BookWise cover designs—customized to fit your needs

Your cover design price depends on the level of treatment. Following are service and fee details to help you compare our design options. (Please click here to contact us for a free custom estimate on your project):

Level 1 

$100/hour*

Publishers with a design who are interested in a professional review and support for their own design team.

  • Consultation.  Review and art direction for a printed cover or production proof of a cover design. *After consultation, if you choose to hire BookWise for a redesign, consulting fees will be applied to design fees.

Level 2 ✸✸

Starting at $1,200*

Publishers with art or photography who can provide research on competition and target market—and need quality layout and design services.

  • Quality production. Design and production of a minimum of 2 front cover concepts. Includes custom typography and layout based on client-submitted artwork. (Artwork needs to be at industry standards. Please contact us to make sure your artwork is ready for production). *Full cover layout is designed after front cover concept is completed, in order to create a cohesive package design. Publisher supplies all written content which needs to be fully edited before typesetting.
  • Online project management. Your team can review and access project status and documents—at any time or location. Password protected for confidentiality.
  • Pre-press production. Barcode created from your supplied ISBN and price (see ISBN in our resources page). Clear communication with your printer to ensure accurate production and detailed review of press proofs (0n-site proof/press checks available).
  • Archive of production files. Source and press-ready files for your archives, marketing files (including jpg, png, tiff, pdf, and eps files as requested).

Level 3 ✸✸✸

Starting at $2,000*

Publishers who can provide research on competition and target market—and need a full-service design team to deliver the highest level of creative and production from concept to press.

  • Quality concept development. Design and production of a minimum 3 front cover concepts. Includes custom typography, image manipulation, and digital illustration. Stock photos from our archives for a fee. *Full cover layout is designed after front cover concept is completed, in order to create a cohesive package design. Publisher supplies all written content which needs to be fully edited before typesetting.
  • Online project management. Your team can review and access project status and documents—at any time or location. Password protected for confidentiality.
  • Pre-press production. Barcode created from your supplied ISBN and price (see ISBN in our resources page). Clear communication with your printer to ensure accurate production and detailed review of press proofs (0n-site proof/press checks available).
  • Archive of production files. Source and press-ready files for your archives, marketing files (including jpg, png, tiff, pdf, and eps files as requested).

Level 4 ✸✸✸✸

Starting at $3,000*

Customized for publishers and authors who need a full-service design team to deliver the highest level of creative and production from concept to press.

  • Extensive design market research. Research into your competition, including best-sellers in your genre(s). Presented using our secure and private online project management system and/or web conference software (see details below), so everyone on your team can be included.
  • Complex concept development. Design and production of a minimum of 4 front cover concepts. Includes custom typography, image manipulation, digital illustration, and stock photos from our archives (more stock images or custom photography can be contracted). *Full cover layout is designed after front cover concept is completed, in order to create a cohesive package design. Publisher supplies all written content which needs to be fully edited before typesetting.
  • Online project management. Your team can review and access project status and documents—at any time or location. Password protected for confidentiality.
  • Custom design survey. Web-based survey evaluates how your market will respond—complete with statistical breakdowns and charts for thorough analysis.
  • Pre-press production. Barcode created from your supplied ISBN and price (see ISBN in our resources page). Clear communication with your printer to ensure accurate production and detailed review of press proofs (0n-site proof/press checks available).
  • Archive of production files. Source and press-ready files for your archives, marketing files (including jpg, png, tiff, pdf, and eps files as requested).
—Prices are in U.S. dollars and reflect trade paperback production. Fees may be customized for your project. Please contact us for a free estimate.