books and new work and publishing Sue Campbell on 13 Sep 2009
How long does it take to get a big, in-depth pictorial history book published and released to the public? Well, not 100 years. But the true answer is longer than you might expect, and quicker than any designer really wants to accomplish such a task. But my job, as designer, was the last step in [...]
Opinon and art and bookcover and bookcovers and color and covers and design and marketing and new work Sue Campbell on 04 Sep 2009
A new memoir, A New Day by Dora Barilla, has just been published by Stephens press. Here is the winning cover, by yours truly (of course).
But how did we get to this cover? This wasn’t the initial direction that the author and publisher wanted for this powerfully written story of one firefighter’s terrible accident, [...]
bookcover and bookcovers and books and covers and marketing and publishing Sue Campbell on 02 Sep 2009
As a designer, I like to put a great deal of emphasis on the importance of cover design in the saleability, and success of books in the store (or online). But there’s one thing that easily trumps covers, blurbs, promo copy and all else—the title.
When titling your book, please give it some thought. And then [...]
