The book is the work of David Dunn, editor and founder of D&B Books. It covers 25 books submitted by cover designers from all over the world, showcasing the final design of each title along with ...

She’d been tasked with designing the book covers for the English translations of Karl Ove Knausgaard’s six-part autobiographical novel, My Struggle—and she’d landed on a concept to tie the ...

01. Understand the story first. A book cover should encapsulate the essence of the story. Before diving into the design, read ...

I’ve been a book designer since the 1990s, working with some of Australia’s and the United Kingdom’s leading publishers. These days, I design book covers for Giramondo Publishing.

Book cover designers picked the best book covers of 2025 and told us what makes them so great. Skip to main content. ... Elisha Zepeda is a book cover designer with Penguin Press.

With series design, each book cover must stand out but also somehow blend in. Cover designer Jack Smyth’s latest series design is for a remarkable writer, Italo Calvino, and spans a remarkable number ...

Most videos on book cover designer Elisha Zepeda’s TikTok account have a similar format: he gets an assignment from a publisher, crafts several options, gets feedback, makes some tweaks, and ...

For the winning design in the Children’s 0-5 category, designer Audrey Keri-Nagy worked with art director Deirdre McDermott and illustrator Jarvis for the cover of his book The Boy with Flower in His ...

The book cover is a key element—it’s often the first impression that attracts potential readers. For those with limited resources or multiple projects, hiring a professional designer might ...

The jury of the Oxford Bookstore’s Book Cover Prize 2023 arrived at their current shortlist of six after sifting through 300 entries. The Publishing Next Industry Awards 2023, which announced ...

In the early 1980s, she started her own design firm, working primarily on book covers. In 1982, Warner Bros. Records called to ask whether she was interested in designing an album cover for a ...