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Show off your book's personality with a custom handmade cover designed just for you by a professional designer. Need ideas? We’ve collected some amazing examples of handmade book covers from our global community of designers. Get inspired and start planning the perfect handmade book cover today.

Book covers for "Moderný Pračlovek" series (Modern Caveman) by Marián Černý

These are the first two publications for the "Moderný Pračlovek" series (Modern Caveman). The main idea was to represent caveman drawings in a very simple way and products that were used at that time... but also in our days. The first one — “Kuchyňa Pračloveka” (Caveman's Kitchen) — is an untraditional cookbook focused on the choice of ingredients and kitchen skills/practices rather than just recipes. The second publication is an ebook — "Desatoro Prikázaní Moderného Pračloveka" — that basically means "The 10 Commandments of the Modern Caveman". Following this line of thought, the author requested something related with the religious meaning of the title. Therefore, I used the idea of the stones of the 10 Commandments described in the Bible. It was also important for the author to keep the “caveman illustrations” separated in two zones — the day and the night. At the center, the squatting silhouette represents the meditation and balance.

The Art of Placenta book cover design

This book teaches professional placenta encapsulators how to preserve the placenta into a pure and potent medicine

Truth of Crowns by Carl D. Albert

Stylized cover for dark, adult epic fantasy novel. I decided to fully illustrate the whole cover this time, which I rarelly do. This cover talked to me right away.

Atmospheric Book Cover for a Dark Urban Fantasy Novel about a large Library, Time Travel, and Gnomes

This is a project full of personality and memorable characters, so the best option to capture this mood was to illustrate them from 0, highlighting all those characteristics that make them unique in a dark, funny and passionate composition.

Crime cover! vintage treatment, original illustration based in a history.

Book Cover for a short novel

The book was written by a 12-year-old girl. It is a short novel for children (in German) from 8 to 14 years old. I drew the face of the girl who has a monstrous side that appears at night. I wanted it to be the light and minimal line, contrasting with the dark (her shadow and the dark of the night). It's a hand-drawn illustration.

layouts for Aimee Book

stars! a handmade project for a book of a life!  handwriting in the title and a mix of paint stars  translation of the spirit with which this book was written. There were 13 years of drafts, stories, and collages by the author. The sky was something she could talk to; the dark of night and the blue of day had inspired her since she was a child. Like the author, I immersed myself in her imagination, proposing various layouts. A very characteristic book and a strong aesthetic coming from the author were made with the photo she chose.

A glove. a bear. a tower. Third illustration for the cover of an ebook series.

Running like a Wrinkly - Illustration Book Cover

La Petite Ombre

Book cover for the third part of a trilogy,

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Book cover for Fall of Edonia

Meet the Boogers

= Book description = The book is about two boogers named Dexter and Maya. They are 9 years old and are currently living in Captain Robert McWilliams right nostril. In this adventure, Dexter and Maya are the first boogers to travel to space and land on the moon. The boogers should look happy and friendly and larger than life. = Design needs = Looking for a fun, eye catching cover that children will enjoy. The boogers should look friendly and approachable. This is the first book in the Meet The Boogers series, so we need to introduce the boogers and then have something about space travel in the background. They are of course the first boogers to land on the moon! This is my first drawing cover here in 99d, I put all my old drawing skills with this one, Thanks to my graphics tablet.

Winning book cover

Luke Cruickshank is a healthcare professional who uses his writing to make difficult complex topics easy to understand for the general public. His first book about concussions focuses on how to improve brain health, while his second book about mental health focuses on helping people take a more active role in shaping their mental health and well-being.

Whimsical Illustrated Book Cover

Puzzle book cover with a hand-drawn look

Minimalist hand-drawn composition

The Parenting Teen Handbook

Paris without skyscrapers

Hand painted book cover

Futuristic cover design made by watercolor and then digitally edited.

Holding the heart pieces

Illustration inspired by the title of the book, the woman holds her broken heart but with all its pieces together, the hair is lifted by the wind like a breath of "fresh air" from the knowledge obtained in the book

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14 Top Book Cover Designers for Self-Publishers

By Madalina Olteanu

If you’re looking for book cover designers for self-publishers, you’ve come to the right place. Below we’ve featured 14 top cover designers with experience in designing covers for authors who are self-publishing their books.

Please note: The following entry contains affiliate links to Ebook Launch. That means Writing Tips Oasis receive a small % of the sale if you purchase a book cover from Ebook Launch, but at no extra cost to you.

1. Ebook Launch

Located in British Columbia, Canada, Ebook Launch is a family business founded in 2011 by John Low and Dane Low. A member of the Alliance of Independent Authors, the company has won several eBook cover design awards and is a service provider for Draft2Digital and Smashwords.

Ebook Launch offers two main packages which are their Custom Ebook Cover Design option priced at $497 and their Ebook and Print Cover Design option that costs $595. If you want a premade cover, then Ebook Launch has an extensive range on offer. Premade covers are priced at $99.

To find out more about how Ebook Launch can help you with your book cover needs, take a look at their website. They are able to take on any genre from fantasy book cover designs  to  non-fiction .

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Damonza was founded by Damon Freeman in 2012 and is located in Orewa, Auckland in New Zealand. A team of talented book cover designers work at Damonza and between them they have over three and a half decades of experience.

They have a huge portfolio and have designed thousands of covers for authors at different stages of their career. They have created covers for independent authors publishing their first book and those of New York Times and USA Today bestselling books.

Damonza offers a number of different book cover design packages such as their Text Only Front Cover Design option that starts at $175 and their Premium Front Cover package that starts at $1645. Their most popular package is their Standard Front Cover service; the price for this option starts at $645. Take a look at their website to learn about their different packages and what Damonza can do you for you and your cover design requirements.

3. Raven Book Design

Located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Raven Book Design was founded in 1995 by Fiona Raven. Since teaming up with Linda Parke in 2007, they helped numerous indie authors from all around the world to find the best designs for their books, regardless of the genre. It doesn’t matter if you’re writing on a memoir, novel, or on a scientific journal – they have worked on over 200 different projects, so they are certainly qualified to give you advice.

If you’re curious about their portfolio, you should look up The Mindless Investor , by Tyler Bollhorn, and 7 Billion Angels Whispering We Love You , written by Kim Tebbutt and illustrated by Sarah Penhale.

To get started, you can schedule a free 30-minute consultation and see if you should collaborate. Their standard prices vary from $2,086 for paperback or for hardcover with printed casewrap to $2,650 for hardcover with printed casewrap and dustjacket. There is a list for each of these services, so that you can see what expenses will be included in the quote. To request your own quote, click here .

4. SelfPubBookCovers

Co-founded by Shoshanna Evers in New York in 2012, SelfPubBookCovers is a company that helps self-published writers get in touch with professional book cover designers. Although it is mainly a premade cover business, indie authors also have the possibility of working with their team on custom designs.

In terms of premade covers , the genres you will find on their website are romance, nonfiction, western, young adult, and literary fiction, to name a few. If you find no suitable cover for your book, then you can send them a simple creative brief regarding your ideal design, and one of their artists will illustrate it for you. This involves two free chances of requesting modifications, after which you will have to pay $25 for every additional change.

To learn more, you can contact them using the information displayed here .

5. Bespoke Book Covers

Bespoke Book Covers is the business of designers Caroline and Peter O’Connor, who are currently living in Bedfordshire, United Kingdom. Their services are available particularly for self-published authors.

Although they do not specify any preferred genres, their website features both fiction and nonfiction books, so there’s a chance that they are open to working on any type of project. Fire Mission , by Craig Douglas and The Van Laven Oath , by Owen Tyler Chase are two titles worth checking out, if you want to see some of their designs.

Their clients can request an unlimited number of changes for free, and they send the first draft in 12-14 days on average, so there are considerable advantages in collaborating with the Bespoke team. If you want to request a quote, you can do so by completing this form . For more information, don’t hesitate to contact them.

6. Bookfly Design

Based on the Oregon coast, Bookfly Design is a small company which was founded with the purpose of providing self-published authors with high-quality book design services. James T. Egan, who has about 12 years of experience in print, book design, and in advertising, is the one who creates the covers.

The genres featured on their website are mystery & thriller, nonfiction, and science fiction, fantasy & paranormal, to name a few. Right to the Kill , by Craig Shaeffer, and Hannah the Huntress – Blood Legacy , by Saul Bishop are some of James’s best works.

You have two package options – you can either pick the eBook Cover Design package ($649), or the Print package ($799). Before making a choice, keep in mind that the latter includes all the services featured in the eBook package. If interested, they also provide editing services. To learn more, you can reach them here .

7. Robin Ludwig Design Inc.

RLD Inc. is a corporation based in Jacksonville, Florida. They provide book design, consultation, book branding, and marketing services for both self-published and traditional authors.

If you don’t have a specific design in mind, you can always opt for a premade cover – theirs are available for romance, literature & fiction, science fiction & fantasy, and for horror & suspense books, to name a few. However, if you’re looking for a custom cover , there are quite a few packages to choose from. For instance, the new eBook Design package costs $99 and it includes unlimited minor revisions, standard paperback 3D rendering, and photo searching. The most expensive choice would be the new Paperback and eBook design package for $189.

The cover is normally ready in about 2-3 weeks. If you need additional information, you can contact them by using the information displayed at the bottom of the main page .

8. Dissect Designs

Located in Hampshire, United Kingdom, Dissect Designs is a book cover design business founded by Tim, who has extensive experience in working on all genres. A specialist when it comes to Adobe InDesign and Adobe Photoshop, his goal is that of providing self-published authors with high-quality book services.

If you want to check out his skills, feel free to browse his portfolio – My Place Among Men , by Kris Millgate, and End of the World , by Trevor Curtis are some of Tim’s best works.

If you decide to collaborate with him, there is a wide range of packages to choose from. One example would be the Print & eBook Cover Design package ($499 USD) – it includes unlimited revisions, a free 3D mock-up for marketing, stock images, professional fonts, and more! To learn more, you can ask him anything here .

9. The Self-Publishing Partnership

Located in Bath, Somerset, The Self-Publishing Partnership is an independent provider which helps self-published authors produce and promote the best versions of their books. It was founded by Douglas Walker, Garry Manning, and Roger Hibbert, and it’s been in the industry for over 20 years now.

In terms of book cover design, they provide a standard book cover that involves a picture from their stock range and professionally arranged text. However, they can also create a custom design, if that is what you’re looking for. Other services they provide proofreading, copy editing, page design, and print management.

To request a quote, feel free to reach them here .

10. Hudson Valley Book Design

Based in Valley Cottage, New York, the company was founded by Glen Edelstein, who has extensive experience in the publishing industry. After working at St. Martin’s Press and at Penguin Random House Inc. for more than 25 years, Glen has gathered vast knowledge in terms of print and eBook formats.

If you’re a self-publisher looking for book cover design services, you might find it useful to know that Glen provides a free initial consultation to discuss your project – this will also allow him to set a firm quote. After settling on the price, he will send the draft designs in about two weeks. You will need to give suggestions and share your thoughts, in order to obtain the expected outcome.

You can see check out his portfolio here . Once you make a decision, feel free to ask any questions .

11. Becky’s Graphic Design

Based in Nashville, Tennessee, Becky Wayne is the founder of Becky’s Graphic Design, which came to life in 1992. After gathering knowledge for more than 25 years as an entrepreneurial graphic designer, Becky is now able to provide high-quality services for any kind of project.

Although their website features three design packages from which you can choose, this doesn’t mean that they can’t create a personalized package for you. After submitting this form and scheduling an appointment to discuss your book, see if any of their options match your interests – for instance, the Cover Design and Interior Production package starts at $1500 for nonfiction projects, and it includes a front cover personalized design, a full cover PDF, and custom book mockups. For fiction projects, the price starts at $2000.

If you’d like to find out more about what they can provide for self-published authors, feel free to complete this form and to ask any questions you may have.

12. SpiffingCovers

Founded in 2012 with the purpose of helping self-published authors obtain the best versions of their books, SpiffingCovers is a business currently located in Colchester, Essex. Stefan, the Managing Director, has amassed more than 3 decades of experience by working for renowned publishers such as Zondervan or Harper Collins.

The range of services provided by SpiffingCovers is rather broad, and it includes book cover design, editing, book distribution, book marketing, and many more. When it comes to cover design, they are able to provide covers which are both creative and commercially aware, as they pay great attention to what is attractive to buyers – this is, of course, available for all genres. To get an idea of their style, you can check out The Hurdy Gurdy Man , by Bob Griffin, and Two Vampires Walk into a Bar , by Mark A. Reid.

Looking for a quote? You can request one here . If you’re in a hurry, don’t hesitate to call them at +44 (0) 1206 585200.

13. Tugboat Design

Founded by Deborah Bradseth in Minnesota, Tugboat Design is a business which came to life after she earned her B.A. in Design Technology from Bemidji State University, where she specialized in digital and electronic design. In terms of achievements, Deborah created the covers for Driven and Fueled , both by K. Bromberg, and they both reached the Top 100 Paid on Amazon.

At present, she can design book covers for poetry, women’s fiction, contemporary fiction, historical romance, new adult romance, and for a few more genres. When it comes to packages, there are three main options you can choose from – the Trust Me eBook Cover ($250), the Premium eBook Cover ($300), and the Personalized Premade Cover Design, where you have to choose one of her premade covers and request specific modifications. Also, if you already have the pictures you want to use for your cover, the final price will be reduced.

To learn more about Deborah’s services, click here . If you have any questions, feel free to contact her.

14. GoodCoverDesign

Based in the United Kingdom, GoodCoverDesign was established by Jacqueline Abromeit, a freelance book cover designer who has been working with self-published authors for over 20 years now. As the former Head of Design for Virgin Net and Gameplay.com, and as the Art Director of Indepenpress Publishing Ltd, Jacqueline has considerable experience in providing high-quality cover design services.

There are three main packages from which you can choose, respectively the Basic eBook Cover (£99), the Creative eBook Cover (from £289), and the Print-Ready Cover (from £349). The second one includes unlimited proof stages, no extra charge for original illustrations or photos, and it is suitable for all genres. You will have to pay half of the full price upfront. To check out her skills, you can look up The Last of the First , by Ian W. Sainsbury, and Krayzy Days , by Micky Fawcett.

If you want to reach Jacqueline, you can do so here .

15. Rocking Book Covers

Currently based in Ireland, Adrijus Guscia founded Rocking Book Covers in 2012 with the purpose of helping self-published authors reach high standards in terms of book cover quality. With an experience of more than 7 years in book cover design, Adrijus also provides useful information to authors who need it.

In terms of services, there are a few packages you can choose from – however, regardless of your option, the turnaround time for the first draft is going to be 5 days. Prices vary between $350 and $700. If you pick the Print and eBook Covers pack, for instance, you should know it involves 2 cover concepts, unlimited stock images, a 3D mockup, 5 revision rounds, and a print version.

If you don’t have anything specific in mind, you can opt for a premade cover – the genres featured in his portfolio are romance/erotica, thriller, crime, mystery, action, and fantasy, to name a few.

To learn more, you can reach Adrijus here .

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18 Inspiring Handmade Book Cover Designs Created by Shillington Students

How do you cope with the pressure of designing something that will not only stand out from thousands of other books but entice the reader to look inside? To perfectly convey or hint at its contents?

Our students at  Shillington  are regularly tasked with design briefs to produce their own editorial covers of popular titles. Here, we share some recent superb examples of book designs that we wish existed so we could add them to our own shelves.

1. French Complexion, Christine Clais – Aimee Harel, Melbourne

For an alternative version of French Complexion by Christine Clais,  Aimee Harel  photographed lots of cotton buds, cotton wool, flower petals and creams to create a pretty, repetitive background. We love the little squiggles of lipstick too.

2. Cosmicomics, Italo Calvino – Caroline McClain, New York

“I designed a book jacket for one of my favourite short story collections, Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino,” says  Caroline McClain . “The book is a collection of imagined creation stories; for the cover design, I focused in particular on a story called All at One Point, describing crowded living conditions before the Big Bang.”

3. The Gardening Year, Lance Hattatt – Caroline Robinson, London

For her student brief, Caroline Robinson was asked to design a cover that represents the book, The Gardening Year, and produce a piece of handmade art that can be used as the central creative feature. Caroline rolled her sleeves up and produced beautifully intricate felt food before photographing her crafted creations.

4. Burial Rites, Hannah Kent – Daniel Kan, London

Daniel Kan  went down a fairly dark route with his interpretation of Hannah Kent’s Burial Rites. Not surprising when the lead character is accused of double murder and witchcraft. To craft his flesh-type cover, Daniel used various dyes, canvas and egg yolk along with an embroidery needle, human hair, moss, pebbles, pigskin and pine needles.

5. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll– Ella Murray, London

London designer  Ella Murray  chose Lewis Carroll’s classic, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, for her book cover but she added a contemporary twist. Using a photograph of a more modern Alice and then applying a needle and thread to add colour and drama, Ella’s final design is distinctive and unique.

6. The Art of the Deal, Donald Trump – Greg Morrison, New York

Taking a political angle,  Greg Morrison  was inspired to create a fresh cover for Donald Trump’s The Art of the Deal. “A best-selling business book becomes a junk food portrait, with a side of social commentary,” explains Greg, one of our Shillington graduates from New York.

With liquorice lips for Donald’s famous pout, chicken nuggets for his ears and french fries for his blonde hair, this is a cover almost good enough to eat.

7. The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling – John Cox, New York

John Cox  took on the epic challenge of reimagining Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book and we think you’ll agree, it’s rather wonderful. Cutting out six different layers of thick white paper, John played with light and shadow to create depth, texture and various shades of grey.

“Mowgli faces many challenges in the jungle during the story, obviously climaxing with his battle with Sheer Khan,” says John. “I wanted to highlight this with my cover while also showcasing Mowgli’s bravery. I illustrated a picture of Mowgli looking deep into the belly of the jungle in the gaping mouth of his adversary.”

8. 1Q84, Haruki Murakami – Kirsten McColl, New York

Kirsten McColl , who has quite the impressive  portfolio , decided to come up with her own book cover design for Haruki Murakami’s novel 1Q84, featuring handmade typography and other appealing elements. A beautiful piece of work.

9. Salt, Nayyirah Waheed – Kyra Price, New York

New York’s  Kyra Price  crafted a handmade typeface and book cover for her version of Nayyirah Waheed’s Salt, featuring short, yet powerful and textured poems. From minimal salt typography on white to letters cut and aligned by hand, this is a design definitely worth admiring.

10. The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka – Marina De Salis, Manchester

The Metamorphosis is a novella written by Franz Kafka which was first published in 1915. It’s a title that inspired  Marina De Salis  to come up with a new book design – one that would bring the classic text into the 21st Century.

With typography digitally crafted out of various insects, curved and manoeuvred into different letters, it’s a beautifully executed idea.

11. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll – Nicole Koncz, Sydney

Here’s another contender for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – because who doesn’t love Lewis Carroll’s literary classic?  Nicole Koncz  from Sydney decided to delve into the overarching theme of the story: “I subverted the idea of a traditional book cover by using the physical inside pages of the book on the outside.

“I took the book apart, tore holes in each page and layered them to create the illusion of the rabbit hole. Just as Alice falls into Wonderland, the reader is consumed by the book, and falls in after her.”

12. Joy of Cooking, Irma Starkhoff Rombauer – Nina Caldas, New York

We love this fresh and vibrant approach to one of America’s bestselling cookbooks of all time, Joy of Cooking. In fact, there’s clearly real joy in  Nina Caldas ‘s cover design. Stuffed to the brim with chopped herbs, fruits and vegetables, Nina has carved out white space to spell out the title of this authoritative American classic.

13. The Collector, John Fowles – Olga Romanova, New York

Olga Romanova  looked to The Collector for her fictional cover design – the 1963 debut novel by author John Fowles. Her handmade origami butterflies pinned to a board represent the curious and mysterious plot of the novel.

14. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Jonathan Safran Foer – Ray Wong, London

Ray Wong  was moved by Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer, a bestselling novel about tragic loss and the aftermath of 911. Ray created an installation for the cover of the book to portray the emotional journey of the characters in the story.

15. White Teeth, Zadie Smith – Renée Lemieux, Manchester

Renée Lemieux  looked to Zadie Smith’s White Teeth to sink her own teeth into crafting an alternative book cover design. Using a bright and bold palette, Renée created multicoloured typography by cutting, layering and glueing each letter to hint at a rainbow against a blue and cloudy sky.

16. Sidewalk Flowers, Jonarno Lawson – Sam Alexander, Sydney

For her book cover, Sydney’s  Sam Alexander  was inspired by Sidewalk Flowers, a wordless picture book by Jonarno Lawson that features a little girl who collects wildflowers while her distracted father pays her little attention. Using multiple layers of card, cut into flowers, petals and leaves, Sam’s design is rich, colourful and inviting.

17. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Michael Chabon – Sam Jacobs, New York

Sam Jacobs —a Shillington graduate who has landed his  dream job at Time Inc.  – designed a handmade book cover for The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, taking inspiration from the superhero elements of the story. His design for Michael Chabon’s book includes a key, intricately carved out of the tip of a pencil. Incredible.

18. The Feminine Mystique, Betty Friedan – Sophie Forman, New York

Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique formed the basis of Sophie Forman’s book cover design. She wanted to create a jacket for the 1963 seminal feminist classic using handmade objects, like a burnt oven mitt covered in beautiful illustrations hinting at the book’s contents.

Want to see more amazing work from our graduates? Have a peek at some more round-ups such as 20 Packaging Designs by Shillington Students We Wish Were Real , or read reviews straight from the graduates about what it’s like to study at Shillington in 14 Unbiased Reviews of Shillington .

Head to our website to find out more about what we teach and when our next info sessions are in our London, Manchester, New York, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane campuses. 

Sara Mazzoni May 31, 2018

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Working with Damoro Design on both the editing and book cover services was a wonderful experience. Michelle did an excellent job with the edits and proofreading for my book. Her comments were helpful and I loved working with her. People have also told me they loved the cover so much and that it got them interested in reading the book. I highly recommend this company!

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Working with Michelle is a dream. Starting my journey as an indie author was kind of scary, as it is for many of us. I didn't know how magical my book covers could be until Michelle returned the first draft of my first cover and I absolutely fell in love. I had a lot of small details that I needed to look just right, but no full plan on how I wanted the cover to look. Michelle's imagination and attention to detail created the most beautiful, vibrant, and engaging covers. I was so impressed with her work, as well as her consistent and professional communication throughout the cover creation process, that I also asked her to edit my books. I am so thankful for her work both inside and outside of my books and look forward to having her on my team in the future. Self-publishing can be quite lonely, but Michelle is an ally to those she works with and a true master of her craft.

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A Complete Guide to Designing Fan-Favorite Book Covers

by Lewis / August 24, 2021 / Publishing

Like it or not, readers will judge your book by its cover.

Your novel’s cover design is often the first thing readers see when they find your book, and it has a lot of important roles to play. Not only will your book cover tell them what genre you’re writing in, but it’ll also highlight key elements of your story and writing style. 

As a result, a high-quality book cover is one of the best investments you can make when self-publishing a novel—but let’s be honest. Not everyone has the budget to hire a professional designer. Fortunately, creating DIY book covers on a budget is possible! So, let me share a few tips and tricks for making your DIY book cover the best it can be.

Can You Design Your Own Book Cover?

• 1 Can You Design Your Own Book Cover?
• 2.1 Pay Attention to Format:
• 2.2 Study Your Genre:
• 2.3 Draw the Reader’s Eye:
• 2.4 Don’t Be Afraid to Iterate:
• 2.5 Think in Terms of Thumbnails:
• 2.6 Know Your Story:
• 2.7 Get a Second Opinion:
• 3 The Best Software for Creating Budget Book Covers
• 4 My 5 Step Cover Design Process
• 5 Bringing Your Book Cover to Life!

Can you actually design your own book covers?

Well, the short answer is yes —you absolutely can! However, the long answer is a bit more complicated…

You see, your book cover will be critical to successfully self-publishing your novel. This is because your cover design will often form readers’ first impressions of your story, meaning a bad design could easily push away readers who would otherwise love your novel.

All of this means that you should approach the cover design process with care. Most authors will be well-served by hiring a professional designer if they can afford it, or at least exploring pre-made covers as a more cost-effective alternative.

Fortunately, shelling out a ton of money isn’t your only option.

Plenty of authors design their own covers and achieve great results, and you can too. In fact, I’ve designed all of my book covers to date, and so far, readers seem to like them! The trick is taking your time, as well as understanding a few important tips for designing your own book covers…

7 Things to Consider When Designing a Book Cover

Pay attention to format:.

One of the first things you’ll need to think about when designing your book cover is format. Depending on the specifics of your publishing plan , your final cover could look vastly different.

This is because of a few key elements.

Ebook vs. Print — Ebooks only require a simple image for their cover. Meanwhile, print books use “print wraps.” These are print-ready PDFs that contain every part of the cover, including extra margins that will be trimmed off the final book. Aspect Ratio  — For ebooks, their aspect ratio determines the dimensions of the final cover. For example, 1.6:1 is a very common aspect ratio, but you could also use a 1.5:1 or even 1.2:1, depending on what you’re designing. You can read more about aspect ratios here. Trim Size — Similar to aspect ratios, trim sizes determine the final dimensions of print books. For example, my Ten Day Novelist series all have a 6” x 9” trim size, which is one of the most common sizes. You can find some other trim sizes here. Publishing Platform — Finally, different publishing platforms require different formats. As a general rule, your cover will need to be a JPG and at least 2,500 pixels tall. However, the specifics could change from platform to platform.

That last one is particularly important, because you don’t want to accidentally design a cover that doesn’t comply with your publishing platform’s rules. So, before you start designing, make sure to check all the relevant requirements.

Here are some links to the requirements of different publishing platforms:

• KDP Ebook Cover Requirements
• KDP Paperback Cover Requirements
• Barnes & Noble Print Cover Requirements
• Draft2Digital Ebook Cover Requirements

Study Your Genre:

Alongside formatting requirements, you’ll also want to spend time studying your genre.

You see, every genre has certain elements and patterns that appear in their book covers—and that clue readers into the type of story they’re about to read. This means your novel’s cover design should match those genre conventions in order to attract the right readers to your story.

This is where the term “target reader” comes into play.

Your target reader is the reader most likely to buy and enjoy your novel, meaning they’re the person you want to attract through your cover design. To do so, you’ll need to highlight design elements they’ll recognize from other popular books in your genre, in order to catch their eye and let them know: “You’ll like this book too!”

So, how should you conduct this research?

Well, I recommend browsing the bestsellers list for your genre, and then saving any covers that catch your eye. Ideally, you’ll find these follow similar patterns. For instance, YA fairytales often feature a character prominently on the cover, while mysteries hide their characters in the shadows. Meanwhile, something like sci-fi almost always includes an epic shot of space!

Draw the Reader’s Eye:

A key thing to consider when designing DIY book covers is how your cover design draws your reader’s eyes. This refers to how the image frames a specific focal point, whether that’s the title of the book or a specific figure—and it’s this careful composition that often separates an average cover from a fantastic one.

This is another place where studying your genre will be very helpful.

You see, every genre has a different way of drawing the reader’s eye, and they also highlight different things as their focal points. For example, clean romance uses bright backgrounds that sweep upwards towards the book’s title, with the title highlighted at the top of the image.

In contrast, thrillers are much darker, with carefully drawn lines in the background leading readers’ eyes towards a central (often shadowy) figure.

And, last but not least, YA dark fantasy often focuses heavily on typography, with the image split into a series of distinct horizontal sections.

Of course, even within these three genres there is variation. YA fantasy also features a lot of covers that focus on a central figure, while some thrillers go all in on typography. Still, being able to look at the bestsellers in your genre and see how they compose their covers will go a long way towards helping you refine your own cover designs.

Don’t Be Afraid to Iterate:

Like it or not, you’ll probably go through a lot of rough drafts before landing on a book cover you’re happy with. This is a normal part of the cover design process—and I’d argue it’s actually a good thing!

For example, you might plan to base your cover design on an amulet that plays a key role in your story, but after some drafts, you realize an image of your protagonist fits your genre better. That’s ok, and it’s this process of experimenting that will ultimately help you create the best book cover possible.

What’s more, this process doesn’t stop once you find a design you like.

Eventually, you’ll land on a basic cover design that fits your needs, but even then, you should ask yourself if there are any improvements you can make. These might be subtle, but even something like tweaking your background or adding highlights around your subject can go a long way in refining your design.

This is another place where researching your genre can help—if you pay attention to the background elements in your favorite book covers, you’ll be able to better understand how those elements can strengthen your design too.

Above all, just don’t be afraid to iterate!

Think in Terms of Thumbnails:

Now, I mentioned your cover’s dimensions earlier in this list, but your novel’s cover won’t just need to look good at 2,560 x 1,600 pixels—it’ll also need to look good as a thumbnail.

You see, when readers are browsing online for books, they’ll be scrolling through a huge list of tiny thumbnails. This means your novel’s cover needs to fulfill a few things, even at a small size:

• It needs to have a clear subject
• Its title should be easy to read
• And it should signal what genre it falls under

So, how can you ensure your cover works as both a full-sized image and a thumbnail?

Well, if you already have a cover in the works, a simple trick is to shrink the image down to thumbnail size. Then, open up Amazon and search for similar books in your genre. You should end up with a page full of thumbnails, which you can then compare your book cover to.

Is the title of your cover still readable? Is the subject still clear? Does it grab readers’ attention, and will it fit in with the other thumbnails from your genre? If so, you’re good to go!

Alternatively, you might consider designing your book cover as a thumbnail first. Simply pull out a sheet of paper and sketch a series of small rectangles in the same rough dimensions as your cover—I recommend using lined paper to help with this. Then, draft a few designs, focusing on possible layouts that would work for your novel.

As an example, the thumbnails above are actually sketches for my upcoming book on character development, titled Write Your Hero ! 🙂

Write Your Hero is live! You can grab the book (and learn all about writing fan-favorite protagonists) here.

Know Your Story:

Of course, no amount of genre conventions and formatting rules will replace a solid understanding of your story. After all, the job of a high-quality book cover is to attract your target reader—which means your cover needs to match the story inside.

Because of this, I encourage you to take some time to reflect on your story.

What sort of cover will best capture the tone of your novel? What key elements of your story do you want to highlight? Is your protagonist the most important part of your novel, or is it your worldbuilding, a key object, or a feeling?

You might also be writing a series, in which case your cover design will need to fit with every other cover in the set.

Ultimately, this is one place where authors have an advantage over cover designers, however small. Since you know your story better than anyone else, you should be able to identify the most important parts of it, and hopefully translate those parts onto your cover!

NOTE: While you want your design to match your novel, you don’t want to recreate a specific scene from your story. Generally, this results in a cluttered design, and doesn’t work as well as you might think. Instead, strive to highlight one or two key elements, as well as the basic setting, tone, or mood of your story.

Get a Second Opinion:

Last but not least, sometimes you just need a second opinion…

While you might love your cover as it is, there’s no harm in enlisting fellow authors, beta readers, or friends as a second pair of eyes. Just like you (hopefully) hired an editor to review your story, you’ll want to gather some second opinions to refine your book cover too.

So, how should you approach this?

Well, for starters, you’ll want to reach out to people who are familiar with your story and your genre. Likewise, you also want them to be comfortable giving constructive criticism. If they have experience with cover design, even better—but even if they’re just an avid reader in your genre, they should still be able to help!

Then, once you’ve found someone willing to help, ask them:

• What genre do you think of when you see this cover?
• What would you say the focal point of this cover is?
• Are there any elements that seem confusing or cluttered?
• What’s your overall impression of this cover?
• How would you improve this cover if you could?
• What elements work about this cover?
• If you were scrolling through Amazon, would this be a book you’re interested in?

Overall, this is the perfect chance to step away from your cover and get a fresh perspective. While it might not be fun to hear criticism of your design, the end result is usually worth it.

After all, the feedback you get will ensure your final book cover is the best it can be!

NOTE: If you don’t know who to ask to review your book cover, consider using an A/B testing site to gather opinions on potential designs. You can find more information here.

The Best Software for Creating Budget Book Covers

With all that said, I imagine you’re interested in designing your own book cover at least partially for financial reasons. Hiring a professional designer is expensive, and even investing in a pre-made cover can cost a few hundred dollars. Not all authors have that much money in their budget, so designing your own book cover offers a tempting alternative.

The question is, what software should you use to design your cover?

A lot of people will immediately recommend Adobe Photoshop,  and if you already have experience using it, then it’s certainly a great option! However, Photoshop is also rather expensive—at the time of writing, a license could cost you anywhere from $20-$50 a month…

Fortunately, there are free alternatives out there, with my favorite being Canva!

Canva is the program I use to design all my book covers, along with every other graphic you see on this site. It’s fairly simple to get the hang of too, though there are some more advanced options once you master the basics.

Best of all, Canva is completely free—though you can invest in the Pro version if you want access to extra stock photos and images.

The only real drawback is that Canva isn’t well-suited to illustration. If you plan to illustrate your own book covers, then investing in something like Photoshop (or a free alternative like Krita ) will likely still be necessary.

My 5 Step Cover Design Process

Now that you understand some cover design tips (as well as what design software to use) it’s time to put your new knowledge into action—and that means diving headfirst into the cover design process! Personally, my DIY cover design process is organized into five basic steps:

Gathering Ideas: First, I sketch out a series of thumbnails to test my design, and I also take time to review other designs in my genre. This is essentially my first draft. Reviewing Requirements: Next, I double check the file requirements for my cover. If I’m also designing a print wrap, I’ll use KDP’s Paperback Cover Template to calculate the correct dimensions. Creating a Draft: It’s at this point that I’ll open up Canva and actually begin creating a cover. At this stage, the design will stay fairly simply. My focus is just on getting the basic elements in place in a way I’m happy with. Refining the Design: Once my basic cover is complete, I’ll go in and adjust any background elements to ensure the composition is correct. This is also when I’ll return to my genre research, to make sure I’m in line with other covers in my genre. Getting Feedback: Finally, I’ll take my finished cover and share it with trusted friends and beta readers. They’ll help me decide if my cover is on the right track, and I’ll use their feedback to make any necessary changes.

All in all, this cover design process is fairly simple, but I’ve used it to achieve some pretty good results. For example, while designing the cover for The Ten Day Outline , I knew I wanted a minimal design with bold font—and after a few variations, I landed on a design I liked.

Of course, I couldn’t stop at one book cover!

Since this was a series, I needed a whole set of covers that followed the same visual style. Honestly, this was a bit challenging, both because I needed colors that worked with the red title font, and because my original paper-focused design was kind of hard to iterate on. Still, with some patience and experimentation, I created a final set of covers that worked.

In the end, this is what the final series looks like:

Bringing Your Book Cover to Life!

All in all, designing your own book covers is completely possible, even if you aren’t a cover design expert. While most authors will be well-served by hiring a professional, if your budget or timeline doesn’t allow for that, you don’t have to give up hope! The key is to take your time, and to understand the most important conventions of your genre.

Here are the seven tips we covered in this article:

• Pay Attention to Format
• Study Your Genre
• Draw the Reader’s Eye
• Don’t Be Afraid to Iterate
• Think in Terms of Thumbnails
• Know Your Story
• Get a Second Opinion

Of course, there’s a lot more to the self-publishing process than just cover design. So, if you’re setting out to self-publish a novel, definitely check out The Ten Day Author. This book will guide you through a simple, ten-day self-publishing process, including everything from cover design to formatting, pricing, and more.

If you’re intimidated by the self-publishing process, this book will be a huge help—plus, you’ll get to see one of my own covers in action! 😉

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How to Design a Book Cover: 7 Steps for Professional Results

About the author.

Reedsy's editorial team is a diverse group of industry experts devoted to helping authors write and publish beautiful books.

About Dario Villirilli

Editor-in-Chief of the Reedsy blog, Dario is a graduate of Mälardalen University. As a freelance writer, he has written for many esteemed outlets aimed at writers. A traveler at heart, he can be found roaming the world and working from his laptop.

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Illustrator and designer passionate about cover design and visual identity.

A book’s cover is one of the most important marketing assets that authors have at their disposal. A great cover design will communicate the book’s content and tone in the blink of an eye, attracting new readers wandering through a bookstore or browsing Amazon, and potentially doubling your sales . 

So, what does it take to create an outstanding cover design? In this post, we’ve teamed up with Reedsy’s designer, Raúl Gil, to show you how publishing professionals create their world-class cover designs.

How to design a book cover:

1. Take inspiration from other covers

2. pick the right design tools, 3. choose a genre-fitting concept, 4. select a design style, 5. adapt and develop your concept, 6. balance the title and author name, 7. adapt the design to other book formats.

Research and planning should be an essential step in all design projects. With book covers, that research should be focused on two of the design’s main goals, which are how to:

• Attract the attention of the book’s target reader and
• Communicate genre, tone, and content.

Thankfully, publishing is a trend-driven industry, and the creative choices of top publishers are reflected in the books you find on your local high street.

Snoop around bookshops, libraries, or online retailers

Mainstream bookshops are especially useful places to start since they will stock books that are selling right now and will only carry the latest editions (so you won’t be misled by 30-year-old cover designs).

When looking at books in your genre, you’ll want to note any common uses of color, imagery, and general approach to design. 

Here’s an (edited) snapshot of top-selling psychological thrillers on Amazon at the start of 2024:

At a glance, you might see that many of these covers:  

• Use a font similar to Helvetica, a sans serif typeface that feels quite contemporary. 
• Employ a certain amount of yellow, red, and blue in some of the designs.
• Feature a character who’s obscured in some way.

All genres have their trends and tropes, and a good designer should be aware of them before working up their concepts. Once you’ve gathered this intel, use it in your design to communicate what your book is about.

But before diving into the design process, deciding on the tools you’ll use is crucial .

A poor craftsperson blames their tools — however, Leonardo didn’t compose the Mona Lisa with crayons. So before you get too far into the design process, you need to know two things:

• What software are you using to design your cover?
• Will you be proficient enough in that software to bring your ideas to life?

If you’re not 100% certain of your digital design skills, look into collaborating with a professional cover designer for your project. You can still remain in creative control of how the book looks, but with their market knowledge and ability to execute a design, a pro will give you the best chance of giving your book the design it deserves.

If you’re confident in your abilities, look at some of the  most popular book cover design apps and see which one you’d be best suited to.

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Now that you know the tools at your disposal to bring your cover to life, let’s get creative. In the next few sections, we’re going to show you what goes on in a professional designer’s mind when they’re working on a new project. You’ll get an insight into their process and hopefully be able to apply this methodology to your own design.

Rocket Bride: A Case Study 

For the rest of this guide, we will demonstrate the cover design process with the help of Reedsy’s in-house designer, Raúl Gil, who will design a cover for a hypothetical novel that we will call... Rocket Bride . This book doesn’t exist, but if it did, this is what it would be about:

Rocket Bride is a space opera targeted mainly at a romance-reading audience. It centers on a princess who’s engaged to an evil land developer and the roguish intergalactic smuggler who helps the princess escape on her wedding day. Like oil and water, chalk and cheese, these two heroes are unlikely accomplices — and maybe even unlikelier lovers. 

But before we start throwing around any ideas, we first need to decide on the concept and style that our cover will take.

The only way to find a suitable concept is to first come up with a bunch of ideas that are off the mark, kinda good, or wrong but headed in the right direction. Even professional designers who know what they’re doing start by throwing ideas at the wall and seeing what sticks.

As a starting point, ask yourself: What emotions do you want your cover to evoke?

Capture the book’s tone at a glance

In today’s publishing landscape, more readers are buying their books from online retailers like Amazon. The average shopper will only see a small thumbnail of a book’s cover — and perhaps only for a fraction of a second. Bearing that in mind, your design needs to be clear, fairly simple, and communicate your book’s emotional tone.

From your research, you should have a good idea of how covers in your niche communicate the tone of the book. If it’s a thriller novel, it may be dark and mysterious, like the design for A Flicker in the Dark . If it’s a humorous nonfiction book, it’ll use lighter colors and feature an image that conveys the concept and tone of the book, like the cover of Jenette McCurdy’s funny, gallowsy memoir.

But beyond that, what else can draw readers to a book?

Characters (with or without eyes)

Fiction readers, broadly speaking, can be enticed by a character they’d want to spend 300-odd pages with. To that end, you will see covers that feature a character from the book. 

In certain genres, you’ll notice that character faces are often concealed in some way. You’ll rarely see a character’s full face on literary fiction and mystery novels. They might be backlit (as is common in thrillers) or obscured by some design feature. There are many reasons why this might be the case, but we think it boils down to the fact that readers want to put themselves in a protagonist’s shoes — and if they see a model’s face on the front cover, it makes it hard for them to recast themselves as the hero of the story.

Though, of course, there are exceptions. Books adapted to film will often have tie-in covers featuring the poster art – after all, who’d say no to having Leo DiCaprio’s face on your book? Romance is another example of where you’d see a character’s face — the old cliché of handsome shirtless cover models remains as true today as it was in the Fabio era .  

If your genre’s design trends call for a character to feature on the cover, think about how much of their face you want to show. 

In the case of Rocket Bride , we’re taking a lead from popular books in the women’s fiction and cozy romance spaces and depicting our main characters in illustrated form. In line with the trends, we will show full-body images of our lead characters — though it’s worth noting that having stylized, hand-drawn depictions of these characters does leave some wiggle room for readers to imagine themselves as the leads in the story in a way that a photo of an Abercrombie & Fitch model doesn’t.

Location and period

Readers also like knowing where a book is set and are often attracted to books that promise to take them off to a certain time and place. Take a look at these examples:

The cover for Taylor Jenkins Reid’s The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, while foregrounding a character, uses costume to tell readers that they’re in for a dose of Old Hollywood glamor. (Note how you don’t see her eyes!)

The jacket for Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Time instantly says that we’re going to a retro-futuristic world where people travel the galaxy in broken-down hunks of junk. 

For books that offer readers a sliver of escapist entertainment, a focus on location can oftentimes be a winner.

Iconography

Going back to what we said about covers only having a split second of a browser’s attention, you’ll see more covers these days leaning towards very simple and iconographic — something that is either recognizable or evokes instant meaning. 

In the past twenty-odd years, you’re likely to see this approach with literary novels, but with an increasingly digitally minded approach, it’s also become commonplace in genre fiction.

Take a look at the three examples and see how they use simple, iconic images to make an impression:

• RF Kuang’s Yellowface has a striking design that says all it needs to say with its recognizable depiction of East Asian eyes on a solid yellow background.
• The cover for Gabrielle Zevin’s Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow recontextualizes Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa.
• Every entry in Richard Osman’s bestselling Thursday Murder Club series can be recognized by its type-led design and simple fox motif.

Rocket Bride: An illustrated approach with character, tone, and location

With all this in mind, we shared some comp titles from the world of contemporary romance and women’s fiction. In line with the classic B-Movie tone of the story, we also sent him some examples of Jet Age imagery that we thought would be suitable for Rocket Bride’s  cover.

In our discussion with Raúl, we talked about the humor of the story, but also the bristling romance of Classic Hollywood. The relationship between our two heroes is like Hepburn and Bogart in The African Queen ; like Han and Leia in Star Wars . We wanted the cover to convey the fact that this book is feisty, fun, and far from the hard sci-fi books that many casual romance readers would normally avoid. It’s more Princess Bride than Dune .

After sending him our design idea , Raúl soon returned with a concept that showed our lead characters and science fiction setting, rendered with a sense of excitement and romance.

With a basic concept in place, you’ll want to make sure you know how you’re going to bring this idea to life.

Broadly speaking, there are four ways that you can approach your cover — each led by the type of imagery that will dominate the design. Pretty much every title you’ll see in a bookshop will fall into one of these four categories:

Stock image-led

The vast majority of book covers released by major publishers will feature stock images that are then cropped, manipulated, or edited into the design. You see a lot of these covers in most romance subgenres, as well as crime/thrillers and self-help.

Type-led designs

You’ll see this approach in a lot of nonfiction and literary fiction these days, where the focus of the design is a creative manipulation of the title text.

Illustrated covers

These range from intricate, life-like illustrations of the book’s world (which you’d see on the cover of a lot of Fantasy and Science Fiction), to evocative works of abstract art that you might find on the front of a literary fiction novel.

Photography

This is where new photography is commissioned for the cover design. These days, you only see this style of cover on celebrity memoir covers, where the big selling point is the author.

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If you were looking to hire a professional to make your cover, you would first decide which style is best for your book, then seek out designers who specialize in that style.

Our market research shows that cozy illustrations are fairly common in women’s fiction and certain (non-historical) romance subgenres. With this in mind, we committed to an illustrated design for Rocket Bride .

Raúl soon returned with various versions of his original concept, presenting a few different executions of the same idea: our space princess being whisked away by our roguish space pirate.

Of these concepts, we ultimately decided to move forward with version #3. It captures the sense of adventure and romance at the core of Rocket Bride : the pose of its main characters reminded us of classic romance covers with a hint of fun and a healthy dose of mid-century sci-fi imagery. 

📏 Before you go much further with the design, make sure you’re working to the right dimensions. For ebooks, the standard front cover size on KDP is 2560 x 1600 pixels. We’ll dive into the specifics of print editions later on in this guide.  

Once you’ve landed on your final concept, you can treat it as a jumping-off point and start to play around with the small details that’ll impact how your reader engages with the cover.

Focus on the details that matter

In the course of refining the concept, you shouldn’t get carried away with cramming in too many details. There’s a temptation to add extra elements into your design, like a full moon, an abandoned house, or an extra character. A professional designer will be able to pull off those things — but if you’re doing it yourself, remember that less is almost always more.

From Raul’s original concept for Rocket Bride, we were able to request a few changes. We loved the fun tone of the illustration, but felt like some of the details were a bit too close to The Jetsons for our liking. We also wanted the background to resemble the American Southwest a bit more. With this feedback, Raúl tweaked the design by changing out our hero’s weapon, removing the rocketship, and adding in some stunning Monument Valley-style buttes.

Note: If you’re working with a professional designer, you may have agreed in your contract how many rounds of redesigns you’re entitled to as part of your fee. Try to include as much feedback at once and have a discussion with your designer about what is practical.

In our case, Raúl was happy to make extra changes while in the sketching phase, so we had him refine the character design. He gave Captain Perseus some rugged battle scars and added a third eye to Princess Andromeda (an essential part of her character backstory).

With the details locked in, it’s time to put a lick of paint on it.

See what color schemes pop out (and fit in)

Your design style will determine how much color-tweaking can be done at this stage: for example, the sky’s the limit for illustrators, while those working with stock images may be limited by the original photo (or their Photoshop skills). 

However, even a small change in color temperature or a slight hint of color can transform how the design will impact the reader. 

In the example above, the designer of Angela Morrison’s Sing Me to Sleep used a licensed stock image from Shutterstock then recolored the character’s sleeve and added ‘atmosphere’ in the form of digital snowflakes.

Note: make sure you pay for image licenses. If your cover design includes licensed images, it’s at this stage that you’ll have to purchase the rights to use them. Professional designers will typically use watermarked and low-resolution images in their initial concepts until you approve the final (truly final) version. If you’re hiring a pro to create your design, they will usually handle the licensing for you.

Returning to your research, you might have an idea of the color schemes trending in your genre. Again, we’re not saying that you need to adhere to tropes — but if you’re stuck for ideas, it can’t hurt to try out a color palate that instantly communicates the genre of your book.

For Rocket Bride, Raúl took our preferred concept and applied a few different color schemes that were inspired by science fiction imagery, retrofuturist design, and pulp cover art from the mid-20th century.

Each version lends the design a slightly different vibe and emotional quality — some more nostalgic, some more menacing. There are also some genre implications: the version with the blood red dust could have a superhero comic book feel, while versions E and F remind us of spaghetti westerns.

After mulling these options over, we decided to go with Version C, with pastel shades that you’d see in contemporary rom-com novels — offsetting the sci-fi setting and letting the readers know that this isn’t just a straightforward shoot ’em up in space.

If you haven’t already, this is the point where you’ll start adding all the elements that make a book cover more than just a piece of art. In this section, we’ll show you how to avoid some of the most common mistakes we’ve seen on self-made book covers.

Make the important bits easy to read

Once again, quick communication is key to your success. You want the reader to glean the most important bits of text in the half-second that they might look at it — which means that there’s no room for error. Contrast is one of the most important things to consider for text placement. There needs to be enough of a color difference between the text and the background so that your title and author name are easy to read (see below: Aya’s Blood ).

In the second example, The Cowboy’s Last Song , you can see that the designer has created contrast by laying the title over a shadow in the middle of the page. While this does greatly help with legibility , it adds a bit of unintentional muddiness to the final design.

Use two to three fonts

For the sake of minimizing your cover’s busyness, don’t use too many typefaces. If you check out the books on your shelves, you’ll probably notice that there aren’t more than two or three fonts at play . Between the title, the author’s name, and any other text you want to include on the cover, you can find a way to make two fonts stretch.

Give your author name the right size

The general rule of thumb is that the more famous you are, the bigger your name will be on the cover. After all, STEPHEN KING is more enticing to readers than the words FAIRY TALE. But if you’re reading this, you’re probably not Stephen King, so make sure that your name doesn’t take up too much real estate. For a good example, look at Stacy Willingham’s A Flicker in the Dark , which nicely balances the title and the author’s name, favoring the former over the latter.

Loglines, reviews, and testimonials

Another common element you’ll see on almost every cover is either a short logline or testimonial (usually from an established print outlet, author, or authority on the subject matter of your book). Let’s look at two examples:

Readers are so used to seeing thousands of book covers every year, and almost every one of them will have some sort of logline or testimonial (or even just a line that says “from the author of X book”) — so if your design is missing this element, your cover is in danger of feeling a bit naked.

So, putting all of these into practice, let’s add some copy to Rocket Bride .

Rocket Bride: Bespoke title treatment

In the case of Rocket Bride, we were clear that the title had to be more prominent than the author’s name, so the relationship between texts was clear. We stuck to a single font for all the text, varying their weight, size, and color. 

From the first sketches, we reserved a safe area at the base of the illustration on which to accommodate the title without contrast problems.

Visually, we wanted a dynamic treatment of the text that could provide expressiveness to the composition and enhance the “light science fiction” component of the novel. So, we used a condensed and thick typeface to form a solid typographic mass, and then we skewed it, adapting it to the forms and counterforms of the base illustration. 

Finally, we added a small graphic treatment in which a small rocket moves in the direction of the text — a typographic treatment that’s more than just expository text. The title “Rocket Bride” almost becomes the book’s logo, a brand that we can read and recognize even in small thumbnails on online platforms.

But wait! We’re not done just yet.

Now that the front cover has been completed, all that’s left is to use the design to fit your various book formats. 

Export ebook covers with the correct dimensions

Ebooks are the simplest format to deal with, simply because they only require a front cover. Amazon states a preferred size of 2,560 pixels x 1,600 pixels. To ensure you’re exporting them in the correct size and format, check with your retailer’s website:

• Kindle Direct Publishing
• Apple Books
• Google Play Store
• Kobo Writing Life
• Draft2Digital

If you’re looking to publish in print formats, whether you’re printing in bulk or on demand , there are additional elements you’ll need to consider. If the following steps are more complicated than you’re happy with, you can always hire a professional to adapt your design into a full set of mechanicals (as it’s called in the industry).

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Mind the typographic hierarchy on the back cover

The design of your book’s back cover can play an essential role in selling the book. You can incorporate elements like reviews, endorsements, the book’s blurb, your personal byline as an author, and social media handles to tell potential readers a bit more about yourself.

In deciding how big all the elements should be, try to think about the experience of an average reader. What information do you want to know when you hold a book in your hands and turn it over? A descending hierarchy — where the most important details are the largest in size — will guide the reader appropriately. 

In order, you might be looking at:

• Hook or logline (largest)
• Reviews and awards
• Social media and contact (smallest)

Once you figure out where all these blocks will go on the back cover, you can assign them a spot in your type hierarchy to lead readers through a little journey. 

Play around with the spine

One of the challenges of making a full cover is to get the spine right, since it depends on the book format, binding type, paper stock, and page count you choose.

Not all books are so long as to have a large spine, so in most cases, they are usually resolved with the most essential information: title and author. But a spine is an interesting area of action in terms of design.

Imagine people looking for a book on the shelves of a bookstore or library: an original spine can attract a reader’s eye more effectively.

In the case of Rocket Bride , we not only made sure to display the typographic information at an appropriate size and contrast, but we also introduced the faces of the main protagonists and a rocket logo.

Be careful with bleeding and margins

When arranging the different design elements on the cover, remember to maintain sufficient margins and an extra area for bleeding, which is necessary for the printing and cutting process. 

Most print services will usually offer templates to help you get your proportions right. KDP, for example, has a cover calculator and template generator that will turn out a PDF that you can import into your image editing software and lay over your design.

And don’t forget to leave some space for the ISBN barcode , which usually goes at the bottom left or right. And if you choose to get an ASIN barcode from Amazon, simply keep that area clean, and Amazon will add the code to it.

With that, you can export your print cover files as a PDF, ready to upload to your print service.

Create a cover for the audiobook version 

Adapting your cover design to a square format may mean needing a larger image to cover the entire area and fit properly with the specific composition of that context. Keep this in mind when hiring a photographer, illustrator, or designer.

(Note how the square format requires a larger illustrated area.)

And other promotional material

You finally have it: a shiny, brand-new book cover you can use to represent your book on the shelves and across all marketing channels! You might want to create a variety of 3D mockup images to use on digital ads, social media cover photos, or on your website . 

You can use sites like Canva or Placeit to do it yourself, or if you’re collaborating with a professional, make sure to discuss this additional service before starting the project.

As you’ve probably realized by now, this process involves thorough industry research, creative brainstorming, and technical expertise, which is why we encourage indie authors to work with professionals in the field .  

While the fate of our princess and intergalactic smuggler remains a mystery, one thing is certain: their story boasts an outstanding cover , and your book deserves the same!

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After all, your cover design is not only a beautiful display that envelops your book but also an important marketing tool. It signals your reader about your book’s genre, quality, and style. So the book cover design agency you work with must understand the market trends in 2024, informing your decisions accordingly. Let’s see which companies fit the bill!

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These are the ten best book cover design services of 2024:

1. PaperTrue

PaperTrue is an end-to-end author service that helps authors refine and publish their manuscripts. They employ designers skilled in various genres and pair you up with the right team of experts. Their team collaborates with you to create two cover designs from which you can choose one.

PaperTrue also offers unlimited free revisions to ensure you’re satisfied with the final product. Since 2014, they’ve designed over 1,250 covers ranging from edgy sci-fi to heart-touching memoirs. Their professional book cover design services have been rated 4.7/5 on Trustpilot.

Pricing: PaperTrue’s basic package for a book cover starts from $348.  

Free revisions: Unlimited for book covers 

2. BookBaby  

Like PaperTrue, BookBaby is also an end-to-end author service company but is slightly pricier. They offer cover design services for print books, eBooks, and audiobooks. While working with BookBaby, you’ll be asked to generate a quote based on your requirements.

Once a quote has been generated, you’ll fill in a design questionnaire and provide some rough images as references. Based on the two, BookBaby’s team will create a cover design for your book. Writers have rated them 4.6/5 on Trustpilot.

Pricing: $399 (eBook cover), $599 (print cover)

Free revisions: Two

3. Kirkus Reviews   

Primarily a book review magazine, Kirkus Reviews also helps writers self-publish their books. They’re certainly on the pricier side of things, but the end product is unparalleled. You get three concepts as well as editing and proofreading for all content on the front and back covers.

Kirkus Reviews guarantees technical integrity and doesn’t charge any licensing fees for the images included. For those who can afford their services, Kirkus Reviews offers clean, polished, and ethically sourced cover designs. Their services are rated 4.3/5 on Trustpilot.

Pricing: $699 (eBook cover), $999 (print cover)

Free revisions: Three 

4. Ebook Launch  

A relatively lesser-known author service, Ebook Launch boasts a diverse portfolio of polished designs. They offer two packages based on your book format and you can also order add-ons such as marketing material. This includes social media banners, poster-size files, and custom bookmarks.

Along with custom cover design, Ebook Launch also offers a gallery of pre-made covers you can choose from. Such a cover runs the risk of being generic but it’s a good choice for writers working on a tight budget. Ebook Launch has been rated 3.9/5 on Trustpilot.

Pricing: $497 (eBook cover), $595 (print cover)

Free revisions: Unlimited

Primarily a book cover design service, MiblArt helps you brainstorm a refined version of your original idea. They offer unlimited revisions and all revisions within the first month of delivery are completely free. A unique aspect of their work is they don’t ask for upfront payment.

MiblArt offers a variety of packages to authors, such as a book trilogy bundle, an author brand bundle, and a social media bundle. You can choose to order promo materials alongside your book cover by paying an additional $100. Writers have rated MiblArt 4.9/5 on Trustpilot.

Pricing: $220 (eBook cover),  $270 (ebook and print cover design)

Damonza is an interior formatting and book cover design agency that boasts 35 years of experience. They offer four packages ranging from $175 to $1,645. The base package is for authors who have the visuals prepared and only need typography for the text on the cover.

The other three packages offer various perks according to the cost but may be too expensive for most writers. The standard package, for example, offering two first draft options, costs almost twice as much as most other companies. If you do have the coin, though, the premium package ($1,645) offers four draft options within ten days!

Pricing: $395 (one draft option), 645 (two draft options)

Free revisions: Two, three, or unlimited, depending on the package chosen

7. JD&J Book Cover Design  

Although lesser known than some other book cover design agencies listed here, JD&J Design offers great price packages to self-publishing authors. Even their most basic package comes with 3D promo mockups and a free barcode! Other packages offer various social media banners and promotional links from the company.

Although JD & J offers great package deals, their cover design portfolio is a little less polished. If you choose to work with them, make sure you thoroughly understand the seven parts of book cover design . Give them a very specific brief with plenty of references so your design turns out perfect!

Pricing: $350 (two draft options), $650 (four draft options)

Free revisions: Four or unlimited, depending on the package chosen

8. AIA Publishing  

AIA Publishing is an author service company that offers typesetting and book cover design services as a bundle. You can have them design only the cover for you, but their website isn’t clear on the pricing for this. We estimate it to be around $300–$450 based on the package listed on the website.

A standout feature of AIA Publishing is that they also take care of book illustrations. So if you’re publishing children’s stories or photobooks, you can have them work on both tasks. Be warned that while some covers in their portfolio look polished, others seem slightly generic. Weigh your options before making the call!

Pricing: $999 (print and eBook cover and interior formatting)

9. Luminare Press

Luminare Press is an end-to-end self-publishing company that offers book cover design as part of its “à la carte design services”. While they have great reviews online, their portfolio favors nonfiction books more than other genres. So if you’re looking for a vibrant and eye-catching cover, we’re afraid this isn’t the place to get one.

One downside of working with Luminare Press is that you only get three rounds of review with only minor corrections. However, if you’re passionate about supporting a small, woman-led business, you can get in touch with them. They have an outstanding rating of 5/5 on Google. 

Pricing: $600 (print and eBook cover)

10. MindStir Media

Of all the book cover design companies on this list, MindStir Media offers the most extensive marketing and PR services. They offer only one plan, with which you get an eBook and print book cover. If you’re lucky, they might also throw in some 3D promo images!

A great aspect of working with MindStir Media is that they schedule a direct call with you to understand your creative vision. The samples on their website indicate proficiency in nonfiction and children’s books , but not much familiarity with horror, sci-fi, or fantasy. They do, however, boast a rating of 4.9/5 on Google!

Pricing: $675 (print and eBook cover)

Free revisions: Unlimited 

We hope one of these best book cover design companies is the partner you’ve been looking for. If you want to edit and self-publish your work, you can consider taking our editing and self-publishing services . 

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18 inspiring handmade book covers created by graphic design students

How do you cope with the pressure of designing something that will not only stand out from thousands of other books but entice the reader to look inside? To perfectly convey or hint at its contents?

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Our students at Shillington are regularly tasked with design briefs to produce their own editorial covers of popular titles. Here, we share some recent superb examples of book designs that we wish existed so we could add them to our own shelves.

1. French Complexion, Christine Clais – Aimee Harel, Melbourne

For an alternative version of French Complexion by Christine Clais, Aimee Harel photographed lots of cotton buds, cotton wool, flower petals and creams to create a pretty, repetitive background. We love the little squiggles of lipstick too.

2. Cosmicomics, Italo Calvino – Caroline McClain, New York

"I designed a book jacket for one of my favourite short story collections, Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino," says Caroline McClain . "The book is a collection of imagined creation stories; for the cover design, I focused in particular on a story called All at One Point, describing crowded living conditions before the Big Bang."

3. The Gardening Year, Lance Hattatt – Caroline Robinson, London

For her student brief, Caroline Robinson was asked to design a cover that represents the book, The Gardening Year, and produce a piece of handmade art that can be used as the central creative feature. Caroline rolled her sleeves up and produced beautifully intricate felt food before photographing her crafted creations.

4. Burial Rites, Hannah Kent – Daniel Kan, London

Daniel Kan went down a fairly dark route with his interpretation of Hannah Kent's Burial Rites. Not surprising when the lead character is accused of double murder and witchcraft. To craft his flesh-type cover, Daniel used various dyes, canvas and egg yolk along with an embroidery needle, human hair, moss, pebbles, pigskin and pine needles.

5. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll– Ella Murray, London

London designer Ella Murray chose Lewis Carroll's classic, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, for her book cover but she added a contemporary twist. Using a photograph of a more modern Alice and then applying a needle and thread to add colour and drama, Ella's final design is distinctive and unique.

6. The Art of the Deal, Donald Trump – Greg Morrison, New York

Taking a political angle, Greg Morrison was inspired to create a fresh cover for Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal. "A best-selling business book becomes a junk food portrait, with a side of social commentary," explains Greg, one of our Shillington graduates from New York.

With liquorice lips for Donald's famous pout, chicken nuggets for his ears and french fries for his blonde hair, this is a cover almost good enough to eat.

7. The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling – John Cox, New York

John Cox took on the epic challenge of reimagining Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book and we think you'll agree, it's rather wonderful. Cutting out six different layers of thick white paper, John played with light and shadow to create depth, texture and various shades of grey.

"Mowgli faces many challenges in the jungle during the story, obviously climaxing with his battle with Sheer Khan," says John. "I wanted to highlight this with my cover while also showcasing Mowgli's bravery. I illustrated a picture of Mowgli looking deep into the belly of the jungle in the gaping mouth of his adversary."

8. 1Q84, Haruki Murakami – Kirsten McColl, New York

Kirsten McColl , who has quite the impressive portfolio , decided to come up with her own book cover design for Haruki Murakami’s novel 1Q84, featuring handmade typography and other appealing elements. A beautiful piece of work.

9. Salt, Nayyirah Waheed – Kyra Price, New York

New York's Kyra Price crafted a handmade typeface and book cover for her version of Nayyirah Waheed’s Salt, featuring short, yet powerful and textured poems. From minimal salt typography on white to letters cut and aligned by hand, this is a design definitely worth admiring.

10. The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka – Marina De Salis, Manchester

The Metamorphosis is a novella written by Franz Kafka which was first published in 1915. It's a title that inspired Marina De Salis to come up with a new book design – one that would bring the classic text into the 21st Century.

With typography digitally crafted out of various insects, curved and manoeuvred into different letters, it's a beautifully executed idea.

11. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll – Nicole Koncz, Sydney

Here's another contender for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland – because who doesn't love Lewis Carroll's literary classic? Nicole Koncz from Sydney decided to delve into the overarching theme of the story: "I subverted the idea of a traditional book cover by using the physical inside pages of the book on the outside.

"I took the book apart, tore holes in each page and layered them to create the illusion of the rabbit hole. Just as Alice falls into Wonderland, the reader is consumed by the book, and falls in after her."

12. Joy of Cooking, Irma Starkhoff Rombauer – Nina Caldas, New York

We love this fresh and vibrant approach to one of America’s bestselling cookbooks of all time, Joy of Cooking. In fact, there's clearly real joy in Nina Caldas 's cover design. Stuffed to the brim with chopped herbs, fruits and vegetables, Nina has carved out white space to spell out the title of this authoritative American classic.

13. The Collector, John Fowles – Olga Romanova, New York

Olga Romanova looked to The Collector for her fictional cover design – the 1963 debut novel by author John Fowles. Her handmade origami butterflies pinned to a board represent the curious and mysterious plot of the novel.

14. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Jonathan Safran Foer – Ray Wong, London

Ray Wong was moved by Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer, a bestselling novel about tragic loss and the aftermath of 911. Ray created an installation for the cover of the book to portray the emotional journey of the characters in the story.

15. White Teeth, Zadie Smith – Renée Lemieux, Manchester

Renée Lemieux looked to Zadie Smith's White Teeth to sink her own teeth into crafting an alternative book cover design. Using a bright and bold palette, Renée created multicoloured typography by cutting, layering and glueing each letter to hint at a rainbow against a blue and cloudy sky.

16. Sidewalk Flowers, Jonarno Lawson – Sam Alexander, Sydney

For her book cover, Sydney's Sam Alexander was inspired by Sidewalk Flowers, a wordless picture book by Jonarno Lawson that features a little girl who collects wildflowers while her distracted father pays her little attention. Using multiple layers of card, cut into flowers, petals and leaves, Sam's design is rich, colourful and inviting.

17. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Michael Chabon – Sam Jacobs, New York

Sam Jacobs – a Shillington graduate who has landed his dream job at Time Inc. – designed a handmade book cover for The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, taking inspiration from the superhero elements of the story. His design for Michael Chabon's book includes a key, intricately carved out of the tip of a pencil. Incredible.

18. The Feminine Mystique, Betty Friedan – Sophie Forman, New York

Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique formed the basis of Sophie Forman's book cover design. She wanted to create a jacket for the 1963 seminal feminist classic using handmade objects, like a burnt oven mitt covered in beautiful illustrations hinting at the book's contents.

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