December marks the start of the holiday season and the return of one of our favorite year-end traditions: the annual best book cover tournament. Now in its fourth year, this contest is our way of recognizing and celebrating the talented designers behind the books. After all, the cover is the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2024-12-17 12:05:00 UTC ]
The professionals weigh in: here are the best book covers of the year, according to book cover designers. | Lit Hub Design “The stone would outlast everyone, would transcend the memory of those who were there, and those who came after, and would see Topaz and its eventual ruin beyond the end.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-12-14 11:30:31 UTC ]
As is now Literary Hub tradition, I am pleased to present the best book covers of the year–as chosen by some of the industry’s best book cover designers. This year, I asked 54 designers to share their favorite covers of the year, and they came back with a grand total of 167 covers (NB: for […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-12-10 09:59:32 UTC ]
The holidays just got a whole lot more exciting—our fifth annual Book Cover Tournament kicks off on Monday! For an entire year, we’ve judged thousands and thousands of book covers, and the 32 designs below represent the very best. But in the end, there can only be one winner. Now, it’s your turn... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2024-12-06 12:00:00 UTC ]
Samsung is once again expanding its tablet lineup, and this time, the company is doing so with AI at the forefront. Today, Samsung revealed the Galaxy Tab S10 series, two models that it says are "built with AI enhancements available right out of the box." The 14.6-inch Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2024-09-26 16:26:33 UTC ]
The Power Broker at 50, and new book cover trend, and remembering Steve Silberman in today's book news. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-09-11 16:35:46 UTC ]
The pros are here to remind us that racism persists in publishing. Plus: an adaptation from a queer icon and an MCU-style romance enterprise. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-08-15 15:15:00 UTC ]
Designing a book cover is always something of an emotional roller coaster. There’s the excitement of nailing it on the first try (rare!); there’s the low of working hard on an idea, only for it to be discarded; there’s the struggle (every time) and the self-doubt (ever present) that come with... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-08-02 08:57:20 UTC ]
Designer Elisha Zepeda has become a TikTok star for sharing his book cover design process. Are publishers are paying attention? Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
The Penguin Books UK competition in book cover design for a third year was open to all applicants: 30 percent are not students. The post In London: Penguin Books UK’s 2024 Cover Design Awards appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-07-03 20:13:30 UTC ]
A new book by designer Jesse Reed gives unsung book covers their due. In the age of fickle online trends, font horoscopes, and tiny mics, what room is there to engage with the humble mass-market paperback of yesteryear? A new book, Second Hand, dusts off should-be-classic book covers that have... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2024-05-17 09:00:00 UTC ]
A satirical confession, from an imagined designer who unleashed the style of book cover with “amorphous shapes of suggestive colors” on the world. I’ve created a monster. I’m the designer who first created the colorful blob book cover. You know the ones: the vaguely egg-like, kidney-bean-like... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-05-08 17:07:26 UTC ]
Another month of books, another month of book covers. It’s been gloomy in upstate New York, but according to a certain saying, all this endless rain will pay dividends one day soon. In the meantime, here are some nice things to look at: The audacity, indeed. I love a book cover that feels goofy... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-04-30 08:55:24 UTC ]
Last week, we asked our social media followers to vote for the cover of year from the best 32 designs of the year. This year’s tournament was fierce, with surprise twists and crowd favorites that bowed out early. The winner edged out the competition by a mere 6 votes. From 32 cover designs, here... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2023-12-29 12:05:00 UTC ]
The reign of the color-blob book cover has slowly come to an end over the last several years, and various pretenders to the throne have taken their best shot at being the next trend—sans-serif minimalism (The “Cusk”); brightly-colored paper-cut-out illustrations, usually involving women (The... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-12-18 15:14:58 UTC ]
It’s the festive season, which means our fourth annual book cover tournament begins today! We had a tough job winnowing the hundreds of thousands of book covers published this year to the best 32 designs, so we need your help to crown a winner via an interactive poll on our Twitter and Instagram... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2023-12-18 12:00:00 UTC ]
“Each of these portraits is, as advertised and expected, profoundly ‘humane.’” Gideon Lewis-Kraus recommends Nathan Thrall’s A Day in the Life of Abed Salama. | Lit Hub Criticism The 138 best book covers of 2023, as chosen by some of the industry’s best book cover designers. | Lit Hub Design... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-12-12 11:30:34 UTC ]
For what is now the eighth time in a row, I am pleased to present the best book covers of the year—as chosen by some of the industry’s best book cover designers. This year, I asked 46 designers to share their favorite covers of the year, and they came back with a grand total of 138 covers […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-12-12 09:55:10 UTC ]
The bunny is having its book cover moment. If you don’t believe me, head to your closest bookstore and look for recent award winners: you’ll find Bora Chung’s Cursed Bunny, recently shortlisted for the National Book Award for Translated Literature, cozied up next to last year’s winner for... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-11-29 09:51:35 UTC ]
Samsung's latest slate of Galaxy devices arrives on August 11, but there's still time to lock in a pre-order to get free perks like a storage upgrade and gift card. The company's new flagship foldable, the Galaxy Z Fold 5, is included in the offer. If you pre-order one, you can get double the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2023-08-09 14:52:31 UTC ]