How a manuscript becomes a book.
A book’s cover and pages give its contents a physical character, and every decision—from the lettering to the space around the text—helps shape that experience. Work with David to create covers, interiors, and complete print and digital editions for your next book.
Complete book design
A cover that captures the character of the book. Pages that invite sustained reading. Complete-book design brings the two together, carrying a considered visual identity from the front cover through the final notes.
- Cover and interior design, consultation, two revision rounds for each selected design, and basic preparation of five supplied images.
- Print-ready files, cover PNGs, and a promotional design adapted for Twitter/X, Facebook, and Instagram.
Complete Print Edition
From $5,000
One paperback or hardcover.
Print + Kindle
From $5,750
One print edition and EPUB.
Complete Multi-Format Book
From $6,500
Paperback, hardcover, and EPUB.
Starting prices apply to conventional, text-led main manuscripts of up to 75,000 words. Each proposal defines the final scope.
Covers & interiors
A cover for a book whose pages are already set. An interior for a manuscript that has its cover. Either can be commissioned on its own, with the same attention given to a complete book.
Cover Design
From $2,500
A distinctive cover gives the book a presence of its own, through imagery and lettering that express its particular character.
- Three original concepts; two revision rounds for the selected direction.
- Full cover for one print format, front- and back-cover PNGs, and promotional images.
Interior Design & Layout
From $2,500
Thoughtful typography and spacing make room for the text, with chapter openings, quotations, images, and notes treated as parts of the same book.
- Two interior alternatives; two revision rounds and full-book layout.
- Basic preparation of five supplied images and a print-ready interior for one edition.
More of the book’s world.
An interview in full. Documents beyond the quoted passage. Photographs with the stories behind them. A Library Edition gives that additional material a place alongside the complete book, in an expanded hardcover designed for a more spacious reading experience.
Reader’s Edition
Paperback
The complete standard text, also prepared as an EPUB.
Library Edition
Hardcover
The complete text plus approximately 50–75 exclusive supplemental pages, with larger type and more generous spacing.
Reader’s Edition + Library Edition
From $8,000
- Design for both print editions and EPUB, supplemental planning and layout, agreed image preparation, and promotional assets.
- Research, interviews, new writing, and substantive editing are separately quoted when needed.
Tell me what’s taking shape.
The subject, the manuscript’s progress, and the intended publication formats are enough to begin.