November 2025

Call for 2026 Book Design Projects

Let's Work Together!

Nov 15, 2025 • Nathaniel Roy

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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:

Nov 8, 2025 • Nathaniel Roy

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October 2025

What I'm After in Creative Work

Connecting Street Photography, Collage, and Book Cover Design

Oct 18, 2025 • Nathaniel Roy

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September 2025

Vintage Book Cover Inspiration

Old books on my shelf

Sep 13, 2025 • Nathaniel Roy

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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, 2025 • Nathaniel Roy

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August 2025

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…

Aug 25, 2025 • Nathaniel Roy

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Book Covers Don't Matter

Do They?

Aug 9, 2025 • Nathaniel Roy

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I Don't Hate You, Comic Sans

And Nobody Should

Aug 2, 2025 • Nathaniel Roy

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July 2025

Origin Story

Another post in which I use this platform to be "a big ole mush" (Ma Kent voice)

Jul 26, 2025 • Nathaniel Roy

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Book Cover Design Process: Appropriated Tales

by Michelle Anya Anjirbag

Jul 23, 2025 • Nathaniel Roy

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Who Designed It? ‘Colored Television’ by Danzy Senna

Designer: Lauren Peters-Collaer

Jul 19, 2025 • Nathaniel Roy

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