Cover Theory

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January 2013

4 posts

loladeer asked: Your job is really cool! I have a couple questions in terms of how you got where you are today. What did you study in college? How exactly did you get the job position you have now?

So sorry, guys! I logged into this account tonight for the first time in months (and months and months and months) to find I’d gained a lot of followers without knowing it (Hi, there!) and acquired a lot of unanswered mail. Sincere apologies all around. It’s officially a New Years resolution of mine to take better care of this blog, so let’s see if I can make good on my word,...

November 2011

1 post

October 2011

1 post

September 2011

1 post

August 2011

1 post

July 2011

1 post

June 2011

7 posts

May 2011

4 posts

April 2011

5 posts

March 2011

12 posts

cleverurlhere asked: You have the coolest job known to man. :)

australianchic asked: Hi Cover Theory,

I am an aspiring book designer, by no means as professional as Penguin, but nonetheless a marauder of books, grammar geek and design enthusiast. I was wondering if you have any words of advice or encouragement about the industry and breaking into it. It's a thrill to come I contact with someone in the business and I can't wait to see some more of your...

February 2011

23 posts

Overheard in the Art Department

“Oh, no—I can absolutely see why he stopped everything to have that fixed. A customer would definitely pick up that book, spot that the art on the spine was one pixel off, and say, ‘Oh god, I will not buy this book.’”