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Welcome to the INABC Jobs Board, where authors are matched with professional designers!

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Writers/Publishers:

Congrats on getting to this exciting step of the production process of publishing your book! Writing a book is a serious feat and we know how important it is for you to have a cover that you love.

  • To add your book’s creative brief to the Jobs Board, click the blue button above.
  • To preview how our creative briefs are displayed, click the gray box below. All other briefs on this page are password-protected.
  • Curious about the designers who will be bidding on your project? Read our Designer Requirements.
  • For insight about working with cover designers, we recommend reading these articles from the Jobs Board Series.
  • Still debating on whether or not the Jobs Board is right for you? Watch this explainer video here.
  • Interested in personalized, hands-on advice from the site’s creator? Read more about this White Glove Service here.

Designers:

Welcome, we’re glad you’re here. This is a place where talented designers can connect with new clients seeking a quality book cover design that exclusively fits their written work.

  • Click here to apply to become a member of our private Jobs Board list.
  • If you are approved, you will have access to our weekly Book Cover Jobs.
  • Our clients post projects with average budgets of $1,500. If you are selected by the client to work on their book project, we step out of the way and you will experience full autonomy working with the client. This means you will also receive the full payment offered without INABC taking a cut!
  • Want to know if you’re aligned with the other designers on our list? Read our Designer Requirements before you apply.
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Creative Briefs

Instructions for Designers: Click on a brief below and enter each job’s unique password when prompted. When a new job is posted, passwords are sent out to our private listserv. If you encounter any issues, write to ineedabookcover.assistant@gmail.com.

Briefs are live for 21 days.

"Rune Breaker"

Romantic Fantasy

BUDGET
$1,800
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"Reveries of an Heir"

Science Fiction Romance

BUDGET
$1,500
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"Arc of the Universe"

Upmarket contemporary fiction / book club

BUDGET
$3,000
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"The Monsters They Made Us"

Young Adult Supernatural

BUDGET
$2000
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"Student Startups"

Business/Non-fiction

BUDGET
$500
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"To Run The Monster"

Speculative / Outback Post-apocalyptica / Weird Fiction with a Western bent

BUDGET
$2,000 - $2,500 USD
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"A String too Short to be Saved"

Memoir

BUDGET
$1,000 (negotiable)
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"In Berlin"

Contemporary / Upmarket / Book Club

BUDGET
$3,000
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"The Sinuous Bargain of a Co..."

Fantasy

BUDGET
$800
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"SAMPLE BRIEF"

How To

BUDGET
$2,000
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Success Stories

Book covers successfully designed using this platform.

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Success Story - Sarah Markwick
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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.
  • 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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