• US$150

• 30 designs

• 9 designers

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Book Cover Design Brief

"Flocks of One" is the fourth book in the John Morano Eco-Adventure Series. It's a YA novel that adults will enjoy, based on the adventures of several birds, some avian and marine characters from prior books, and several humans as well.

We're looking for a front-and-back, wraparound cover that will be used for the print and ebook editions of this title (ebook will include just the front). THERE ARE TWO PRINT EDITIONS FOR THIS TITLE, WITH DIFFERENT TRIM SIZES. Please take note of this when working on the covers.

The cover must be consistent with that of the other three books in the series in style, tone, and typography. Included with this task are the final covers for those books.

See the full series here: https://amzn.to/2KwIZZF

Art suggestion from the author: "Two of the most striking birds in the book are the Ivory-billed woodpecker and the Spix's Macaw. Two of the three main plot lines follow their stories. There is a section of the story where both birds are in the same place at the same time, the Pine Barrens in New Jersey, a wonderful setting. Featuring the woodpecker on a tall pine or oak, with the macaw flying in the distance beyond, would get both birds on the cover and could look interesting."

PLEASE REFER TO ATTACHED FILES for examples of the Spix's Macaw, Ivory-billed Woodpecker, and the Pine Barrens. Submissions that don't reflect the right birds or environment will not be considered.

Target Market(s)

Young adult with carryover to both middle grade and adult markets.

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Font styles to use

Other font styles liked:

• Title, "A Novel", Byline, "With an Introduction": Trajan Pro; Rear Cover, "Book Four of the Eco-Adventure Series": Source Sans Pro (Semibold Italic); Description: Source Sans Pro

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Colors

Designer to choose colors to be used in the design.

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Look and feel

Each slider illustrates characteristics of the customer's brand and the style your logo design should communicate.

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Requirements

Must have

• Cover art should be photorealistic (see previous covers for examples). Ideally, the cover would include both the woodpecker and macaw as described by the author in the "Project description" section.
• TYPOGRAPHY
• FRONT COVER:
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• • "Flocks of One"
• • "a novel"
• • "by John Morano"
• • a "4" inside a medallion identical to the other books. This signifies that it's the fourth book in the series. The medallion from book 3 has been uploaded as a separate file.
• BACK COVER:
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• • Room for two or three short paragraphs of description/reviewer comments
• • Space for Barcode
• • "With an introduction by Jim Simon, President of Oceana"
• • "Book Four of the Eco-Adventure Series"
• SPINE:
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• • Title ("Flocks of One") and byline (John Morano) - positioning/style consistent with other books
• TECHNICAL SPECS:
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• • Final deliverable files must be in .AI (Adobe Illustrator), .PSD (Adobe Photoshop) or .INDD (Adobe InDesign) format, and ALL FONTS MUST BE INCLUDED as separate files or embedded.
• • Final art must be minimum of 300dpi in CMYK mode
• • Final cover "total ink coverage" cannot under any circumstances exceed 300% and should remain at 240% or lower.
• • Final cover must meet all requirements from templates provided
• • Cover must be usable for all editions, including ebook and print editions (both 6x9 and 5x8 trim sizes)

Nice to have

• Other birds / characters from the previous books, such as the Guadalupe petrel or Great Northern Pacific octopus, or some dolphins.

Should not have

• • No black and white, must be in color.
• • No laurels or wreaths around the medallion - it's an indicator of series number, not an award.

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Files

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