Included Cover Art:
Each of our publishing packages include your choice of cover art templates. Each template offers a different professionally created design. You will supply us with the text for the back cover and an author biography if you wish. Author photos are optional. If you choose to include one, the photo must be no larger than 2" by 3" at 300dpi. Each cover will include an ISBN bar code with the price embedded. If you prefer another image on the front cover, you can provide us with a high resolution image to insert.

The Jump Start Package is limited to the Basic Templates only as displayed with edited text.

Click here to view our template cover art examples

Author Supplied Cover Art:
You can provide your own art work, however, it should be to to the following specifications:

Cover images must be 300 dpi minimum TIFF files in CMYK mode. Covers must be .125 (1/8 inch) bigger than finished size of the book all around. 5.25" x 8.25" book sizes require cover art to be 5.5" x 8.5" for the front.

To determine the "Spine Thickness" take half the page count to determine the number of sheets of paper and multiply that by .0041. Example a 150 page book has 75 sheets of paper. 75 x .0041 = .307. .307" is the spine thickness.

The final TIFF graphics file you send us should contain the front, back and spine in one file. Using the example above the final TIFF file would be 11.057 inches wide by 8.5 inches tall. Please make sure you leave adequate margins to allow for the edges to be trimmed off and appropriate placement of your art work.

Don't forget to leave enough room for the bar code on the back cover. You should leave a space approximately 2 inches wide by 1.5 inches tall. When complete and ready to submit, please zip it and email it to authorservices@bookstandpublishing.com or contact us for FTP instructions.

If you need help with your cover or need a service to produce quality cover for your please contact us at authorservices@bookstandpublishing.com.

Custom Cover Art Design and Creation:

Bookstand Publishing also offers custom cover art design and creation. We can create a cover design according to your ideas. We also have illustrators available to create unique original art work when requested. Click here to purchase Custom Cover Art Design and Creation

The samples below are from independent outside agencies we recommend.

Need a special image for your cover?

http://www.fotosearch.com/ FotoSearch is an excellent source for searching and buying cover images. FotoSearch indexes 50 stock photo vendor in one location!

http://www.corbis.com is an excellent source for high resolution low cost cover images.

http://www.istockphoto.com is a good source of stock photos