Most cover designers these days regularly post their work on Facebook and Instagram. (For a good example of the diverse design style of Fiverr, check out Dale Robert’s YouTube video, “I Paid 5 Designers on Fiverr to Design The Same Cover.”) Many times Fiverr or Upwork designers are new to the field or provide lackluster results, and it’s up to you to sift through the truly gifted with the less so. The downside to freelancing platforms, however, is that they’re a bit of a gamble. These platforms help connect clients with millions of freelancers for a variety of prices, and is a great resource to get a cover quickly. There are a number of great ways to hunt for a good designer, one place being on freelancing platforms like Upwork and Fiverr. But first…how do you even find a cover designer? And what do they expect to be paid? With more and more authors turning to self-publishing routes as opposed to traditional, more and more authors are hiring their own cover designers (or doing it themselves).

In a flurry of creative inspiration, we log onto Canva, boot up Photoshop, or pull out our Crayola pencils.

You can follow Jenneth’s work on her website,, or follow her on Instagram many aspiring writers, I’m sure we’ve all been there: we love our stories, our characters-that insane plot twist in the height of the climax-and we want to see it all beyond just words on the page. She holds degrees in professional writing and digital media with a M. She is currently the senior graphic designer at Havok Publishing and resides outside of Washington D.C. Jenneth Dyck is a dyslexic writer, illustrator, and designer who creates book covers professionally for indie authors and small press publishers.

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