{"id":2315,"date":"2019-10-02T12:15:05","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T16:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nhwritersproject.org\/?p=2315"},"modified":"2019-10-02T12:50:21","modified_gmt":"2019-10-02T16:50:21","slug":"building-better-book-covers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nhwritersproject.org\/building-better-book-covers\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Better Book Covers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Presented by Alex Camlin (Workshop)<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Saturday October 26, 2019, 1:30-4:30pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2317\" src=\"https:\/\/nhwritersproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AlexChamlinWP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"273\" \/>More books are being published than at any point in the past; and readers have instant access to an overwhelming selection of choices. Effective book covers\u2014clever, iconic, current, culturally-aware, sophisticated and memorable\u2014are more important than ever.\u00a0 The book cover signals the subject, tone, and intended audience to a potential reader, all in a few seconds or less. This workshop on book cover design will offer an overview of the practice in both traditional and self-publishing. The presentation will include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Examples of successful cover design,<\/li>\n<li>In-depth examples of the design process,<\/li>\n<li>Advice for writers on working with designers and thinking critically about the \u201cface\u201d of their books.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Attendees are encouraged to bring a favorite book cover for a short group discussion and critique.<\/p>\n<p>Alex Camlin is the principal of AC\/D, a design studio based in greater Boston. With 20 years of experience as an art director in publishing, his recently founded practice is limited almost exclusively to books and their covers. Clients include Grove Atlantic, Hachette Books, HarperCollins, Harvard Review, MIT Press, Penguin Random House, and Simon &amp; Schuster. Alex\u2019s award-winning work has received recognition from AIGA, Print and How magazines, The New York Book Show, and Bookbuilders of Boston, and has appeared in various publications on design.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHERE:<\/strong>\u00a0The workshop will be held at The Ford House on the campus of SNHU (2500 North River Road, Manchester, NH 03106 \u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nhwritersproject.org\/contact-us\">Directions and parking info here<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHEN:<\/strong>\u00a0Saturday, October 26, 1:30-4:30 pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>COST:<\/strong>\u00a0This workshop is $65 for NHWP members or $85 for nonmembers and is limited to 12 students. Register now to ensure your spot in the class using the \u201cRegister now\u201d button below.<\/p>\n<p>Not a member? Want to join a community of writers working to foster an audience for literature in New Hampshire?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.z2systems.com\/np\/clients\/nhwp\/membershipJoin.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Click here to join or renew your membership to the New Hampshire Writers Project.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nhwp.z2systems.com\/eventReg.jsp?event=778&amp;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-70 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.nhwritersproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/RegisterNowButton.jpg?resize=240%2C76&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"76\" data-attachment-id=\"70\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/nhwritersproject.org\/workshops\/registernowbutton\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.nhwritersproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/RegisterNowButton.jpg?fit=240%2C76&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"240,76\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Jeff&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1511185319&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"RegisterNowButton\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.nhwritersproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/RegisterNowButton.jpg?fit=240%2C76&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.nhwritersproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/RegisterNowButton.jpg?fit=240%2C76&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presented by Alex Camlin (Workshop) Saturday October 26, 2019, 1:30-4:30pm More books are being published than at any point in the past; and readers have instant access to an overwhelming selection of choices. 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