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Doubleday Books Art Director Emily Mahon has been designing book covers for 20 years. After studying graphic design at Penn State, and an internship at Harper’s Bazaar, she was ready to leave the ...

For Reed, Second Hand isn’t simply a nostalgic trip down memory lane. The unearthing of analog book covers offers an opportunity to give lesser known, but brilliantly executed, designs their due. He ...

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What makes you pick up a book you’ve never heard of? Is it the title, the author’s name, or the promise of an intriguing story? More often than not, it’s the cover—a single image that has the power to ...