Book Design Services for Self-Publishing Authors | Wisteria Dragon
Book Design Services

Professional book design
for self-publishing authors.

Every visual piece your book needs — from a cover that converts to an interior readers don't notice, to an author website that keeps them coming back.

Book Cover Design Interior Formatting — Print Interior Formatting — eBook Character Art & Illustration Book Marketing Graphics Author Websites
Why it matters

Your book cover has one job:
make the right reader stop scrolling.

And that's just the cover. Every design element — interior, website, marketing graphics — either builds trust or breaks it. Here's what each piece does.

01

Cover design converts

Before a reader reads your blurb, your cover has already made the case. Genre-aware cover design signals the right mood, the right audience, and the right expectations — all before the first click.

02

Interior formatting builds trust

A well-formatted interior is invisible. Readers just feel like the book is good. A badly formatted one signals amateur production immediately and pulls readers out of the story. Book layout design done to traditional publishing standards keeps that trust intact.

03

Your website works while you sleep

Social media is rented space. Your author website is the one place online that's entirely yours — where readers find your books, join your list, and follow your next release without you needing to post that day.

What we offer

Every design service
your book needs.

Book Cover Design

Genre-aware, conversion-focused covers for fiction and non-fiction. Designed to work on Amazon thumbnails, social media, and print. Your cover should stop the right reader — and we know the difference.

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Interior Formatting — Print

KDP and IngramSpark-ready print interiors. Chapter headers, drop caps, front and back matter — designed to match the standards readers expect from traditionally published books.

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Interior Formatting — eBook

Reflowable EPUB and MOBI files, tested across Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books and more. Clean, readable, and ready to upload on any distribution platform.

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Character Art & Illustration

Custom character portraits, world maps, and illustrated elements for fiction authors. Particularly suited to fantasy, SFF, and illustrated non-fiction. Each piece built around your world.

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Book Marketing Graphics

Social media graphics, promotional banners, ARC announcement posts, and launch assets — designed to match your cover and work across Instagram, Pinterest and Threads.

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Author Websites

Custom-designed author websites built to convert curious readers into followers — and followers into buyers. Email list integration, book pages, and a design that reflects your genre and voice.

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Book cover design

A cover that works
on a thumbnail.

Most readers find books on Amazon. That means your cover needs to work at 80 × 120 pixels — communicating genre, mood, and quality before anyone clicks through. A professionally designed book cover does this without the reader even noticing.

We design covers that are genre-aware first. Fantasy, romantasy, thriller, literary fiction, self-development, business — every genre has visual conventions readers recognise unconsciously. We know them, and we use them to put your book in front of the right audience.

  • Custom design — 2 initial concepts
  • 2 rounds of revisions included
  • Full ebook cover + print wrap exports
  • All final files in print and digital formats
  • Sized for KDP, IngramSpark, and social

Starting at $449 · Turnaround: 10–14 business days

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Interior formatting

Interiors readers
don't notice.

That's the goal. A well-formatted interior is invisible — it just feels right. A poorly formatted one pulls readers out of the story and signals the book wasn't taken seriously.

Print

Interior Formatting — Print

Print-ready PDF for KDP and IngramSpark. Proper margins, chapter styles, headers, and page numbering — everything a printed book needs to look professionally produced.

  • KDP and IngramSpark-ready PDF
  • Chapter headers + drop caps
  • Front matter — title page, copyright, TOC
  • Back matter — author bio, other titles
  • Your trim size, your specs

Starting at $197

eBook

Interior Formatting — eBook

Reflowable EPUB and MOBI, tested on Kindle, Kobo, and Apple Books. Clean, accessible, and built to pass validation on every major distribution platform.

  • EPUB + MOBI delivery
  • Reflowable layout — all screen sizes
  • Linked table of contents
  • Tested on Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books
  • Upload-ready for KDP, Draft2Digital

Starting at $147

Best value

Print + eBook Bundle

Both interiors together — everything you need before you hit upload. One brief, one round of revisions, delivered together.

from $297

Saves ~$47 vs. separate

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Character art & marketing graphics

Design beyond
the cover.

For fiction authors building a world — and a reader base — design doesn't stop at the cover. Character portraits and world maps give readers something visual to connect to beyond the story itself.

Social media graphics and launch assets give you professional, on-brand content without starting from scratch every time. Every piece is built to match your existing cover and visual identity — so everything looks like it belongs together.

Author websites

Your online home.
Built for readers.

Social media builds awareness. Your website builds relationships. It's the one place online where you control the experience — where readers find your full catalogue, sign up to your list, and hear about your next book directly from you.

We design custom author websites that reflect your genre and voice — not a template a thousand other authors are already using. Reader-first navigation, email list integration, book pages, and a design built to convert visitors into subscribers.

  • Custom design — built around your books and brand
  • Reader-first UX and navigation
  • Email list integration (MailerLite, ConvertKit, etc.)
  • Book pages, series pages, author bio
  • Mobile responsive, fast-loading
  • 1 round of revisions included

Starting at $997 · Timeline: 3–4 weeks

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Questions

Answered.

KDP accepts PDF for print interiors and EPUB or MOBI for ebooks. IngramSpark requires a PDF for print and EPUB for ebooks. We deliver all of these — formatted to each platform's exact specifications so you don't have to think about it.

Yes. If you have existing artwork and need it assembled into a print-ready cover file — with spine and back cover — we can do that. Get in touch with what you have and we'll tell you what's possible.

If you're publishing both a print edition and an ebook — which most authors do — then yes. Print and ebook layouts are completely different files with different requirements. We offer both separately or as a bundle that saves ~$47.

Standard turnaround is 10–14 business days from brief to first concepts. Rush timelines may be available — mention it on the discovery call if you have a hard deadline.

Print formatting includes chapter headers, body text styling, drop caps, running headers, page numbers, front matter (title page, copyright, table of contents) and back matter (author bio, other titles). Ebook formatting includes reflowable layout, linked TOC, and all major formats. One round of revisions is included in both.

We work across the platforms authors use most — WordPress, Wix, Squarespace, and others. The right platform depends on your needs and how you want to manage the site after handover. We'll talk through the options on the call.

Ready to start

Not sure which
service you need? Ask us.

A free 15-minute call. Tell us where your book is — we'll tell you exactly what it needs.

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