What questions should be asked when designing a book cover?

The trim and the technical details are probably the least important things (your designer will ask you about the basic specs if he/she doesn't know them). Your job is to figure out what you want from your cover artistically. read more

For a completely different perspective on the question, you may want to see an article I wrote for Writer's Weekly in 2010 called Common book cover design errors. I wasn't looking at the design from an artistic point of view, but from the practical point of view of a bookstore owner. read more

A list of things designers should ask their clients before starting to design a book cover. read more

12 Questions to Ask When Hiring a Book Cover Designer October 8, 2015 by Diana Urban Your book’s cover provides a reader with a first impression of your work, and despite all advice to the contrary, people will judge your book by its cover. read more

2) ask your designer to provide different themes for the book cover, one of which you can pick out and ask him to elaborate on. 3) inform him whether your book will be published in paperback or hardback as well as the paper quality used. read more