The art of book cover design

Despite the saying, people often still judge a book by its cover. In this video we go behind the scenes in one of the art departments at Penguin Random House UK to learn more about the process behind designing a book cover and where it all begins.

Junior Designer Marianne shows how a simple concept can drive the look and feel of a cover to connect with new readers. Collaboration is a large part of a designer’s role, with multiple teams involved in assessing different potential visual options before the book is sent to print.

[bookhunterrr]

that Japanese marbling cat design end pages is a thing of beauty! ❤️

[aranjournal]

Please, keep these coming! I love the effort put in every aspect to get a book published. Design is my profession, but also my passion. Thanks for letting us be part of Penguin by sharing these stories!

[AngelaPanArt]

These videos are great! What a great way to introduce this amazing industry to more people. Very inspired by the editing and the filming as well.

[odiliujubuonu]

I'm hooked on the series. They seem to be doing everything right.

[sola]

as a reader yes I do judge a book by its cover

[mystarsandshadows]

Im currently in my second year of graphic design and my dream job is to be a book cover designer for a publishing house like this. This vidio was so helpful. I entered the penguin book cover design competition last year and im planning to do so again this year. Will be looking out for more vidios like this!

[justseven]

Wow... She's just the cutest thing my eyes have ever seen. I'm completely mesmerized.

[tonichai]

in fact we need more posters like the one image on that endspapers for worldwide promotions... those posters are very valuable and last very long years over 50 years for some titles. same as a movie poster collection...

[vegabonddesivlogs]

I have written ten sci fi fictions. How can I get a platform to publish these manuscripts through Penguin Random House? In 2014, Penguin published an anthology of true life stories titled 'Something Happened On The Way To Heaven ' edited by Sudha Murty. The 11th no story is written by me.

[bksh]

SOMEONE TELL ME HOW TO WORK AT A PUBLISHING FIRM

[SA-xvkv]

Penguin's cover art is gorgeous... But, their page quality is the absolute worst. Faber & Faber and Vintage also sell affordable books but, their page quality is so good.

Most of the Penguin's books look worn out even if they are brand new. As a customer, I hate that.

[andreasanchez]

Can the author send in a concept of how they would like the cover to look like?

[yur_mothernotatall]

Like who has to draw a cover for their portal story

[helenarichard]

Wait, the writer doesn't have anything to say in this?

[thelaurels]

It’s a shame Penguin treat their employees like 💩.