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How Book Covers Get Added To INABC

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How Book Covers Get Added To INABC

Full transparency

Overview

Every month, thousands of books are put out into the world. To ensure a highly curated and enjoyable experience for our visitors, we carefully select about 30 covers to be uploaded to the site each month (that’s over 360 covers a year). The majority of the covers in our gallery are hand-selected by the site owner.

Submitting work to this site

As INABC continues to grow, it has become more advantageous for designers to showcase their work on the site. To offset rising costs and maintain fairness, we now charge a $10 fee for all book cover uploads. This fee helps to fund advertising efforts, driving more traffic to the site and to the Jobs Board, benefiting both designers and the platform alike.

If you would like to see a cover added, simply fill out this form. Then, pay the $10 upload fee (per cover).

Your cover will be uploaded within 48 hours. If you don’t see it within 48 hours, please write us.

Earn Free Uploads: You can earn a free upload in two different ways…

  1. Fill in the blanks: Send us the art credits for 5 book covers that have already been posted. Help us fill in some blanks and as a thank you, we will post a cover for you!
  2. Backlinks: Add a link to INABC to your own website and as a thank you, we will post a cover for you! Backlinks can be listed as a press article, feature, single link, or by displaying one of the book guys as a badge in your footer. Email us once you’ve added the backlink.

Book Parameters

The collection is now open to non-English-language editions. However, book designs must still adhere to the parameters listed below.

  • INABC specifically celebrates covers from Adult genres
    • Ex: fiction, literary fiction, nonfiction, self-help, memoirs & biographies, food, poetry, fantasy, etc.).
  • We do not post many covers for certain niche fantasy or sci-fi genres.
  • We do not showcase Children’s Books.
  • We do not showcase Graphic Novels.
  • We are highly selective about posting a Young Adult book, sharing those with a cover design that straddles the adult look.
  • This site focuses on trade books rather than mass-market editions.
  • The covers featured are mostly from the twenty-first century.
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Designer Requirements

Only a carefully curated group of designers are given access to the creative briefs posted on the INABC Jobs Board. This system ensures that clients receive top-notch, focused proposals from professionals whose talents have been vetted

All designers who will be bidding on your cover design have applied to receive job notifications and have been approved by the INABC admin team. Our approved designers:

  • Are professional book cover designers, not simply generalist graphic designers.
  • Have been working in the industry for a minimum of 3 years, usually more.
  • Must demonstrate a contemporary aesthetic, creating work that feels current and relevant to today’s book design market. We seek professionals who stay informed on industry trends while pushing boundaries with innovative, forward-thinking designs. Our designers know that our clients are not looking for designs that feel “dated.”
  • Work on multiple book cover projects in any given month
  • Are committed to delivering high-quality, original designs tailored to each client’s unique vision. 
  • Do NOT sell or offer book cover premades. At INABC, we do not condone the offering of pre-made book covers. We are fans of highly bespoke cover work.
  • Do NOT use AI-generated imagery in their commercial work.
  • Have accessible online portfolios showcasing book cover work that are easy for anyone to review.
  • Have extensive experience working with self-publishing authors AND commercial presses.
  • Are available and excited to receive these weekly briefs.

If you are contacted by a designer that doesn’t align with the requirements described above, we ask that you please contact the INABC admin team at ineedabookcover.assistant@gmail.com.

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