Cover Love: Interview with the Senior Art Director of HarperCollins Christian Publishing, Kristen Ingebretson
Two months in the making! (All my fault, since I had this in my 'to post' section for the LONGEST time!) I'm SOOO excited to share with you this exclusive interview with the Senior Art Director of HarperCollins Christian Publishing , Kristen V. Ingebretson on cover designs! Below are just some of the awesome covers they have! So can you tell what are the covers I used in the background??!! *NOTE: This post contains affiliate links with no cost to you. Interview with Kristen Hello Kristen! I, like many readers are quite interested in the process of cover design and how a book gets its cover. So here goes! 1. When do designers start working on a cover design for a new book? I’ll start working on the front cover about 9 months to a year before the book shows up in the bookstore. We have to have covers ready for a sales conference that is about 6 months before the book goes on sale, so we are always working toward that deadline...