Hi! My name is Anton Khodakovsky. I am a book designer.

I have more than 15 years of experience, and I’ve been designing books for over 6 years, in genres ranging from spiritual guides to thrillers, and from popular science to poetry.

I've designed more than a thousand books, and know how to create a cover that stands out. The quality of my work on par with the NYC major publishers.

Rates are flat, turnaround is quick, and my clients are happy.

Some of them: Éditions Kéruss (Canada), ARTE books (Korea), Atticus Books (Kensington, Md.), EKSMO (#1 publisher in Russia, one of the biggest in Europe), Facultet (Moscow State University Press), independent authors from across the United States.

The Design Process

For all the romanticism attached to writing, books are about selling, and what sells is what catches your eye. It's about attraction. Buyers glance at your book cover for only a few seconds before making up their minds to buy (or not). Great book covers require specific skills, experience and, of course, talent. Yes, that's me.

The cover design process takes between 10 and 35 hours, roughly. I research what the competing books look like, find the right imagery and fonts, do some sketching and scribbling, photo manipulation, color correction and all that design stuff.

Within a week I'll send you up to 4 front cover concepts. One of them is often accepted with some revisions, but you are welcome to ask for as many revisions as you like or even a totally new concept. Once your front cover is approved, the back cover and spine follow within a few days. With your approval of the back cover, we are ready to go to press.

I'll provide ready-to-print digital files to you or directly to your printer, according to the specifications. I've been working with the leading print-on-demand service providers like Lightning Source and CreateSpace.

Well, but how long?

Usual turnaround for book cover design is 7-10 days, from start to finish. Complete book design (cover, interior and typesetting) takes two weeks—if your manuscript is edited and proofread and you provide comments in a timely manner*.
*Within 24 hours of the request for information.

It’s definitely not an arm and a leg

	Book cover design. Hardcover, paperback, or both. Plus dust jacket, if you need one. No royalties, no hidden charges, no nonsense, just the cover you want.
	Book layout design and typesetting. It involves selecting the typeface and designing the page layout; deciding how to indicate chapters and page numbers; ensuring your book conforms to standards in readability; and more. *Complex typesetting of tables, indexes, color illustrations etc. is quoted individually.
	Got more than one? 10% discount applies to multiple orders (2 books and more).
...don’t forget about promotion!
	Promo package. Poster, business card for your book, sell sheet, postcard for direct mail, bookmark, all based on the cover design concept.
	Website for your book. 5-10 pages, simple HTML/CSS, basic scripts, browsers testing. Check an example here.