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How to Design a Book Cover: Discourse in Black
By Keith Gilyard
Mar 26
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The Best-Looking Self-Published Book I’ve Ever Seen
And How I Can Still Tell It Was Self-Published
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Can We Please Make Book Covers Good Again?
A rant and response about contemporary book cover design
Mar 15
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How to Design a Book Cover: ZAFTIG
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Mar 12
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The Mayonnaise on Your Paperback Sandwich
Or, the Matter with Front and Back Matter
Mar 8
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Designing a Book...ish Logo
Process for the Books on the Bed Podcast Logo
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How Jason Arias Designs a Book Cover: The Squid and the Spaceman
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What Your Favorite Book Cover Says About You
Some Personal and Book Design History
Feb 22
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How to Design a Book Cover: ZAFTIG
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How to Design a Book Cover: The Promise of Language
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Feb 12
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The Best-Looking Self-Published Book I’ve Ever Seen
And How I Can Still Tell It Was Self-Published
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Can We Please Make Book Covers Good Again?
A rant and response about contemporary book cover design
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The Mayonnaise on Your Paperback Sandwich
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What Your Favorite Book Cover Says About You
Some Personal and Book Design History
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Designing a Book...ish Logo
Process for the Books on the Bed Podcast Logo
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Having Kids and Keeping a Creative Practice
What would my creative practice look like if I didn’t have kids?
Feb 19
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The Universal Necessity of Graphic Design
On service-based and self-initiated design
Feb 9
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Here's What Jane Austen Taught Me About Smartphones
‘In the News’ Collage Making
Feb 8
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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
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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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Book Design Q&A
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Q&A with a (Film Prop) Book Designer: Adam Medley
A Graphic Designer on the 2023 film 'Dream Scenario' starring Nicolas Cage
Feb 1
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'A Cover That People Might Love to Hate'
A Q&A with Catherine Weiss, Cover Designer and Author of 'Big Money Porno Mommy'
Jan 18
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Interview with a Book Designer: Jazmin Welch—Part Two
"You could design other things ... but what would you do without books?"
Nov 9, 2024
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Interview with a Book Designer: Jazmin Welch—Part One
Connections Between Publishing and Fashion, a Masters Degree in Publishing, and Making Freelance Finances Work
Oct 19, 2024
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