Premade Cover Design

Gorgeous, original covers designed with you in mind

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Premade Book Covers are a great, affordable solution for authors who are looking for great 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 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 (see example image to the right).

All premade cover orders also include your choice of discounted add-on services.

Candra Charmed - Premade Illustrated Contemporary Romance Romantic Comedy Book Cover from The Author Buddy

I loved working with the Author Buddy!

A beautiful cover and a great value. Something I value highly is working with people who stand by their work and remain professional from start to finish and that’s exactly what I got working with The Author Buddy. 5 stars! Will most definitely work with them again.

Emma Tharp

USA Today Bestselling Authoru

Rachel was Amazing

throughout the whole process and did helped me get the book cover of my dreams. It had everything that I had asked for and more and did an amazing job. When I’d open the first book cover idea over, I had ran to show it to my sister because it was amazing. Thank you Rachel, you were truly amazing to work with and I hope to work with you in the future.

Sera Marron

Author of A Twist Of Mafia Series

10/10 experience

…I’d been terrified of doing this, because I can be very particular about what I like…But working with Perrin and Rachel was such a delight! On top of being completely professional and talented, they’re also some of the most lovely people I’ve ever had the pleasure of dealing with. This was a 10/10 experience, and I’m already planning on returning for another cover when my next novel is ready to go!

Renée Shantel

Perrin is truly a gem

I’ve been publishing for over six years and have worked with a lot of cover designers during that time. Hand on heart, I can honestly say that Perrin is THE best I’ve worked with. She isn’t just a fantastic designer with a great eye, she is ENDLESSLY patient, organized, methodical, ridiculously professional, and handles tricky situations like a superhero.u003cbru003ePerrin truly is a gem, and I hope to be working with her on the next project very soon.

Sariah Denzin

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.

When you decide to purchase a Premade Book Cover Design from us, you’ll place your order on our website at theauthorbuddy.com. Please contact us through email if you have any trouble completing your purchase on the website.

Once we receive the order and the payment is finalized, we will send you a confirmation email within 48 hours. The confirmation email will include the details of your order, and we’ll provide information on any additional services you’ve requested, or additional customization requests.

If you already have your customization information for your eBook (title and author name) and provided that with your order, we sometimes send the mockup for your review with the confirmation email, or if our schedule does not allow that, we will provide an estimate on when you can expect to receive that with your confirmation email. A mockup needing only included customizations (title and author name) usually takes no more than a few business days. For additional revision requests, turnaround time will vary.

Once you receive the mockup of your customizations and reply to us with your approval, we will deliver the final file package through email (a Google Drive link) usually within a week of your order unless a specific deadline has been communicated to us. This can vary depending on our current schedule, the details of your order and any additional services you’ve requested.

The final eBook file package will include your eBook jpg file (1600x2560px) formatted for KDP and most other platforms, and Title Graphics, both in full color and solid black with transparent backgrounds, for use in your promotional materials and book. We also now include 3D Renders Graphics of your cover with transparent background, for use in your promotional materials. Your file package will also contain any additional services you have requested, such as Amazon A+ Content graphics, unless we have discussed other arrangements/timeline with you.

If you ordered the Print package (Paperback Cover) as well, in the confirmation email, we will ask for your book’s final page count, trim size, paper color, ink color, and back blurb. If you do not have this information yet, that’s completely fine! Once you have this information finalized, just reply to our email with that information, and we’ll start on the customizations for your Paperback Cover. You may receive your file package in two rounds if your Paperback information is not finalized at the time of the eBook customization completion.

At that point, the cover is yours! If you have any trouble with your files during publishing, need additional revisions, or need anything else, just reply to our email thread. We’re always happy to help!

Licensing

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 and Christley Creatives) 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, AIs, 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.

Customization

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.

Pricing

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 $125 eBook / $155 Paperback
Premium – Starting at $155 eBook / $185 Paperback
Platinum – Starting at $185 eBook / $215 Paperback
Platinum Plus – Starting at $245 eBook / $275 Paperback

We do occasionally list Premade Covers at a discount on sale or clearance.

We also have various Premade Cover Add-Ons available to help you get everything you need to promote your book.

Hardcover: $xx
Audiobook Cover: $xx
Social Media Profile Graphics Set: $xx
Social Media Promo Graphics Set: $xx
Amazon A+ Content Graphics: $xx
Bookmarks: $xx

Deliverables

When you purchase the eBook package for a Premade Book Cover Design from The Author Buddy or Christley Creatives, 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 Premade 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

Our Due Dilengence and yours

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