past & current Clients
U of Arkansas Press
U of Chicago Press
Cornell U Press
Fairlight Books
U of Georgia Press
Grove Atlantic
Hachette Book Group
HarperCollins Publishers
Harvard Business Review Press
John Hopkins U Press
U of Minnesota Press
Ohio U State Press
North Atlantic Books
U of North Carolina Press
Penguin Random House
Princeton U Press
Shambhala Publications
Sourcebooks
Stanford U Press
U of Texas Press
Timber Press
U of Toronto Press
U of Washington Press
Wayne State U Press
West Virginia Press
WW Norton
Verso Books
Verso PR Books
Yale University Press
My name is Amanda Weiss, I’m a full-time freelance graphic designer currently located in Nashville, TN*. From 2014-2017 I worked as a book designer at Princeton University Press.
I provide services such as, but not limited to:
– Book cover design
– Interior book design
– Typesetting
– Print design & collateral
– Hand-drawn lettering
I am currently available for work. Interested in collaborating or just saying hi? Email me at avweiss[at]live[.]com
*In the last ten years I have lived in New Jersey, Michigan, and Connecticut. Tennessee is the latest adventure!
Awards/Recognition
One of four judges for the 2023 AUP Book, Jacket, and Journal Show
One of five judges for the 2022 50th Annual Publishing Professionals Network Book Show
Selected cover in AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers of 2020
Interviewed about design for Fairlight Books UK
Interviewed on Spine Magazine podcast, S3E6
Selected cover and book entries in the 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, and 2015 AUP Book Jacket and Journal Show
Selected entries in the 30th Annual New York Book Show
Selected entries in the 29th Annual New York Book Show
Featured on Spine Magazine for the cover process behind Béyonce in Formation "Words from the Weiss: Part 1"
Featured on Spine Magazine for the cover process behind Woke Gaming "Words from the Weiss: Part 2"
Featured on Casual Optimist's "Notable Book Covers of 2017"
Featured on Casual Optimist's "52 Women Book Cover Designers"
Featured on LitHub's "64 Best Book Covers of 2017"