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Print in Patterns

By Taylor Thompson @taylormegon

April 25, 2018 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Print in Patterns

We’ve all heard the saying “don’t judge a book by its cover,” but let’s be honest—everybody does. While the cover design on a book doesn’t necessarily make-or-break the sales of every individual book, it is the first thing a reader notices. Before reading the back-cover blurb or looking up reviews online, the reader’s first instinct comes from their impressions of the cover design.

Filed Under: Design Tagged With: 2018, book blog, color, cover design, Design, design blog, muted colors, nature, ooligan press, pretty covers, trends, YA covers

A Brief and Incomplete Survey of Young Adult Cover Trends

By Joanna Szabo

January 20, 2017 by Digital Content Leave a Comment

A Brief and Incomplete Survey of Young Adult Cover Trends

I recently wandered the YA shelves of Powell’s to take note of the latest cover trends––partly as research for the cover design of The Ocean in My Ears, and partly because that’s the kind of thing I like to do with my Friday nights. In order to focus only on the latest trends and limit […]

Filed Under: Inside Ooligan, Publishing Tagged With: blogging, cover design, cover trends, Covers, Design, Ooligan, Powell's, YA, YA covers, young adult, young adult covers

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