Happenstance Type-O-Rama

What an inspiring, informative and wonderful time Agents 001, 003, and 005 had attending the 2024 PPN Conference. The hard work that goes into making this a quality event year in and year out is appreciated and reconnecting with and learning from our peers and colleagues, absolutely invaluable. Can't wait until 2025! #PPN2024 #happenstancetypeorama

Your eyes aren’t deceiving you! That is Maureen Forys from Happenstance Type-O-Rama in Publishers Weekly yesterday (https://lnkd.in/edzi4b-w) as she gets ready to present at the Publishing Professionals Network yearly conference this Friday. She will be discussing the challenges and rewards of innovative business models in publishing along with an all-star panel of industry leaders.

Happenstance Agent 001 (Maureen Forys) and Agent 003 (Cody Gates) were thrilled to attend the book launch for The Inclusive Language Field Guide by Suzanne Wertheim, Ph.D. We couldn’t be more proud to have handled the interior design and production for this powerful, informative, and practical guide to understanding and using inclusive language. Congratulations to Suzanne and her publisher (and our long-time client) Berrett-Koehler for another amazing contribution to changing our world for the better. #bookstagram #books #bookdesign #designmatters #happenstancetypeorama #bookpackaging

Twenty twenty-three seems to be the year for designing and setting giant tomes. Happenstance recently received our copy of I Ching, The Oracle, published by North Atlantic Books, and we couldn’t be more proud. Complicated and technical doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice good design and beautiful typography. With nearly 1,000 pages of tables within tables, in both Chinese and English, the challenge was to find an elegant way to present the intense amount of information in both the print and ebook. Another cipher cracked! #typeorama #happenstance #bookstagram #bookdesign #design #graphicdesign #designmatters #publishing #books #book #booklover #ichingtheoracle

Did you know the agents of Happenstance Type-O-Rama make more than beautiful books? One recent example—The Cantigee Oracle, written by Rae Diamond with art by Laura Zuspan—is a stunning deck of cards that we created and designed with our partners at North Atlantic Books. Partnerships not platforms! @natlanticbooks #typeorama #happenstance #bookstagram #bookpackaging #design #graphicdesign #designmatters #publishing #deck #oracledeck

One of the many things the agents of Happenstance assist our clients with is print buying for both titles that we produce as well as catalog titles going out for reprint. This beautiful series, published by Parallax Press, is one such example of finding the best printing solution with our friends at Marquis that honors the vision that Parallax Press had for this special series. #happenstancetypeorama #bookpublishing #bookdesign #printbuying #partnersnotplatforms #howcanwepartnerwithyou