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Different Places, Different Faces: Book Covers in the US and the UK

By Meagan Nolan

June 12, 2019 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Different Places, Different Faces: Book Covers in the US and the UK

As the cover of a book communicates to the potential reader what lies within, many conventions have emerged to highlight certain genres, such as an old photograph that promises a memoir, or a shirtless muscular man that promises a romance novel. To investigate further, we’ll look at four popular books sold in both the US and the UK and see what each cover has to say about the same story.

Filed Under: Design Tagged With: audience, background, book covers, color, cover design, fantasy, font, genre, illustrations, international, memoir, mystery, photographs, popular books, publishers, publishing houses, reader, romance, thriller, UK, United Kingdom, United States, US, young adult

Finding Harmony: Blending The Arts Of Jazz & Literature

By Tyler Mathieson

August 17, 2015 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Finding Harmony: Blending The Arts Of Jazz & Literature

So very much has happened since we last updated the progress of this project. First, and perhaps most importantly, we last mentioned that the book previously referred to as Mastersounds was in the midst of being renamed for publication. It is our pleasure to announce that our entertaining and informative upcoming book will be titled […]

Filed Under: Start to Finish Tagged With: cover, Editing, final stages, George Colligan, interior design, Lynn Darroch, Mastersounds, photographs, research, Rhythm in the Rain

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