• Wed, 26/09/2012 - 16:04

    As a book designer, I’m meant to hate e-books. But I don’t—I think they could be an exciting new dawn.

    In a physical bookshop you stand in front of a selection of book jackets, picking up any titles that catch the eye. This action is usually in recognition of a particular author, an attractive cover design or even an...

  • Mon, 12/12/2011 - 15:08

    Since Julian Barnes big-upped Random House creative director Suzanne Dean in his Man Booker speech, a welter of stories on jacket design have popped up in the Sunday supplements. The articles have roughly followed Barnes' line that: "if the physical book is to resist the challenge of e-books, it has to look like something worth...

  • Fri, 30/10/2009 - 05:14

    Atlantic Books took home the top gong at last night's British Book Design and Production Awards, picking up 2009 Book of the Year for its title The Wizard of Oz

    The Wizard of Oz also took home the Trade Illustrated prize, while the novel The Girl With Glass Feet won the Literature award.

    ...

  • Tue, 26/05/2009 - 07:28

    Book cover designers are being hampered by not having title information, delegates at The Bookseller's Cover Design seminar heard.

    At the event held on Thursday (21st May) Damian Horner, founder of Mustoes and publishing marketing consultant, said: "It's frankly scandalous. I don't think you can ever design a...

  • Mon, 31/03/2008 - 16:59

    Borders' new concept store in Michigan is apparently a great success. The lessons will be rolled out chain-wide: more titles displayed face out (so slightly fewer stocked overall), and more themed promotions. Seems kinda obvious, don't it? John Deighton, editor of the Journal of Consumer Research, recently told the Wall Street Journal: "...

  • A successful independent publisher of books and magazines specialising in transport and leisure, based in Surrey, is looking to recruit a Book Designer to to join its expanding design department and work on their varied list.

    The role requires preparing original material for design (scanning, image adjustments and correction as required...

  • A leading trade publisher in London is looking to appoint a Senior Cover Designer within the Children’s department to join their team. Reporting to the Children’s Art Director, you will work across a list that ranges from young series fiction to teen and YA novels, ensuring that the titles reach their intended audience with the...

  • A leading children’s publisher based in West London is looking to recruit a creative and commercially driven Designer to work across a large variety of formats: activity, gift, storybook novelty and picture books, with particular focus on the younger age group. The Designer will have lots of imaginative ideas and be able to create...

  • A leading online educational publisher is looking to recruit a Designer.  The role provides an exciting opportunity for a creative self-starter to become a member of the design team supporting the dynamic editorial team publishing a highly successful resource website for English teachers. In addition, you will perform other design work...

  • Our client is a leading educational publisher, based in Central London, looking to recruit a Managing Designer (middleweight level). You will join the team producing designs for covers, sample spreads and branding for the UK schools market (primary, secondary and vocational).

    Key responsibilities include: having an overview of the...

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