A book cover design can range from simple, bold, creative to detailed and highly complex.

A standard book cover design for $220.00 includes two images + a simple design.

The medium-advanced book cover design for $390.00 includes medium detailed illustration or photo manipulation.

Or a pro book cover design for $590.00 includes a detailed illustration or complex photo manipulation.

COMMON BOOK COVER DESIGN COSTS EXPLAINED
We take on your design needs, extract your ideas and/or rough plans (or we design from scratch), and blend it with purpose and placement sensitive creative strategy to deliver a fabulous cover design for your new book..

We understand strategy driven design is important to deliver a result best for intended placement – we keep in mind that design follows purpose and knowing this allows us to help you achieve more value for every dollar spent.

Our Graphic Design specialises in creating dynamic artwork.

Graphic Design starts from only $120 (fixed cost)

A unique fixed cost structure with unlimited graphic design and development makes hiring Love OF Books stress free with no surprise cost in the end. You’ll enjoy peace of mind by knowing costs and budgets have no chance of blowing out and you can feel confident you’ll achieve a result you’ll love due to unlimited graphic design and development for your new book cover design until approval – all within a fixed once off cost.

YOUR QUOTE: For an idea on cost for you we have broken down creative needs into 3 common situations below with an average costs for each:

• $120.00 includes gst. An established concept and layout is in mind for your book cover design - requiring artwork to be professionally created, polished off and made in production ready file.
• $220.00 includes gst. A firm concept is in mind and needs refinement for your book cover design - develop idea/s further to provide a finished concept and deliver production ready artwork file/s.
• $390.00 includes gst. No concept in mind, creation required from scratch – We take on your purpose, generate a graphic design then deliver your approved finished result and production ready file.
• Other: Updating established designs and files costs $45.00 per hour.

All includes graphic design and development with drafting and proofing with design approval required for completion, file, font, colour management and delivery.

We know each situation is different with the main contributing factor being time/man hours required for each design situation. If you’re unsure about your situation and would like to know an obligation free quote simply call us.

What Book Cover Design Program is a Book Cover Design completed in?

Book cover designs created with the help of a Love of Books Book Cover Designer are affordable, creative, simple and perfect to suit your budget.

A Book Cover Design can be generated in programs such as Adobe Indesign, Photoshop or Book Cover Pro.

Our programs used ensure high quality!

Ask for our complimentary cover setup instructions to create your own Book Cover Design in your word, publisher or other available program.

Send your completed book cover design setup file to us and our Book Cover Designer will place the required crop and bleed marks on your cover file for a reduced cost.

The Book Cover is printed separately to the book file. The Book Cover Design file will hold the front, back and the spine similar to the example above when finished.

Our Paperback Covers are printed on 300gsm card. You can choose matt or gloss cello-glazing for your book for added protection.

A Book Cover Design that is created by or with the support of our professional Book Cover Designer is setup to the correct size before being sent to print. This is called a print ready file.

DIY? Design your own book cover in your current publisher or word program, then simply send us the file and all the images you used in jpeg or tiff formats. Our designer will then set this up in our programs and send this back to you for inspection before going to print.

The cost for this service is lower than the standard cover design special offer – approx $120.00. The cost depends on the work required.

If you want potential book buyers to seriously consider your work, you need a seriously good-looking cover.

This is why we’ve engaged the talent and expertise of a graphic designer.

With the Pro Cover service, you get a superb book cover, designed from scratch, by a professional with considerable knowledge on how to attract both publishers and buyers. You’ll have full rights to use original artwork and/or high quality royalty-free images. In the end, you’ll have a professional cover that will give today’s best sellers a real run for their money.

Now, when you purchase the book cover design service, you can have up to two images for free (If you don’t have an image already).

Please feel free to contact the Love of Books team on 1300 556 529 with any questions regarding your Book Cover Design.