Looking into the Future
This has been a crazy year. A busy early spring, but, a very slow summer. In fifteen years of book design, this summer may have been one of the slowest I have seen. It was never dead, or even critical, but it was more like stable condition. Not being a numbers guy, I don't track my workload year-to year like I probably should, but my gut impression tells me this year has been down.
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More Group with 2X the Flavor
First, please join us for our new LIVE group chat, every Thursday at 1 PM EST. moderated by Michel of Black Eye Design. All are welcome! Secondly, due to the constraints of time and my own brain, I am opening this site up to become a truly "Group" project. If you have been dying to write your own post (and who hasn't?) the process has been made easy: //Read More
The Daily Grind
Wake. Dress. Brush teeth. Morning hugs to all five of them. A protein bar and a cup of coffee (two creams). Head upstairs to work. Check email.
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Keep Looking
Where are the covers? If you came here looking for visual inspiration, reference, critique or news—well, you came to the wrong place. When conjering up this site I decided that it would be "cover free". There are so many great book cover design sites now that replicating what has already been done (and done well) would be futile.
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Group Thinkery
Over the past several years with the advent or advancement of social networking many of us in the chosen field of book jacket design (or book design is you prefer) have found one another. Five years ago this would not have been possible. Ten years ago it may not have been desirable. But today, even design icons are but a click away.
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