The material on the covers of books from a French abbey was too hairy to have come from calves or other local mammals.

The books hail from Clairvaux Abbey, founded in 1115 by Cistercian monks in northern France, and its daughter monasteries. Some tomes are nearly 900 years old. Researchers had thought they were ...

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire wasn’t just a turning point in the story—it was also a turning point in book cover design ...

Chancellor Glenn Boyce announced the Let's Book It: Ole Miss Opportunity Book Fund on Tuesday (April 8) as part of the ...

With sarcasm, he adds, "The cover pages of these books must be made of silver. If not, then maybe the photos inside the book must have silver mark, which make them quite expensive. Or perhaps ...

Strange “hairy” covers of books in medieval Europe were made from seal skin obtained from Viking descendants, a new study has found. It is rare to find medieval manuscripts in their original ...

Have some books you aren't going to read again? Use them to disguise small storage bins to look like just another part of ...

If there’s a book sale in town, you can count on Lily Someson and Micah Robinson to be browsing through the stacks. The duo ...

Once they have developed their design system, entrants need to show it being deployed consistently across any three of the following book covers: Rather than designing three book covers with ...

And for binge watchers, it’s also the perfect chance to study up by diving into the books that are being adapted into movies and TV shows in 2025. Here are some of the thrillers, romances ...

Finding the right e-book reader apps (also called eReaders) can be difficult. There are a variety of e-book types and plenty of file formats to deal with, and then there are different kinds of ...

It's been an interesting time for me testing some of the best ereaders in 2025 – I got to try out new Kindle features on my Scribe and, more importantly, I tested an updated version of my ...