Caerus Kourt

Caerus Kourt – Designer

I get entrepreneurs and education authors from manuscript to career. Research-first design gets your book in the right hands. 🙌🏻

Overview

My name is Caerus, and I’m a book designer who specializes in books by entrepreneurs and educators. I've helped 270+ publishers bring over 690 titles from word processor documents to press and sell more books. I'm ready to help you, too!


The best book designs start where I do: market and user research. Don’t settle for designers who make pretty pictures. Let’s create a design and publishing strategy so you can publish with confidence.


I've worked with a diverse group of clients, from traditional publishers like Damn Gravity publisher, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Press, to USA Today best-selling independent authors, to publishing consultants who need a reliable, quality book designer for their clients. My business was built on referrals from other excellent professionals.


Individual authors whom I've worked with include:

• Lloyed Lobo (Wall Street Journal best-selling author, founder of Boost.AI)

• Mimi Matthews (USA Today best-selling author)

• Rick Joi (Axiom Business Book Aware, BookLife Prize Quarterfinalist, founder of Workiversary.com)

• Wayne Stinnett, (2019-2020 president of Novelists, Inc (NINC))


I've been working in independent publishing since 2011, and offer clients consulting and hands-on publishing assistance alongside my design work. My process is broken down into clear and concise phases before we even begin. You’ll always know where we're at with your project from beginning to end.


Ready to start? Submit a request and we'll set up a time to do a quick, 15-minute zoom chat to discuss your project and get to know each other a little. I can't wait to hear from you!

Services
Non-Fiction
Biographies & Memoirs Business & Management Education & Reference LGBTQ Non-Fiction Self-Help & Self-Improvement
Fiction
Mystery & Crime Thriller & Suspense
Languages
English

Work experience

Self-employed

Sep, 2014 — Present

Book designer. There are so many minute elements of book cover and interior design, that I decided to specialize in it. My responsibilities to books include:
 
• In-depth research of the author’s target readership as well as bestsellers in their genre
• Complete book packaging designed especially for their book
• Pagination design from the ground up
• A deep review of the text to inform design choices
• Three potential designs
• Line-by-line typesetting
• Guidance about distribution options and how they work
• Full copyright ownership of the book interior design transferred to the publisher at completion
• Three design and proof passes for you to review our work
• Ebook design and coding
• Optional assistance uploading the files to the distributors or printer of choice

Raventide Books

Oct, 2011 — Dec, 2018 (about 7 years)

As the publishing manager of Raventide Books, I utilized my knowledge of art, design, and technology to:  
 
• Organize and develop book packaging 
• Choose distributors and upload to them 
• Market the Raventide Books' catalog 
 
Raventide Books published fantasy, scifi, and urban fantasy between 2011 and 2018.

Portfolio

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Caerus has 31 reviews

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Joel M.

Joel M.

Oct, 2024

Caerus had me at hello! I put out several requests for quotes from interior book designers, and Caerus was the only one whose first response to me was not a quote for their services. Her first contact with me was an invitation to have a Zoom call to discuss my book project. We immediately connected on that call, and I was excited to find out that she would also be able to design my cover. (I ha...
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Caerus K.
That was a pretty incredible pre-sale bump and great proof that the design speaks to your audience. With all of the value you provide in this book paired with our work on the cover and interior, sa...
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Sara L.

Sara L.

Aug, 2024

Caerus has been truly incredible to work with. If I could give them ten out of five stars, I would. I'm a first time, self-publishing author in the business non-fiction space (but I'm a rebel, not a typical corporate type). Finding support that "fits" me and that gets my reader in this genre has been a big challenge. I'll cover work product first: Exceeds expectations. Caerus produces multipl...
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Caerus K.
Thank you so much for this excellent review. Frankly, I'm just as lucky that you found me as well. Your book topic is excellent and needed, and your approach made it exciting to work with. I can't ...
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Renaud T.

Renaud T.

Jun, 2024

It was a pleasure working with Caerus (Colleen). Together, we spent 3 months designing my book (cover, ebook, and paperback), The book is fairly long (280 pages) with a lot of images and footnotes. However, the end result was incredible! I'm proud of the work we've accomplished, and my readers are often complimenting on the profesionnal layout of the book. Despite a couple of technical prob...
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Caerus K.
Thank you so much for your fabulous review, Renaud (and thank you for using my preferred name)! It was excellent working with you, too. Please message me again when you've written the next one!
Craig M.

Craig M.

Apr, 2024

Colleen is talented, creative, and professional. She does an excellent job making the cover design work for my specified genre. I've worked with her twice and look forward to working with her again soon.
Eric D.

Eric D.

Mar, 2024

Colleen was great! Her artwork captured the feeling of the book, and her suggestions were spot on. Her flexibility and patience was greatly appreciated by this first-time author.

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