book covers Archives - Speakipedia https://speakipedia.com/tag/book-covers/ The Presentation & Storytelling Encyclopedia by Dave Bricker Sun, 16 Jun 2024 12:02:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://speakipedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/cropped-puzzle-globe-60x60.jpg book covers Archives - Speakipedia https://speakipedia.com/tag/book-covers/ 32 32 The Grammar of Book Design https://speakipedia.com/book-design-grammar/ Thu, 13 Jun 2024 13:12:07 +0000 http://theworldsgreatestbook.com/?p=3023 Are images analogous to words? Is what makes a sentence sound “right” the same thing that makes an image “pop” or a jazz solo “burn?” The similarities are noteworthy but the differences are important. Just as the best of writers … More ☛

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]]> Book Cover Design: Judging a Book by its Cover – Part 3 https://speakipedia.com/judging-book-cover-design-3/ Thu, 13 Jun 2024 13:12:06 +0000 http://theworldsgreatestbook.com/?p=2960 This third installment of Judging a Book by its Cover looks at great book cover designs that won the 2012 Design Observer 50 Books-50 Covers award. Part 1 explored how most book design rarely rises above “competent.” Part 2 looked … More ☛

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]]> Book Cover Design: Judging a Book by its Cover – Part 2 https://speakipedia.com/judging-book-cover-design-2/ Thu, 13 Jun 2024 13:12:05 +0000 http://theworldsgreatestbook.com/?p=2893 Part 1 of Book Cover Design: Judging a Book by its Cover critiqued “professional” covers taken from Amazon’s Editor’s choice list. Read that article first as it provides background for this one. The article looked at design elements that worked … More ☛

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]]> Book Cover Design: Judging a Book by Its Cover – Part 1 https://speakipedia.com/judging-book-cover-design-1/ Thu, 13 Jun 2024 13:12:02 +0000 http://theworldsgreatestbook.com/?p=2803 Nothing screams “amateur” like a poorly crafted book cover. The standards for book design aspired to by trade publishers are not all that high, but self-publishers routinely fall short of them. If you want your book to be taken seriously, … More ☛

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]]> Tips For Book Cover Design https://speakipedia.com/on-book-cover-design/ Thu, 13 Jun 2024 13:11:47 +0000 http://theworldsgreatestbook.com/?p=143 Most book designers make the same errors. One sore spot for me and with many of my university design students, is typography.

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]]> Many Unhappy Returns – Think Outside the Bookstore https://speakipedia.com/many-unhappy-returns-think-outside-the-bookstore/ Thu, 13 Jun 2024 13:11:47 +0000 http://theworldsgreatestbook.com/?p=202 If you’re hoping to have mainstream bookstore distribution, using a Vanity Press may present some obstacles. Book buyers will likely tell you, “your book may be excellent, but you’re using a Vanity Publisher and the vast majority of their books … More ☛

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