Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the future of books and the business of storytelling. Jul 19, 2019, 11:30am EDT Jul 19, 2019, 06:11pm EDT This ...

What makes you pick up a book you’ve never heard of? Is it the title, the author’s name, or the promise of an intriguing story? More often than not, it’s the cover—a single image that has the power to ...

PRINT Magazine’s former editor and longtime contributor, Zachary Petit, has curated our book cover features since 2023. I will do my best to fill his mighty, aesthetically tuned shoes as I catch up ...

We spent 52 weeks documenting how we create our covers. Here’s what we learned. By The New York Times Magazine A lot goes into designing a magazine cover, from type treatments to photography to the ...

Redesign? Relaunch? Regret? Take a look at the ways publishers aimed to seduce new audiences by changing up the covers of notable books. By Scott Heller and Miguel Salazar “You never get a second ...