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Custom Book Cover Design

Bring Your Vision to Life with Custom Cover Design

Go beyond the standard cover design included with every publishing package with a distinctive design created specifically for your book, your genre, and your vision.

Greater Creative Freedom
Design Built Around Your Vision
More Distinctive Cover Concept
Examples of professionally designed books published by Outskirts Press

Designed for Your Book

Your Cover Should Tell Readers What Kind of Book They're Looking At

A strong book cover does more than look good. It should reflect your book's genre, audience, and tone, helping the right readers recognize what your book offers at a glance. Custom Cover Design gives your designer greater creative freedom to develop a distinctive visual direction around your specific book.

Genre Sets the right visual expectations
Audience Appeals to the readers you want to reach
Tone Reflects the feeling and personality of your book

Your Book. Your Vision.

Choose the Right Level of Custom Design

Whether you want creative options, have a clear direction, or need original artwork, there's a custom approach for your book.

Professionally Designed Custom Book Cover

Premium Custom Cover

Two Design Concepts

Receive two professionally developed creative directions before choosing the cover that's right for your book.

$599

What You Get

  • Two professionally designed custom cover concepts
  • Custom typography and complete front, spine, and back design
  • Professional, genre-appropriate visual direction

Best for: Authors who want creative options and greater flexibility before selecting a final direction.

Professionally Designed Custom Book Cover LITE

LITE Custom Cover

One Design Concept

A streamlined custom-design experience for authors who already have a strong creative direction.

$499

What You Get

  • One professionally developed custom cover concept
  • Custom typography and complete front, spine, and back design
  • Focused development around your creative direction

Best for: Authors with a clear vision who don't need to compare multiple concepts.

Custom Illustrated Cover

Illustrated Custom Cover

Original Artwork

When existing imagery can't capture your concept, original artwork can create a distinctive visual world for your book.

$999

What You Get

  • Original artwork created specifically for your book concept
  • Custom typography and complete front, spine, and back design
  • A distinctive artistic approach unique to your book

Best for: Books where original artwork and visual storytelling are important to the concept.

Not Sure Which to Choose?

Start with How Much Creative Direction You Need

I Want Options

Choose Premium Custom Cover Design when you want to compare two creative approaches before deciding.

I Know What I Want

Choose LITE Custom Cover Design when you have a clear vision and want one focused custom concept.

I Need Original Artwork

Choose an Illustrated Custom Cover when your concept calls for imagery created specifically for your book.

Find the Right Cover for Your Book

Your Publishing Consultant can help you choose the design approach that best fits your book, your creative vision, and your publishing goals.

Schedule a Free Consultation

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