Episode notes
Steve Lead is a freelance cover artist and industry podcaster, with many years' experience working on book cover designs in the publishing industry. Today, he sits down to help demystify the complicated process that goes into creating a book cover. We discuss briefs, trends, industry pay (or lack of it), the impact of thumbnail images on print books--and finally, the elephant in the room: the burgeoning technology that is generative AI, and what it might mean for us all.
00:00 Introduction and Background
03:08 Interactions with Authors and the Design Process
07:03 The Design Brief and Constraints
09:02 Pay and Salaries in the Design Industry
12:04 The Impact of Thumbnails on Book Covers
32:31 The ...
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