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For authors who want to see a direction before spending anything.
- One generated cover concept
- Watermarked preview, screen resolution
- No account required
- Personal review only — not for publishing
Free, no card.
Book cover design, priced for independent authors
Start with a free preview. Pay only when there is a file you can actually use — a print-ready front cover prepared from a direction or a cover you own (from $19), or a cover drawn from scratch around your brief (from $49). A custom cover with a full wrap runs $78–98.
Every tier has a written scope and a revision limit. No subscription, no account, no auto-renew.
$19
For one print-ready front cover, built from the direction you picked here or from a cover you already own.
- One front cover, prepared by a designer
- Print-ready file at your trim
- Two revision rounds
- 1,600 x 2,560 px ebook file included
Front cover only. A full wrap needs a custom order.
$49+
For a cover drawn around your brief, not a template.
- Three initial concepts
- Two revision rounds
- Front cover plus ebook file
- Starting price — quote confirmed before work starts
Final price depends on complexity.
Full wrap, added to a custom cover — $29–49. A custom cover starts at $49, so a custom cover with a wrap starts at $78. Back cover and spine laid out to match your front, delivered as a KDP print PDF with bleed and safe area. Add it to a custom order when you are ready to print; the exact price is confirmed with the quote.
Tell us the book, get a price
Four fields and a note. You get a price, a timeline and a sample plan within one business day, and nothing is charged until you approve the sample.
What you buy is a designer's re-creation of the direction you pick — not the library sample you saw in the preview, and not the preview file with its watermark removed. Payment is requested after your quote or sample is confirmed, and the brief form arrives on the order page.
Four steps, no guesswork
The brief is the part authors skip too fast. A clear brief saves a revision round.
Send the brief
Title, genre, audience, comparable books you like, trim size and page count, plus any images you own. No reference images are fine — describe the feeling instead.
See three drafts
For custom work you get three directions. For a front-cover order you get two revision rounds. Pick one direction; we do not keep redrawing all three.
Two revision rounds
Each round is one consolidated set of changes: type, spacing, color, image treatment. This is where most covers are finished.
KDP files
Front cover at 1,600 x 2,560 px for the ebook. Add full wrap for a print PDF with back cover, spine and bleed — sizes taken from KDP's current template.
Direction, not decoration
These are template-based concept boards, shown to explain a direction. Paid work is drawn for your title and genre — the final files do not reuse these layouts.
Pricing FAQ
Questions before you pay
Is the $49 custom price final?+
No — $49 is the starting price for a custom cover (front cover design). The quote is confirmed in writing after the brief: illustration, lettering and a full wrap take more time. You see the number before any work starts, and you can walk away then.
Do you guarantee KDP will approve the file?+
No, and nobody honestly can. KDP reviews files itself. What we do is follow KDP's current published specs for trim, bleed, safe area and spine, and fix any spec mistake we caused. The final review is KDP's call.
Can you use this cover I found online as a reference?+
Only if you own it or have a license for it. We do not copy covers, artwork or fonts we do not have the rights to use. Send your own references, or a written description, and we build from that.
What does the $19 front cover include?+
One front cover, prepared as a print-ready file at your trim, with two revision rounds. It starts from the direction you picked in the free preview or from a cover you already own. It does not include a back cover or spine; those come with the full wrap, which is added to a custom order.
What is the full wrap add-on?+
A back cover and spine laid out to match your front cover, delivered as a KDP print PDF with bleed and safe area. It is an add-on to a custom cover, which starts at $49, so a custom cover with a wrap starts at $78 ($49 + $29). The wrap itself is $29–49 depending on how much copy and artwork the back cover needs.
Can I get a refund?+
The preview is free, so there is nothing to refund. Paid work is quoted before it starts and nothing is charged until you approve the sample. After the first draft we finish the agreed revision rounds; if the delivered files do not match the brief, we fix them or refund the unused part.
How long does it take?+
Timelines depend on the current queue and how complete your brief is. We agree a date in writing before starting and tell you if we cannot hit it. We do not promise rush delivery unless it is agreed in the quote.
What is included, in writing
Each quote lists what you get: number of concepts, number of revision rounds, file formats and file dimensions. A revision round means one consolidated set of changes — not unlimited redraws. Additions outside the quote (a back cover, a different illustration) are priced separately before we start.
Refunds follow the same logic. Before work starts: full refund. After the first draft: we finish the agreed rounds, and if the delivered files do not match the brief we fix them or refund the unused part. A delivered file that is corrupt or unusable is redone or refunded within 7 days.
We do not guarantee that KDP or any retailer will approve a file, and we do not work from cover art, images or fonts you do not have the rights to use. You keep the rights to the final cover; we do not resell it.
Tell us about the book
Email the brief and we reply with a fixed quote and a start date. Include title, genre, trim size, page count and what you already have. There is no form to fill in and no account to create.
Email hello@bookcovergen.comWe reply within one business day. A brief usually takes ten minutes to write.
BookCoverGen is an independent tool and design service. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Amazon or Kindle Direct Publishing. KDP dimensions and file requirements can change; the final print file should always be checked against KDP's current template.