About BCJ

"fiction"Book City Jackets are updated versions of the classic paper bag book cover.  We turn books into a new kind of affordable art that can be displayed on bookshelves and coffee tables, in cafes and classrooms, on planes and trains . . . anywhere people bring their books.

Our covers are off-set printed on recycled kraft paper in downtown New York and “fold-to-fit” almost any book.  A Book City Jacket isn’t just beautiful — it also protects from spilled drinks and prying eyes and provides a convenient space to doodle and jot down notes.

Book covers were a good idea in junior high school and they’re a good idea now.

Book City Jackets was founded in 2008 by Emma Gaines-Ross and Jeremy Schwartz and is based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

Make Every Book Beautiful.

Artists Edition No. 1