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How to Design a Great Book Cover
An Introduction In a previous blog post I wrote about how to create an awesome book cover design, where the focus was predominantly on choosing cover imagery, you can read that post here: Tips to Inspire An Awesome Book Cover Design. In this post I wanted to cover the...
Why I Love Being A Book Cover Designer ( & A Confession)
I enjoy creating book covers, they have a purpose and yet there is unlimited scope for creativity in the making of them. With this post I've tried to nail down exactly what it is I enjoy about being inspired to create, and how this is triggered by a book cover brief....
Tips To Inspire An Awesome Book Cover Design
So, you've spend months, or perhaps years perfecting your book, forsaking all objectives except committing your imagination or knowledge to paper. Finally it is the kind of book you've dreamt of, but what does it look like? Whether you are publishing an ebook or a...
Bookish Atmosphere
Near where I live there is a bookshop situated within a very old building. Inside, and behind the thin layer of chain store branding, there exists a staircase whose architectural doppelgängers you might have glimpsed in a hammer horror film. To walk on it, a necessity...
Christmas Book Flood
Yuletide is ideal for books, and for writing. Whether it is the ghost stories of M R James, which seem to politely cry out for an open fire to be enjoyed beside, or Philip Van Doren Stern’s ‘The Greatest Gift’, otherwise known to cinephiles as Frank Capra’s sublime...
How to Write Great Brand Story Content
What is a Brand Story? Your brand story is not a single document but rather a consistent narrative that extends throughout your communicative approach, encompassing written, visual and verbal elements, which collectively and often indirectly, reveal the history,...
About James Fanthorpe
I am a professional designer and the founder of XL Book Cover Design. I have over 18 years of experience in design and marketing. Please note: Due to current working commitments I am unable to accept further commissions at this time, thank you for your interest.
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