Designed for the thumbnail, built for every store
eBook Cover Design Services — Professional Covers That Sell on Kindle, Apple Books, and in Print
Readers decide in about the time it takes to scroll past a thumbnail. Our eBook cover design service creates a custom, genre-right cover that reads clearly at thumbnail size and looks sharp full-screen — delivered at the exact dimensions Amazon KDP, Apple Books, Kobo, and Google Play ask for, with a full paperback wrap on the Standard and Elite packages.
Designed for Your Genre
Built on what sells in your category
Every Store's Exact Specs
1,600 × 2,560px for Kindle, plus a 2:3 version
Print Covers Too
Front, spine, and back on Standard and Elite
First Design in 4–6 Days
With revisions included
Get Your Cover Designed
Custom design by a specialist. No templates, ever.
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Choose Your Cover Package
Basic
$40
Best for: eBook-only releases
- Front cover (eBook)✓
- Back cover + spine (paperback wrap)—
- Initial concepts1
- Revision rounds1
- Every eBook store size✓
- Print-ready PDF (KDP template)—
First design in 4–6 business days
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Standard
$60
Best for: eBook + paperback
- Front cover (eBook)✓
- Back cover + spine (paperback wrap)✓
- Initial concepts2
- Revision rounds2
- Every eBook store size✓
- Print-ready PDF (KDP template)✓
First design in 4–6 business days
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Elite
$80
Best for: Authors who want more options
- Front cover (eBook)✓
- Back cover + spine (paperback wrap)✓
- Initial concepts4
- Revision rounds4
- Every eBook store size✓
- Print-ready PDF (KDP template)✓
First design in 4–6 business days
Choose Elite ↑
What Every Cover Design Order Includes
Formatting the inside too? See our Kindle Conversion, ePub Conversion, and KDP Print Paperback services.
Why Your Cover Matters More Than Your Blurb
On Amazon, Apple Books, and Kobo, your cover is usually the first — and often the only — thing a shopper sees before scrolling on. It appears as a thumbnail roughly the size of a postage stamp in search results, in “Customers also bought,” and in ads. A cover that works at that size earns the click; everything else on your book page only matters after it.
A professional cover does three jobs in that half-second: it tells the reader what genre the book is, it looks as polished as the traditionally published books beside it, and its title is readable without zooming in.
What shoppers judge in half a second
- ✓ Genre: does it look like the books I read?
- ✓ Quality: does it look traditionally published?
- ✓ Legibility: can I read the title as a thumbnail?
- ✓ Mood: does it match the story or promise inside?
DIY Cover Tools vs. a Professional Cover Designer
Template Tools Make Look-Alike Covers
Free template tools are popular — which is exactly the problem. Thousands of books share the same layouts and fonts, and readers notice.
Wrong Sizes Get Flagged or Blurred
Covers exported at the wrong dimensions are stretched, letterboxed, or flagged. KDP warns if your cover is under 2,560px tall and does not display covers under 500px on the shortest side.
Print Covers Are Unforgiving
A paperback wrap needs the exact spine width for your page count plus bleed on every edge. Get it wrong and KDP sends the file back.
None of this means you cannot design your own cover. It means a professional cover pays for itself in clicks.
eBook and Print Cover Sizes We Deliver
| Store | What we deliver | Package |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Kindle (KDP) | 1,600 × 2,560px, RGB JPEG, under 5MB | All |
| Apple Books | 2:3 portrait version, RGB JPEG | All |
| Kobo | 1,600 × 2,400px (2:3), RGB JPEG | All |
| Google Play Books | 1,600 × 2,400px (2:3), RGB JPEG | All |
| KDP Paperback | Print-ready PDF — full wrap with spine and bleed, sized to your trim size and page count | Standard & Elite |
Full specifications for every platform are in our free eBook Cover Size Guide. Amazon's own requirements are in KDP's Cover Image Guidelines.
Genres We Design For
Romance
Couples, florals, or illustrated rom-com — matched to your sub-genre.
Thriller & Mystery
Bold type, dark palettes, and tension in a single image.
Fantasy & Sci-Fi
Atmospheric scenes, symbols, and typography with presence.
Non-Fiction & Business
Clean, confident, title-led covers that promise an outcome.
Memoir & Literary
Understated, photographic, or typographic — built around the story.
Children's Books
Bright, character-led covers — pair with our Children's Book Formatting.
How eBook Cover Design Works
Order → Brief → Design → Deliver. The same simple process as every Ebookifi service.
Cover Design Pricing
| Package | What is included | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | eBook front cover · 1 concept · 1 revision round · every eBook store size | $40 |
| Standard | Front + back cover with spine (paperback wrap) · 2 concepts · 2 revision rounds | $60 |
| Elite | Everything in Standard · 4 concepts · 4 revision rounds | $80 |
| Series, box sets, custom illustration | Quoted individually | Contact us → |
If your cover needs a custom illustration, a matching series look, or a box-set design, please use our custom quote form so we can price it accurately before you order.
Every order includes: Genre research · Custom design · Every eBook store size · Revisions · Lifetime file warranty
What We Need From You
- ✓ Your book title and subtitle, exactly as they will appear on the store
- ✓ Your author name — plus series name and number, if any
- ✓ Your genre and a two- or three-sentence description of the book
- ✓ 2–3 covers you like in your genre, and anything you want to avoid
- ✓ Any photo or artwork you want used — only images you have the right to use on a book cover
- ✓ For a paperback (Standard or Elite): your trim size and final page count, because the spine width depends on it
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eBook Cover Design — Frequently Asked Questions
Basic is $40 (front cover, 1 concept, 1 revision round). Standard is $60 (front and back cover with spine for your paperback, 2 concepts, 2 revision rounds). Elite is $80 (everything in Standard, with 4 concepts and 4 revision rounds). Series and custom illustration are quoted individually — use our custom quote form.
Basic if you are publishing an eBook only. Standard if you are also publishing a paperback. Elite if you want more creative directions to choose from and more room to refine.
Amazon KDP recommends 1,600 × 2,560px (width × height), in RGB, under 5MB. We deliver exactly that, plus a 2:3 version for other stores. See our eBook Cover Size Guide.
Your first design arrives within 4–6 business days. Revision rounds are usually turned around within a few days.
Yes — send it with your brief. Please make sure you have the right to use it on a book cover; images copied from the internet can lead to copyright claims.
Yes, on the Standard and Elite packages. We build the full wrap — front, spine, and back — to KDP's template for your trim size and page count, so send your final page count before we finish the print file.
Yes. The final cover design is yours to use on your book and in your marketing.
Yes — that is our core service. See Kindle Conversion, ePub Conversion, KDP Print Paperback, or the Kindle + ePub Bundle.
Give Your Book the Cover It Deserves
Professional cover design from $40. Every eBook store size. Paperback wraps on Standard and Elite. First design in 4–6 business days.
Formatting the inside too? Ask about our Kindle, ePub, and print formatting services.