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“A picture says a thousand words” – these words have been written on book cover and I think it’s really truth. Book cover is one element that usually caught the most attention of the readers and visual memorisation is the strongest one. Without reading the entire book, you could be able to get the concept of the story just by looking at the book cover design.
In this post, I compiled a list of beautiful book cover designs created in a lot of different style such as photo-based, typographic, and black & white. Hope this showcase will inspire you in creating your own unique book cover. Get inspired!
Your book cover can really represent what you are writing and what you really are. It is a form a communication to your target readers so choose and design the right book cover that you will use.
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Wednesday, March 14th, 2012 21:28
Loved the Arthur C Clarke tube. Brilliant.
Nice selection and made realise (once again) that I am not going to live long enough to read all the books I would love to read. Cheers, I think!
Stay well
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012 02:11
Beautiful selection. Here’s an interview with Peter Mendelsund about the future of book design.
Sunday, January 1st, 2012 23:15
Apart from some of the black and white it’s pretty standard student type stuff.
Thursday, November 10th, 2011 08:50
Impressive graphic selection! Inspiring, thanks
Saturday, May 7th, 2011 08:09
nice designs………..come concepts shown beautiful on the designs………….really nice……………
Tuesday, January 11th, 2011 06:58
very nice pictures :)
Sunday, November 14th, 2010 20:06
I don’t quite get what’s so interesting about the “Why Kerouac Matters” by John Leland and some of the others… and a lot of them have nothing but the text, just in different variations. The easy way if you ask me.
Friday, November 5th, 2010 01:12
If you like book cover design, this is a great link.
Friday, November 5th, 2010 03:11
Well, as far as I know the purpose of the book cover design is to make me want to get that book literally into my hands and to make me curious of what the book is all about. Lots of the shown book covers here even didn’t catch my attention, others only gave me the impression of depression…Sorry!
And I love to take a stroll through bookstores and to wallow in all the wonderful cover designs which temp me to take the book into my hands and to feel the weight and the paper and to read what is the book all about. I think a book cover should/could be a sensual treat.
Thursday, November 4th, 2010 21:15
Very inspired pictures. Great job !
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Alan Taylor
Sunday, January 1st, 2012 23:15
Apart from some of the black and white it’s pretty standard student type stuff.
Giacomo Freddi
Friday, November 5th, 2010 09:35
Really great collection.. thanks!
Parsleybrain
Friday, November 5th, 2010 03:11
Well, as far as I know the purpose of the book cover design is to make me want to get that book literally into my hands and to make me curious of what the book is all about. Lots of the shown book covers here even didn’t catch my attention, others only gave me the impression of depression…Sorry!
And I love to take a stroll through bookstores and to wallow in all the wonderful cover designs which temp me to take the book into my hands and to feel the weight and the paper and to read what is the book all about. I think a book cover should/could be a sensual treat.
unbearable
Sunday, November 14th, 2010 20:06
I don’t quite get what’s so interesting about the “Why Kerouac Matters” by John Leland and some of the others… and a lot of them have nothing but the text, just in different variations. The easy way if you ask me.
Angeliasy
Thursday, November 4th, 2010 21:15
Very inspired pictures. Great job !
Atithi
Tuesday, January 11th, 2011 06:58
very nice pictures :)
Ian Anderson
Wednesday, March 14th, 2012 21:28
Loved the Arthur C Clarke tube. Brilliant.
Nice selection and made realise (once again) that I am not going to live long enough to read all the books I would love to read. Cheers, I think!
Stay well
Brett Widmann
Friday, February 11th, 2011 07:53
These are really nice cover designs! Thank you!
Natsumi
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012 02:11
Beautiful selection. Here’s an interview with Peter Mendelsund about the future of book design.
yves
Thursday, November 10th, 2011 08:50
Impressive graphic selection! Inspiring, thanks
Amit
Saturday, May 7th, 2011 08:09
nice designs………..come concepts shown beautiful on the designs………….really nice……………
Will Sherwood
Friday, November 5th, 2010 01:12
If you like book cover design, this is a great link.