This season's fashion in book covers

Publisher's Weekly has a very nice piece by Elizabeth Bluemle on this season's fashion in book covers.

I’m so curious about how book-jacket trends develop. It’s probably just something in the zeitgeist that brings a whole season of, say, close-ups of hands or stripey socks and tennis shoes or flowers illuminated as if shot on a lightbox. Or close-ups of girls’ faces, or face parts, or the backs of teenagers’ heads, or blue-jeaned hips. Or, for that matter, entire herds of dustcovers with photos of dramatically lit girls framed by dark foliage or fabric.

Bluemle imagines this as a runway show; this is the "modern girls in period costumes" theme.

Thanks to John Weise of Books By Chance for the link.

Comments

[Sarah Wright]

I love this post! I'm studying to be a YA librarian, and I have to say that I really like this season's book covers!! I've noticed trends in the past that haven't been as fun or playful, but the old fashioned costumes with a modern twist really peak my interest about the stories!! Thanks for sharing!