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I love cover art too. I feel deeply attached to whichever one was the exact one from which I read. Do you get attached, even sentimental, that way too?

Yes - I have attachments to some of my favorite cover designs, Debi.
And, once in a very great while, I've even bought a second copy of a book that I own if I've seen another cover that truly captures my attention. It has to be a special cover design for that to happen.

I always liked Chip Kidd's designs, though I've no idea if he's still in the business.

Isn't it interesting how you can roughly age an edition just by its cover? Book cover art, apparently, has major trends. We definitely are in some now: there's the smoothly drawn digital, bright color comic-y look, there's the FONT IS IMPORTANT look, there is the twisty, flowery, framed look. Those are the ones I've frequently seen. And one day they will say to us, without even opening, "edition from the 2010s-2020s."

Ken wrote: "I always liked Chip Kidd's designs, though I've no idea if he's still in the business."

He evidently is, Ken. I can't post the wikipedia link here, but you can find it easily enough.
I had no idea that he designed so many recognizable covers.

Debi wrote: "Isn't it interesting how you can roughly age an edition just by its cover? Book cover art, apparently, has major trends. We definitely are in some now: there's the smoothly drawn digital, bright co..."

I never thought of that, Debi. I guess I've always thought of great book cover designs as timeless. Perhaps they're both of a time and timeless.