Archive - A Book Designer's Notebook

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A Brief History of Alfred A. Knopf's Playful Spine Logo

Published on A Book Designer's Notebook • 18 hrs ago

13 Quotes About Book Covers

From 'The Look of the Book' by Peter Mendelsund and David J. Alworth

Jun 14 •

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 •

Swastikas on Book Covers

And the Limits of Cleverness in Design

Jun 7 •

May 2025

More Rejected Book Covers

Every book cover you have ever seen is a gladiator.

May 31 •

My First Book Design Wasn’t Very Good

We all start somewhere.

May 24 •

ABDN Book Diary 02

Margins and editing

May 18 •

What Does A Book Cover Cost?

Spoiler: I don't know.

May 17 •

How to Design A Book Cover: Rhetoric, Inc.

Sketches, Drafts, Revisions, and More

May 14

ABDN Book Diary 01

Begin at something resembling the beginning

May 11 •

I Am Making a Book!

On the occasion of this newsletter’s first birthday

May 10 •

When Ugly is a Good Thing in Book Cover Design

Hair, Flesh, and "Bad" Typography

May 3 •

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