We dress self-published books for the world: the grain of good paper, a title that glows under lamplight, a spine that still reads three shelves away. Brand kits, cover systems, and reader-site visuals, all from one bench.
First book, first face. Enough to launch with confidence.
A whole look that carries a career, not just one title.
Old titles, pulled into one glowing, coherent look.
Before a single swatch, we ask what your book should feel like in a hand: the weather of chapter one, the readers who loved your last page, the shelf you want to land on. The brief comes from the story, not a trend board.
You never get one take-it-or-leave-it jpeg. We sketch three distinct covers — different nerve, different hue — hand-letter the title candidates, then kern them to the pixel. You choose; we refine until the spine sings.
Print-ready at 300dpi with bleed, KDP and IngramSpark templates squared away, plus the web-ready visuals your reader site and socials need. You leave with a kit you can run for years — not a folder of mysteries.
A cover is a promise whispered across a crowded bookstore. We make sure yours doesn’t lie.— The bench at Nettle & Lantern
Genre-literate, start to spine.Cozy mystery to hard sci-fi, verse to memoir — we read the shelf before we design for it.
One bench, your whole launch.The same two eyes shape the wordmark, the cover, and the site visuals, so nothing drifts out of tune.
Print that survives the printer.Bleed, trim, and ink coverage handled, so your proof arrives looking like the screen.
Revisions until it rings true.We don’t stop at “fine.” The chosen direction gets refined until it feels inevitable.
Three cover directions explored on every project — so you choose, and never settle for the only option on the table.
Tell us the title, the genre, and the feeling you want a reader to carry off the shelf. We’ll bring the lantern — and three ways to light it.
