Designing with Feelings

How emotions play a part in my practice

Jul 11 • Nathaniel Roy

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How To Make Your Own Pocket Notebook [Process Video]

Or At Least How I Make Mine

Jul 3 • Nathaniel Roy

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June 2026

They made this on purpose

Why do Simon & Schuster's new classics covers feel so strange?

Published on The Booktender • Jun 29

Book Design Made Simple

Archiving an invaluable resource

Jun 27 • Nathaniel Roy

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Do Killed Covers Go to Heaven?

Looking at some recent unused book covers

Jun 20 • Nathaniel Roy

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Better than Sex, Drugs, or Christmas

This Week in Being a Book Designer

Jun 6 • Nathaniel Roy

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May 2026

Cover Design from Hardcover to Paperback (with an Italian Twist)

Q&A with author Jessica Berger Gross about the covers for 'Hazel Says No'

May 30 • Nathaniel Roy

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What You Wish You Knew at 32

And Other Things Worth Sharing this Week

May 16 • Nathaniel Roy

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April 2026

A Cover Credit Conundrum

And Other Things Worth Sharing this Week

Apr 18 • Nathaniel Roy

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Tools of My Trade

Things I Use to Design Books

Apr 11 • Nathaniel Roy

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Fifteen Facts about Fonts

Some are fun, some are ... not.

Apr 4 • Nathaniel Roy

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March 2026

How I Add Handwriting to a Book Cover

I love handwriting on a book cover.

Mar 28 • Nathaniel Roy

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