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Help! I need an eBook cover designer

This is a cry I’m hearing more and more these days. We are building a stable of top-quality eBook cover designers that we can refer Beta Authors to. Or use ourselves for upcoming Voxie Media titles. [See the cover of Robert Phelan's THE COST OF IGNORANCE published by Voxie Media.]

Below are a handful of book cover designers we feel comfortable recommending. If you know of others who do great design for a reasonable price, please add them in the comments.

We have not worked with all of these designers but we think their cover designs are eye-catching and particularly effective at conveying the author’s brand. Note that this is a list of designers whose book cover styles are more appropriate for nonfiction/business books than romance and thriller titles.

Caveat: rates for cover design vary widely. You can expect to pay from several hundred dollars up to several thousand for an eBook and corresponding print cover by an experienced designer.

BookBaby offers basic eBook cover design for $149 and deluxe design for $279. We have not used them and can’t vouch for the quality.

Book designer Joel Friedlander runs a monthly contest for best eBook covers. You can see all the past winners here.

eBook cover designers

Melanie Shellito, principal of branding and design shop Artezen.com
1106 Design (designed eBook cover for updated Kindle edition of The Corporate Blogging Book)
UnoZip (the talented Alex Miles Younger who worked with Seth Godin’s The Domino Project)
Holly Thomson (designed cover of APE: Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur by Guy Kawasaki and Shawn Welch)
Julie Metz (recommended by Joel Friedlander)
Tim Kordick Graphic Design (designed cover of Scott Berkun’s latest book, Mindfire: Big Ideas for Curious Minds)
Mark Macdonald (recommended by Lewis Howes)
David Janik (recommended by Greg Miller)
IdeaSchema.com (Martin Whitmore)
Design For Writers (Andrew Brown profiled here)
Extended Imagery (designs eBook covers for best-selling thriller author Joe Konrath)
Jeroen Ten Berge (recommended by 52Novels)
Stewart Williams Design (recommended by 52Novels)
Peter Ratcliffe Design (recommended by 52Novels)
eBookLaunch.com (haven’t worked with this group but they are recommended by Smashwords)

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Resources

Comprehensive blog post: eBook Cover Design and Optimum Size Specs for Kindle, Nook, iPad, etc.

You can peruse a slew of articles about book cover design by Joel Friedlander of TheBookDesigner.com.

List of service providers for eBook publishing courtesy of Elizabeth Spann Craig (via book doctor Jason Black)

Note: We are not including DIY (do-it-yourself) cover design options.

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Rob @ 52 Novels

Thanks for mentioning us in your list. Unfortunately, we’re not Joe Konrath’s cover designer (that’s Carl Graves at http://extendedimagery.blogspot.com/).

Rather, we’re Joe’s ebook designer.

If you don’t mind expanding your list, we work often with the following cover designers Jeroen ten Berge (http://jeroentenberge.com), Stewart Williams (http://stewartwilliamsdesign.com), and Peter Ratcliffe (http://peterratcliffe.com).

Again, thanks for the mention and link. If any of your readers are looking for a shop to design and make their ebooks or print-ready books, find us at http://52novels.com.
- http://www.debbieweil.com Debbie Weil
  
  Thanks Rob. We’ve made the correction and updated the post.
  - Rob @ 52 Novels
    
    It’s my pleasure, Debbie.
Anonymous

Awesome Ebook Cover Design by http://bit.ly/yJWO2I
Eden

I just wanted to thank you for this great list. I have several books to get ready to launch on Kindle. I need cover art and believe I have found a couple of great and affordable sites thanks to you.
http://twitter.com/MaryCFindley Mary C. Findley

I have designed covers for several other authors, ebook and print. I have a large collection of photos and textures and can do tons of fonts and effects. My rates are negotiable and my customers are satisfied people. Here is a link to our Findley Family Video Publications Facebook page, where you can see covers I have done for others and also browse around the photos for our covers, old and new.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.396852170340992.109279.149992491693629&type=3
April

I have always wanted to design for authors but I don’t know the forums they go to. Could you please share? I’m a freelancer and can offer competitive rates.

Please feel free to delete this comment. Thank you.
http://profile.yahoo.com/T3C6VBQVCFQNYD5OQRDNTB33DY mitzi mize

Having just earned my MFA in Digital Media I am excited to illustrate and design for authors. Mutually, I can assist you with images and you can assist me getting my foot in the door for 2012. I have an extensive and varied backgound in both studio and digital environments, see my LinedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/mitzi-lynn-mize-mfa/3b/894/178
http://marcial-arts.daportfolio.com/ marcial-arts

Hi,

I’ve just design some ebook covers.
You can see my samples at:
http://marcial-arts.daportfolio.com/gallery/561249
Mirti Venyon Reiyas

http://www.ebookindiecovers.com

Some great covers there, prices reasonable.
Greg Grigoriou

http://www.ebookgraphicdesign.com

Designer is Amy Rose Grigoriou. Definitely worth checking out even if its just to see what some of the top authors books look like. Prices for design are average but quality is incredibly good, plus she’s designed for some the big big names like Wayne Dyer, Suze Ormon, and Louise Hay.
Jordan

http://www.PersonalisedEbookCovers.com – They design fantastic covers and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them!
Jennifer FitzGerald

http://www.MotherSpider.com
John Amy

http://www.ebookdesigner.co.uk/book-cover-design.html
http://www.holyblasphemy.net Derek Murphy

Great post – I’d like to add my site (Creativindie Covers) to the list of ebook cover designers. I’ve done the covers for some big names in indie publishing.

http://www.bookcovers.creativindie.com
Steve Deger

I’d recommend Ryan Scheife of Mayfly Design, http://mayflydesign.com . He designed the covers of my Positive Quotation series.
Patrick Sipperly

Book Covers, Book Trailers and author marketing assistance: http://www.arizonavideocompany.com/book-covers.html
Nike Novillo

I definitely recoment BEAUTeBOOK at http://www.beautebook.com
Arnold Pismarovic

Hi i would like to add my site to the list http://terribilis-design.com/

im new to this and i hope somebody will give me a chance
Lque

http://www.vividcovers.com offers premade covers and custom work.
http://www.facebook.com/sharkmearman Shear Art

Hi I would like to add my site – http://shearart.wordpress.com/

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