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The cover design process, from sketch to print.

How a cover goes from a one-line brief to a final POD file in 48–72 hours. The moodboards, the rejected directions, the back-and-forth.

The cover design process, from sketch to print.

A cover starts as a one-line brief. "Memoir, late-life publishing, hopeful tone, no stock photo of a typewriter please." From there it usually takes 48–72 hours to a print-ready file.

Day one — directions

Our designers ship three rough directions: typographic, illustrated, and photographic. Most authors pick one, request a colour change, and we're 70% of the way there in the first round.

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