Peruse enough bookstores – or just stroll past their window displays – and you’ll certainly have encountered the design trends adorning our best (and bestselling) literature. Illustrations abound: ...

The cover isn’t made from fabric or paper ... More specifically, the DNA still contained in the book binding allowed researchers to narrow their search to harbor and harp seal populations ...

Today, book binding covers a wide range of techniques, from simple pamphlet-stitch notebooks to elaborate decorative bindings and intricate covers that people can spend weeks working on.

The material on the covers of books from a French abbey was too hairy to have come from calves or other local mammals. Researchers identified its more distant origin. By Jack Tamisiea Medieval ...

Books with furry covers are indicative of medieval monks’ role in international trade, researchers said. Lévêque, et al (2025) Royal Society Open Science At the end of the ninth century, a group of ...