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 ...

Publishing professionals advise self-publishers to focus on editing and cover design to ensure that their books have the greatest chance of success. Knowing how to work with a professional designer ...

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In 2022, Elisha Zepeda had given up on becoming a designer and was working as a barista at an Oregon bookstore. Today, he’s a salaried book cover designer at Penguin Random House and an in-demand ...

Jenny Grigg works in a research partnership with Giramondo Publishing. Primary school students have been reading TikTok sensation Icebreaker, an enemies-to-lovers romance about a figure skater and an ...

Most videos on book cover designer Elisha Zepeda’s TikTok account have a similar format: he gets an assignment from a publisher, crafts several options, gets feedback, makes some tweaks, and, finally, ...

Among the many challenges book cover designers face is trying to represent a book’s premise or main character without getting so specific that readers are left with little to imagine. A few years ago, ...

Despite a steady rise in the popularity of e-books and a surge in ownership of electronic readers and tablets, real dead-tree paper books are not about the exit the scene any time soon. And while most ...

Our series “How I became a …” digs into the stories of accomplished and influential people, finding out how they got to where they are in their careers. Editor’s note: This interview has been edited ...

First, we will download a realistic-looking cover or texture or copy and paste an image to the PowerPoint slide. Go to New Slides on the Home tab in the Slides group and create a new slide; in this ...