Quality book cover designers usually charge over $ 500 for covers, and I don't often recommend cheaper options.
Quality book cover designers usually charge over $ 500 for covers, and I don't usually recommend cheaper options.
So how do you go about finding a high
quality book cover designer?
Not exact matches
That's not to say you shouldn't invest in a professional editor,
cover designer and formatter beforehand, readers want
quality, regardless of whether a
book is self - published or not.
Loiacono Literary Agency employs three agents (Jeanie Loiacono, President / CEO, agent, Johnnie Bernhard, agent and author, and Melissa Carrigee, agent and author, graphic artist,
cover artist, and
book trailer
designer) who are interested in all
quality works from children's picture
books to literary fiction and all nonfiction.
As a
designer, I'd love to see you advocate for higher standards of typesetting and
cover design along with
quality writing, but anything that helps to certify «better
books» can only help.
Literary Agent Undercover is only for authors who understand the benefits of traditional publishing: no financial risk because someone else is paying for the privilege of publishing your
book; a higher
quality product thanks to a top - notch editor and
cover designer; more profit due to better sales, distribution, and publicity; subsidiary rights opportunities like merchandising, translations, TV, feature film, etc; increased credibility and more
book reviews; and the ability to spend more time writing, promoting, and doing what you love.
So Hoover — «a fabulous self - promoter and a very talented author,» Rennert said — earns back her debt to the agency, and the agency gets 15 percent to
cover «the hours and months we devote to editorial; figuring out how to position and package the
book to reach the right market; the time spent on
quality control; seeking out and dealing with high - caliber vendors providing the above services; and locating and vetting professional photographers and
cover designers whose work is every bit as good as those used in traditionally published
books.»
Whether it is an editor,
cover designer or reviewer, you will need to spend some money on professional help if you plan to offer a high
quality book.
No, the one little tweak that changed her career forever was scrapping her generic
covers and investing in a hiring a
book cover designer for high -
quality book cover design.
Also, some better rated
book cover designers don't always deliver
quality work, while some low rated
designers do very good jobs.
There's a reason why the Big Boys hired experienced graphic
designers... because they know from experience that having a
quality, professional - looking
book cover means more sales!
«Independent publishing» better reflects the fact that producing a high -
quality book requires the participation of many professionals and subject matter experts beyond the author: the editor, the proofreader, and the
book cover designer, to name a few.
One of my major projects, DIY
Covers, is focused on helping authors make professional, high quality book covers without needing a des
Covers, is focused on helping authors make professional, high
quality book covers without needing a des
covers without needing a
designer.
With Derek's DIY
Book Covers, it's still not a very realistic option for the aesthetically - challenged There's not much out there between a price point of $ 5 and $ 300 - $ 1,000, but we're doing them for $ 99, $ 50 if it's part of series, we've expanded to three designers now, and the quality of the covers gets better and b
Covers, it's still not a very realistic option for the aesthetically - challenged There's not much out there between a price point of $ 5 and $ 300 - $ 1,000, but we're doing them for $ 99, $ 50 if it's part of series, we've expanded to three
designers now, and the
quality of the
covers gets better and b
covers gets better and better.
Or take it from a talented and diverse group of
cover designers, illustrators, editors,
book formatters, ghostwriters, marketing assistants, and other professionals who help approximately 150 Outskirts Press authors publish high -
quality books every month.
Be that as it may (and don't start me down the Snooki path), presumably the literary agents were gatekeepers of
quality, who then passed their clients» wares to publishers, who further thinned the herd, resulting in a clumsy industry algorithm that spat out
books at the opposite end of the sausage machine — and the presumption was those
books were competently written, would be of interest to someone, and were executed in a superior fashion; professional
cover designers drew up art, professional editors checked grammar and punctuation and spelling, etc..
With that in mind, I also like helping authors publish their
books cheaply if they can't afford a
designer (and hiring an expensive
cover design doesn't always mean you'll get the best
quality work).
Investing in a
quality book layout and
cover design by a professional
cover designer and layout artist is paramount to the
quality of your end result.
For those serious independent publishers, you can either teach yourself on how to design a
book cover or find a professional
cover designer to assist you with these considerations and you'll soon be on your way to crafting a
quality product, or better yet, a strong brand that stands out from the rest.
What that might look like, practically speaking, is that you hire a professional editor for your novel, you pay a
cover designer to create a
quality cover for your
book, and you pay an accountant to do your taxes.
The
Book Makers Cover Designers know the most important qualities that go into successful book covers, and how to best communicate what your book is about in an inst
Book Makers
Cover Designers know the most important
qualities that go into successful
book covers, and how to best communicate what your book is about in an inst
book covers, and how to best communicate what your
book is about in an inst
book is about in an instant.
I've openly recommended CreateSpace as a strategy for many clients as a test, stepping stone, even a way to enter the publishing world with the giant Amazon in play — but, and always a but in the mix — there has to be editing, get a professional
cover done and yes, lay it out — don't do the template Amazon version... than have the layout
designer do the uploading — for less than $ 3,000 (most likely), you have
quality cover design, interior, editing and you are rocking and rolling with the big boys — you get max percentage on eBook payout, you have print
books available on demand and you can start marketing your work and words like crazy.
Our graphic
designers and illustrators will capture your vision and transform it into a visually attractive, high -
quality book cover that you can be proud of.
We use KDP and Createspace to produce
books, simply because they are the best method to get seen online and have the best
quality books when combined with our expert
designers» knowhow on formatting and
cover design.
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