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I love book covers. I love conferences. Today I finally thought to combine these 2 loves. I present to y& #39;all my favorite book covers of #LJDoD 2020! Each booth capped at 3 covers or else this would have been the all @fantagraphics @workmanupdate @soho_press @WWNortonLibrary
EVERYTHING HERE IS UNDER CONTROL by @adremily from @BlackstoneAudio. Cover design by @AlenkaDesign Big ups to the marketing team at @BlackstoneAudio for knowing the cover designer& #39;s name. For all the other covers, if you know the illustrator and designer& #39;s names, please share!
@DancingAfterTEN by Vivian Chong with Georgia Webber from @fantagraphics (please let me know who designed this beautiful cover! I think this might just be my favorite of the whole day)
COWBOY by Rikke Villadsen from @fantagraphics Love the text design on this in particular
CROOKED HALLELUJAH by @kellijoford from @groveatlantic I love this cover so much I broke out my usual back door trick of finding the copyright page on Google Books to find the designer& #39;s name but alas no preview for that page. Let me know, good people! #LJDoD
ONCE AND FUTURE WITCHES by @AlixEHarrow from @HachetteLib Cover design by Lisa Marie Pompilio ( @VonBrooklyn). Shoutout to @BookRiot for crediting the designer in the cover reveal. #LJDoD
DAUGHTERS OF THE WILD by @natalkaburian from @parkrowbooks @HQforLibraries The saturated blue of this cover! Also while looking for the cover designer& #39;s name I found at the author owns two bars and has a cocktail cookbook so my interest in this book has only increased
DEAR CHILD by Romy Hausmann from @flatironbooks @MacmillanLib I particularly love this cover because the designer colorfully riffs off other international covers of this book while making their own cover stand out with letter design, color & verve #LJDoD
THE PROPHETS by @SonofBaldwin from @PutnamBooks @librarylovefest Cover design by @vian_nguyen Shoutout to @SonofBaldwin for crediting Nguyen& #39;s work in his cover reveal. I love the color story on this cover in particular.
THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY by @matthaig1 from @librarylovefest This is another redesign that I am in love with. Good people & ardent library supporters of @librarylovefest I would love to know the designer on this cover, please!
There is so much to love about this stunning reissue of FINDING MY VOICE by @MarieMyungOkLee from @soho_teen Foreword by @KatCho! This gorgeous, gorgeous cover by Kemi Mai ( @Drawinds)! December cannot come soon enough
Librarians have been on Team @sam_aye_ahm from the beginning so it is no surprise that MAD, BAD & DANGEROUS TO KNOW from @soho_press made it on my top cover list for #LJDoD. Cover design: David Lanaspa (I loved his design for ASK AGAIN, YES too)Thanks @TeenVogue for design credit
A GIRL IS A BODY OF WATER, the latest from KINTU author Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi from @Tin_House @WWNortonLibrary Yet another great cover design from Norton #ljdod
RUTHIE FEAR by @maximloskutoff from @WWNortonLibrary Seriously, Golda, please pass along every and all congratulations to your book design team because this is yet another striking cover that stands out
HIS ONLY WIFE by @PeaceMedie from @AlgonquinBooks @workmanupdate The first cover I fell in love with today at #LJDoD, and the book that launched this thread. Annie, do you know the cover illustrator or designer on this cover?
One last favorite cover from this year& #39;s #LJDoD: IWÍGARA: AMERICAN INDIAN ETHNOBOTANICAL TRADITIONS AND SCIENCE by Enrique Salmón from @workmanupdate This looks amazing, both in cover and content. Currently scheduled to come out 8/4/2020
5 hours later, my love letter to the book covers of #LJDoD is done. If you somehow miraculously made it to the end of this thread, thank you. If you work for a publisher, I will bake you cookies & engrave a plaque in your name if you make it easier to discover designers& #39; names.
Don& #39;t think I won& #39;t. I absolutely will. @MarianLiberryan can vouch for me. Also, shoutout to the real hero of this year& #39;s #ljdod covers @_rachelwilley the designer of the widely- hmm how do I put this delicately- stolen cover of Brit Bennett& #39;s THE MOTHERS.
