Jenny Grigg is the talented book designer behind The Luminaries and Gerald Murnane’s last book. We asked her to explain how covers communicate – and how they can fall short.
Just slap one of those “parental advisory” or whatever labels like they did to music back in the 90’s. It’s to the point that it’s pretty much ubiquitous for people to recognize. We make ratings obvious and upfront on covers for every other kind of media, why not books?
Just slap one of those “parental advisory” or whatever labels like they did to music back in the 90’s. It’s to the point that it’s pretty much ubiquitous for people to recognize. We make ratings obvious and upfront on covers for every other kind of media, why not books?