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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the 19th century, dust jackets on books were just protective paper wrappers, thrown away after a book was purchased. The prized cover was the leather underneath, and although some of these bindings ...

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.

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, ...

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 ...