FAQ

First off, thanks so much for wanting to work with me! If you'd like a slot on my calendar the first thing you need to do is head over to my Design Investment page and take a look at my prices (via the downloadable sheet) and the info there. Secondly, if you'd like to be put on my calendar, please email me using the Contact form. Getting on my calendar is just that simple (at this point) and does not require a deposit, however I do require a 50% non-refundable deposit of the total price along with a signed contract  when we start the project. 

It depends on a myriad of things. For custom designs it can take anywhere from a few days to up to 3 weeks for an initial design to be created. This is based on current workload, complexity of design, and the project. When I am in a busy season, this time can be extended. The return time on a design often depends most heavily on the client.

Need a customized package? Reach out to me! I'm happy to work with you to find the best package to fit your publishing needs.

Great question! As a form of best practice with most of my clients I will include this on the back cover of your Paperback book cover and on the inner right flap of your dust jacket: 

Cover design by: Emilie Haney, eahcreative.com 

You are welcome (and encouraged) to credit me as such on your copyright page as well! 

This is a really good question to consider and, to me, comes down to a few things:

1) Do you see covers that you like on my design portfolio page?
2) Have I designed a cover in your genre? (If not, that doesn't mean I don't work in that genre, it just means I don't have examples for that specific genre. In this case, an email works best to find if I work in that genre.)
3) Do my prices fit within your budget?
4) Does your timeline fit with the approximate months I'm now booking in? (This can be checked on my design investment page or on my design Instagram @eahcreative.)

If you answered yes to these above, then we'd likely be a great fit! Contact me when you're ready!

5) Are you looking to have an extremely "spicy", explicit, or graphic cover made? 

If the answer to #5 is yes, then we're probably not a good fit. I don't design explicit or "spicy" content and don't prefer to have excessive gore represented on my covers. I just wouldn't do it justice. 

The answer is...maybe. 

I find that a client often wants to work with me because they've seen a design I've created and liked what they saw. What that is reflects my personal design style. It's how I see the world and how I create. 

However, when asked to continue a series after another designer has already started it can often mean one of two things: 1) The author is going in a different direction and wants a cover in my style or 2) The author wants me to continue the series but to keep things consistent with the original designers style. 

Option 1 means I don't take those initial cover designs into consideration and design a cover I think is most marketable and fits the book best. 
Option 2 (usually) means that I have to change my style to match that initial designers style. 

I don't prefer to do option 2 very often for several reasons. The first being that the initial design was not "my" design and to fit the series means I have to "copy" that designer. In special cases I have done this, but only with the initial designers consent or the initial designer was unresponsive to the client (in this case, they are still credited on the cover as being the initial designer and I am then credited as the "new" designer). 

The second reason I don't prefer option 2 is that when you work with me, you are expecting a design that comes from my imagination and fits my style. To copy someone else's style means I then have to change my style and that often makes the project harder for all involved. 

No situation is exact, so if you are in this predicament and looking to hire a new designer to finish a series for you, feel free to reach out and we can see if there is a consensus to be made about style and moving forward.