Home of the Public DomaybesLovingly engraved in Chicago, Illinois
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a fabulous person in possession of a generic journal must be in want of a better cover.
Customized journals, inspired by the greats, made to order. Claim a classic, twist a title, or prank your peers with Public Domaybes.
How to order
Choose a classic
Begin with a novel from the shelf. Each has its own frame, with the title and author already on the cover.
Rewrite the title
Keep the half you like and replace the rest, as in Pride & Pizza Rolls or Punks & Prejudice. Or replace the whole title, or put your own name where the author's goes.
Approve every letter
You read the title back before we engrave a single one. A typo on a keepsake would be a great misfortune.
Await the post
Each journal is engraved to order in Chicago and usually ships within a week. Postage is a flat $5 per order online, and free when you order at a show.
The shelf
Each novel on this shelf has been rewritten once already, by us, and is ready to be rewritten by you.
Pride & Prejudice
Jane Austen
Sense & Sensibility
Jane Austen
Mansfield Park
Jane Austen
Emma
Jane Austen
Northanger Abbey
Jane Austen
Persuasion
Jane Austen
The Tell-Tale Heart
Edgar Allan Poe
The Fall of the House of Usher
Edgar Allan Poe
The Raven & Other Poems
Edgar Allan Poe
Annabel Lee & Other Poems
Edgar Allan Poe
The Masque of the Red Death
Edgar Allan Poe
The Pit and the Pendulum
Edgar Allan Poe
Coming this fall
More volumes are on the way
Austen and Poe are the first two of four collections arriving this year. The other two follow this fall, a new set every fortnight or so. Then in 2027, a new title appears on the 16th of each month, in honor of Jane Austen's birthday, with exclusive surprises along the way. What they will be is a secret.
Late November
A new collection
Thanksgiving weekend
A new collection
All through 2027
A new title every month
Ready to go
No rewriting required. These are already engraved, wrapped, and waiting for a good home.
Book Disguises
$25
A faux leather cover for the paperback you would rather not explain. Slip it on and the world sees only what we have engraved: Definitely Not a Dirty Book, Probably a Dirty Book, Totally a Boring Book, I Swear, SMUT.
Fits books about 5 x 8 in. Not for standard hardcovers.
Choose yours
Thoughts Journals
$20
Pocket-sized, with a textured tan cover and a ribbon bookmark to keep your place. A judgment-free home for the thoughts you would never say out loud. Choose filthy, smutty, or dirty. A cheeky gift for a partner, or a private indulgence for yourself.
Choose yours