Alternate designs for modern classics, uncovered

Posted on 04/06/2019 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The covers that could have been for twenty-five modern literary classics have not been designed in vain. David Dunn couldn’t...

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Margaret Atwood unveils cover of "The Testaments"

Posted on 01/31/2019 at 09:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Margaret Atwood has revealed the cover for the sequel to her dystopian modern classic, The Handmaid’s Tale. The Testaments, which...

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Tagged As: Cover design, New release

Yes, you're seeing the Nancy Drew cover font again

Posted on 01/18/2019 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Those of you raised on the 1940s and 1950s versions of Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys might have noticed...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Cover design

We're jealous of this Chicago-area high school

Posted on 01/10/2019 at 10:30 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It’s rare for most adults to say “I wish I could go back to high school.” Bookworms at Mundelein High...

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Tagged As: Cover design, Literary tourism

Design debate: Which cover is more compelling?

Posted on 12/07/2018 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Literary Hub’s “who wore it better?” feature is way better than anything you see in celebrity magazines. Check out a...

Tagged As: Cover design, Just for fun, Literary Hub

Cover your eyes when looking at these books

Posted on 10/23/2018 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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It’s hard enough to persuade readers to undertake classic novels. So it makes you wonder why Wordsworth Classics can’t pony...

Tagged As: Classic literature, Cover design, Electric Literature, Just for fun

Haruki Murakami’s cover designer shares his inspirations

Posted on 09/24/2018 at 01:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Chip Kidd has left his mark on more than one well-known book, but Vulture in particular appreciates his work on...

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How social media has influenced book cover design

Posted on 08/29/2018 at 05:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Hey, bookstagrammers, pat yourselves on the back — you might’ve saved the art of cover design! Ebooks, once feared to...

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What it's like designing a "Harry Potter" cover

Posted on 06/29/2018 at 08:14 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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When illustrator Brian Selznick was asked to design the twentieth-anniversary covers for the Harry Potter series, his first reaction wasn’t...

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Tagged As: Amazon, Children's literature, Cover design, Young adult literature

Why are middle-aged women invisible on book covers?

Posted on 05/25/2018 at 11:11 AM by Jeffrey Bruner

Novels by Elizabeth Strout, Elena Ferrante and Allison Pearson all feature middle-aged women but don't depict them on the cover.

That’s a really good question raised today by Alison Flood over at The Guardian: “It seems the book world doesn’t...

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Tagged As: Cover design, Diversity, The Guardian, Women in literature