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Call for 2026 Book Design Projects
Let's Work Together!
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Using a Notebook in the New Year
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I Can Tell Your Book Was Self-Published
Sep 15, 2024
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13 Quotes About Book Covers
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My Favorite Rejected Book Covers
Dec 21, 2024
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Indie vs. Mainstream
A few months ago, someone shared an early newsletter of mine, about my ability to tell your book was self-published, with this comment:
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What I'm After in Creative Work
Connecting Street Photography, Collage, and Book Cover Design
Oct 18
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Vintage Book Cover Inspiration
Old books on my shelf
Sep 13
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A New Approach to My Commonplace Book, Among Other Things
Also: Leaving the Honeymoon Phase, What I'm Reading, and A Book Design Milestone
Sep 6
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The Books that Made Me Want to Write
When I was in 10th grade, I wrote a poem about my girlfriend for English class. It was called “Your Perfect Imperfections,” and I set the type in a…
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Book Covers Don't Matter
Do They?
Aug 9
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I Don't Hate You, Comic Sans
And Nobody Should
Aug 2
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Origin Story
Another post in which I use this platform to be "a big ole mush" (Ma Kent voice)
Jul 26
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Book Cover Design Process: Appropriated Tales
by Michelle Anya Anjirbag
Jul 23
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Who Designed It? ‘Colored Television’ by Danzy Senna
Designer: Lauren Peters-Collaer
Jul 19
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In Praise of Ugly Notebooks
If your notebook is not at least a little bit ugly, I don’t think I trust you.
Jul 12
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What Should 'Lolita' Look Like?
You Tell Me.
Jun 28
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How to Design a Book Cover
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Book Cover Design Process: Appropriated Tales
by Michelle Anya Anjirbag
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How to Design A Book Cover: Rhetoric, Inc.
Sketches, Drafts, Revisions, and More
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How to Design A Book Cover: Law, Justice, and Society in the Medieval World
Sketches, Drafts, Revisions, and More
Apr 24
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How Jazmin Welch Designs A Book Cover
Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea by Alex Wood
Apr 9
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Self Publishing
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The Best-Looking Self-Published Book I’ve Ever Seen
And How I Can Still Tell It Was Self-Published
Mar 22
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A Ten Minute Typography Lesson
From Butterick's Practical Typography
Jan 25
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I Critiqued This Substacker's Book Cover
'Windsor Greetings' by Michael Macfadden
Dec 23, 2024
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I Can Tell Your Book was Self-Published 2: Electric Boogaloo
More Ways to Improve Your Book Design
Nov 2, 2024
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Notes on book design and creative practice from the desk of Nathaniel Roy.
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