Hello Cover!

The best book covers and designs of 2010

nancy — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:17:52 +0000

The Australian Publishers Association Book Design Awards are a shortlist of excellent designs. To see a variety of styles, see the roundup of the 2010 award winners on Readings.com.

The Best Designed Book of the Year was Etcetera by Sibella Court, designed by Reuben Crossman.

Strange Little Cover

nancy — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 03:26:43 +0000

Nancy recently put the finishing touches on the front cover art for her and her co-author’s paranormal romance Strange Little Band.

See the Our Work page for our other designs!

An oldie, but a goodie

nancy — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 02:53:31 +0000

A recent Lifehacker article about caffeine brought this 1997 book by Stephen R. Braun to my attention: Buzz: The Science and Lore of Alcohol and Caffeine.

The title in the black oval is a good example of negative space. I’m not so keen on the use of Brush Script for the subtitle font. Still, great cover overall.

Two new covers!

nancy — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:58:37 +0000

Two covers have been added to the Our Work page.

314 Crescent Manor by M. Jones, cover by Nancy Brauer

Cover art and illustrations by Brian Goff for Building the Railway by Ted Staunton

Please see the Our Work page for larger versions and more details.

Adam Maxwell’s retro cover art

nancy — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 22:08:01 +0000

Although I’ve been following Adam Maxwell on Twitter for a while — he’s @IsayItsAdam — I hadn’t realized the quality of his cover art. His book covers convey the whimsical, retro atmosphere of his writing perfectly. Take a look at the covers in this blog post, and his titles on Feedbooks.

Judging a book by its cover is locale-dependent

nancy — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:44:05 +0000

The Observer‘s Tom Lamont takes a look at differences between cover art in different countries.

Link: “Design: Don’t judge a book by its cover, particularly in France”