Book design

“At the outset let me say how attractive a book this is… indeed, a pleasure to handle.”

— B. J. McMullin, Script & Print, (review of
Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press)

“Beautifully designed!”

— Sydney Shep, SHARP News, review of The Rise and Fall of the Printer’s International Specimen Exchange

Book design (cover and text) has been an area of special interest for me for a long time, beginning with annual reports and corporate and nonprofit publications.

I have designed many books for Oak Knoll Books and Press (one co-published with the British Library), as well as their anitquarian and publishing catalogues (see Collateral). From 2015-2020 I was Managing Editor of the Press.

More recently, I have been part of Reedsy, a marketplace where independently published  authors connect with freelance editors, designers and publicists.

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Wrap-around cover designs

Interior text pages