Custom Ebook Covers for Smashwords and Kindle
Book Covers
Ebook covers $69
Contact us at caligraphicsart@gmail.com
Our original cover designs are $69 plus the cost of any stock photos we may need to purchase from online sources. If you have your own image we may be able to use it. All genres are cool with us. We'll send you proofs until you're happy with your cover, and then you'll be provided with a high-quality .jpg for upload to Smashwords and/or Amazon. We can also create a version for your Audible book for an additional $19. Thumbnails, web banners and other formats and sizes, including the Photoshop file, are also available. Contact us and tell us about your book.
Print covers $89
We also do print covers for CreateSpace, Lulu, Booklocker and others. Discounts available when we do an ebook and a print cover together.
Help! - FREE
If you're publishing your first ebook and have questions, don't worry - we provide professional guidance uploading your book and/or cover to your publisher.
We're easy to work with:
- Contact us and tell us about your book and we'll get back to you the same day.
- If you have any images you'd like to use you may email them to us. If you need an image or photo you can browse Shutterstock or Istockphoto or Dreamstime and send us the file number of any photos you think might work and we can download free comps.
- We'll work up a few ideas, with your title and author name, and put them up on a private web page for your consideration and then we'll make as many edits, per your suggestions, as it takes to get a cover you're happy with.
- Then we'll send you a PayPal invoice. When it's paid we'll email your cover to you.
Browse our ebook cover portfolio.
Some of our ready-made $69 covers at SelfPubBookCovers.
Formatting
Ebook formatting: up to 50,000 words, $50 / 50,000 - 100,000 words, $75 / over 100,000 words, we'll give you an estimate
The interior of your book formatted from your proofed Word document for inclusion into the Premium Catalog at Smashwords. Linked Table of Contents up to 25 chapters, front and back matter and live links to your website/blog/Smashwords page included. Print formatting for CreateSpace, Lulu and other POD services also available. We aren't editors, so we don't check grammar and spelling, but we will fix any errors we notice.
Web sites
Web Site Development, blogs, Facebook landing pages, Twitter and YouTube backgrounds to promote your ebook. Custom designed one-page site with links and graphics - $150. Hosting available for $49 per year.
All work is done in our studio in bucolic Dickson, TN, USA. We don't outsource anything, and we answer all emails and phone calls personally.
Yes, We Really Do Judge Books by Their Covers from the Huffington Post.
The cover is your first chance to grab a viewer's interest, and studies show that you've got only about 3 seconds before they click on it or keep surfing.
Mark Coker at Smashwords on the cover: "Your e-book cover image. That’s the first impression you make to an e-book buyer. A good cover image makes a promise to a reader: This is the book you’re looking for. If the cover image doesn’t make the right promise, it limits your virality."
We also do:
- Print Design - Ads, Flyers, Business Cards, etc.
- Photo Editing, Restoring, Retouching and Manipulation
- T-Shirt Design
- Logo Design
We accept PayPal, checks and money orders. all prices USD
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Cal Sharp - Owner/Creative Director • Dickson, TN
Twenty years experience in graphic design for print and web. We're located in Dickson, Tennessee and provide design services locally and world wide.
At Caligraphics™ we use Mac computers and Adobe software and perform work at your home or small business in the Dickson area, or in our studio, where your files may be emailed to and from anywhere in the world. Proofs of web sites or print projects will be provided, and we work with you until we get what you want. For print jobs, print-ready files in any format you require will be sent or delivered, and for local jobs we can outsource your job to a local printer.
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I'm a writer, too, which is one of the reasons for Caligraphics.
The other reason is I've been a graphic designer for 30 years.
"Chevy Summer" , "The Beast From the Back of the Bus" and "Steel Guitar Insanity" are available at Smashwords.
More info about these books is available at my writer site.
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“My first attempt at publishing an ebook through Smashwords was a great learning experience. This process was made even more enjoyable working with Cal from Caligraphics. I had a catchy title and hilarious content ready to go and Cal delivered exactly what I had envisioned for the cover image. With his high quality design skills, great communication and prompt delivery, I will be definitely calling on Cal to create the cover for my next project. Many thanks for an awesome job!!!!” Jokes From the Barfly Archives - Pat Medoodal. |
"As a new author with ebook in hand, I needed help. After window shopping websites, Caligraphics said the right things, and delivered! Cal provided brilliant cover options in a design process that was nothing short of fun. I also needed formatting assistance. When I posted my first book on both Smashwords and Amazon, it was accepted the first time. Add to this a fair price, reliable communications and the desire to get it right, and Cal has made this writer a very satisfied customer. I already consider him a partner for my next project." - Rick Fredericksen |
Hey Cal ~ that is awesome! I'm gonna go with that. - Paul Giannetta. "Witch" available at Smashwords 
I just want to say that I think this cover is one of your best. I really love it. I always appreciate your willingness to work with me no matter what my inane suggestions may be. You're the best, Cal. |
I appreciate your patience and all of your hard work and suggestions. Thanks so much, as usual your service is second to none. - Dave
Available at Amazon.
Working with Cal at Caligraphics was a great experience. I sent my initial e-mail to him on a Monday and he completed the cover work that day. On Tuesday he sent me my formatted book. I submitted the book and cover to Smashwords on Wednesday and it was approved for publication that day with no problems. Thanks again, Cal. I know who to go to for my next book. - Mike Helberg
Full Count is available at Smashwords.
Cal. My book cover is magnificent. You captured the essence of my book and you did it in record time. You'll be designing my next book cover and my web site. Thank you. - Jesse Wayne. "Hollywood Stunt Man" available at Smashwords.
Working with Cal and Caligraphics has been great. Cal is a writer and musician himself, so he knows how writers think and feel about their books and book covers. Caligraphics has done six covers for me, so obviously I like the products, and the cost is very reasonable. Cal knows just when to push his design ideas forward, and when to back off and listen to the client.
The interaction between Cal and me on a design has ranged from my acceptance of a design with no revisions, to going back and forth doing a half dozen revisions. The most important thing about Caligraphics is talent. Cal is a skilled and talented graphic designer who can work up a set of proofs in a very timely manner. Go Caligraphics! - Richard Dorrance
Richard Dorrance site
Cal, I just got my print copies from the Espresso Book Machine and the covers look fantastic. I mentioned Caligraphics in my blog and posted your link on Linkedin when someone asked about my cover. Of course I included you on the "cover by" page. I'm very pleased and would highly recommend your service to anyone. Thanks again. - Jeanie Clemmens, "Jigsaw"