Archive - A Book Designer's Notebook

Book Covers Don't Matter

Aug 9 •

I Don't Hate You, Comic Sans

And Nobody Should

Aug 2 •

July 2025

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

Jul 26 •

Book Cover Design Process: Appropriated Tales

by Michelle Anya Anjirbag

Jul 23 •

Who Designed It? ‘Colored Television’ by Danzy Senna

Designer: Lauren Peters-Collaer

Jul 19 •

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 •

June 2025

What Should 'Lolita' Look Like?

Jun 28 •

This is a Borzoi Newsletter

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

Published on A Book Designer's Notebook • Jun 21

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 •

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