by James Fanthorpe | Oct 31, 2018 | Book Cover Design, Books, Design, Inspiration
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...
by James Fanthorpe | Feb 26, 2018 | Books, Design
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...
by James Fanthorpe | Feb 10, 2018 | Book Cover Design, Books, Inspiration, Marketing
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...
by James Fanthorpe | Jan 24, 2018 | Books, Marketing
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...
by James Fanthorpe | Dec 18, 2017 | Books, Folklore
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...
I am a professional designer and the founder of XL Book Cover Design. I have over 18 years of experience in design and marketing.