Cover Designs

The cover for your book is a very important selling tool. You can have a great story to tell, but if the cover fails to draw attention, the book will not sell. All large book publishers and distributors look for an attractive cover and book title. Good designs are what make buyers reach for the product.

First Choice— (Black & White)
Instantpublisher.com book publishers have four choices to make in cover design. The first, a black and white design printed on white cover stock. This can include grayscale images on both the front and back cover. Covers are to be uploaded separately to your library. [ JPG, TIFF and PDF files may be emailed as well after placing your order with the order number.] *Cover specs are set to 1/8" larger than your actual book size to incorporate bleeds with .5" margins for text. Photoshop templates are available.

Second Choice— (Stock Full Color)
Stock full color cover designs is the second choice offered by Instantpublisher.com and can be personalized with your wording and the selected typestyles. If you chose this selection on your order, you will be given a screen during the order process to complete the information you want imprinted and the cover design you selected. Back cover text and images can be added for a flat fee of $20 for initial set up.

Third Choice— (Customer Full Color)
Customer full color is the third choice. You will email, upload to your library or ftp your custom cover art separately after placing your order. Customer full color photos or art designs can be printed on your front cover including bleeds. All images for the cover should be scanned and saved as EPS, TIF or PDF files at 300 dpi. For color accuracy, be sure to use CMYK colors and take the hard copy proof option. Cover specs are set to 1/8" larger than your actual book size to incorporate bleeds with .5" margins for text, Photoshop templates are available.

Fourth Choice— (Instant Publisher)
The fourth choice is to have an InstantPublisher designer take your concept and design your cover for you. If you want a completely custom cover design, but do not know how to complete the process, this is the option for you. Two options are offered with the service, the first being the standard custom cover design service. This service includes 1 hour of design service and 2 online proofs costing $65. The second option is the premiere design service which includes 2 hours of design time and unlimited online proofs costing $120. Most basic designs can be completed with the standard services, and more intricate designs will require the premium service.

Spine Design
If you have supplied your custom cover in 2 separate art pieces (front cover art and back cover art) but would like to have the spine added to the cover, InstantPublisher can design the spine to match the entire cover design at a minimal charge of $15.00. This option is only applied to Customer Full Color Cover Design.

Inside Cover Printing
Please provide inside cover printing with the front and back cover designs. You can select to print them in black and white only or color.

Back Cover Wording
Do you want the back cover wording printed on IP Standard Back Cover at a flat fee of $20.00?  (This option and this charge are only applied to IP Standard Cover Design. If you have selected Black and White Cover, Customer Color Cover or IP Custom Design Cover, please ignore this option.)

ISBN
Many book publishers require an ISBN if they are to sell in book stores. If your book will have an ISBN number, the bar code must be printed in black ink and placed on a white background area measuring 2 3/8 x 1 3/8 inches. The white space should be at least 7/16 inch from the bottom of the cover printing. Instantpublisher.com will
e-mail you your ISBN number and EAN bar code so you can position it with your back cover art. For proper book printing, the ISBN number has to be printed on the copyright page within your book.

We use a liquid lamination (UV Coating), 10 point C1S cover stock that is very durable, and gloss for extra protection for all our covers. At an extra $0.25 per book cost, you can select plastic lamination as an optional choice. However, UV Coating is not available for Case/Hardback Bound books, 3 Ring Cased books and Double Wire Wraparound books. You can only have the plastic lamination for these 3 binding styles. The plastic lamination for case/hardback bound books and 3 ring cased books is free, yet $0.25 per book extra will be added for double wire wraparound binding.

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