Your Book Cover Design is the First Impression Readers have of your Book. While it’s important to be unique, it’s equally important to pay attention to what comparable covers in your genre look like.
Visit your local Bookstore and look at the Books in your genre. What are the trim sizes? What do the Front Covers look like? The spines? Take note of the imagery, the fonts, the colors, and more. Observe and ask yourself, what elements of these book covers do I like? How can my Book Cover stand out in a Good Way?
The Back Cover of the Book will be made up of common elements such as Book Reviews, the Book Description, Author bio and Barcode. The Spine often contains the Name of Book, the Name of Author and Publisher’s logo.
Study these elements to make sure that your Book will fit in on the shelf and Booksellers will feel comfortable stocking it.
Our professional Book Cover Designer help steer the creative direction but you know your Book Best and it’s important for you to bring your own Ideas to help create a cover that brings your Book to life.
If you have any specific photography or images that need to be included on your Book Cover Design, please submit them to our Designers with your brief.
Unless you request, otherwise our Designer may also use stock images (purchased from a third party) in your Book Design. If a Designer uses stock art in a Design, they’ll tell you which images they are and use watermarked versions of them in their entries. Once you choose the Winning Design, you’ll need to purchase the stock art and provide it to the Winning Designer, so they can complete the design.