# Morgan Wright

> Solo specialist animating overlay motion onto author-supplied covers since August 2019, 15,000+ covers in, at €12.95 each or €10.95 per cover in bulk.

Source: https://selfpublishingdirectory.com/cover-design/morgan-wright
Website: https://www.morganwrightbooks.com/book-cover-animations-service
Category: Cover Design (https://selfpublishingdirectory.com/cover-design)
Pricing: paid — $10.95–$89
AI-powered: no
Tags: animated-cover, budget, social-media, overlay-animation, freelancer, no-ai
Last verified: 2026-08-27
Best For: Budget-conscious authors who want to animate an existing cover for social media without a four-figure marketing spend
Genres: fiction, romance, fantasy, thriller, mystery, sci-fi, horror, children
Revision Policy: 1 free revision per cover animation, and 1 on the mini trailer for minor elements only. No free revisions on displays, ads, sneak peeks, mockups or music. Extra rounds €3.95 each.
Service Type: freelancer

Morgan Wright launched her book-cover animation service in August 2019 and has animated 15,000+ covers since. The work is overlay animation — motion layered onto an author-supplied finished cover — and the service page states twice that she does not design covers: "All files you want animated need to be provided by you." No studio in the category comes near the price.

**Prices are in euros and payment is in euros only**, via PayPal, "regardless of your country currency." Dollar figures below are converted at EUR/USD 1.1658 (27 Aug 2026); the vendor's own on-page dollar estimates are pegged near 1.08 and so run roughly 8% low.

- **One animated cover (€12.95 / ~$15):** Up to 2 variations, and if you like both you may use both. Author supplies the final artwork.
- **Multiple covers (€10.95 per cover / ~$13):** Bulk rate, same 2-variations-per-cover terms. This is the category's cheapest published per-cover animation.
- **Audiobooks, 3D mockups and banners (€12 / ~$14):** Animated at a flat rate, mentioned only in a footnote above the package table.
- **Animated cover with music (€18.95 / ~$22):** One version without music plus one with a soundtrack composed to your genre, style and mood by GeeGee Music Productions.
- **Marketing add-ons:** Animated Cover Display (€5.95), Animated Cover Ads / 3 ads (€16.95, dropping to €12.95 if bought with the trailer), Sneak Peek (€7.95), Mini Animated Trailer (€29.90, 40–55s with up to 5 text panels), Music Composition (€8.95–€14.95). Every add-on requires a main animation package — displays and ads are only eligible on covers Morgan animated herself.
- **Full marketing packages:** Option 1 €69 (~$80) and Option 2 €89 (~$104). Both bundle an animated cover, a display, **6** ads rather than the standalone 3, a sneak peek, and 25 3D mockups plus 1 animated mockup; Option 2 adds music on the ads and the mini trailer.
- **Distribution is part of the product:** you choose when your animation goes out on @byMorganWright (150K+ followers), and each week randomly chosen covers get an extra free tweet. Cover reveals can be held back until you email permission to go live.
- **Genres:** all except erotica and "exceedingly violent horror" — the limit is gore that Twitter/X and YouTube will not host, not horror as a genre; the portfolio carries a Horror category alongside Children's Books, Dystopian, Historical Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Romance and Thriller. Submissions are subject to approval.
- **Best for:** Indie authors who already have a strong static cover and want a social-media-ready animated version without committing to a $200–$650 studio quote.
- **Limitations:** Solo operator (single-person reliability risk on tight timelines). **Turnaround and file formats are published nowhere on the site** — not on the service page, the portfolio or the info page — so confirm both by email before booking; portfolio samples run 6–24 seconds. The fee is non-refundable. The terms restrict what you own: no third party may alter the animation, and using it inside a trailer or video not made by Morgan needs her written permission first. Music is licensed non-exclusively, so the same soundtrack may reappear in other projects. Revision economics work against heavy iteration at €3.95 a round.
- **Note:** the service page has been carrying a Valentine's promo code that expired 15 February 2026, and the terms were last updated January 2026 — the page is not being actively maintained, so treat every figure as worth confirming by email.