A pithy title will read more quickly, and present stronger design possibilities than a lengthy one. If your title requires many words, it’s worth considering a rework that will result in a brief title, supported by a subtitle. To the designer, book covers present a unique challenge to ...
Graphic Design The New York TimesBook Review art director Matt Dorfman has selected the year’s best book cover designs, with an image by Penguin’sDavid Pearsonmaking the cut. According to Matt, his covers were chosen for their ability to “lure in” the reader, “by posing questions that...
If you didn’t find a design template you love above (atDIY Book Coversor atCanvaorBookBrush) here are a few more places to find book cover design templates and premade book covers. There are designs for every genre and budget, so keep searching until you find the right one for your b...
Another reason to have a great cover design: Book buyers for brick-and-mortar stores have been known to “snub” books with poorly designed covers. If you want your book to be on shelves, your cover design needs to be top-notch! Your cover design needs to be outstanding if you want yo...
Free book cover design software and formatting templates After designing over a thousand book covers (and earning about a quarter of a million bucks from my design business) I decided I’d rather write full-time than design covers for a living. But, since I’m deeply committed to helping in...
The Annual BIBA® Best Book Cover Contest recognizes excellence in book cover design. Entries are limited to independently (indie) published books, including those from small presses, e-book publishers, and self-published authors. All covers must be in English. ...
One of the many things I like about Janet’s work is how she manages to convey so much of a book’s content and tone with the barest of moves. These two covers are graphic design at its purest—form-making using only line and typography. ...
Fun fact: Stewart’s approach to book design is cinematic: “Book covers are like little movie posters to me, inspiring fascination, curiosity, and anticipation — ramping up to the stories they tell.” 3.Jerry Todd With over a thousand book covers under his belt, including multiple NYT Bes...
Fun fact: Stewart’s approach to book design is cinematic: “Book covers are like little movie posters to me, inspiring fascination, curiosity, and anticipation — ramping up to the stories they tell.” 3.Jerry Todd With over a thousand book covers under his belt, including multiple NYT Bes...
Don’t judge a book by its cover, it’s what’s inside that counts—like typesetting, book layout and all the other aspects of book design. In the publishing industry everyone focuses on a book’s content, but the work of book designers has a huge impact on the experience, just from ...