Episode 334: Iconic Images, Information, & Accessibility: Designing Book Covers | A People's Guide to Publishing

Can you really judge a book by its cover? Absolutely, yes. A lot of work goes into planning a book's cover design— marketing goals, representing the author's work, making it appealing to the target audience, legibility, and so much more. This week on the pod, Joe walks us through the things Joe takes into consideration for designing over covers.Note: For those just listening to audio, there's an accompanying slideshow in the video where Joe is showcasing varying covers! Still valuable info with just audio, but we recommending trying to catch the video of this as well.************Thank you for catching the People's Guide to Publishing vlogcast!  We post new episodes every Thursday about publishing, authors, and the book industry. You can also listen via your preferred podcast app, or by visiting linktree.com/microcosmGet the book: https://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/books/3663Get the workbook: https://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/zines/10031More from Microcosm: http://microcosmpublishing.comMore by Joe Biel: http://joebiel.netMore by Elly Blue: http://takingthelane.comSubscribe to our monthly email newsletter: http://eepurl.com/gIXT6vFind us on social media:Facebook: http://facebook.com/microcosmpublishingBlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/microcosm.bsky.socialInstagram: http://instagram.com/microcosm_pub************