Judging books by their covers: Five publishing design cliches
"Eye-catching book covers have an important role in attracting readers to pick up a title – Hilary Mantel's latest was even beamed onto the Tower of London last week. But have you ever noticed that some designs seem strangely familiar? TOM CHURCHILL certainly has and he's mocked up five clichés that you're likely to spot on the bookshelves"…
Full article (BBC)…
(Just call me Woodhouse! 😁)
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lol, this stuff is great, woodhouse! it's certainly funny to see the little collections of similar looking covers together hehe 😁
Yes, we all (in viz arts) know it's got this formula but seeing those really drives it home!
…it's a surprise their haven't been more law suites* for plagiarism!! 🤣
*being ironic of course, thinking of recent musical debates…
on 'another' forum, there's an amazon publisher who often posts stories of stolen stories and cover art, but it really is pretty formulaic stuff.
remember the website of book cover designs?
aha, it's still online - i remember pieratt starting this up...
Book Cover Archive
http://bookcoverarchive.com/I didn't know about that (or I've forgotten), excellent.
…I've book-marked it now! 😁