01 / A good book deserves a considered cover
Professional Book Cover Design from £99
Ebook. Print. Audiobook.
We’ve been designing book covers for decades, so we know a thing or two about creating a cover that sells.
Tell us a bit about your book. Our human designers consider its genre, its readers and what the cover needs to communicate. Then we’ll develop a scroll-stopping design with you, from brief to final result.
02 / Covers for every kind of story
Your genre. Your readers. Your cover.
From thrillers, romance and fantasy to memoir, practical nonfiction and beyond, we shape the visual approach around your book. Choose from atmospheric artwork, photographic covers or a strong typographic design. Selected photography from Tony Marturano’s collection is available for an additional one-off licence fee; exclusive use is quoted separately.
These are fictional sample designs. To respect our clients’ privacy, we do not display their commissioned covers.
Concept design · fictional title and author
Concept design · fictional title and author
Concept design · fictional title and author
Concept design · fictional title and author
Concept design · fictional title and author
Concept design · fictional title and author
03 / From a few words to a visual direction
You don’t need to arrive with a finished design brief.
Answer a few questions about your book. Our online brief builder interprets your answers and helps shape a clear design brief for your designer.
The Last Tide
An island. A missing brother. A road swallowed by the tide.
Make the reader feel uneasy.
Avoid faces. Let the setting carry the threat.
A solitary causeway, cold sea and one distant light: a way in, but no easy way out.
Cold blue-green tones. Bold, pale lettering that stays clear against the storm.
Red words: the author’s input. The rest: a proposed visual direction.
04 / The design. The details. The publishing help.
First book on Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing?
Don’t worry. You don’t have to figure it all out.
With Wrap or Complete, we handle the cover’s print preparation and help you through the KDP upload and preview.
Made for your readers.
Imagery, typography and composition work together to signal the kind of book you’ve written—and help the right readers recognise it.
No spine calculations. No bleed headaches.
Give us your final page count, book size and back-cover copy. We confirm the paper and print choices with you, then prepare the full cover: front, spine, back, safe areas and barcode space.
A file—and someone to help.
New to Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing? We explain where your cover goes and help you check it in KDP’s Print Previewer. If KDP flags a technical issue with the cover we supplied for the agreed specifications, we put it right.
You concentrate on the book. We handle the cover design and production details.
Cover upload guidance is included with Wrap and Complete. You stay in control of your KDP account and the decision to publish. Manuscript formatting, account setup and a managed book launch are outside these cover packages. We agree any wider publishing help separately.
05 / Choose the formats you need
Clear packages.
Room for the right idea.
Build your brief for free and select a package. Send it for review; we’ll confirm the scope and agree any extra photography licensing or bespoke costs before sending a payment link. All packages are paid in full before design work begins. You’ll receive three initial front-cover concepts within 48 hours (excluding weekends) once payment and your complete brief are received. Choose your favourite; we refine that concept and prepare the formats included in your package.
Front
A professional front cover based on your design brief.
- Refined imagery and typography, delivered as a high-resolution ebook/front-cover file
- One round of changes: send us your feedback together, and we revise your chosen design
Wrap
A finished paperback cover, ready for KDP upload.
- Everything in Front
- One paperback wrap: front, spine and back, sized for your book
- Help with KDP cover upload and preview; technical corrections to our supplied cover at the agreed specifications
- Two rounds of changes in total: review the revised cover and send a second set of feedback if needed
Complete
A coordinated cover across formats, with the print setup handled.
- Ebook, paperback and one hardback cover, with print files ready for KDP upload
- Square audiobook cover
- Help with KDP cover upload and preview; technical corrections to our supplied covers at the agreed specifications
- A social media marketing pack: three graphics based on your cover, ready to post in square, portrait and landscape formats
- Three rounds of changes in total: send your feedback together at each round as we refine your chosen cover
Bespoke
For work outside the standard brief.
- Complex illustration or extensive characters
- Series identity or multiple books
- Unusual production specifications
For Wrap and Complete, send us your final page count, book size and back-cover copy. We’ll confirm your paper, ink and binding choices with you, then handle the cover dimensions, spine, bleed and files for KDP upload. The three initial concepts are included in every standard package. Additional concepts beyond those three, later changes of direction and changes after approval are separately quoted. Any extra asset licensing costs are agreed before work starts. No payment is taken on this page.
06 / Your next chapter starts here
Ready to see your book cover come to life?
Our online brief builder will guide you through a few questions about your book, then turn your answers into a detailed brief for your designer.
Start my cover brief →Build your brief for free. We’ll review your request and confirm the scope before sending a payment link.