September 22, 2015 
sharon 
Readers find books in a lot of ways: a friend’s suggestion, a radio interview, a magazine ad, a blogger’s review. But nothing beats browsing a bookstore (or a website) and picking a new book simply because the cover caught your eye. In spite of – or perhaps because of – an increasingly digital world, it’s fun to see publishers’ art departments paying a lot of attention to creating arresting covers for books.
So I got a big kick out of this Buzzfeed list matching 24 striking book covers with couture seen on the runway during New York Fashion Week held earlier this month. High fashion and literature might not go hand-in-hand very often, but when they do, it sure is fun!
I don’t know if I’d wear that dress, but I sure would read it!
Have you ever bought a book based on cover design alone? What do you look for in a great cover design? Any favorite book covers that you think would make a great dress?
After reading THE SKY IS EVERYWHERE from the library I wanted to buy it, but I ended up waiting for the paperback simply because it has a fantastic cover and the hardback one is pretty boring.
I picked “The Secret Life of Violet Grant” solely on the cover. I was chasing through Costco after my three kids and had only a few seconds before they began careening into the senior citizens handing out taquito samples, so I literally grabbed the book because it “looked” good. Best impulse purchase EVER! Wow, that book was a good time, and its author, Beatriz Williams, is now one of my favorites.
I\’m a huge fan of Beatriz Williams, too (though I haven\’t read this one yet) and yes, she does have great covers!