In this industry, we rely on each other to weed out the bad vendors, and discover the good ones. Word of mouth is invaluable.
Know a great cover designer or artist? We want to know. In the comments section below, please post the designer’s name and a link to their website so we can see their work. In one sentence, tell us why you liked them. And, so we can see their stuff, include ONE link to the book (on a retail site). Please don’t try to embed an image. We’ll do it for you, honest!
Now, now, put someone you’ve worked with who does covers for hire. No recommending yourself!
Self-Pub Book Covers
http://www.selfpubbookcovers.com/index.php
I like their selection by genre, with many artists and their styles, reasonable prices, and the do-it-yourself text placement on the cover.
Lita, I was going to recommend them too. I love working with them; the prices are very reasonable and my favorite is being able to add the font size, color, and placement yourself. I think I’ve purchased 5 from them. And they will show your book on their site.
I’ve purchased several covers from them, too. They make it easy and affordable to get high quality and affordable artwork.
I recommend Scarlett Rugers Design.
http://booksat.scarlettrugers.com/
Scarlett has a strong understanding of the industry and is supportive of indies. Her approach is professional, intuitive and creative.
I liked the cover (print and e-book) she did for me. Not only does it have a lifetime guarantee but I can return at any time for additional services (such as bookmarks) at a very reasonable cost.
I strongly recommend Brenda at http://coversbydesign.net/ . She’s done several of my covers, is very creative and easy to work with. Affordable, too.
I,love working with Rebecca Poole of http://www.dreams2media.com/ Her patience with authors and concern to get things just perfect for you are terrific. She has a range of pre-made covers for genre fiction as well as the ability to make you anything you ask for. She switched from fiction to the travelogue concept for me very easily,
Dara England does great work and is affordable and a pleasure to work with.
http://mycoverart.com/home/
I’ve worked with Laura Shinn. She does great romance covers and has some pre-mades available as well.
http://laurashinn.yolasite.com/my-cover-designs.php
I forgot to add that her prices are quite reasonable, too!
Laura Wright Laroche is fabulous! Fast, affordable, friendly, and talented. You can find her at http://www.llpix.com.
I work with a fabulous designer called Aimee from author design studio who not only creates superb websites but designs top quality book covers. She’s incredibly professional and quick. Well worth talking to. http://www.authordesignstudio.com/ or @authordesigner on Twitter
“Willow Raven” does some nice stuff. And has reasonable prices.
http://willowraven.weebly.com/cover-art–design-layout.html
I have two. One is my publisher: http://www.mountainsgraphics.com Allison designed my book cover, and it seems to be a big hit with people who’ve seen it.
Aimee Bell with authordesignstudio.com
She did a fantastic job! Created exactly what I wanted.
The other is http://linkvillegraphics.wix.com/home – I love the work she did with her own book cover.
Great premade covers at super affordable prices ($40). He does custom covers, too, and those prices are comparable to the market.
http://www.goonwrite.com.
Ooo…. I almost forgot Dave Bricker. His blog is a major indie publishing resource and he’s a beautiful cover designer. Don’t know his rates, probably no cheap… this is the real stuff.
http://theworldsgreatestbook.com/services/book-cover-design/
Silviya Yordanova
Website: http://darkimaginarium.com/index.html
I love Silviya’s work because she seems to be able to read your mind and design exactly what you want for your book!
Instead of posting the cover to my book, I am posting one she designed for author Scott Cramer –
All my covers have been done by Janette Ramos, an amazing digital artist who takes my basic ideas and turns them into something amazing. I stumbled upon her on Deviant Art.
http://janetteramos.carbonmade.com/
Duncan Long did the cover for Space Available for me after my previous artist let me down. He was great. He walked into a cover basically blind and only had to go off what I sent him. It was also a bit of a time pinch. Right now he’s working on the cover for Space Invaded. He does really nice sci-fi and fantasy work.
http://duncanlong.com/art.html
Duncan is just fabulous
Apart from Sharon Robards, who cleverly designs her own, all our Writer’s Choice novel covers are designed by Dawn Keur, http://www.zenato.com
We love the way she gets to the nub of a novel and puts it there for the reader to see and really appreciate again when they have read the book.
Aimee Bell at Author Design Studio designs great covers and is great to work with!
http://www.authordesignstudio.com
Robin Ludwig did a fantastic job on my book cover. It’s not out yet, but here is her website. She’s easy to work with and reasonably priced.
http://www.gobookcoverdesign.com/
Michael Rausch is amazing. http://www.behance.net/michaelrauschdesign
He captured the both concept and the core conflict of my novel for the cover.
Argh! I incorrectly put up Dawn’s website. It should read http://www.zentao.com
and she is quick and her fees are reasonable. I’d cheerfully pay more for her wonderful covers.
I can strongly recommend Lisa M. Corson. She has designed the covers for my Chinavare’s Find series and does spectacular work.
http://homespunheritage.com/
This is a link to the first of the Chinavare’s Find series:
M. A. Roberts
Dawn Keur is wonderful–responsive and reasonable too. Her covers not only attract the eye and draw one in, but they also capture the essence and mood of what’s inside. Can’t recommend her enough. Her web site is at http://www.zentao.com
I love my book cover, designed by Scott Greene. It draws great compliments. Scott is easy to work with and his fees are extremely reasonable. Scott is an expert and teaches several related courses at Valley College.
Here’s my link to see Scott’s work:
