Custom Author Branding Services
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Looking for the perfect branding for your pen name, series, or author business? —— THIS PAGE IS NOT DONE ——
Work with our team of experienced designers to create your perfect custom branding! Check out the options below for the perfect solution for your needs and budget.
☆ We offer logo design for author branding, as well as in-story organizations (like a sports team), series logos, and even non-book-related business logos.
☆ All Custom Branding orders also include your choice of discounted add-on services.
Samples of Custom Author Branding Packages from The Author Buddy
Custom Author Packages
Professional Custom Branding
Design
Our most affordable custom branding design option
Includes:
- Logo Design in one (1) primary format (format options: square/circle, horizontal, vertical, badge), in full color and solid colors
- Branding Board and style guide with color hex codes and fonts
- Minimal revisions (one hour or less) included
Starting* at:
$160
Premium Custom Branding
Design
Our most popular custom branding design option
Includes:
- Logo Design in one (1) primary format and one (1) alternate format (format options: square/circle, horizontal, vertical, badge, signature), in full color and solid colors
- Isolated Icon format
- Branding Board and style guide with color hex codes and fonts
- Minor revisions (two hours or less) included
Starting* at:
$200
Platinum Custom Branding
Design
The perfect option for an extra special brand
Includes:
- Logo Design in one (1) primary format and two (2) alternate formats (format options: square/circle, horizontal, vertical, badge, signature), in full color and solid colors
- Isolated Icon format
- Branding Board and style guide with color hex codes and fonts
- Branded texture/background pack for use in graphics and swag
- Extensive revisions (up to four hours) included
Starting* at:
$250
Platinum PLUS Branding
Design & Event Graphics
Everything you need for Author Events and Signings
Includes:
- Logo Design in one (1) primary format and two (2) alternate formats (format options: square/circle, horizontal, vertical, badge, signature), in full color and solid colors
- Isolated Icon format
- Branding Board and style guide with color hex codes and fonts
- Branded texture/background pack for use in graphics and swag
- Extensive revisions (up to four hours) included
- Event Banner Design
- Three Tabletop Graphics/Flyers
- Custom QR Code
- Custom Double-sided Bookmarks or a Set of Three Custom Stickers
Starting* at:
$400
* Listed pricing is valid unless the author requests additional revisions during the design process or requests additional art or elements be included.
How it Works
Cover designers all have slightly different processes, so even if you’ve commissioned a custom cover 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.
Our goal is to provide quality custom covers at an affordable price, so we have lots of options available for various budget needs.
Our Custom Cover Packages are priced according to the following categories:
- Professional – Starting at $165 eBook / $215 eBook + Paperback
- Premium – Starting at $195 eBook / $245 eBook + Paperback
- Platinum – Starting at $225 eBook / $275 eBook + Paperback
- Platinum Plus – Starting at $285 eBook / $335 eBook + Paperback
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 Custom Cover Design from The Author Buddy, you receive:
- 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 Custom Book Cover Design, you receive:
- 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
- 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 any questions or concerns about the project not shared in the signup form.
- Please reply promptly to emails so that we may ensure a timely delivery.
What we provide for our authors:
- Quality custom book cover designs at an affordable price, listed on an easily accessible website with an easy signup 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 authors.
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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