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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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Nathaniel Roy
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Using a Notebook in the New Year
Jan 4
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I Can Tell Your Book Was Self-Published
Sep 15, 2024
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Nathaniel Roy
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13 Quotes About Book Covers
Jun 14
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Nathaniel Roy
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My Favorite Rejected Book Covers
Dec 21, 2024
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Nathaniel Roy
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What Should 'Lolita' Look Like?
You Tell Me.
Jun 28
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Nathaniel Roy
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This is a Borzoi Newsletter
A Brief History of Alfred A. Knopf's Playful Spine Logo
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13 Quotes About Book Covers
From 'The Look of the Book' by Peter Mendelsund and David J. Alworth
Jun 14
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Nathaniel Roy
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ABDN Book Diary 03: I Hired Another Designer to Do My Cover
This is a process diary for the creation of a book based on this newsletter, I Can Tell Your Book Was Self-Published. It is for my wonderful paid…
Jun 11
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Nathaniel Roy
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Swastikas on Book Covers
And the Limits of Cleverness in Design
Jun 7
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Nathaniel Roy
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More Rejected Book Covers
Every book cover you have ever seen is a gladiator.
May 31
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Nathaniel Roy
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My First Book Design Wasn’t Very Good
We all start somewhere.
May 24
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Nathaniel Roy
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ABDN Book Diary 02
Margins and editing
May 18
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Nathaniel Roy
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What Does A Book Cover Cost?
Spoiler: I don't know.
May 17
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Nathaniel Roy
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How to Design A Book Cover: Rhetoric, Inc.
Sketches, Drafts, Revisions, and More
May 14
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ABDN Book Diary 01
Begin at something resembling the beginning
May 11
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Nathaniel Roy
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I Am Making a Book!
On the occasion of this newsletter’s first birthday
May 10
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Nathaniel Roy
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How to Design A Book Cover: Rhetoric, Inc.
Sketches, Drafts, Revisions, and More
May 14
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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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Nathaniel Roy
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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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Nathaniel Roy
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How to Design a Book Cover: Discourse in Black
By Keith Gilyard
Mar 26
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Nathaniel Roy
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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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Nathaniel Roy
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A Ten Minute Typography Lesson
From Butterick's Practical Typography
Jan 25
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Nathaniel Roy
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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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Nathaniel Roy
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