Historical readers judge a cover on the period before they judge anything else, checking that the fonts, colors, and imagery feel true to the era before they read a single line of the blurb. We design historical covers from scratch, across every century and setting, so yours earns that trust in the first second.
From ancient empires and medieval courts to the World Wars and the American frontier, browse covers built for the period your story lives in. Click any cover to view it full size.
Historical readers know their eras. A cover that gets the period wrong, in typography, palette, or imagery, loses their trust before they read the description. Three things drive their instant judgment:
Serif fonts, ornamental letterforms, and layout choices matched to the decade or century your book is set in, so readers place the era before they read the title.
Muted, faded tones for centuries past, richer palettes for closer history: color choices that carry the emotional weight of the period, not just decorate the cover.
Most readers meet your cover first as a tiny square on a phone screen. We design so the title, imagery, and era all still read clearly at that size.
Your historical cover package includes custom artwork or licensed imagery matched to your setting, period-accurate typography, and a full mockup before you commit to anything.
Straight answers about pricing, revisions, files, and copyright before you get started.
$199, tax included. That covers a custom design built around your book’s era and setting, a full mockup, and unlimited revisions until you’re happy. It’s for the front cover only, but you get the source files and full copyright, delivered within 14 days.
You’ll see a first design within 5 working days of sending your brief. Final files follow within 10 working days, depending on how many rounds of revisions you need.
Yes. Send us the series title and how many books it includes, and we’ll build a shared template for typography, layout, and palette that carries across every cover.
No. Licensed stock imagery is included in your package. If you have your own imagery, reference photos, or research you’d like reflected in the cover, we’re glad to use it too.
All of them: ancient civilizations, medieval Europe, the Renaissance, the colonial era, Regency and Victorian England, the World Wars, and beyond. Tell us the period, setting, and tone of your book in the brief and we’ll take it from there.
Yes. Full commercial rights transfer to you on final payment. Use your cover on every retailer, in print, and in advertising, with no restrictions.
They’re checking the era, the tone, the details, before they read a word of your blurb. Get a cover built to earn their trust instantly.
