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Custom Book Cover Design

I design book covers for any genre, fiction and non-fiction. Covers are created specifically to your requirements and designed to reach your targeted audience and according to your genre...romance, fantasy, sci-fi, young adult, new adult, biographical, and business. This means that your involvement and feedback in the process is not only desired, but encouraged. For instance, do you favor certain colors, fonts, or images? Have you found other book covers already on the market that you really like? We cover all that prior to any design taking place. This is not about my ego, but about including you in a very important part of the book process. In order to get people to read your book, they have to like what is on the cover - just like purchasing any product in the store. The "packaging" sells the item before the item is purchased and used...or in this case, read. So your cover has to be engaging and eye-catching, resonating with your readers and providing a teaser image to provoke a call to action: purchasing and reading your book. It has to stand out from its competitors on book shelves and in online catalogs.

Here is what you need to know in order to get started:
  1. First, fill out the online cover design request form you can find here. This will help me to understand your preferences, and will provide me with all the information needed to design your cover. Please note the process and terms of service just above the form. With your form submission, you agree that you have read and understood the terms of service in order to proceed. 
  2. Payment: I require a 50% deposit in order to begin cover design. Payments are through PayPal only. Once I receive your request form, I will email you an invoice for the deposit. Pricing is listed below. The remaining amount will be invoiced upon completion of the project. Final files will not be relinquished until final payment is made. 

PRICING:

Full book covers, $350 (front, spine, back)
  • Fee listed is for a custom cover that does not require excessive custom photo manipulation of particular elements. For example, if you require several characters with particulars that are not easily found in stock imagery or are easily created (clothing style, specific facial features, posing a particular way, holding particular items, etc.), that would require extra custom work and time, so the fee would be determined based on extra time involved. If you are not sure, please ask and a quote will be provided for such projects.
  • Three (3) cover concepts and five (5) rounds of changes are included on the selected design. These concepts will use comps from Dreamstime or other royalty free stock house, so will bear the watermark on those images until finalization, unless personally owned client images are used.
  • Design created according to client-provided dimensions, as provided by client and submitted on the cover design form request. 
  • All text (front and back cover) to be provided by client and submitted on the cover design form request.
  • Final high-resolution files will be digitally delivered. 
  • Includes image search of up to two hours. If more time is necessary, image search will be charged by the hour @ $50/hr. or client can search for images themselves. There are several sites that offer images for commercial purposes for free. I will always look there first before searching the royalty free stock houses.
  • All imagery is to be purchased by the client and the high resolution images emailed to be inserted in the final design. If you have your own images you want on the cover, please email them before the design process begins. By doing so, you warrant that you have the legal right to use the images and take full responsibility for any legal repercussions. 
  • INCLUDED FREE: Ebook cover is also included at no extra charge according to Amazon specs (or you can provide specs for other carriers).
  • INCLUDED FREE: Digital 3D book mockup for you to use on your website, etc., delivered in PNG format (transparent background).

Ebook front cover only, $200
  • Design created according to client-provided dimensions (Kindle, Smashwords, etc.)
  • Two (2) cover concepts and five (5) rounds of changes are included on the selected design.
  • All text (front and back cover) to be provided by client and submitted on the cover design form request.
  • Final high-resolution files will be digitally delivered.
  • Includes image search of up to two hours. If more time is necessary, image search will be charged by the hour @ $50/hr.
  • All imagery is to be purchased by the client and the high resolution images emailed to be inserted in the final design. If you have your own images you want on the cover, please email them before the design process begins. By doing so, you warrant that you have the legal right to use the images and take full responsibility for any legal repercussions.
  • INCLUDED FREE: Digital book mockup for you to use on your website, etc.