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Book and Web Design Services
Since retiring, I only take on a few select clients.
“A special thanks to my production manager, Kim Cox, for providing her expertise, time, and efforts in getting my books out to you. ” ~ Maureen McMahon, author in Wandering Spirits Anthologies, author of Shadows in the Mist and Stacey Christian & Peter Mansfield Trilogy
As an author, I have unique abilities and experience in book publishing from both sides of the aisle–as one who needs these services and as one who provides them.
“I’m so tickled! As always, thank you so much for all your hard work. You are truly a blessing.” ~ Sheryl Hames Torres, an author in the Wandering Spirits Anthologies.
I created all of my own book covers (with two exceptions) as well as covers for other authors. I have evolved artistically throughout the years. See my Web Technology credentials that helped to contribute to my Book Cover Design competence.
“Thanks for all your work on our books.” ~ Elizabeth Delisi, an author in the Wandering Spirits Anthologies
To improve my ability with book cover design, I enrolled in Stuart Bache’s Book Cover Design Course, provided through Self-Publishing Formula courses. They have a Facebook page at SPF – Cover Design For Authors. See my cover portfolio below. More recently, I’ve enrolled in a few Photoshop course tutorials through Nucly with Photoshop genius, Rickard Rodkin, to polish my skills.
Note: I can also create book cover promo for your advertising needs. I use book cover mockup templates for this. See the gallery below with a few of the mockups I’ve done in the past.
“Super cover…thanks…” G.L. Rockey – covers created for “Observations in a Local Television Newsroom…“, “Five-Star Review” (kindle only), and “The Fish House” (paperback only).
These services include eBook formatting for Amazon and Draft2Digital, and paperback and hardcover book formatting for Amazon. I have compiled books for a few authors including myself. I use Microsoft Word for formatting. I graduated with an associate’s degree in Office Systems Technology, winning the academic achievement award for the course. Office Systems included multiple courses in Microsoft. Besides education, I worked in the field for over ten years.
I have been creating and maintaining Websites since 1995. My first web creation software was AOLpress but I eventually graduated to FrontPage, then no software. In 2010, I graduated with an associate’s degree in Web Technologies with the highest honors. This provided me with courses in both media software instruction and Web Design creation, giving me the expertise I needed in HTML, CSS, PHP, and Javascript.
Websites I Still Maintain:
Mountain International, LLC
G. L. Rockey, Author
Kim Cox, Author
Karen Rita Rautenberg, Children’s Author
Lee’s Chainsaw Art, Lee Cox – Artist
Sarah Winn, Author
Web Design: For Website Maintenance, Bonus packages that will save you money are available, otherwise, prices range between $50 and $100 per hour for most assignments.
Note: Prices for packages have gone up this year to at least $300 annually. Pricing will be based on the content and the complexity of the job. If the client requires a particular template, it will need to be purchased by the client and it will be adapted their website.
Book Covers and Book Formatting cost is generally $50 per hour. Again, price is according to the content and complexity of the job. For example, picture books would cost more.
Below are book covers for the Contemporary Romance genre, created in both eBook and Print formats. If you’d like a price for one, both, or something different, contact me for an estimate. I can also add an audible cover for $15 more.
All covers and mockups are copyrighted and should not be copied, taken, or used without permission.
These are not my best mockups but all I could get my hands on right now.
I’ve done a few video trailers. I’m not that great at these but I prefer a simple version with just a cover with a moving scene in the background like the one below.
Here’s a more complicated version with multiple videos put together to create a story for each short story:
Before We Wed
Haunted Hearts (NOTE: on the Haunted Hearts page, the trailer is a series trailer of the first four books in the series and was a collaboration between Kathy Golden and myself. She put together the trailer with the images I created. This was my first experience with creating a book trailer, and it was done using the first covers for those books.)
The Wedding Crasher
Christmas Cruise
My first commissioned book cover:
Indigo Billy by John Markestad