6/3/2023 0 Comments Angels of music by kim newman![]() ![]() Book covers also generally get an update when they’re reprinted many years later, as was the case with the subject of today’s blog post: Kim Newman’s series of alternate-history vampire novels, Anno Dracula. Take the ever-increasing variety of Harry Potter covers as an example. ![]() Book design may even save the independent publishing industry, where according to The Independent publishers are ‘springing up to provide a certain kind of reader with what they want, more than ever: the book as beautiful, covetable, keep-able object’.īecause the cover is such an important part of selling books, often the same book will have multiple different covers for various countries and age groups. A good cover will also generate excitement and interest, and make a book stand out from the texts around it. ![]() A cover generally gives us an immediate idea of the genre, register, and target audience of a book. We’re always told that we should never judge a book by its cover, but the truth is that a lot of work goes into making sure we do. ![]()
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