Author Archives: ariane

This article from Abebooks.com reminds us of one of the perks of finding a dread mistake in a book: typos can help discern a first printing from a second A mistake is always terrible to realize, but it is a … Continue reading →

A pretty happy message to wake up to, huh? Good morning! Thank you, thank you, thank you for another SUPERB presentation of our work!!! I just downloaded the file that Stephanie sent and I started to cry. I am so … Continue reading →

One of my favorite parts of the design for Overland Journal is the title page for each article. Shown here is the feature article from the summer 2014 issue, which was completed in August. Interesting lettering on top of a … Continue reading →

Capital A Publications has its own mini soccer team! Let’s hope they have a fun season.

This is the eighth anniversary of Capital A Publications! I remember my very first day very clearly–spent in my temporary office, working on the index for The Land Beyond: Italian Migrants in the Westward Movement, by Dr. Gloria Lothrop, and … Continue reading →

A new book just came in from the printer, and I’m very excited about it. George Carson: Los Angeles Pioneer, by Judson A. Grenier, is another collaboration with the Historical Society of Southern California. Grenier’s association with the Carson family … Continue reading →

The spring 2014 Overland Journal has just gone to the printer! Here is the mailing wrap (more about why we do the wrap here). On the cover of this issue is Karl Bodmer’s Funeral Scaffold of a Sioux Chief, engraving … Continue reading →

I saw this artwork at the new Journalism building at the University of Montana, where I went to school. The artist is Lloyd G. Schermer, the former publisher of the Missoulian, and the sculpture is composed of antique wood type, … Continue reading →