Designing a Series Look: Zoe Chant, Part I
June 15, 2015
Longreads: http://blog.longreads.com/
Today the Longreads Blog features seven articles about book covers.
Some of the pieces focus on design:
- “Judge This: The Power of First Impressions,” by Chip Kidd:
- “How to Judge the Cover of a Book,” by Kylie Boelte
Another looks at cover differences between books marketed to men and those aimed at women :
- “The Second Shelf: On the Rules of Literary Fiction for Men and Women,” by Meg Wolitzer
The others are more thinky pieces about design:
- “The Decline and Fall of the Book Cover,” by Tim Kreider
- “They Become What They Behold, or, How Pretty Should a Book Be?” by Emily Keeler
- “Judging Books By Their Covers,” by Mary Borkowski
- “Hack the Cover,” by Craig Mod
