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" 
 
          