Covers
They say you can't judge a book by its cover, but you can judge its sales that way. It’s a fact that Lulu books with custom covers sell four times as many copies as those with a default template.
Custom
$80
Graphic Designer
1 initial version
2 rounds of revisions
- 2 piece cover
- Email support
Premium
$450
Senior Designer
2 initial versions
2 rounds of revisions
- 1 piece cover
- Email support
Deluxe
$999
Cover Design Specialist
Phone support
3 initial versions
3 rounds of revisions
- 1 piece cover
- Email support
How Cover Design Works
What to submit:
- Your title, sub-title, author name, royalty-free images and artistic direction
- An image for the front cover
- An author photo
- A blurb for the back cover
- Optional files that you’d like included
- Your exact final page count (to create your correct spine width)
- Your ISBN, if you have one (to create your barcode). We recommend that you obtain an ISBN before beginning this service, since barcodes are required by Lulu’s Mandatory Distribution Requirements.
For Premium and Deluxe Covers:
After purchasing a service, Lulu will send you instructions on how to select your page design template and how to submit your file.
Services Include:
Custom Cover - $80
- A cover that will incorporate your title, sub-title, author name, and royalty-free images to suit your book, as well as suggestions you submit
- An image for the front cover that you submit (optional)
- An author photo that you submit (optional)
- A blurb for the back cover that you submit (optional)
- Two rounds of revisions to ensure that our designers get it just right
see examples >
Premium Cover - $450
- A cover that will incorporate your title, sub-title, author name, ISBN barcode, spine, and royalty-free images to suit your book, as well as suggestions you submit
- An image for the front cover that you submit (optional)
- A blurb for the back cover that you submit (optional)
- Two initial designs to choose between
- An author photo that you submit (optional)
- Two rounds of revisions to ensure that our designers get it just right
see examples >
Deluxe Cover - $999
- A cover that will incorporate your title, sub-title, author name, ISBN barcode, spine, and up to $20 in royalty-free images to suit your book, as well as suggestions you submit
- Any images for the front cover that you submit (optional)
- An author photo that you submit (optional)
- A blurb for the back cover that you submit (optional)
- Three initial designs to choose among
- Three rounds of revisions to ensure that our designers get it just right
see examples >
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