Book cover design services
A cover that earns the click before anyone reads page one.
For self-publishing authors and small presses who need a cover that reads its genre in half a second, sits comfortably next to traditionally published books on the same shelf, and arrives print-ready — spine width calculated correctly, bleed and barcode zone in place — for Amazon KDP and IngramSpark alike.
- Packages from $390
- Full wraps in 7 business days
- Print-ready for KDP & IngramSpark
Three reasons authors and small presses come to us for a cover.
You're publishing your own book.
First title or fifth, you want a cover that looks like it came from a publishing house — not a template with your title swapped in.
You run a small press with more than one title.
Every cover has to hold its own and still look like it belongs to the same list.
Your current cover isn't selling.
The writing's good and sales are quiet — often the cover is the reason nobody picks the book up in the first place.
Everything a cover needs to sell the book.
- Research into three to five comparable titles in your genre and price point
- Concepts shown as a real eBook thumbnail and a shelf mock-up, not a flat rectangle
- Revision rounds until it's right (see packages)
- Both eBook and full print-wrap files
- Spine width recalculated free if your page count changes
- Print-ready files for Amazon KDP and IngramSpark, checked against current specs
- Full copyright and file ownership assigned to you
- Direct access to the designer, not a project manager relaying messages
Pick the scope. The design quality doesn't change.
For an eBook cover and a matching paperback front.
- 2 concepts
- 2 revisions
- eBook cover at 1600×2560
- Paperback front cover
- Delivered in 5 business days
The full wrap most authors need — front, spine and back.
- 3 concepts
- 3 revisions
- Full wrap: front, spine, back
- Print-ready for Amazon KDP and IngramSpark
- Delivered in 7 business days
For a series, or a launch that needs more than a cover.
- Series-ready design system
- 3D mockups for marketing
- Social and Amazon A+ graphics
- Unlimited revisions within 30 days
- Delivered in 10 business days
Add-on: need the inside formatted too? Interior typesetting starts from $490, quoted once we know your page count and trim size. Ask about typesetting →
From comp titles to print-ready files.
Brief
A short questionnaire or call about the book, the comparable titles you already admire, and what you don't want it to look like.
Concepts
Two or three distinct directions, shown as a real eBook thumbnail and a shelf mock-up so you can judge them the way a reader will.
Refine
You pick a direction; we refine it through your revision rounds — type, imagery, colour, how it reads small.
Deliver
Print-ready files for KDP and IngramSpark, the eBook cover at full resolution, and copyright assignment.
We design to the shelf you'll sit on.
Romance, thriller, fantasy and business readers all scan a cover for different signals before they read a word of the blurb. Every brief starts with three to five comparable titles in your genre and price point, so the cover reads as an obvious fit — not a guess at what a book cover should look like.
Romance
Warm colour and closeness between figures or objects — the tone shows up in the palette before the blurb does.
Thriller
High contrast and one dominant object, with negative space that still reads at thumbnail size in search results.
Fantasy
Illustrated or painterly art and a sense of scale — a world bigger than the cover itself.
Business
Restrained type and one confident idea, in a palette that reads as credible next to the other experts on the shelf.
The technical details we handle so you don't have to.
For print
- Spine width calculated from your final page count and paper stock (white or cream)
- Full bleed set correctly on every panel
- A clean zone reserved for the back-cover barcode
- Trim size matched to your KDP or IngramSpark listing
For digital
- eBook cover built separately at 1600×2560
- Checked for legibility as a thumbnail, not just at full size
- Sized and formatted to each retailer's current requirements
- Delivered ready to upload — no resizing on your end
Every file, ready to upload.
| You'll receive | Format | Used for |
|---|---|---|
| eBook cover | JPG at 1600×2560 | Amazon KDP and every major eBook retailer |
| Print wrap (front, spine, back) | Print-ready PDF | Paperback printing via KDP or IngramSpark |
| Editable source file | INDD or PSD, on request | Future edits, translations, series updates |
| Marketing extras (Premium) | 3D mockups, social sizes, Amazon A+ images | Launch day, ads, retailer pages |
| Copyright assignment | Your records |
Carry the look past the cover.
Ready when you are.
Tell us about the project, attach anything you already have, and we'll reply within one business day with options, a price and a date you can plan around.