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Articles by Kurt Wright |
1. THE RIGHT DESIGN FOR A BOOK COVER
August 13, 2012
The design for a book cover is one of the most crucial elements in the sale of the book. It’s the first information the reader will get about the book, and, depending on the reader’s time, and the wealth of competition available on the stands, or on the browser, the cover may be the principal read. ...
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2. CREATIVITY OF FRONT COVER BOOK DESIGN
August 13, 2012
In the field of Biography and Memoir, the front cover book design is often—but not always— built around a photograph or illustration of the subject. Some good examples from the current crop of biographies and memoirs include: Our Sarah: Made in Alaska, by Chuck Heath sr. and Chuck Heath Jr., Michael...
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3. THE BEST BOOK COVER DESIGNS ARE WORKS OF ART
August 13, 2012
The best book cover designs often approach, and at times attain, the quality of good art. While the primary purpose of graphic design, is, according to the Merriam Webster dictionary: “the art or profession of using design elements (as typography and images) to convey information or create an effect...
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4. HISTORY OF BOOK COVER ILLUSTRATION
August 13, 2012
Book cover illustration has a long and colorful history, and in the world of children’s books, dates bake, arguably, to the 17th century with a book titled Orbis Pictus, an illustrated children’s book. By the 19th and early 20th centuries, books of Fairy tales by Grimm and Hans Christian Anderson be...
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5. BOOK COVER ARTISTS AND THE CHILDREN'S MARKET
August 13, 2012
With the exception of The Sandcastle Girl, with a cover by book cover illustrator Debra Lill, virtually all of the top New York Times best selling books use either photography or design elements for their covers. For decades, there has been a constant pendulum swing in the usage of one or the other...
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6. NOTABLE BOOK COVER DESIGNS
August 13, 2012
book cover design of Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies, easily sets the stage for a book that will deliver an historical topic with something other than a dry retelling. This is evidenced by the reviews: “Macintyre is a s...
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7. FRONT COVER BOOK DESIGN IS AN ART
August 10, 2012
Front cover book design remains an art and craft in the rapidly growing—even overflowing—world of publishing today. There are a number of websites growing up around this industry that offer insights and advice to the author setting out on the precarious road to self publishing. CNET, Self Publishing...
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8. THE DESIGN OF A BOOK COVER IS A CREATIVE CHALLENGE
August 10, 2012
There’s no magical “how to” when you design a cover for a book. A cursory glance through any bookstore, online or traditional, will reveal a myriad of solutions, from the simple to the sublime. The use of type, calligraphy, illustration and photography is nearly as varied as the number of books on t...
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9. THE DYNAMIC OF BOOK COVER DESIGNS
August 10, 2012
The best book cover designs might be considered “best” for a number of reasons, and not all of these are design-related. Strength Finder 2.0 by Tom Rath, published by Gallup Press, does not particularly stand out for its dynamic, its artful illustration, or its unique type treatment. There are no il...
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10. THE ART OF BOOK COVER ILLUSTRATION
August 10, 2012
The art of book cover illustration is distinctive from the art of illustration, in that selling the book is a primary component. Simply illustrating the story—the job of illustration throughout a book or magazine—is now compounded by the requirements of the marketplace. The book must stand out on a ...
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