How to design a book cover

Ask any author, publisher, or bookseller-a book cover design can have a dramatic effect on the interest in and sales of a book. It is considered so critical to sales, cover design is almost exclusively under the control of the publisher-yes, even for design-oriented books. Needless to say, I have great respect for those with a talent for finding the essence of a few hundred pages and presenting it in one compelling, provocative image. Designer and illustrator Ben Gibson has a real talent for it.

Ben Gibson's portfolio (1MB PDF)...
Here > http://www.ben-gibson.com/BenGibson_Design.pdf

Gibson's web...
Here > http://www.ben-gibson.com/