Creative brief
A shared direction covering audience, tone, positioning, formats and visual references.
Service 03
A cover with a job to do
Book Cover Design
Your cover must attract the right reader, communicate the book’s promise and remain legible from a shop table to a thumbnail. We balance creative distinction with clear commercial purpose.
Brief your cover
Designed for the reader
A professional cover makes the book feel credible before the first page is opened.
We begin with the manuscript, audience and competitive landscape, not a favourite colour or a stock image. The result should feel true to your book while using the visual language readers already understand within its genre.
Cover concepts
Distinct, purposeful routes that show how typography, imagery and hierarchy can work together.
Full print wrap
Front cover, spine and back cover prepared to the final trim size and printer specification.
Digital assets
Optimised eBook artwork and useful promotional crops for online listings and launch activity.
How it works
Creative decisions with a clear rationale.
- 01
Read and research
We understand the manuscript, readership, genre cues and the books it will sit beside.
- 02
Develop concepts
You receive considered visual directions, each built around a specific positioning idea.
- 03
Refine the chosen route
We develop typography, imagery, colour and back-cover hierarchy with focused feedback.
- 04
Prepare final artwork
Files are checked against the final page count, trim, bleed, barcode and platform requirements.
Made to work everywhere
A strong cover holds its character at full size and at the width of a phone screen.
Every design is reviewed in print context, online retail context and as a small thumbnail.
The outside is only half the experience.