The first step is to brainstorm or have a good think about what you're after in a book cover and what kind of genre/category your book falls into.

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Then you can either email me at author@eljulian.com or fill out the below form with all the necessary information (which type of cover(s) you're interested in, book genre; release date/cover reveal date, if you have it; elements or motifs you might like incorporated into your design, etc)

The more information you can provide, the better; as quoted prices vary based on estimated complexity of the design you are after.

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Once you've accepted your quote, and paid your deposit, the design process will begin. This will involve detailed questioning about your specific cover, market research, researching other cover designs you like/dislike.

After that, I will provide 3 draft concepts for you to review.

If none of these initial concepts are quite what you're after, fear not - I'll do another 3 based on your previous feedback until we get a basic concept you're happy with.

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Then comes the revision and refining stage. I will take your feedback and refine the concept you liked best, and play around with a variety of fonts for the title and author name to gauge what kinds of styles you like for each, respectively.

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Once you are happy with your image design and font, I will purchase the selected images (standard license) and do up a clean, polished, final book cover for you. 

By this stage (if commissioning a paperback spread) I will require your final page count, hook (if desired), subtitle (if desired), and back cover blurb. 

Once the cover(s) is complete & you have paid the final installment I will provide you with the cover(s) you requested in their correct format and colour profile as well as any add-ons included in your bundle deal. 

You will also receive a specification document detailing all the fonts used (and styles/size), links and thumbnails to all images used; you will also receive PDFs of each image's standard license.