Book cover design

Where to start with your first book cover design?

If you’re looking for escapism, 2023’s book cover design trends seem determined to banish the darkness. This year feels less about the words and more about the feeling: it seems like it’s time to forget guidelines around hierarchy and decorum and just let rip. Check out the 2023 book cover design trends.

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Picking the right colors in marketing and advertising can help you communicate different messages to buyers. Learn how the psychology of color can influence customers.

Here is my book design project that I worked on last year at my university. I needed to choose one of the classic books proposed by the teacher and create 6 illustrations, as well as a book layout. For the project I chose the famous novel by George Orwe…

Gretchen Stewart created a custom book cover on 99designs. They got dozens of unique ideas from professional designers and picked their favorite.

If you’re a self-published author, standing out can be especially difficult. But there is one thing you can do to give your book a chance to stand out in an overcrowded marketplace: finding a great cover designer to work with. Here's how!

Another month of books, another month of book covers. In July, many of those book covers are being Instagrammed next to a beach towel, or perhaps on a dock, or even a picnic bench. For this and oth…

As is now Literary Hub tradition, I am pleased to present the best book covers of the year–as chosen by some of the industry’s best book cover designers. This year, I asked 54 designers to share th…