About The Book Designer

Welcome to TheBookDesigner.com and thanks for visiting.

The purpose of this blog is:

To help publishers and authors who decide to publish their own books get to market with a great looking, properly constructed book, on time and on budget.

The blog is written by Joel Friedlander, proprietor of Marin Bookworks in San Rafael, California. Here’s how to find out more:

  • About Joel page for more about Joel Friedlander, along with complete contact information.
  • Services page for information on the services available from Marin Bookworks.
  • Clients page for a partial list of Marin Bookworks clients.
  • Testimonials page for some lovely things clients have said about our services.
  • Hire Me! page for a rundown on hiring Joel to work on your book.
  • Articles page for a list of our best articles.
  • Blogging page for the tools I use on this blog.
  • Sitemap page for a complete Sitemap.

Enjoy your visit, and please leave a comment to let us know how you think we’re doing.


Joel Friedlander is also the author of Body Types: The Enneagram of Essence Types, a book that explores an ancient system of classifying people according to their physical traits. This system is best understood as a metaphor or mythological structure that teaches us about the spectrum of humanity, without necessarily describing any specific person.

Body Types by Joel Friedlander
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