Left unconsidered, it’s easy for books to look like dressed-up bricks. Online, it’s easier still for a great book cover to vanish in the clamor of everything else vying for attention.

In the olden days, a reader might pick up a book because the cover was exciting, intriguing, maybe even beautiful. But in the brave new world of e-books and e-readers, the days when an artist ...

We've all heard the saying, "Don't judge a book by its ... with his 2002 cover. Get it here. Tolkien's 1937 adventure about Bilbo Baggins remains one of the most well-known books in modern history.

What makes an outstanding book cover? The Book Jacket Designers Guild ... Agatha French is a former staff writer in books at the Los Angeles Times. She has worked as an editor for a number of ...

a brief description of the book, all the copy that should be on the cover, a manuscript if it’s available, and usually there'll be comp titles,” that is, already-published books that are ...

in a letter quoted in a new book out this month, “Lolita -- The Story of a Cover Girl: Vladimir Nabokov’s Novel in Art and Design,” edited by John Bertram and Yuri Leving, for Print Books.

Ever notice that every so often, there’s one image that seems to be on every book cover on the shelf ... decoration that flank the women on the books’ borders.

Chip Kidd doesn't judge a book by its cover; he creates covers that embody the books — and he does it with a wicked sense of humor. Kidd showcases the art and deep thought of his cover designs.

I was searching for books ... Covers, “or else were subject to mediocre taste or none at all.” In that post on Talking Covers, Sean Manning’s terrific (and sadly defunct) book-design blog ...