In 2022, Elisha Zepeda had given up on becoming a designer and was working as a barista at an Oregon bookstore. Today, he’s a salaried book cover designer at Penguin Random House and an in-demand ...

Devangana Dash, winner of 2025 Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize. Devangana Dash is a book designer, art director and educator, and the most recent winner of the Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize. She ...

Olivia Nuzzi's beleaguered book has a cover as ambitious as its author. This book cover designer went viral on TikTok. Then his career took off In just under two years, Elisha Zepeda has turned a ...

In just under two years, Elisha Zepeda has turned a simple video format into a flourishing career in book cover design. After almost 20 years, Goodreads has a new logo fit for Booktok After almost 20 ...

Most videos on book cover designer Elisha Zepeda’s TikTok account have a similar format: he gets an assignment from a publisher, crafts several options, gets feedback, makes some tweaks, and, finally, ...

We reflect on Penguin Books’ formidable design history on its 90th birthday, and reveal the winners of its annual Cover Design Award This year, Penguin Books turns 90. Founded on the simple premise of ...