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Bradley 5 star rating

Sydney NSW, Australia

I love all that books are and all that they can be. As an experienced book cover + internals designer I delight in bringing books to life.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Sports & Outdoors, Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery & Crime, and Health & Wellbeing.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Simon & Schuster Australia

Tess 5 star rating

Melbourne, Australia

Attention-grabbing book cover design ~ On time and on budget. Specialising in business non-fiction.

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Career Guides, Design, Parenting & Families, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Education & Reference, Health & Wellbeing, and Computers & Internet.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Wiley

Matthew 5 star rating

Melbourne VIC, Australia

Illustrator/Graphic Artist: 25+ yrs crafting Gothic, Classic & YA worlds. Hand-drawn meets digital skill. Turning books into objects of art.

Genres: Classics, Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, and Short Story.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Joshua 5 star rating

Melbourne VIC, Australia

Digital Painter + Cover Designer for ✨Fantasy and 🚀SciFi - I read your manuscript and illustrate truly resonant covers - No AI

Genres: Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, Fiction, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Gaming & LitRPG, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Romantic Fantasy, Romance, Space Opera, and Historical Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Freelance

Rebecca 5 star rating

Melbourne VIC, Australia

I'm an illustrator and published graphic novelist who loves creating detailed black ink line narratives for book and magazine publishers.

Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction, Comics & Graphic Novels, Humor & Comedy, Middle Grade, and Children's.

Work experience:

  • The Galloping Skirt
  • Self-employed

Shirley 5 star rating

Sydney NSW, Australia

Book and Marketing designer with over 10 years experience in a range of genres

Genres: Young Adult, Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Romance, Mystery & Crime, Women's Fiction, Children's, Inspirational, and Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

  • HarperCollins Publishers
  • Self-employed

Danyon 5 star rating

Melbourne VIC, Australia

I’m a Melbourne-based freelance concept artist specialising in steampunk, science fiction, and paleo-inspired artwork.

Genres: Dystopian, Science Fiction, Fiction, Steampunk, Post-Apocalyptic, Gaming & LitRPG, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, and Historical Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Friends of the table
  • Self-employed

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Samantha 5 star rating

Sydney NSW, Australia

Book loving, award-winning art director and graphic designer who has a great idea for your next cover!

Genres: Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, History, Inspirational, Parenting & Families, Photography, Biographies & Memoirs, Classics, Fiction, and Contemporary Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Sandy 5 star rating

Melbourne VIC, Australia

Award-winning book designer with 30 years experience working with publishers and self-publishers, and specialising in fiction/non-fiction.

Genres: Classics, Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Literary Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, Political Science & Current Affairs, Humanities & Social Sciences, Inspirational, Short Story, and Anthologies.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Penguin Books Australia

Charlie 5 star rating

Melbourne VIC, Australia

Book designer with expertise in typesetting, inner layout and cover design for art, culture and design publications.

Genres: Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, History, Design, and Geography.

Work experience:

  • Currency Design
  • Restless Creative

Amanda 5 star rating

Sydney NSW, Australia

Creative and collaborative senior book designer and art director, 15 years experience with major children's publishers, covers/internals.

Genres: Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Middle Grade, Contemporary Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Education & Reference.

Work experience:

  • Walker Books Australia
  • Scholastic Australia (Koala Books imprint)

Nada 5 star rating

Sydney, Australia

Award-winning book designer. 20+ years designing covers, interiors & typesetting for bestsellers & major publishers worldwide.

Genres: Thriller & Suspense, Fiction, Women's Fiction, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Evan 5 star rating

Wollongong NSW, Australia

Friendly, experienced book interior designer. 60+ published titles. Clean, considered typesetting for print and EPUB, KDP and IngramSpark.

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, Humanities & Social Sciences, Contemporary Fiction, Science Fiction, Historical Fiction, Picture Books, and Children's.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Peter 5 star rating

Melbourne VIC, Australia

I'm an award-winning book cover designer, looking to work with you to create a beautiful, individual and distinctive book.

Genres: Classics, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Plays & Screenplays, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Political Science & Current Affairs, Entertainment, and Art.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Amanda 5 star rating

Brisbane QLD, Australia

I'm a children’s book illustrator and book designer with over 40+ published books and love to use texture and bold colour.

Genres: Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, and Middle Grade.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Elin 5 star rating

Melbourne VIC, Australia

Hi! I'm Elin, a professional Illustrator bringing ideas to vivid reality. Let's turn your vision into stunning visuals together!

Genres: Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Fiction, Action & Adventure, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, and Comics & Graphic Novels.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Matthew 5 star rating

Melbourne VIC, Australia

I can help get eyes on your work with bold, colorful, and professional fantasy illustrations. So let's bring your project to life!

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, History, Dystopian, Gaming & LitRPG, and Historical Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Cadre Pictures
  • Nectar Game Studios
  • Renegade Game Studios
  • Game Heretics

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With ebooks getting more and more popular by the day, authors should begin concerning themselves with getting both their physical and digital copies looking perfect. It’s not necessarily a requirement, but if you want to expand your readership, getting used to new mediums for reading is a great choice.

Doing this yourself may look easy, until you realize that the format for a printed version doesn’t work well with an ebook, and vice versa. Margins are askew, font sizes are too small, and page numbers are nowhere to be seen. You can’t really blame yourself — you’re a writer after all. A book’s design is not within your expertise, but hiring a talented book designer in Australia can certainly preserve the same magic of a physical copy to an ebook.

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