Book cover design

The cover of a book is the first thing that makes you want to read it. That is why the specialists of our printing house are constantly looking for unconventional and creative solutions – the ones that make a book the most noticeable item on the shelf of a shop. Coping with this task on your own is difficult, especially if the result has to exceed all expectations. Sometimes a brilliant book cover design has quite simple solutions behind it.

How to get a beautiful cover design and layout

The cover is the illustrations and the lettering on the front and a short description of the book on the back. It is what works on the buyer: it attracts attention, arouses interest and, almost subconsciously, makes the reader pick the volume up to study the description. The intrigued reader opens a new book and is ready both to dive into reading and to make a purchase.

Designing a cover is a task for the specialists of the Kavun printing house. We do not only print books – above all we do graphic design. We come up with visual solutions for simple and complex corporate tasks. The modern world is not always ready for creative experiments with colours and shapes, for bold ideas, for the search for fresh concepts and complex metaphors, yet all of that is present in our covers. The main thing is a blank canvas for artists and designers.

Artistic design is one of the important stages in the publication of any multi-page work. Enough time has to be given to the process, because the fonts of the whole text – the title and the author’s name – must harmonise with each other and fit the overall style of the edition. Particular attention is paid to the colour palette, to the harmony between the colour, the drawings and the lettering.

We also work with the client’s own layout. Do you have a ready illustration that should go into the cover design? Our specialists will arrange all the components so that they are in harmony with the picture. Such a product attracts potential customers not only in ordinary bookshops, but also online.

The laws of composition in cover design

The cover is the business card and the main element of the external design of a book. When developing a cover design you have to rely on the classical laws of composition:

• wholeness;
• unity;
• balance;
• co-subordination.

There are a number of distinctive techniques for highlighting or accentuating an element – shape, sharpness, colour and lighting. There are also several rules to follow when designing a cover:

• A clearly marked title (not too long) and the author’s name (not too small).
• Informativeness: a creative and bright design must not come at the expense of the meaning and the content.
• No more than two fonts.
• The colour of the font must contrast with the background.

Professional book designers follow all of these simple rules and avoid using templates.

Spine design

If you are going to order a cover design, do not forget that in most shops books stand on the shelves and the buyer sees only their ends, the so-called spines, so the design of the spine deserves attention as well. As a rule, the title, the author’s name, the volume number (if there is one) and a logo or emblem are placed on it.

The title is positioned so that it can be read while the edition is on the shelf, that is from the bottom upwards. Graphic elements and originality are better placed on the cover itself, while the font on the spine has to be clear, legible and contrasting with the background.

It is acceptable to use a logo or a small picture without fine details. They make it easy to tell a series of books by one author from the rest.

How does it work?

To get a perfect cover design we need detailed terms of reference from the client. Our managers will help you to draw them up.

Once the design is finished, our specialists put the cover into a common file and prepare it for printing. Only after that is it ready for publication.

Why do customers choose our printing house?

Consider all the advantages of working with the Kavun publishing house:

1. We create an up-to-date, eye-catching design for covers and much more. We follow the trends in design, printing and publishing constantly in order to develop and offer clients a product that works.
2. The layout is developed individually for every project, taking the wishes and the requirements of the client into account. It is in full accord with the inner content and meets modern quality standards in book printing.
3. We work on orders comprehensively. We involve not only designers, but also creatives, copywriters and marketers, in order to create a product that represents the edition effectively.

Ask us for help and we will design a cover that you will certainly want to pick up, buy and read. Our aim is a product with a bright, stylish design – one the reader’s hand reaches for.

The cost of creating a book cover design

The price of a book cover design, as of any other multi-page printing, is formed by the wishes of the customer and by the agreement reached on all the details. It is not a good idea to be stingy and stubbornly stick to the budget option. Modern readers appreciate an attractive cover, good paper and printing and a convenient format. We can help you create interesting and stylish printed products, and once the price of the service has been calculated you will see that it is not that high. Quality book publishing is always in demand, and that is only natural – nothing can replace the pleasure of holding a beautiful new volume in your hands.