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Portfolio sites of
book cover designers

• Mark Abrams
• Kelly Blair
• Milan Bozic
• Christopher Brand
• Barbara deWilde
• Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich
• David Drummond
• David Gee
• Jonathan Gray
• Darren Haggar
• High Design
• Jamie Keenan
• Chip Kidd™
• Gregg Kulick
• Chin-Yee Lai
• Mark Melnick
• Peter Mendelsund
• David Pearson
• Isaac Tobin
• Megan Wilson
• Ben Wiseman
• Henry Sene Yee
• Helen Yentus

Great sites on
book cover design

• The Casual Optimist
• The Book Design Review
• Book Covers Anonymous
• Faceout Books
• Judge a Book…
• Tal Designz
• The Penguin Blog
• Peter Mendelsund’s Thoughts
• The Pelican Project
• Joe Kral’s Penguin Collection
• Caustic Cover Critic

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