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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

I swung by Powell's on my lunch break to check out the new Espresso Book Machine, a print-on-demand bookmaking machine that draws from a catalog of more than seven million books—public domain stuff ...

This is a very difficult topic that I’m afraid I may get emotional over, so I beg the audience’s indulgence if I become overwrought. It has come to my attention that for some reason, some people — and ...

The Illustrated Dust Jacket, 1920-1970 chronicles the rise of the book dust jacket from disposable object to a creative platform for publishing design. “In view of its origins as a plain protection to ...