Book Covers and Book Sales

One of my favorite places is the bookstore. Strolling leisurely through the aisles. That new book smell. I love seeing all the books lined up on the shelves. A new world waiting to be discovered, a new adventure, a new character waiting to tell me a story. All those...

The Future of Book Design

It’s not a stretch to say that great book design begins with a perfectly designed book cover.  Here is a collection of thoughts about the direction of future book covers. Why Not a Collage?  Even as kids, we were encouraged to create collages. Out of newspaper, out of...

Smart Book Cover Design

How many books have you passed over because the cover design did nothing to attract your attention.  It happens far more often than we think.  A poorly designed book cover is a disaster in many ways.  In many ways, it screams “amateur.” And that is not to say that all...

Designing a Special Book Cover

First, I think it is important to understand that a well-designed book cover needs to do more than just catch a potential book-buyer’s eye. A special book cover also conveys a sense of what to expect when the reader opens the book. The cover is your way of...