Book Design
Explore the world of design for book publishing and the web. From cover design to layout, learn how to create visually stunning and effective materials for print and digital platforms.
Wednesday Wisdom: Creating inspirational cover designs
Work for hire in the design world: an interview with Rebecca Blake of the Graphic Artists Guild
In this BookMachine blog post, Linda Secondari, our Editorial Board Member for Design, interviews Rebecca Blake, Advocacy Liaison at the Graphic Artists Guild, about work…
Right brain vs. left brain: a designer’s daily dexterity
Right brain vs. left brain – which one are you? In this article, the BookMachine Editorial Board member for Design, Linda Secondari, gives insights into how…
Wednesday Wisdom: Managing the design studio at Cornerstone
Cover Design Process: The Right Type
Serif? Sans serif? Condensed? Old-style? Grotesk? Quirky? Utilitarian? When it comes to selecting the right typeface for a book cover design, it seems there are…
Cover Designer [JOB POSTING]
Location: Oakley, Bedfordshire, UK Salary range: £22,500–£28,000 commensurate with experience + benefits Full time, 37.5 hours a week They are looking for a cover designer…
The wonderful world of illustrations: reaching out to illustrators beyond our borders
Mauro Spagnol is an Italian living in London who has been working been in publishing, selling rights and co-editions, for almost 20 years. He has…
Design-led marketing in the pursuit of ‘feel’
Samar Habib is the founder and Director of Ascetic Studios Ltd. and Senior Multimedia Designer at Simon & Schuster UK. He has been working on…
My experience as a BookMachine Kickstarter
I joined BookMachine at the beginning of July as the Marketing and Design Assistant with the aim to gain experience working within the publishing community,…
Books are software, too
There’s a good chance that, when you think about some of the printed books in your collection, you think about more than just the story…
Are you ready to use InDesign on the web?
Diversity in Action: Interview with Leonie Annor-Owiredu
Following our interview with Jaheed Hussain, which sprang from a recent article in DesignWeek, entitled ‘Can the design industry’s diversity problem be fixed?’, we approached Leonie…
Creating a community for creatives of colour: Interview with Jaheed Hussain, founder of Fuse
After reading a recent article in DesignWeek, entitled ‘Can the design industry’s diversity problem be fixed?’, we approached Jaheed Hussain, who contributed to that piece,…
Helvetica Now: a new chapter for an iconic typeface
In this article for BookMachine, Charles Nix, a Creative Type Director at Monotype, gives insights into the origin and development of Helvetica Now: a new chapter in…