"Although I absolutely believe bad design can completely ruin a book, in this case, it really doesn't matter and shouldn't have any impact on your decision whether to get the book or not, when compared to just how strong the content of the text is."
"Striving for simplicity and nuance in book cover designs."
"And the cover is so fun, I love that it's only holographic in small sections."
"Everyone judges a book by its cover—it's the reader's first impression."
"This Dune book that you can read on any side."
"It's genuinely one of the coolest book designs I've ever seen in my life."
"Honestly though, all I'm saying is if you're an author out there and you make a book with a cool-looking cover like that book is gonna sell way more than a book with a lame cover."
"The spine is great, and then the back cover with this kind of design, this symbol that is on every one of Danny's book covers."
"It was just so wonderfully crafted and put together."
"This is a beautiful book, look at these amazing photographs... what gets you really engaged is the wisdom shared by these many people."
"It's a book for anyone... it's so gorgeous that on a day where you're not feeling so good you can just sit there with a cup of tea or a cup of coffee and just randomly open a page."
"Experimentation is a super important part of the process because this is where you're going to be figuring out what a book is going to look like."
"I couldn't have a book on creativity with the cover designed by someone else. It would never get over that." - Joey Capone
"Reading a book should be like a Choose Your Own Adventure story."
"I use Adobe InDesign to format books."
"Adobe InDesign has the most customization that you don't get from other book formatting softwares."
"I'm going to tell you what kind of pages you might want to include, like a copyrights page, a title page, end papers, and I'll also show you how to add text in interesting ways if you fancy being a little bit more exciting with your text."
"This is where formatting finally gets to pull from all of your creative genes and we get to do something a little more exciting."
"This can look really professional, not necessarily this picture, but a picture like this that extends out to the edges of the page and is really interesting."
"What is the process in designing art for books?"
"I love artwork inside books and this book has some incredible interior art done by Aaliyah Chen that I think is just absolutely beautiful."
"Chapter headers are actually one of the few things that are meant to draw the reader's eye and be a little bit more creative."
"'The Witch of Willow Hall' by Hester Fox. Look at this cover. Seriously, just witchy books have the best covers. You cannot tell me otherwise."
"This is so, so stunning and really, really cute as well."
"The unparalleled unity of design and the articulation of a single artistic movement achieved in Rygel's design of Ulysses influenced the next generation of book designers."
"I think this book still holds up today. There's not a lot in it that feels like antiquated, and I feel like it's deserving of a cover refresh."
"The standard editions all have this goodness, these gold foil stamping on it for the title, the characters, the side here, then the back of the book."
"52 percent of readers make their choice of a book based on the cover artwork."
"Beautiful binding, the pictures and stories are amazing."
"Beautiful, love how this looks, and this can also be like a floating page since we don't have any magnets."
"I love the cover for the second and the third one; I think they did a stunning job with it."
"Effective book covers are not only highly creative and attractive to look at, but they're also finely tuned to the readership that they're aiming for."
"Just make sure that your chapter names are in header one or size 20 or bigger, and if you have a section break, just use three asterisks."
"I really did enjoy putting these pages together and having a play with all the little bits and pieces."
"I love the way the book is laid out, it is so clear and so precise."
"I'm obsessed with their spines as well."
"This might be the coolest cover I've ever seen among not just cookbooks but all books in general."
"Interesting page folds just add that magic."
"I love the spines of these books, I find them to be really nice."
"Our cover is really, really coming along so cute."
"The materials in this book are very premium."
"This will amount to 20 pages counting front and back for each signature."
"I love the covers for Kaiju Number Eight."
"It looks and feels like a real book hard book cover."
"Gorgeous cover, interesting concept."
"Welcome back today, I'll be answering your questions about book cover materials."
"These are books to read slowly. They are books which are exquisite objects in their own right."
"It's the MinaLima copy of the Sorcerer's Stone, it is gorgeous."
"I love the way that the cover is done; it's printed right on the hardback."
"I just love the texture on the front cover; I love the silver edges."
"You can animate the book to open and make the pages turn whenever you want."
"You want a book cover that's beautiful and attractive, not necessarily the one that represents every detail in your story."
"I've personally always liked the Red Rising trilogy, the look of them. I think they're simple but they're bold at the same time."
"Think creatively and add any kind of elements, pockets, flaps that you desire inside your book."
"Justify all the body text in your entire book. It makes the book look very professional."
"I love these large pages, you can really see the pictures."
"I really like this kind of book style that they're doing."
"I'm trying to keep these covers pretty simple, as you can see, and I just wanted to give them a nice vintage feel."
"Queen of Air and Darkness by Cassandra Clare, and do the page numbers in this book have any sort of design? I'm actually going to say yes."