It looks like one of those book-to-film covers that everyone wants to avoid but, contrary to popular belief, this cover of Lolita isn’t a still from Stanley Kubrick’s 1962 movie; neither the ...

Alicia’s Five Book Cover Designers Worth Checking Out “There are so many talented people working in the field right now,” Tatone says. Her recommendations: Peter Mendelsund; ...

His cover for the book shows two simple illustrations against a green backdrop. One is a human eye; the other is a fly's eye. It doesn't just say you're about to read a book about a guy who turns ...

Below, Reed chose eight lesser-known book cover designs that are exceptional. [Photo: courtesy Jesse Reed] 1. PRESENT PAST, PAST PRESENT, 1971 “This is a stop-me-in-my-tracks book cover,” says ...

The year's best covers, as chosen by the art director of The New York Times Book Review. However ornamental book jackets may be, they are also entry points to both the good and bad ideas that ...

Last year I began CR’s round-up of the best book covers of the year with a plea to publishers to credit their designers when sharing newly created work for forthcoming titles. One of the issues raised ...

It’s common knowledge that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but… By working on the visual side of books, graphic designers, illustrators and typographers help create the perfect reading ...

The jury of the Oxford Bookstore’s Book Cover Prize 2023 arrived at their current shortlist of six after sifting through 300 entries. The Publishing Next Industry Awards 2023, which announced ...

Founded by book designers Jon Gray and Jamie Keenan, the awards was set up ten years ago as an alternative to the existing publishing and cover design competitions. The “pompous” name the pair chose ...

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&#8217… ...