Explicit novel Icebreaker is under fire for its ‘misleading’ cover. A book designer explains — and reveals how covers work There are lots of choices an illustrator makes in representing a ...

Among the many challenges book cover designers face is trying to ... But lately, another cover design trend has been popping up on this summer’s crop of beach reads: the flat woman.

How do book covers communicate with an audience? How do designers and publishers make their decisions? And how can it go wrong like this? I’ve been a book designer since the 1990s, working with ...