DIFFERENT. BOOK COVER DESIGN
CUSTOM MADE BOOK COVERS FOR INDIE & SELF-PUBLISHED AUTHORS
Imagine yourself surrounded by a vast ocean of books. You look around and gasp - there are so many! Millions of volumes, their pages flitting and fluttering around you. They never end, and more keep coming. There's a fresh deluge every day, and the quality varies wildly. How do you separate the wheat from the chaff?
Now imagine that you have one very special book in your breast pocket, kept close to your heart. It's an extraordinary book, because it's the one you've written. You've poured your sweat, ink, and tears into it, and now's the time to send it downstream where it will have to find its way among the others.
You're afraid that it might not make it. The currents may be unkind, and it could sink straight to the bottom. You know that readers will love it, if it can only drift their way. If anyone's going to pluck it from the water, it's going to have to make a good first impression.
We'll make your book stand out in that huge crowd.
We'll help your pride and joy on its path towards an audience.
Now imagine that you have one very special book in your breast pocket, kept close to your heart. It's an extraordinary book, because it's the one you've written. You've poured your sweat, ink, and tears into it, and now's the time to send it downstream where it will have to find its way among the others.
You're afraid that it might not make it. The currents may be unkind, and it could sink straight to the bottom. You know that readers will love it, if it can only drift their way. If anyone's going to pluck it from the water, it's going to have to make a good first impression.
We'll make your book stand out in that huge crowd.
We'll help your pride and joy on its path towards an audience.
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AWARDS FOR BOOK COVER DESIGN
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Alexander von Ness: Great cover design. Excellent tonality and perfectly balanced design. A dynamic and professionally designed book cover with strong design elements. A very appealing cover. Amazing job!
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Alexander von Ness: Great cover design! Kitten from DDD showed us how smart she is and how great she does her job. This is again a great classic book cover design that has everything in it. Tonality, typography, composition and again yellow color that emphasizes the main role and character of the story. Congratulations once again! -Look at how many ratings the book has. I am convinced that this wonderful book cover design contributed to the sale of the book! |
Alexander von Ness: Great cover design. Outstanding tonality and very intelligent composition. The yellow color that emphasizes the related elements (child and room) as a contrast to the dark blue is performed fantastically. This is a classic example of what a cover design should look like that is primarily focused on the target audience. Cover design that awakens the imagination and attracts attention. |
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Tanja Prokop: This is definitely my favorite cover design in the series. The typography is spot on. I have always admired Marushka’s color choices. Great work! |
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Tanja Prokop: Inviting colors and great typography.
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Tanja Prokop: Another great cover design with recognizable design elements.
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Tanja Prokop: This is my favourite cover design in the series. They are all very beautiful as single covers, but as a series, they look amazing!
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Tanja Prokop: I have to say that the team at DDD never lets the author down when it comes to professional cover design and eye-catching elements. I really love the moonlight in the back and the typography. Amazing!
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Tanja Prokop: A very strong image and great typography. Nice job!
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Tanja Prokop: All sequels are nicely designed! Great work. This one is my favourite of all three.
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Tanja Prokop: Another amazing cover design. Very well done!
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Tanja Prokop: There isn’t much I can say here. Perfect! Very well done!
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Tanja Prokop: A beautiful cover design with great design elements. An amazing cover design!
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Tanja Prokop: This is again a very powerful series created by Milo. Amazing fonts, placements and colors. Great job!
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Tanja Prokop: The image is powerful and the message is clear. The typography makes the difference between a solid and a great cover. This is a great cover! Simple, strong and powerful.
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Joel Friedlander: Here’s an equally strong series design for thrillers. Modern sans serif fonts are distressed to add texture, and the visual device of placing a very deep perspective image from the book against the background of the man’s back is artful and creates the kind of visual interest and tension that draws readers in. A series “branding” stripe completes the modern look.
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James Willis: Sculpturally interesting and very well controlled. The green is just enough. Despite the complex ornamentation the cover is nicely inclusive; not overly masculine or feminine. Very nice work.
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Dan Van Oss: Two well-designed covers that strongly communicate both the genre and the overall series. Nice use of simple, contrasting colors between the model’s dress and the magic swirls, as well as solid fantasy backgrounds that add to the feel. The title font and the elements around them also are solid for the genre, although they feel a little crowded and thin.
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Tanja Prokop: Again, nice colors and title treatment. Well done.
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Tanja Prokop: I’m not sure that I have ever seen a bad design from this designer. I really like the typography treatment
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Tanja Prokop: This series design definitely deserves praise and if this cover doesn’t make you buy the book, nothing will.
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Tanja Prokop: An amazingly combined cover design. All elements are in the right place. Very appealing and beautiful
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Joel Friedlander: This effective series design uses strong typography to complement the robust images of fighters. Crushed looks more effective simply because the image is easier to process instantly whereas the triangle created by the man’s arms on Slammed creates some complications.
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James Egan: A strong kickoff for the series. Uses a handful of textures and magic effects in a restrained way so as not to distract from the character and title
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Tanja Prokop: Strong imagery, simple typography and calming colors. A very beautiful cover.
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Tanja Prokop: Another amazing cover series. I love the attention to detail and clever usage of colors. Red gives the whole series a very recognizable touch and it is clear that the designer knows how to create an appealing cover. Very well done!
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Tanja Prokop: I love the colors in this cover. This is my favorite cover design of the whole series because of its calming colors and nice usage of imagery. The overall look is beautiful.
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Readers' Choice Award - Cover Of The Month ( July 2018)
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Finalist in the Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Awards
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Readers' Choice Award - Cover Of The Month ( February 2018)
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2017 JABBIC Grand Prize Winners
SECOND PLACE
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Joel Friedlander: This strong series design shows the dystopian landscapes in which the stories take place. The first 2 are the most effective, giving us a clear focus at the center of the cover.
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TLC Graphics: Unique imagery that’s put together so beautifully! This is a great example of many elements working together to convey a feeling without getting in the way of readability. While it works to capture the eye immediately, it also makes us want to stop and explore its details in more depth. Great job!
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Jeniffer Thompson: Successful cover. Nice use of colors and visuals, places you in the moment. Great type treatment and use of DNA symbol in place of the I. Author name stands out but doesn’t compete with the title. Well done.
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Jeniffer Thompson: Great cover. Nice balance and strong visuals. Colors stand out.
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Joel Friedlander: A strong series design that features exciting action on the high seas and a dynamic heroine.
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Joel Friedlander: A terrific combination of images that, by showing both the creation of the world, and one of its inhabitants, creates real excitement.
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Joel Friedlander:Here’s a great design for a sci-fi/fantasy series. Dramatic lighting, evocative textures, careful type, and that central rose ensure all these covers will delight fans.
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Joel Friedlander: Another strong series design. This one has clever branding embedded in the title element, and the background images are treated almost as a texture, dramatizing the contrast with the small figure of the woman. Well done.
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Michele DeFilippo: Perfect design, typography, composition, and color for a thriller. Kudos
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Joel Friedlander: If you tried to put together a list of the qualities of a great ebook cover, this series would have it all. Terrific visibility, even at postage-stamp size, a fetching character, a focus on one emblematic bit of story, and a crystal clear idea of who the readers are.
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Joel Friedlander: A spectacular series design for steampunk fantasy. The unique title treatment combined with subtle colors glimpses of title-identifying environments.
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Thomas McGee: Powerful imagery coupled with well-treated typography and a striking overall composition. Well done.
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Joel Friedlander: A beautifully textured cover that combines strong typography with just enough environment (at the bottom) to make a complete and satisfying whole.
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Joel Friedlander: Clean, simple, dramatic, and effective. This design hits the target.
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Joel Friedlander: A beautifully rendered design with lots of evocative texture and the “old book” look too.
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Joel Friedlander: Strong typography and cleverly combined images lend an air of drama to this good looking cover.
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Joel Friedlander: Very cool and just right
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Joel Friedlander: Everything works well on this cover. The color, and the decorative font pull it all together.
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Joel Friedlander: All the elements come together beautifully in this cover, from the gorgeous textures to the well-chosen illustration to the graceful title treatment. Nicely done.
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