# BookCovers.com > The largest premade book cover marketplace — roughly 80,000 exclusive designs from $35, with in-browser text preview and instant download. Print and audiobook versions cost extra. Source: https://selfpublishingdirectory.com/cover-design/selfpubbookcovers Website: https://bookcovers.com Category: Cover Design (https://selfpublishingdirectory.com/cover-design) Pricing: paid — $35–$299/per-project AI-powered: no Tags: premade, instant-download, ebook-cover, print-wrap, audiobook-cover, marketplace, large-catalog, draft2digital Last verified: 2026-08-20 Best For: Authors who want the widest premade selection with live text preview, and who only need an ebook cover — print and audiobook are billed separately Genres: romance, fantasy, thriller, sci-fi, mystery, non-fiction, young-adult Revision Policy: Text edited in-browser before purchase and re-editable from your dashboard forever at no cost; custom covers include up to 2 revision rounds Service Type: hybrid Turnaround Days: 1 BookCovers.com (formerly SelfPubBookCovers.com) is the largest premade book cover marketplace, relaunched in 2023 after joining Draft2Digital. Its catalog holds 79,909 listings from independent artists who set their own prices, spanning romance, fantasy, mystery/thriller, sci-fi, young adult and nonfiction. What separates it from other premade shops is the in-browser customization tool — you type your title and author name onto any cover and see the result before paying. Each design is sold once and then retired. ## What You Get - **In-browser text preview:** Enter your title, author name, and subtitle on any cover before buying. What you see is what you download. - **Unlimited text edits, forever:** Your purchased cover stays editable from your dashboard — change the title or typography years later at no extra cost. - **Instant download:** No waiting on designer availability. The file is available immediately after purchase. - **Genuine exclusivity:** Every cover is capped at a single sale and pulled from the store once bought — verifiable in the store's own data, where each cover carries a purchase limit of one. - **A custom option:** Beyond the premades, BookCovers.com sells bespoke design from scratch with up to 2 revision rounds. It's quote-based — no price is published, and you order first, then get quoted. ## Who It's For - **Debut authors on a budget:** Covers start at $35, among the lower entry points for a major premade platform. - **Prolific series writers:** The volume makes it practical to find several covers with compatible aesthetics for a series. - **Ebook-first authors:** The economics work best if you don't need print. See Limitations. **Pricing:** $35–$299 per cover, one-time, no subscription. The catalog clusters tightly: a quarter of covers sit at or below $69, the median is **$85**, and 95% are under $119. Prices above $200 are rare — only a handful of designs reach $299. Add-ons are separate: **full print wrap $149**, **audiobook (square) version $75**. ## Strengths - **Unmatched selection:** Roughly 80,000 listings dwarfs other premade catalogs. If a premade fit for an unusual subgenre exists anywhere, it most likely exists here. - **Live text preview:** Typing your title onto a cover before buying removes the risk of discovering the typography doesn't work with your actual title — a real and common problem on shops that show static images only. - **Post-purchase editing is unusually generous:** Most premade shops hand you a flat file. Here the cover stays live in your dashboard and re-editable indefinitely, which matters when you retitle a book or refresh a series. - **Established track record:** Over a decade serving indie authors under the SelfPubBookCovers name, with added stability from the Draft2Digital relationship. ## Limitations - **Print costs more than most covers do.** Premades are sized for ebook only. A paperback or hardcover full wrap is a **$149 add-on** — 1.75x the median cover price, and more than most individual covers. The audiobook square is another **$75**. Neither price appears on the marketing pages that describe them; the audiobook page even says the file is "delivered with your purchase," which reads as included. Budget for the total, not the sticker. - **The headline count overstates what you can actually buy.** In a 2,100-cover random sample, **20% were already sold** and no longer purchasable, though they remain visible in the catalog. That gap is why the site quotes "80,000+" on one page and "over 60,000" on most others — the two figures measure listings versus live inventory. - **AI-assisted artwork is permitted.** The FAQ is explicit: covers "100% produced with AI tools" are banned, but "specific elements of a cover design may be created using AI tools" — Generative Fill for backgrounds, scene extension, changing a model's hair colour — and the company concedes "it is impossible to determine these use cases with any accuracy, so we cannot disallow" them. If you need a documented AI-free cover, this is not the shop. - **Variable quality, no editorial curation.** Any accepted artist can list, so quality ranges from professional to amateurish, and sorting ~80,000 covers at thumbnail size takes patience. - **Almost no usable review signal, and what exists is old.** Sitejabber (now rebranded smartcustomer.com) shows **3.1/5 from just 11 reviews**, the most recent from November 2024; Trustpilot has a single review. Complaints cluster on payment and support response — paid and never received the file, no answer to refund requests — rather than on design quality. ## Alternatives The Book Cover Designer (16,400+ curated covers, an actual no-AI policy, $8–$900 with a $75 median) offers a smaller but more consistently professional catalog and a firmer stance on AI. Rocking Book Covers specializes in thriller and crime with a single designer's distinctive hand. If print is non-negotiable, price a shop that includes the wrap before adding $149 here.