What’s a spredge? The latest booming trend in book design.
From The Washington Post, by Sophia Nguyen The saying goes: Never judge a book by its cover. But what about the edges of its pages? Sumptuous fore-edges — sprayed a bright color, stenciled with city skylines, made to look like pointy teeth — used to be relatively rare. But in recent years, publishers have brought decorated […]
The Hottest Trend in Publishing: Books You Can Judge by Their Cover
From The New York Times, by Alexandra Alter Last year, a romance publisher took an expensive gamble on the latest novel by the best-selling author Rebecca Yarros. To help the novel, “Fourth Wing,” stand out in the crowded fantasy-romance genre, the publisher, Entangled, invested in a limited deluxe edition with a bold metallic cover and […]