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Ellen

Ellen

Chicago, IL, USA

Art director with more than ten years of experience in publishing, finding delight in all kinds of book design.


Work experience:

  • Cottage Door Press
  • Albert Whitman & Company

Services: Design design Cover Design cover-design Typography typography Book Interior Design book-interior-design

Genres: Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, Picture Books, Young Adult, Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Middle Grade Fantasy

Judith

Judith

Chicago, IL, United States

Lettering artist and illustrator for 25 years. Bold, clean, graphic style—bright color palettes—contemporary look.


Work experience:

  • Judith Mayer Creative

Services: Design design Cover Design cover-design Illustration illustration Typography typography

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Design, Non-Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Themes & Motifs, Plays & Screenplays

Lindsey

Lindsey

Chicago, IL, USA

Cover designer, illustrator, editor, and longtime publishing pro


Work experience:

  • Chicago Review Press
  • Self-employed

Services: Design design Cover Design cover-design Illustration illustration Typography typography Book Interior Design book-interior-design Production Management production-management

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Women's Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Humor & Comedy, Mystery & Crime, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Children’s Non-Fiction, Entertainment

Rick

Rick

Chicago, IL, USA

Art Director/graphic designer with over 25 years experience in book publishing.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Services: Design design Cover Design cover-design Typography typography Book Interior Design book-interior-design Production Management production-management

Genres: Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Young Adult, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, Entertainment, Writing & Publishing, Photography, Middle Grade

Ashley

Ashley

Chicago, IL, USA

You need a unique, bold book cover that inspires people to click "buy." I need authors who are ready to take a creative leap. Message me.


Work experience:

  • Write Bloody Publishing
  • NPR - Austin, TX
  • Gap Online
  • Ladders
  • Democratic National Committee
  • Bully Pulpit Interactive

Services: Design design Cover Design cover-design Illustration illustration Typography typography

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humor & Comedy, Poetry, Classics, LGBTQ Fiction, Short Story, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Comics & Graphic Novels

Brianna

Brianna

New York, United States

I'm a freelance book cover designer and illustrator with nearly a decade of in-house experience at a top publishing house.


Work experience:

  • Brianna Harden Design & Illustration

Services: Design design Cover Design cover-design Illustration illustration Typography typography Book Interior Design book-interior-design Production Management production-management

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Travel, Poetry, Historical Fiction, Music, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Sports & Outdoors, Thriller & Suspense

Nicole

Nicole

Chicago, IL, USA

Designer and Art Director with 10 years of industry experience, specializing in YA and Adult. Has worked on 15 New York Times bestsellers.


Work experience:

  • Sourcebooks
  • Komma Creative

Services: Design design Cover Design cover-design Typography typography

Genres: Coming of Age, Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Psychological Thriller, Thriller & Suspense, Horror, Contemporary Romance, Romance, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Children's

Stacy

Stacy

New York, United States

Enthusiastic designer of illustrated books including cooking, craft, gardening, how-to, art, photo and architecture.


Work experience:

  • D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers
  • Artforum
  • Vice Media
  • Village Voice
  • Index Magazine
  • SmartMoney Magazine
  • Stacy
  • Taunton Press
  • Diverse artists, arts groups & galleries
  • Evil Twin Publications
  • Akashic Books

Services: Design design Cover Design cover-design Typography typography Book Interior Design book-interior-design

Genres: Travel, Non-Fiction, Calendars, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, DIY & Crafts, Photography, Architecture

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It’s easy to get overwhelmed while preparing your book for publication and overlooking details that can make all the difference when presenting your work. For example, even the smallest mistakes in use of typefaces can make a good book difficult to read and therefore that much less enjoyable.


This is where a book typographer can help. A typographer is an expert in fonts, typefaces, and textual arrangements. They will thoroughly check your manuscript and help you format the text so that your book is functional, readable, and attractive. And if you’re in need of custom typefaces, perhaps for chapter headings, you definitely need to hire a book typographer.


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