Overview
👋 Big 5 Quality for Your Indie Launch
Why wait for a traditional publishing contract to get a showstopper? I bring over 20 years of elite "Big 5" traditional publishing experience—including a tenure as a Senior Designer at Penguin where books I designed won awards, sold millions, and were turned into movies and a Netflix series —directly to your self-publishing journey. You get the exact same industry-defining polish as my bestselling clients, minus the gatekeepers.
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Here are some genres I specialize in designing for:
🕵️♀️ Mystery 🔫 Thriller 🚀 Sci-Fi 🤖 Dystopian 👹 Horror 🦄 Fantasy
👧🏿 Young Adult 📘Literary /Trade Fiction 📚 Series
🏭 Nonfiction/Business 🎓Academic nonfiction
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🛠️ The Collaborative Process — Here is what it looks like to collaborate with me:
☕ Kickoff Video Meeting: We’ll meet face-to-face online to dive deep into your book’s heart, themes, and goals.
📝 Author Questionnaire: A short, targeted brief to help me understand your specific creative vision and audience.
📊 Market Research: I analyze your genre's current bestselling comparable titles so your book is positioned to compete and win.
🎨 4+ Original Concepts: You will receive at least 4 distinct, custom cover concepts to choose from.
🔄 Multiple Revision Rounds: We will refine your chosen direction until it is absolutely perfect.
❌ Zero Templates: I provide a premium, bespoke service. Every book is custom-designed inside and out.
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📦 Design Packages
📱 1. Budget Ebook Only: A striking, high-resolution digital cover (set up for Kindle) designed to pop on screens and capture scrolling readers. Starting at $600
📚 2. Standard Print + Digital: Includes an ebook cover, press-ready full wrap covers (front, spine, back) formatted for Amazon KDP and IngramSpark, matching marketing/social media graphics, and full technical assistance uploading your files. Starting at $1,000
✨ 3. Complete Print + Digital + Interior: Everything in the standard package, plus custom interior design and typesetting for your print book, and a fully formatted, reflowable ebook file ready for all major platforms. Starting at $2,000 for a basic novel
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🚀 Your Book Deserves the Best
You don't need a traditional publishing house to look like a New York Times bestseller. By hiring me, you bypass all the hassle, delays, and contract battles of traditional publishing while putting an award-winning, market-ready, elite-level book into the world.
Let's make your book unforgettable.
Hit the request button above and let's chat!
—Christian
Services
Non-Fiction
Fiction
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Awards
- Communication Art Design Annual
- PRINT Magazin Design Annual
- New York Book Show
- AUPresses Book, Jacket, and Journal Show
Certifications
- Google UX Design Certification
Work experience
Oceanview Publishing
Macmillan
Penguin (USA)
Milkweed Editions
Self-employed
Portfolio
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