In 2022, Elisha Zepeda had given up on becoming a designer and was working as a barista at an Oregon bookstore. Today, he’s a salaried book cover designer at Penguin Random House and an in-demand ...

Publishing professionals advise self-publishers to focus on editing and cover design to ensure that their books have the greatest chance of success. Knowing how to work with a professional designer ...

From genre-homogeny to data-backed design decisions and marketing trends, book cover designers have to battle to create ...

Peter Mendelsund has designed hundreds of book covers, including two new ones of his own: Cover and What We See When We Read. He talks about his... Peter Mendelsund estimates he's designed "somewhere ...

There’s one big thing about Rodrigo Corral that does not initially make sense: The book cover maestro does not have a signature style. “A thing that we repeat often in the studio is, ‘Let’s be careful ...

It's no surprise that many readers consider a job in book publishing to be one of the most covetable careers. Within publishing, there are widely recognized positions — like that of a book editor or ...

If you’re an author wondering how to create the ideal book cover for your work, deciding between AI-generated designs and professional design services can feel challenging. The book cover is a key ...

For decades, Chip Kidd has revolutionized the book jacket—giving Jurassic Park its iconic T-Rex silhouette, The Secret History its Greek statue, and 1Q84 its ghostly, translucent type. Now, for the ...

As a book jacket designer for respected U.S. publisher Alfred A. Knopf, Chip Kidd has worked with authors from Cormac McCarthy to Michael Crichton to Haruki Murakami. He is also a twice-published ...

Peter Mendelsund, an associate art director at Knopf, as well as an art director at Pantheon and Vertical Press, is the force behind some of today’s most recognizable covers: the Stieg Larsson books, ...

In a year brimming with beautiful jacket art, these books stood out. Credit... Supported by By Matt Dorfman Matt Dorfman is a designer, illustrator and the art director of the Book Review. If an ...

The midcentury renaissance man whose career was "a flurry of interiors and fabrics, signage and record albums, and ...