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The history and future of book covers: the influence of cover design within the publishing industry.

Most of us have wandered into a bookstore, become captivated by colours, textures and imagery and picked up a book based solely on the cover, without giving too much thought to the story inside. As keen readers, we’re used to analysing an author’s style, influences and intent, but how many of us have spent anything like the same amount of time pondering the genesis of the cover that’s been chosen to represent the book?

By   Zoila Marenco