What makes you pick up a book you’ve never heard of? Is it the title, the author’s name, or the promise of an intriguing story? More often than not, it’s the cover—a single image that has the power to ...

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Do you find yourself downloading a lot of the free Project Gutenberg public domain books in the iBookstore? Sick of your bookshelf looking like a series of paper bags with text printed on them? Me too ...

Evidently, the art of designing book covers cannot merely be left to pleasing aesthetics as the devil is in the detail — and the technicalities involved Rhea Gupte was sought out by writer Karuna ...

Doubleday Books Art Director Emily Mahon has been designing book covers for 20 years. After studying graphic design at Penn State, and an internship at Harper’s Bazaar, she was ready to leave the ...

Every item on this page was chosen by an ELLE editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Years ago, I lived in a charming Harlem walk-up with lots of exposed brick and not ...

Mark Sinclair picks his ten favourite book covers of the year, chosen for their “strong, characterful, challenging and exciting” design Has it ever been easier to design a book cover? As with most ...

“When asked to nominate the best of anything, it’s bad form to name your own work. But while I’m part of the company (Unit Editions) that published this book, I didn’t design the cover, so I’m ...