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Book Cover Design
Three original cover routes, then two rounds of refinement on the one you pick.
Genre-literate cover design that reads correctly in a retail thumbnail, not just at full size — the test every cover has to pass now.
What's included
- 01Three distinct concept routes, each with a rationale
- 02Two refinement rounds on your chosen direction
- 03Full print-ready wraparound for physical editions
- 04Ebook, audiobook, and social-crop variants delivered together
Where this fits
This supports a book that's already written or being written elsewhere — it isn't a full publishing package on its own. Pair it with Book Publishing if you also need ISBN, retail listings, and distribution set up.
Ownership & confidentiality
- You keep 100% of copyright and royalties on everything delivered.
- An NDA is signed before any of your material is shared, including on the intro call.
Reference specs
Illustrative, not a quote.
Get a scoped quote
This service is scoped per project rather than by a formula — tell us what you're making and we'll come back with a real number.
Ask about book cover designA sense of range
Cover concepts, not case studies — see 'How this gets scoped' below for how your own comes together.
Eight invented cover concepts, not real books — a range of genres and treatments to show how a route gets built, before any of it is your title or your author name.
The Weight I Carried Home
The Second Signature
The Quiet Defector
Where the Foxes Sleep
Sixty Years Standing
Start Before You're Ready
Every Almost
The Salt Throne
Make every part of the book tell the same story.
Good book cover design starts with the decisions behind the deliverable. Here is what to consider, what to prepare, and how to make your reviews more useful.
The details makethe difference.
Start with a creative brief
Describe the intended reader, genre, tone, and formats. Include references and explain what you like about them: the energy, the restraint, the typography, or the treatment of imagery. A clear brief gives creative decisions a meaningful direction.
Review in context
Look at the work as a reader will encounter it. Review a cover as a small thumbnail as well as at full size. Check an interior as a sequence of pages. For audio or video, consider pacing and how the experience feels from beginning to end.
Prepare the final handover
Confirm the required file formats, dimensions, and platform specifications before production. Keep the approved version separate from working drafts. Ask which source files and usage permissions form part of the agreed deliverables.
Come with an ambition.
Leave with a clearer direction.
Bring your current material, intended audience, a few useful references, and any deadline that matters. We can then discuss the work below and confirm what belongs in your individual scope.
- Three distinct concept routes, each with a rationale
- Two refinement rounds on your chosen direction
- Full print-ready wraparound for physical editions
- Ebook, audiobook, and social-crop variants delivered together
How this gets scoped
The same four steps behind every standalone service on this page — the specifics change, the shape doesn't.
Brief
A short intake before anything is quoted — audience, angle, length, deadline. In writing, so nothing depends on what someone remembers from a call.
Scope & quote
A real number for your specific project, not a rate card guess. You approve the scope before any drafting starts.
The work itself
Drafted, designed, or sent against that agreed brief — delivered in workable pieces where the format allows, not one drop at the end.
Revision & delivery
A structured revision round, then delivery in the format you'll actually use — not a Google Doc you have to reformat yourself.