Book design, Die-cut and Image Wrap book covers (Video Blog Ep 012)

In this episode I examine two examples of book design: the die-cut cover and the photo finish (or ImageWrap) while touching on the the embossed hardcover. Examples include Denis Johnson’s Nobody Move, Chuck Palahniuk’s Rant, Donna Tartt’s The Little Friend, Tim Etchells’ The Broken World, Brian Evenson’s Baby Leg, and Will Christopher Baer’s Hell’s Half Acre.


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Posted on May 22, 2012 by Caleb J. Ross in Podcast, Video

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began writing his sophomore year of undergrad study when, tired of the formal art education then being taught, he abandoned the pursuit in the middle of a compositional drawing class. Major-less and fearful of losing his financial aid, he signed up to seek a degree in English Literature for no other reason than his lengthy history with the language. Coincidentally, this decision not only introduced him to writing but to reading as well. Prior this transition he had read three books. One of which he understood.

One Response to Book design, Die-cut and Image Wrap book covers (Video Blog Ep 012)

  1. Gordon May 23, 2012

    I have all three of those Will Christopher Baer hardcovers in the Phineas Poe trilogy from MacAdam/Cage (courtesy of Richard Thomas; thank you). You might be interested to know that both “Hell’s Half Acre” and “Penny Dreadful” are printed with the titles on their spines going the “correct” direction (from the top down), while the author names are flipped from the bottom up (why?); meanwhile the first book in the trilogy, “Kiss Me, Judas,” both the title AND the author are printed the “wrong” way, from the bottom-up. It’s quite unnerving to see them together on the shelf that way.

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