One of the great pleasures of browsing bookstores involves admiring the artwork — the cover designs on display, to be more specific. In the current era, the publishing industry is producing beautiful covers as diverse as the range of books they adorn: a walk through Waterstone’s can be like browsing a gallery where they let you pick up the paintings.
But we’ve waxed lyrical long enough. If you’re an author who’s in the market for a dust jacket — whether you or your publisher is paying for it — it’s worth understanding what goes into designing one. In this post, we’ll be dipping into the business end of book cover design, looking at the three basic categories of cover design, what types of books they’re good for, and how much they cost.
Type 1: Stock Image Manipulation
Type 2: Illustration
Type 3: Original Photography
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