Book Cover Archive

Who runs this thing?

The Book Cover Archive is edited and maintained by Ben Pieratt of General Projects and Eric Jacobsen of Whisky Van Gogh Go.

The Book Cover Archive Blog

Industry news, site updates, assorted book cover-related miscellany.

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Font identification

Font identification generously provided by Stephen Coles, type director at FontShop San Francisco and editor of Typographica.

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Portfolio sites of
book cover designers

• Mark Abrams
• Kelly Blair
• Milan Bozic
• Christopher Brand
• Barbara deWilde
• Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich
• David Drummond
• David Gee
• Jonathan Gray
• Darren Haggar
• High Design
• Jamie Keenan
• Chip Kidd
• Gregg Kulick
• Chin-Yee Lai
• Mark Melnick
• Peter Mendelsund
• David Pearson
• Isaac Tobin
• Megan Wilson
• Ben Wiseman
• Henry Sene Yee
• Helen Yentus

Great sites on
book cover design

• The Casual Optimist
• The Book Design Review
• Book Covers Anonymous
• Covers
• Faceout Books
• Judge a Book...
• Tal Designz
• The Penguin Blog
• Peter Mendelsund's Jacket Mechanical
• Readerville Most Coveted Covers
• Old-Timey Paperbacks
• War of the Worlds cover archive
• The Pelican Project
• Joe Kral's Penguin Collection

Mailing List

We run an infrequently published email list regarding BCA news, as well as other initiatives from General Projects. Sign up here if you feel so inclined.

Twitter & RSS

Twitter: CoverArchive
Pieratt and Eric have their own accounts, too.

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Future Enhancements
to the archive

This site is under constant improvement.
Let us know if you have any suggestions:

• Browse by Publisher
• Browse by Genre
• Manually Designate Genre
• Browse by Publication Date
• Multiple Credits per Title
• Comments
• Book Descriptions
• Tags
• RSS Feed
• Multiple Images per Book
• Typeface Identification
• Submission form
• Expanded Designer Profiles
• Sitemap