platform has its own requirements, design guidelines, and criteria for e-book covers. How to Design a Book Cover?

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Cover Series For Jon Ronson Books

Designer Daily

With good use of white space, playing with form and counter-form, and creative use of typography, these covers by Ala Uddin are almost textbook examples of various design techniques. The London-based designer keeps some mystery in the covers and forces the potential reader to get closer to get a first clue, brilliant.

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Bjoern Altmann's new book celebrates the overlooked beauty of manhole covers

Creative Boom

London-based illustrator and type designer Bjoern Altmann has turned his attention to the hidden wonder of manhole covers in his latest book, which recreates designs from over 80 countries as vector images. Bjoern first became aware of manhole covers in a design context when studying graphic design in Germany.

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A Design Repository With Over 1’000 Arabic Book Covers

Designer Daily

This account , dedicated to Arabic book covers and maintained by Egyptian designer Moe Elhossieny, is one of these gems. Elhossieny has catalogued a huge archive of book covers in Arabic on plenty of topics and styles. Apart from obnoxious influencers, Instagram also includes some accounts that are real gems.

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AIGA's 50 best covers of the year are a celebration of the physicality of books

Creative Boom

Earlier this month, the American Institute of Graphic Arts revealed the winners of its 50 Books | 50 Covers Competition, and the results are an insight into how design choices celebrate the object quality of the book. As ever, though, there's always room for improvement.

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How to design engaging book cover art

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The author and illustrator of The Search for WondLa refreshes his book cover to celebrate its upcoming TV adaptation.

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