Anatomy of book cover designs: What made it and what died?
Dec02
Despite a steady rise in the popularity of e-books and a surge in ownership of electronic readers and tablets, real dead-tree paper books are not about the exit the scene any time soon. And while most people don’t judge a book by its cover, there’s a good reason why book covers remain a design mainstay: Apart from mere aesthetics, book covers continue to exercise a huge influence over book sales — whether for new entries into the marketplace or reprints of out-of-copyright historical titles. Let’s face it: A new cover can make an old book seem new and significant — yet again.…
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