A book designer’s pet peeves
When you’re a design geek, visiting a bookstore can sometimes be a bit painful.
Joel Friedlander and his wife found a slew of design no-nos while browsing the other day, and some were irritating enough to discourage from buying the physical book.
Learn from these mistakes — and learn what, specifically, you should do differently — on Friedlander’s blog.
(Some of the flaws they noticed, by the way, aren’t exclusive to paper books, so it’s still worth a read if you’re electronic-only.)