Cover direction
Concepts aimed at your genre, not a random style board.
- Barnes & Noble
- Apple Books
- Amazon
- Kobo
- IngramSpark
- Google Books
The object
A public face, and a page worth reading.
A cover is not decoration added at the end. It is the book’s public face, and it has to speak the genre without looking like every other book in that genre. We design from the manuscript’s mood, the reader’s expectations, and the practical limits of print and thumbnail.
The interior gets the same attention. Type, margins, chapter openings, and the quiet furniture of a page are what make a book feel finished in the hand.
Included
What this service covers.
Print and screen
A jacket that works at full size and as a small thumbnail.
Interior design
Typography and layout for a comfortable reading page.
Final files
Formats the printer and the ebook platforms will accept.
A good fit
Who this is for
- Manuscripts with a finished edit and no jacket
- Books whose current cover looks like a template
- Authors who care how the object feels
How it moves
The brief
Genre, comparable books, and what the cover must not become.
The direction
A design you can respond to with specifics.
The files
Cover and interior prepared for production.
The house
Write, edit, illustrate, publish, and market.
Write
A manuscript in the author’s voice.
Edit
Structure, line, and a final proof.
Illustrate
Original art drawn for these pages.
Publish
Print and ebook, ready for the shelf.
Market
A plan so the right reader can find it.
The shelf
Books, as they leave a studio.
Fiction, memoir, faith, and children’s books. Covers built to be held, not only uploaded.
Questions
On this service
Can I bring a sketch or a photograph?
Yes. Bring the reference. We will tell you if it will survive print.
Do you design only the front?
A proper cover includes the spine and back, plus the interior when that is part of the scope.
Next
The cover is the first sentence a stranger reads.
Tell us where the project stands. We will answer with the next practical step.