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Professional Book Cover Design & Illustration

Your Cover Is Your Book'sFirst Sentence.

Custom-designed covers and illustrations from genre-specialist book designers, engineered to stop the scroll, signal the genre, and earn the click on Amazon's tiny thumbnail.

★★★★★4.9/5from 212 authors
750+Covers Designed
12+Years of Design
3 unique concepts per project
Unlimited revisions
Print + eBook + audiobook
3D mockups for marketing
All rights transferred to you
Source files included

Send us your title, genre, and a few words on the book. We'll send back a free initial concept within 5 business days.

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Have a title? Have a genre? That's enough.

Tell Us About Your Book

Get a free cover concept + custom quote

Private & never shared. NDA available on request.

Your Book Will Live On

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A Selection

Design range, across every genre.

A snapshot of recent covers built for fiction, memoir, business, fantasy, sci-fi, romance, children's, and more. Each one tailored to genre conventions and the author's specific story.

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The Thumbnail Truth

On Amazon, your cover lives at 60 pixels.

Every cover in a search result is shrunk to about 200×300 pixels. On mobile, smaller. A great cover survives that shrink — it still pops, signals genre, and earns the tap. Most DIY covers don't.

At full sizeprint & bookstore display

Mind Control sci-fi thriller book cover by Elias Ward, featuring AI robot manipulating a trapped businessman"You Didn't Change the Book" inspirational self-help cover showing a woman's transformation across three life stagesJeff Bezos biography book cover by Adrian Cross, "How the World's Boldest Retailer Built the Everything Era"The Drowning Road, a psychological drama book cover by Drew Chandler, with an autumn highway and a submerged figure

At mediumAmazon search results

Mind Control sci-fi thriller book cover by Elias Ward, featuring AI robot manipulating a trapped businessman"You Didn't Change the Book" inspirational self-help cover showing a woman's transformation across three life stagesJeff Bezos biography book cover by Adrian Cross, "How the World's Boldest Retailer Built the Everything Era"The Drowning Road, a psychological drama book cover by Drew Chandler, with an autumn highway and a submerged figure

At thumbnailwhere the click happens

Mind Control sci-fi thriller book cover by Elias Ward, featuring AI robot manipulating a trapped businessman"You Didn't Change the Book" inspirational self-help cover showing a woman's transformation across three life stagesJeff Bezos biography book cover by Adrian Cross, "How the World's Boldest Retailer Built the Everything Era"The Drowning Road, a psychological drama book cover by Drew Chandler, with an autumn highway and a submerged figure

A cover that wins at 60 pixels wins everywhere else by default. That's the design we build.

750+

Covers Designed

3

Concepts Per Project

Revisions Until You Love It

4.9

Author Rating

Design With Intent

A cover isn't decoration — it's a promise.

It tells the right reader this book is for you. A thriller cover promises danger. A literary cover promises depth. A romance cover promises feeling. When a cover promises wrong — or no signal at all — the book doesn't get the audience it was built for, even when the writing is great.

Our designers come from publishing houses, advertising agencies, and award-winning art directing teams. Each cover is matched to a designer who understands two markets simultaneously: the genre, and the platform it has to perform on.

You get three full concepts before we narrow down. Unlimited revisions on the chosen direction. Layered files at delivery. Full ownership — the design is yours forever, no licensing strings.

Professional book cover design portfolio showcasing fiction, romance, and literary fiction titles

What We Design

Every visual asset your book needs.

Beyond just the front cover — we deliver everything you'll need for retailers, marketing, and launch.

01

eBook & Print Covers

Front cover for Kindle, Apple Books, Kobo. Full wrap for paperback and hardcover — front, spine, back — sized correctly to KDP and IngramSpark specs.

KindlePaperbackHardcoverSpine + Back
02

Audiobook Cover Art

Square 3000×3000 cover art for Audible, Apple Books, and Spotify Audiobooks. Designed to work at small sizes in audiobook apps where most discovery happens.

AudibleApple BooksSpotify3000×3000
03

Custom Illustration

Original illustrations for children's books, fantasy maps, chapter art, picture books. Hand-drawn or digital — matched to age range and tone.

Picture BooksChapter ArtMapsCharacter Design
04

3D Mockups & Marketing

Photorealistic 3D renders of your book for ads, your website, social media. Single-book mockups, series stacks, and reader-in-hand scenes — all royalty-free.

3D RendersSeries StacksSocial AssetsAd Creative
05

Typography & Branding

Custom title typography, author name lockups, and series branding. Multi-book authors get consistent visual identity across their entire catalog.

Custom TypeSeries BrandingStyle GuideAuthor Logo
06

Interior Layout & Design

Professional typesetting and interior layout — chapter openers, drop caps, scene breaks, page numbering. Print- and eBook-formatted to retailer specs.

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How It Works

From brief to finished cover — in 2 to 4 weeks.

A clear, milestone-driven process. You approve at every step — and own everything at the end.

01

The Brief

Day 1

You tell us about your book — genre, similar titles, target reader, tone, references, must-haves, must-avoids. We assign a genre-specialist designer and confirm the timeline.

02

Three Concepts

Days 5–8

You receive three distinct visual directions — different visual approaches to your book, each based at thumbnail size before delivery. You pick the direction.

03

Refinement

≈3 Rounds

We refine your chosen direction with — typography, color, hierarchy, image placement. We keep going until the cover earns your full sign-off.

04

Format Expansion

Days 12–18

The locked design becomes every format you need — eBook front, paperback wrap (front + spine + back), hardcover, audiobook square, 3D mockups for marketing.

05

Delivery & Rights Transfer

Day 20

You receive print-ready PDFs, layered source files (PSD/AI), and JPGs, and 3D mockup PNGs. Full rights transferred — you own the cover, no licensing fees ever.

Our Promise To Every Author

Eight commitments. In writing.

3 Concepts Standard

Three distinct directions on every project.

Unlimited Revisions

Until the cover earns your full sign-off.

Full Rights Transfer

Design is yours. No licensing fees, ever.

Source Files Included

Layered PSD/AI plus print-ready PDFs.

Genre-Matched Designer

Thrillers to thriller designers, etc.

Retailer-Spec Files

Sized perfectly for KDP, IngramSpark, ACX.

Thumbnail-Tested

Every cover reviewed at 60px before delivery.

Real Designers

No AI-generated art. No stock templates.

Author Voices

Manuscripts that finally became books.

A few of the authors who handed us their finished work — and walked away as published authors.

★★★★★

"I’m a new author with BookCraft Publishers. After careers in cosmetology and computer programming, I carried a lifelong dream of becoming a writer and kept jotting down every idea that came to me. When I was finally ready to publish my first book, Fly Chicks on Rainbow Mountain, I spoke with Robert Williams at BookCraftPublishers.com. One call was all it took—he made me feel comfortable and important, and I knew I didn’t need to look anywhere else.From there, the BookCraft team professionally handled every step of the publishing process—including needs I didn’t even know I had. The quality of their work is outstanding. They brought my characters and events to life, and the finished book is both beautiful and truly professional. My entire circle of family and friends was impressed. Seeing the final copy, I said to myself, “You’re an author now.” BookCraft is top of the line. They know their stuff. They’re intelligent, friendly, fun to work with, and both artistic and creative. Thanks to BookCraft Publishers, my dream is becoming reality—and I’m already excited to see what they do with my next book, Our Galactic Observers.To my fellow writers and to readers: if you’re considering publishing, I highly recommend BookCraft Publishers."

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Archie Collins

Business / Self-Help Author

Amazon Top 10 in category

★★★★★

"Bookcraft helped me to polish my manuscript and make it worth publishing. They provided amazing artwork for the cover. They helped make a synopsis. Then they opened the accounts with KDP and Barnes & Noble. I would have been clueless about any of these steps without them. I can't say enough about how much I appreciate all they did for me."

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Dianne Knaack Watts

Fiction Debut Novelist

$30K+ first-year royalties

★★★★★

"My manuscript sat on my hard drive for three years because the publishing process terrified me. BookCraft took it from Word doc to published book in 10 weeks — print, eBook, audio. I'm now selling on Amazon every single day. I couldn't be happier with the process or the result. If you're on the fence about publishing, just talk to them. They made it so easy and clear, and they really know their stuff."

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JT

James T.

Memoir Author

Published in 10 weeks

Your readers will judge your book by its cover.Make sure they're judging the right one.

Send us your title, genre, and a few words about your book. We'll send back a free initial cover concept within 5 business days — no credit card, no commitment.

FAQs

Cover Questions Authors Ask First.

How much does a cover cost?+

Three flat-fee tiers: $499 for eBook front cover only, $999 for full print + eBook + audiobook package, $1,999 for premium custom illustration with marketing pack. No hourly billing, no surprise revision fees. Price is locked in writing before we start.

How long does it take?+

eBook covers: 2–3 weeks. Print + eBook full package: 2–4 weeks. Premium Illustrated: 4–6 weeks (custom illustration takes longer). Rush options available for an additional fee. You get a firm delivery date in writing before kickoff.

What if I don't like any of the three concepts?+

It's rare — but we'll regroup, reread your brief, and produce three more directions at no charge. The point is to get you a cover you love. If we genuinely can't deliver after the second round, we issue a partial refund and you walk away owning nothing of ours, freed up to try elsewhere.

Do I own the design? What about the images on it?+

You own the design — full transfer at delivery, no licensing fees ever. Any stock imagery used is licensed for commercial use across all your editions and marketing. Custom illustrations and typography are commissioned and assigned to you outright.

Do you use AI to generate covers?+

No. Every cover is designed by a human designer using licensed imagery, custom illustration, and original typography. AI-generated art has unclear legal status and reads as generic at thumbnail — both of which hurt book sales. We use real designers and real licensed assets.

Can you match an existing series I've launched?+

Yes. Send us the previous covers and we'll match the visual system — typography, palette, hierarchy — so your new book looks like book three of one series instead of book one of another. We can also build a series style guide for future books.

What if I already have an idea or sketches?+

Great — share them in the brief. The more reference and direction you provide, the more precisely we can build on your vision. That said, our three-concept approach means you'll still see directions you might not have considered, often better than the original idea.

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