The phrase “don’t judge a book by its cover” sounds nice on paper, but if everyone actually followed it, publishers wouldn’t ...

You know that moment when you're browsing a bookstore and a cover just stops you cold? There's something magnetic about a truly stunning book cover. It's not just marketing. It's art, psychology, and ...

The age-old saying goes: “You shouldn’t judge a book by its cover.” But that’s exactly what happened recently. The American Institute of Graphic Arts published the 2020 winners of its annual ...

We're not supposed to judge book covers... but we're also not supposed to gossip or eat Nutella straight out of the jar. Things happen. We very occasionally judge books by their covers. But it's not ...

“This cover feels simultaneously classic and entirely new. It’s slightly reminiscent of 1970s science fiction covers (albeit much more restrained), and yet I’ve never seen anything quite like it. That ...

What makes an outstanding book cover? The Book Jacket Designers Guild of the 1940s and ’50s defined the art as the “successful integration of concept with graphic means … and expression of the spirit ...