Judging the Book Covers

"Let's go to the bookstore!" 

When my 4 year old son, Paco invites me to Fully-Booked, I am always more than willing to take him.  I love going to the bookstore. Especially to Fully-Booked at Boni High.  Imagine 5 floors of solace;-)
I'm excited to browse through the bookshelves,

shamefully not for the newest titles, but really for the latest book cover designs.

Ah! The eye candy book covers...  Seeing them all on the shelf is a real feast for the eyes.  Single powerful images designed to  represent the inside pages.

Should the cover serve as a teaser? A synopsis?

I wonder if the covers make the sale?  I am guilty that I have bought some novels because of very captivating covers. The design, the photo, the font, the layout, the illustrations, the graphics, all the pretty details...

Such beautiful layouts!.... Ahhh... Such a geeky trip eh?

Let me share with you some very interesting cover designs.

Killing The Buddha                                                                              Downtown Owl

Designer Paul Sahre                                                                           Designer Paul Sahre

Penumbra                                                                                          The Kiss

Designer Kelly Blair                                                                         Designer Darren Haggar

South of the Border West of the Sun                                                    The Snobs

Designer John Gall                                                                                 Designer Sarah Fanneli

   

Adultery                                                                                                Men & Cartoons

Designer Paul Sahre                                                                               Designer Grey 318 

Designer Beth Parocha-Doctolero

Designer Robert Alejandro

Aren't they all wonderful?  

MEET THE MORRISONS

I met an amazing family of artists last week.

This is a picture of Kim, and her 5 wonderful kids.

Eldest daughter, Mattie is 13. She writes, paints and plays the guitar.

Ellie is 6. She plays the violin.

Finn is 11.  He plays the guitar too!

Seamus is 9. And he is the piano man.

And Bexie is  only 2. She is everyone's sweetheart.

The family actually baked cookies in the middle of our shoot.

 And the cinnamon sugar coookies turned out really good!

But Kim had a lot more food on the table.

Soul food that is.

 Kim is an artist herself. 

She hand-carved the borders of their dining table

with words of inspiration and motivation. 

Kim boosts her family with optimism 

and comfort. 

For breakfast,

lunch and dinner.

Because the heart needs nourishment too.

It's great when we get inspired at work.

Thanks to the Morrisons!

8 Feet of Love

The best height chart for newborn twins Anton and Andres, both 46 centimeters long ;)


The next book we designed is entitled "8 Feet of Love".  
It's the story of twin boys born into first-time parents, Butch and Aileen.
Inside pages will be posted soon!