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Book Cover Design

Your book cover is one of the most important aspects of marketing your book. If the cover isn't enticing or doesn't resonate with your genre, no amount of marketing will help sell your book.

list of book cover designers

I absolutely recommend that you use a professional for your cover design in order to make it the most effective for your book. As an author, you don't have all the skills needed to create a great book and this is one area worth spending on. (Professional editing is the other one!)

Here's my video and article on how to find and work with a book cover designer

Book Cover Designers

[Please note: I am an affiliate of some of the services below because they are excellent quality and have been recommended by other authors. If you use my link, I will receive a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you. Thanks for checking them out!]

reedsy

Reedsy have a marketplace of vetted professional book cover designers with experience in every genre. Click here to check out their options. They also have editors and marketing professionals.

damonzaDamonza – Books made awesome, specialist book cover designs for bestselling books. You can also get 5% off by using promo code: TCP5 on checkout.

Author Packages – ebook and print book cover design, plus formatting services

ebook launchEbook Launch Cover Design: Beautiful cover designs for ebook and print

Jeff Brown Graphics: Book cover designer and illustrator specializing in sci-fi and fantasy.

More book cover designers

JD Smith Design: Jane is my current designer as well as doing my interior formatting. She designed Stone of Fire, Crypt of Bone and Ark of Blood, as well as some of my non-fiction books.

17 Studio Book Design: A great selection of reasonably-priced pre-made covers as well as design packages for covers and ads.

Derek Murphy at Creativindie Book Covers : Derek did some of my earlier covers – Desecration, Delirium, A Thousand Fiendish Angels & my non-fiction books Career Change and the original How To Market A Book. He doesn't do much design work these days, but he has also written this article on How to create your own book cover in MS Word which can help if you're cash-strapped.

Books Covered. Design agency creating market-leading book cover design.

Carl Graves at ExtendedImagery.com : Although I don't know Carl personally, he does Joe Konrath's covers and also has some sales on ready-made covers now and then which is a great idea to keep costs down.

Jessica Bell Design – Book cover design services for indie authors, email support and iterative design. Discount for members of the Alliance of Independent Authors.

Cover Design Studio: Need cover design on a budget? Customize template book covers for your books.

Robin Ludwig Design: Robin does book design for some friends of mine so I can recommend her services.

Bookfly Design: Ebook and print covers. Recommended by one of my community.

Mars Dorian does ebook covers that stand out for $150-$200

Dane Low at Ebook Launch does ebook cover design for $99 – $279 and is #1 on Smashwords recommended designer list

The Book Cover Whisperer -“Big 5” book cover design and book marketing. Design ethos: visually stunning covers and promotional products your readers will love. Researched, quality production. Unlimited changes until you’re 100% satisfied. IBPA member. Listed on IngramSpark Publishing experts page.

Syd Gill – graphic design and book covers

Alexandra Brandt – Cover design (and more) for all flavors of sci-fi and fantasy.

BEAUTeBOOK – Includes ready-to-go and custom covers

Book Designer Fiona Raven – Fiona is a freelance book designer providing worry-free book design for authors worldwide. She specializes in working with first-time authors who are self-publishing.

Book Design by Ana – including urgent designs and budget options

Karrie Ross Book Cover Designer – print, ebook plus interior design

Streetlight Graphics – cover design, formatting and typesetting, print media and other art

I do book covers – includes tips for indie authors

Covertopia – bestselling predesigned covers

Best cheap book covers – beautiful covers for independent authors

Hazel Lau at Kindle Station

Audria Wooster at Design by Indigo. Over 20 years' experience.

Candescent Press. Recommended by a student of mine. Design and formatting.

Junriel Boquecosa, Graphic Design

Epicenter Creative Branding by Design

Eden Graphics, Book Covers and more

Kingwood Creations, Affordable pre-made book covers

DesignOnClick.com Book cover design and more

Grace My Cover Book cover design and more

WordSugar Designs. Professional graphic design for authors by an author

The Book Cover Designer The largest selection of pre-made book covers online.

Brandi McCann, Book Cover Designer

Sanja Gombar Book Cover Design For You

WSDG book design

Burak Ulker Book cover examples here.

Breeze Books Book cover design without the breeze.

Hudson Valley Book Design Ebook and Print covers

Elena Dudina Book and CD cover design

dePinho Design Small but mighty graphic studio with a nose for design

Sam Wall Book cover design and art work

Van Garde Imagery Book interior and cover design

Dissect Design Bespoke book covers

Andrea Reider Design Graphic Design and Editorial Services

Dave Kessler Art Direction and Design

Nico Illustration and Book Cover Design

Good Life Guide eBook Formatting, Design, and Publishing

Fiction-Atlas Press LLC Book Cover Design, Editing, Marketing and Publishing

MaryDes Book Cover Design and Graphic design

MoreVisual Award-winning book cover design

Henry Hyde Book Design

Laura Duffy Book Cover Design & Graphic Design

River Book Cover Design Fiction and Non-fiction

Fantasy Book Cover Design

MiblArt Custom book cover design.

Working Type Studio, Book Cover Design and Layout Solutions, and Print Design Services

Lance Buckley Design Print, Publishing, Branding

Hidden Gems book cover design

I Love My Cover Independent book design and marketing

Juan Padron Book cover design

Clarity Book Cover Design Book covers, social media banners, memes, swag.

Greg Simanson Design Book covers and more.

Book Covers For You Professional covers. Affordable prices.

Historical Fiction Book Covers Jenny Quinlan specializes in book cover design for historical novels.

Jeff Brown Graphics Sci-fi and fantasy book cover design.

The Book Cover Shop Book covers that fit your book and story.

WolfSparrow Covers Premade and customer book cover design.

Vibrant Designs Book covers, ads, logos and more.

Book Cover Zone Book covers that work everywhere.

Rocket River Book cover design.

Book Beaver Eye-catching book cover design.

Mayfly Design Custom book cover design.

Bailey Designs Books Book cover design.

Hannah Linder Designs Book cover design.

Lance Buckley Design Print. Publishing. Branding.

Yummy Book Covers Custom book design. Free templates. Pre-made covers.

Custom Novel Covers Book covers that sell.

StoryWrappers Custom Fantasy book cover design.

Cover Rave Romance covers to rave about.

Lee Hyat Designs Inspired by color. Designed with heart.

Firewire Creative Book design for CEOs and though leaders.

Fenix Designs Magical covers for out of this world stories.

BookLerk Book cover design.

Indie Cover Shop Book covers for indie authors. Done right.

Manuela Serra Design When your words merge into an image.

You can also check out the monthly eBook cover design awards at TheBookDesigner.com and find designers that you like there.

Split testing your book cover design

One of the issues with book covers is deciding which one you think will sell best. A great way to decide is to split test them with people who don't know you or want to protect your feelings 🙂 Check out Pickfu for a quick and easy way to test.

pickfu process

 

 

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