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Designing book covers is famously difficult. It's so hard we have an entire idiom that asks us not to judge the worth of something just because its cover turned out really, really ugly. From our ...
We are cautioned to avoid judging a book by its cover, yet that is precisely what publishers hope we will do. Dust jacket illustration, which came into its own in the 1920s, has long deserved ...
Not that book covers don't follow trends. In the early 2000s, says Mendelsund, colorful book jackets were all the rage. So much so, in fact, that the first time he designed a white book jacket ...
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Here’s Why So Many Books Now Have Colorful EdgesThe latest trend in publishing is creating books that transport you, even before you crack the cover. Dozens of must-read books have received the sprayed-edge treatment, and even more will hit ...
Color contrast makes a cover pop, but the highest-contrast combination—black and white—can be a turnoff for publishers, who worry that without color, the book won’t stand out.
You’ve probably seen some of the colorful, abstract book cover art of Richard Powers before, and marveled at how far it pushes the envelope of representational art. How alien it looks. Over at ...
“The Illustrated Dust Jacket: 1920-1970” By Martin Salisbury Thames & Hudson, 200 pp., $39.95. We are cautioned to avoid judging a book by its cover, yet that is precisely what publishers hope ...
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — On Tuesday, the state of Oregon's 164th birthday, the Oregon Secretary of State’s Office revealed the two vibrantly colorful cover images for the 2023-2024 Oregon Blue Book.
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This Is Why So Many Books Now Have Colorful, Sprayed Edges NowWhat's arguably the most new, though, is the introduction of colorful "sprayed edges" on the books themselves. ... "Don't judge a book by its cover," but this trend has taken over the reading scene.
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