Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the future of books and the business of storytelling. This article is more than 6 years old. Hiring a general ...

She was in the vanguard of female designers who looked to the past to upend the cool modernism of the ’70s with a style that became prominent in the ’80s. By Penelope Green Carin Goldberg, a ...

She’d been tasked with designing the book covers for the English translations of Karl Ove Knausgaard’s six-part autobiographical novel, My Struggle—and she’d landed on a concept to tie the volumes ...

You know that moment when you're browsing a bookstore and a cover just stops you cold? There's something magnetic about a ...

“Readers want to go on a journey … and a jacket gets to add to that story.” If you can't access your feeds, please contact customer support. Thanks! Check your phone for a link to finish setting up ...

Chip Kidd is probably the coolest cat whose name you don’t know. Both author and graphic designer, Kidd takes turns using words and images to create unforgettable landscapes. As a book cover designer, ...

Peter Mendelsund estimates he's designed "somewhere between 600 and 1,000 book covers," ranging from Crime and Punishment to Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. But the self-taught, sought-after designer ...

For decades, Chip Kidd has revolutionized the book jacket—giving Jurassic Park its iconic T-Rex silhouette, The Secret History its Greek statue, and 1Q84 its ghostly, translucent type. Now, for the ...