This morning, literary critic Michelle Dean penned an article for Flavorwire assailing the purpose and usefulness of dust jackets, those glossy outer shells of hardcover books. Not one to judge a book ...

What makes an outstanding book cover? The Book Jacket Designers Guild of the 1940s and ’50s defined the art as the “successful integration of concept with graphic means … and expression of the spirit ...

We've all heard the saying, "Don't judge a book by its cover," but for these classic novels an eye-catching cover is essential to their legacy. Check out some of the most memorable dust jackets. This ...

We are cautioned to avoid judging a book by its cover, yet that is precisely what publishers hope we will do. Dust-jacket (book cover) illustration, which came into its own in the 1920s, has long ...

Poet Mark Strand calls dust-jacket photos “the door to the dark room of the imagination.” Even though a writer’s looks have little to do with the words he or she puts down on paper, many a reader, ...

Book-Jackets: Their History, Forms, and Use by G. Thomas Tanselle (Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia) Many readers suffer a tormented relationship with book jackets or, as most ...

I love the look of natural hardbacks, the beautiful cover with subdued gold writing along the spine. Far superior to the look of any paperback or dust cover.

Lauren Ro is interested in baby gear (she’s a new mom) and the ins-and-outs of decorating a home. Prior to the Strategist, she was a writer at Curbed, and before that was Wes Anderson’s assistant. I’m ...

One is formed of people who religiously remove the dust jacket of every volume to examine the cover design. The other consists of those who never bother to check what is under the jacket. I myself am ...