Editor and writer Mark Sinclair picks his favourite book cover designs of this year, plus opens with a few reflections on industry trends that have emerged in 2022 Last year I began CR’s round-up of ...

What makes you pick up a book you’ve never heard of? Is it the title, the author’s name, or the promise of an intriguing story? More often than not, it’s the cover—a single image that has the power to ...

In January, it was reported that in 2020 more than 200 million print books were sold in the UK, the first time since 2012 that number has been exceeded. Despite bookshops being closed for the majority ...

In this guide, typographer, book designer and manga artist Rittsu Kogarasuashi, shares invaluable lessons from her career ...

“Twenty-five years ago, book cover design was barely an industry,” says Bena Sareen. She is currently the consulting creative director at Aleph Book Company in Delhi. But when the millennium turned, ...

Cover to Cover, a new book from Penguin Classics, is the closest I can get to looking at pornography in the office. I’ve stared at it for hours, flipping back and forth between covers I’ve passed a ...

If you’re an author wondering how to create the ideal book cover for your work, deciding between AI-generated designs and professional design services can feel challenging. The book cover is a key ...