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Among the many challenges book cover designers face is trying to represent a book’s premise or main character without getting so specific that readers are left with little to imagine. A few years ago, ...

Designing a great cover for a famous novel can be a daunting enough task, but Canadian illustrator Ray Fenwick had to literally do one better. As part of a series in which Houghton Mifflin republished ...

Most videos on book cover designer Elisha Zepeda’s TikTok account have a similar format: he gets an assignment from a publisher, crafts several options, gets feedback, makes some tweaks, and, finally, ...

users love reading. But let's face it—nothing compares to the feel of a book in your hands. Sure, Amazon's Kindle makes it possible to read more books, clears up a lot of shelve space, fits snugly in ...

Despite a steady rise in the popularity of e-books and a surge in ownership of electronic readers and tablets, real dead-tree paper books are not about the exit the scene any time soon. And while most ...