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Cultural Differences, as Told through Popular YA Cover Design

By Terence Brierly

March 27, 2017 by OoliganPress 1 Comment

Cultural Differences, as Told through Popular YA Cover Design

One would think these principles of cover design to be universal, and yet I’m staring at a couple Japanese novels on my desk, and can’t help but wonder if the standards of design are a little bit different (read: awesome) there. Japanese bestsellers, especially foreign titles, are often printed as bunko, which are similar in form and function to mass market paperbacks in the West. They do tend to be a bit shorter and slimmer than Western paperbacks however, and are usually only about two hundred pages long. Because of this length restriction, many Western bestsellers are often split up into multiple volumes. These criteria mean that cover designers have less space to work on per book, but potentially more books available. You might also notice an almost universal trend of more numerous and larger typographic elements on Japanese covers. As my team has been working on a YA cover, I’m specifically interested in that market. As a teaching example of YA cover design differences between Japan and America, one need look no further than America’s favorite dystopian series about ritual teen murder and bird-themed rebellion: The Hunger Games.

Filed Under: Design Tagged With: A Song of Fire and Ice, art style, book cover, Bunko, cover design, Japan, manga, Ooligan, The Fault in Our Stars, The Hunger Games, The Ocean in My Ears, Twilight, young adult

If They’re Broke, Please Fix Them

By Camille Watts

November 26, 2013 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

If They’re Broke, Please Fix Them

Before you read any further, I have a confession to make: I’m not a very good feminist. I have been known to stay in the car until my boyfriend comes around and opens the door for me. The kitchen is my domain. Cleaning is a source of pleasure for me. You would think that would […]

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: critique, feminism, I Have A Wicked Stepmother, In Which a Girl Reads, Melissa Kantor, Relationships, Ruth Tenzer Feldman, Stephanie Meyer, Sweet Valley High, The Baby-sitters Club, The Ninth Day, Twilight, YA

Summer Reading List Part Three: Books You Should Not Be Reading This Summer

By Rebekah Hunt

August 22, 2013 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

In view of the spectacular success of my first two summer reading list blogs (we’re talking Facebook likes in the upper threes, people), I feel I would be remiss in not cramming one more in before the back to school sales end and the leaves start to change. You people seem to love when I […]

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: Anais Nin, books, E.L. James, Facebook, fantasy, Fifty Shades of Grey, graffiti, J.R.R. Tolkien, literature, Pacific Northwest, Pauline Reage, pop culture, reading list, Recommendations, sic-fi, Stephanie Meyer, summer reading, Suzanne Collins, The Delta of Venus, The Hunger Games, The Silmarillion, The Story of O, Twilight

What the Heck is New-Adult Fiction?

By Ooligan Press

May 28, 2013 by OoliganPress 1 Comment

by Rebekah Hunt If you’re getting old like me, you’re probably feeling more and more confused by what all the young people are up to these days. Now, that’s a joke, and I know I’m not anywhere near getting old, but sometimes I happen across a whole new cultural phenomenon that makes me feel like […]

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: genre, Harry Potter, NA, new adult, sexual themes, Stephanie Meyer, The Hunger Games, The New York Times, Twilight, Wikipedia, YA

Speaking in Genrealities

By Ooligan Press

February 28, 2013 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

By Drew Lazzara At least as long as I’ve been paying attention to these sorts of things (so probably much, much longer), there has been an ongoing critical dialogue about the blurring distinctions between literary and genre fiction. You should absolutely read and listen to an excellent sampling of the discussion from the likes of […]

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: Arhur Krystal, Arthur Krystal, bestsellers, comics, creative marketing, Fifty Shades of Grey, genre fiction, Lev Grossman, litearture, literary fiction, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, publishing, romance, science fiction, Slate.com, The Magicians, The Night Circus, Twilight

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