Hi everyone! I could really use some advice from artists who have experience with book cover commissions.

I was recently offered my first book cover commission, and it’s a much bigger project than I’ve done before. The finished book will likely be around 5”×8” and there needs to be room for the title, subtitle, and author name.

I’m trying to figure out a few things before I give the author a quote:

How would you price something like this? Would you charge differently for:
Front cover only
Front cover + spine
Front cover + spine + back cover
How do you handle licensing and commercial usage rights? Do you license the artwork for the book cover, sell full copyright, or something else?
I primarily paint with acrylics. Is that a good medium for book covers, or would you recommend something else? I’m worried about the texture affecting digitization.
What’s the best way to digitize a traditional painting for professional book printing? Do you use a scanner, professional photography, or another method?
Are there any other things I should include in my contract or discuss with the author before getting started?

I’d really appreciate any advice, pricing examples, or lessons you’ve learned from your own experience. Thank you!

book covers..

is it ok when i want to make a book cover use ai to create a pic because i dont want to steal sm1 else pic drawing while working on the title and the other stuff by my self

not gonna lie, I’m the founder so full disclosure this is a build-in-public post not just a random story lol
but real talk — anyone else physically flip their book over when someone sits across from them 😭 had a guy full-on lean in to read my cover once and I have not recovered
so I’m making matte book covers, no gross plastic shine, no weird clasp thing that never closes right, just slides over your book and that’s it. nobody’s business what you’re reading.
still pre-launch, fixing some stuff with my first sample, but curious —

1. do you actually hide your covers or do you not care anymore
2. anyone else’s clasp-style covers always come undone
3. mass market or trade paperback more common for you guys
   not trying to sell anything rn just want to build the actual right thing lol

Dear brother and sister writers. If you are creating a book cover by yourself (which I never recommend), please remember, readers are not mind-readers. They are book readers! Please add the genre on the COVER! - Is it a Memoir? Fiction? Fantasy? I buy lots of books, the cover has to be brilliant and also give me, the reader, information...so I know what I am buying/reading etc. (just trying to give you all a heads up!)--I have been in this world for a long time and I really know what I am talking about...cheers!

I’m writing a book called
“Picking against the rules”
And I need someone who can make a free book cover im not asking for a big cover just simple with a hockey theme im a small writer and this is my first book and any help is needed for the cover!