Elaborately designed books with patterned edges and other effects started as a trend in romance and fantasy, and have now spread throughout the publishing industry.

Sadly, celebrity-penned books tend to feature a fairly familiar image of the author; if not a headshot then they’re likely ...

FREE! Sometimes you can judge a book by its cover. The longstanding design and visual culture magazine Print compiled its ...

Sometimes, a book might catch your eye or intrigue you with its cover or title. Trust your instincts and give it a chance; spontaneous choices often lead to the most memorable reading experiences.

A good first impression is, of course, the goal: to elicit curiosity and excitement before you’ve even picked the book off a ...

Designer and illustrator Micaela Alcaino wants you to judge a book by its cover. Why it matters: Alcaino knows from ...

“I just really love putting a layout together,” she tells Vogue. “Photo books have always been so important to my creative ...

Country music is known for telling a story, and so is rock; it only makes sense that bluegrass, country, and Americana singers would cover rock songs ... shows just how good she is at what ...

Despite having a vast ground to cover, given the moon’s 4.5-billion-year entwined history with Earth, Boyle writes with clarity and wonder. The book is part encyclopedia, part lunar biography ...

Korean author Kim Su-hyun’s wildly successful book I Decided to Live as Me was born out of failure. After graduating from university with a design degree ... get a job at a good company, so ...

The stockbroker amateur-sleuth Malcolm Warren investigates in this brilliantly witty mystery. Aunt Mildred declared that no good could come of the Melbury family Christmas gatherings at their country ...

He explained that in the older models, you could feel the grid system of tubes running through the cover, but thanks to this new design ... It did a surprisingly good job of not affecting the ...