Author Book Design and Branding
A well-designed book can be an authority builder, conversation starter, calling card, lead generator, speaking credential, and gateway to your next opportunity.
You’ve done the hard part. You’ve written the book. You’ve spent months, maybe years, getting the words just right. So why treat your book as a one-off project? From the cover that gets someone to pick it up to the story that keeps them turning pages, every design decision matters.






Cover-to-Cover. Page-to-Platform. Choose Your Mission
📕 THE FIRST EDITION: Essential Book Cover Design
$850–$1,250
Your book is more than a collection of pages. It’s your ideas, your voice, and your vision. Let’s give it the design treatment it deserves. For authors with a completed manuscript who need a professional cover and interior design that captures the spirit of their book and gets it noticed.
Includes:
- Initial creative consultation
- Creative direction and cover concept development
- Custom front cover, spine, and back cover
- Typography and imagery
- Ebook cover adaptation
- Print-ready cover files
- Three rounds of revisions (additional revisions rounds and rewrites may incur fees)
- Guidance on preparing files for your publishing platform
Best for: Authors who need professional cover design and already have interior formatting covered.
📖 COVER TO COVER: Complete Book Cover and Interior Design
$1,600–$4,500+
FEATURED PACKAGE
Your book deserves a cohesive design experience, not just a pretty cover. This signature package takes your manuscript from raw document to professionally designed publication, inside and out.
Includes everything in The First Edition, plus:
- Custom interior typography and layout
- Chapter openers and section styling
- Running heads, page numbers, and folios
- Pull quotes and decorative elements
- Tables, charts, and image placement (within agreed scope)
- Print-ready interior and cover PDFs
- Standard reflowable EPUB formatting
- Three rounds of revisions (additional revisions rounds and rewrites may incur fees)
- Publishing platform specifications
- Final production files and handoff guidance
Best for: Authors who want a professionally designed book, inside and out, without coordinating multiple designers.
📚 THE AUTHOR UNIVERSE: Book Design + Author Branding + Promotion
$5,500–$7,500+
For authors who want to build a recognizable identity and establish a professional presence around their work. This package takes you beyond the book and into the world of author branding, marketing, and promotion.
Includes everything in Cover to Cover, plus:
Author Brand Identity
- Author brand discovery and positioning
- Custom author logo or wordmark
- Brand colors, typography, and imagery direction
- Mini Author Brand Guide
Marketing & Promotion
- Book launch graphics
- Social media promotional templates
- Book announcement graphics
- Bookmark or postcard design
- Digital author media kit
- Author bio and book description styling
Digital Presence
- Author website or landing page design
- Digital branding elements
- Email signature design
Best for: Authors who want to build an author platform, promote their work, and create a recognizable brand that can grow with future publications.
A Few Things to Know
- Manuscript readiness: Manuscripts should be fully edited and proofread before interior design begins.
- Project scope: Package pricing assumes a standard text-based manuscript of approximately 60,000–80,000 words. Longer manuscripts, extensive photography, complex tables, illustrations, and highly designed publications require a custom estimate.
- Revisions: Three consolidated rounds of revisions are included. Additional rounds or significant changes to approved concepts may incur additional fees.
- Website services: Website development, hosting, advanced functionality, and extensive copywriting are scoped separately.
- Not included: Printing, ISBN registration, publishing, distribution, and related platform fees.
Ready for Your Next Chapter? Let’s Get Your Book Out Into the Universe.