Episode 11: A Book by Its Cover

The Watchung Booksellers Podcast

In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, designers Olga Grlic and James Iacobelli relay their decades-long experience in cover design at major publishing houses with Watchung Booksellers' emeritus owner Margot Sage-El.
Olga Grlic, book designer, is currently VP Creative Director of Wednesday Books, Griffin Paperbacks, Essentials, and an Executive Art Director of SMP Group of Macmillan Publishers.
James Iacobelli, known as Jimmy, is book designer, currently Senior Art Director of Atria Books, an imprint of SImon &Schuster. Both are graduates of School of Visual Arts, NY. They are local residents of Montclair and very frequent book buyers at Watchung Booksellers.

Here are the books mentioned on the episode and designed by our guests, Olga Grlic and James Iocobelli.

Books:
A full list of the books and authors mentioned in this episode is available here.

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The Watchung Booksellers Podcast is produced by Kathryn Counsell and Marni Jessup and is recorded at Silver Stream Studio in Montclair, NJ.

The show is edited by Kathryn Counsell and Bree Testa. Special thanks to Timmy Kellenyi and Derek Mattheiss.

Original music is composed and performed by Violet Mujica.

Art & design and social media by Evelyn Moulton. Research and show notes by Caroline Shurtleff.

Thanks to all the staff at Watchung Booksellers and The Kids’ Room!

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