Premade Cover Design
Gorgeous, original covers designed with you in mind
Premade Cover Design Services
Premade Book Covers are a great, affordable solution for authors who are looking for beautiful book cover design on a budget.
☆ Our Premade Covers are designed with great care by our experienced designers who know just how to create an eye-catching cover to promote your book in its best light.
☆ ALL Premade Cover Designs from The Author Buddy can be turned into a series, so whether you need one cover or twelve, we’ve got you covered.
☆ ALL Premade Cover orders include title graphics for use in your own media and book interior, as well as beautiful 3D Renders or Flat Lays of your cover for promotion.
☆ All premade cover orders also include your choice of discounted add-on services.
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How it Works
Premade cover designers all have slightly different processes, so even if you’ve purchased a Premade from someone else before, it’s helpful to familiarize yourself with our process.
What to Know Before You Order
As the purchaser, once final payment is received, you will be granted exclusive license to the use of the final cover artwork for your book and promotional materials. No one else may use that artwork for their book.
We (The Author Buddy, Christley Creatives, and or KiWi Cover Design) retain full rights of the finished artwork as the cover designer (meaning you cannot claim that you designed the cover yourself), as well as the right to showcase all of the covers and other artwork we create in our portfolio and promotional materials, but we cannot resell them or reuse them in new Premade or Custom designs.
- The purchaser does not retain the rights to alter the cover design.
We do not provide the native file format for cover artwork (PSDs, etc), and Book Cover artwork should not be modified in any way. If you need revisions to your design in the future, please email us at hello@theauthorbuddy.com. We can provide the flat artwork for your cover with no title and no author name if requested, for use in promotional materials for the book, but this art cannot be used to create a new cover or new separate artwork.
As most of our designs use stock photography/imagery, please note that the designs are also still bound by the terms of the stock imagery usage license, and the stock images still legally belong to the original creator. Most of the stock images we use in our designs are licensed under the Standard License.
- In order to keep our prices affordable, we purchase the Standard Image License for stock imagery, as this is sufficient for most author’s needs. The Standard Image License includes unlimited digital (eBook) sales and up to 500,000 units in a print/paperback run. This limit is set by the stock image provider. If you expect to go, or end up going, over these limits, please email us to let us know, and we will assist you in purchasing an Extended License for the images used in your cover.
- We are happy to provide proof of the licenses for the images used in our premade covers upon request after you’ve purchased your premade.
- We do not use AI generators in any step of the process in the creation of any of our designs. All of our designs are created using licensed stock images, or original photography and artwork. We make every effort to avoid AI generated images from stock photo providers, and we monitor the policies of the stock providers regularly to ensure we are aware if AI imagery is ever added to their collections.
If you have any questions about our licensing policies, please email us at hello@theauthorbuddy.com.
Sometimes you find a premade cover and it’s just not quite right.
That’s ok! We are happy to make adjustments to our premade covers.
Customization of the title, author name, and blurb are included for free with all Premade Book Cover Design purchases. Sometimes, certain minor revisions can also be completed for no additional charge, depending on the specifics of the design.
For revisions beyond minor adjustments, there will be a minimum $25 design fee.
If you need additional revisions, just select “I need additional revisions” for your customization option when you purchase your design, and we will contact you about the details of your request and discuss an estimate for the design fee for the revisions.
You can also email us at hello@theauthorbuddy.com to discuss your revision requests before you purchase, and we can let you know if an additional charge will be needed for those revisions and an estimate for the fee.
Our goal is to provide quality premade covers at an affordable price, so we have lots of options available for various budget needs.
Premade Covers on this website are generally priced according to the following categories:
- Professional – Starting at $135 eBook / $185 eBook + Paperback
- Premium – Starting at $165 eBook / $215 eBook + Paperback
- Platinum – Starting at $195 eBook / $245 eBook + Paperback
- Platinum Plus – Starting at $255 eBook / $305 eBook + Paperback
We do occasionally list Premade Covers at a discount on sale or clearance.
We have various Premade Cover Add-Ons available to help you get everything you need to promote your book.
- Hardcover wrap: $65
- Audiobook Cover: $65
- Social Media Promo Graphics Set (reg. $60): $55.00
- Social Media Promo Graphics Set Premium (reg. $105): $90
- Individual Promo Graphics: $15.00
- Amazon A+ Content Graphics – Set of Three (reg. $50): $40.00
- Bookmark Design – Single Side (reg. $30): $25.00
- Bookmark Design – Double Side (reg. $50): $45.00
- Cover Art without Title (reg. $20 ea.): $15.00
Click here to learn more about our Cover Add-Ons & View Samples
When you purchase the eBook package for a Premade Book Cover Design through The Author Buddy, you receive:
- One eBook jpg file (1600x2560px) formatted for KDP and most other platforms
- Title Graphics, both in full color and solid black with transparent backgrounds, for use in your promotional materials and book
- eBook 3D Render Graphic with transparent background, for use in your promotional materials
When you purchase the Print package for a Premade Book Cover Design, you receive:
- One eBook jpg file (1600x2560px) formatted for KDP and most other platforms
- Title Graphics, both in full color and solid black with transparent backgrounds, for use in your promotional materials and book
- One Paperback PDF formatted for KDP (or other printer if you choose) using the specifications you provide to us (trim size, page count, paper color, ink color)
- eBook and Paperback 3D Render Graphics with transparent background, for use in your promotional materials
When designers and authors work together, we can create a truly great experience,
What we ask of our authors:
- When you receive your confirmation email, please respond to let us know you have received it, and let us know if you have a specific deadline.
- Please reply promptly to emails so that we may ensure a timely delivery.
- If you purchased the premade and want to hold it for future use, please respond to your confirmation email and let us know, so that we don’t continue reaching out about your customizations if you are not ready for them yet.
What we provide for our authors:
- Quality premade book cover designs at an affordable price, listed on an easily accessible website with an easy ordering process.
- Timely communication and status updates throughout the project, transparency about our process, and advance notice of all pricing and invoicing.
- File packages appropriately formatted to technical specifications of all final cover artwork
- Guidance and assistance to the author throughout the publishing process
Check out our Portfolio to see the work we’ve done with other author
We’ve prepared a detailed FAQ page to help make sure all of your questions are answered, so you can order your premade cover with confidence.
Looking for more Info?
We’ve prepared a detailed FAQ page to help make sure all of your questions are answered, so you can signup for your custom cover with confidence.
Or maybe you want to see some samples of our work?
Check out our Portfolio to see the work we’ve done with other authors!
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