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Cover art is a type of artwork presented as an illustration or photograph on the outside of a published product such as a book often on a dust jacket, magazine, newspaper tabloid, comic book, video game box art, dvd, cd, videotape, or music album album art. Maybe that was his point, but it was a waste of time for me. Down and dirty tips by kristen lamb 3 ways self publishers fail at cover design by the book designer 5 great fonts for book covers by the book designer ebook cover design awards by the book designer. This book cover design won the polish book cover contest in 2011. Ruth blacksell, who runs the prestigious ma in book design at. I highly recommend this book to everyone who enjoys a good book, no matter the genre since it covers so many. The art has a primarily commercial function, for instance to promote the. Please send urls that go directly to your e book cover images, no facebook pages or designer portfolio pages where we have to scan through to find the cover you want to submit. Cover art is a type of artwork presented as an illustration or photograph on the outside of a published product such as a book often on a dust jacket, magazine, newspaper, comic book, video game, dvd, cd, videotape, music album or podcast. Find inspiration from previous book cover contests on 99designs, and create your own contest today. I highly recommend dane and the team at ebook launch for their cover designs. Since 2011, the competition has been managed by design observer, and we join them now in commending this years winners. Most indie publishing experts will warn you against making your own book cover, with good reason.
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Other art or illustration 0 book cover 0 all subcategories. Nominations should be considered only on the cover art the outside packaging. The cover design is based on one of my favorite books house of leaves by mark. Students must be age 19 to participate, register andor submit work. Winners from 20112017 can be seen on design observer. He was always very professional and responsive to my requests. How to make your own free book cover in ms word the. The art and science of remembering everything written by. The show was produced by pretty matches productions and magical elves productions, the same company that created project runway and top chef. Aiga is delighted to usher in another year of amazing book and cover design. Have a look at a range of e book cover designssometimes you can. The new yorker co emily kan 4 times square new york, ny 10036.
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