We have a few books on cover design: Author Powers, Alan, 1955-<http://library.artcenter.edu/search%7ES7?/aPowers%2C+Alan%2C+1955-/apowers+alan+1955/-3,-1,0,B/browse> Title Front cover : great book jacket and cover design / Alan Powers. Publication Info. London : Mitchell Beazley, 2001. ISBN 1840004215 (1920s-1990s) Title Covers & jackets! : what the best dressed books & magazines are wearing / [compiled by] Steven Heller & Anne Fink. Publication Info. Glen Cove, NY : Library of Applied Design ; New York, NY : Distributed to the book trade in the U.S. and Canada by Rizzoli International Pubications Inc.,, c1993. ISBN 0866361952 (1990s) Title Fully booked : cover art & design for books / [edited by Robert Klanten, Matthias Hübner]. Publication Info. Berlin : Gestalten, c2008 ISBN 3899552091, 9783899552096 (2005-2007) For the most current book jacket design, I'd look at various design annuals like the Graphis Design Annual which has a section on books. Title Graphis design. Publication Info. Zurich (Switzerland) : Graphis Press Corp. ; New York, N.Y. (USA) : Graphis U.S. Inc., c1952?- ISBN 1932026533 Jennifer Faist Library Systems and Digital Collections Administrator James Lemont Fogg Memorial Library Art Center College of Design 1700 Lida Street Pasadena, CA 91103 626-296-2236 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> From: "Lockard, Ray Anne" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Reply-To: "Lockard, Ray Anne" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 13:19:36 -0700 To: ARLIS-L <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Subject: [ARLIS-L] Book Jacket Design Hello Colleagues, We have a Studio Arts faculty member who has requested that I buy some books on book jacket design. Do any of you that serve studio arts collections have any good suggestions – fairly recent publications? Thanks so much, in advance for your help! Ray Anne Lockard Bibliographer and Public Services Librarian Frick Fine Arts Library University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15260 Voice-mail: 412-648-2410 E-mail: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> "A book should be a ball of light in one's hands." Ezra Pound ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~