How it Works: Custom Covers
Step One: Initial Contact
Once we have that info, and the answers to any follow-up questions we have, then we can schedule the project! We’ll let you know the soonest available week(s). (We are typically scheduling 3-5 weeks out, but during the busy times of year, it can be up to 8 weeks, so please take this into account.)
Please keep the following points in mind:
All relevant details and files should be submitted BEFORE we schedule the project. Once your project is scheduled, we’ll be busy with preliminary work so the first proof can be ready on the scheduled Monday and the fun can start! (Any changes to the submitted information after scheduling may require additional fees, or that your project be re-scheduled at your expense.)
We will endeavor to finish your art within the scheduled week. So please don’t choose a week when you’ll be traveling with limited internet access (you’ll need to be able to check and respond to emails at least twice each day). Or if you know you’ll be extremely busy or stressed, personally or professionally, then we should schedule a different week. We want the process to be simple, pain-free and fun, so let’s chose a week that encourages that!
Step Two: Proofs & Revisions
Step Three: Finalize the Files
(If you ordered a print layout and some final details are still pending — i.e. the back text or spine size — please don’t hesitate to approve.*** For more details on this, refer to the last step below: “If print details are still in progress, we can finalize files at a later date”).
*Proofs are removed on the Monday following your scheduled week whether or not approval has been received.
**All Approvals are final and additional costs will be required if changes are made after approval is given. This can involve re-scheduling your art. Please be sure you’re 100% ready to approve when you hit the “approve” button.
***If the back text and/or page count are still pending when Approval is given, this means that there are no further changes to the print layout beyond replacing “filler text” with the final text for the back cover and updating the spine size with the final page count. Please do not expect to receive additional proofs when the final page count and back text are ready. So be sure you are happy with the back and spine layout as well as the front cover art when you submit your approval.
Following this process as closely as possible allows Paper & Sage to offer quality designs at reasonable prices. If deviations from the above process are required for your project, please understand that additional cost will be required as well.
Also I love how communicative she is. My previous experience (with a different designer) left me kind of in the dark about what was happening and I didn’t feel like I was actually a part of the process. Christa has been awesome in getting back to me in a timely manner EVERY TIME I reached out to her.
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S.M. Smith, A Boy Worth Choosing
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Jo Hook, Would You Share Your Secret?
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Jessica L Randall, Lovers’ Quarrel
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Rick Poveromo, Blood Dance
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Eryn Scott, A Chance for Sunny Skies (audio)
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Theresa Sopko, Bewilderments of the Eyes
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Tee Smith, Collecting Scars
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SJ West, Watchers & Vampire Conclave
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Eryn Scott, The What's in a Name? Series
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