Note: If you are having difficulties with the ‘Contact Form’, please send a direct email to chelms@avalongraphics.org
Standard Design Questionnaire
- Title of your book (and any sub-titles or volume numbers)
- Author’s name (if different than your real name)
- Publisher’s name/contact – if self-publishing, which online printer will you be using (examples: Amazon/KDP, Ingram Sparks, Lulu, etc.)
- Format: paperback (three-panel), eBook (front cover digital image)
- Publishing timeline: what are your expectations for delivery of cover design?
- Tell Me About Your Story (in your own words, not the back blurb)
- Main Character’s Name & Description (include age, physical attributes, personality, and anything important that stands out)
- General Mood of Your Story (adventure, comedy, romance, mystery, crime, etc.)
- Target Reader Age Group
- Any Ideas / Desires / Wants / Theme / Colors for Your Cover Artwork
- Any Existing Covers you are drawn to? Please List Title & Author
- Technical specifications: trim size (5X8; 6X9; 5.5X8.5 etc.), interior paper: crème or white, paperback cover jacket: gloss finish or matte finish (if not known now, I set the concepts at the largest trim size)
- If publishing printed formats, will you supply your barcode image? If not, please provide the printed book’s ISBN number so I may generate a barcode for you (no additional fee to generate the barcode)
- Your Back-Cover Blurb (can provide and/or edit later if not known now)
- Your final page count once your manuscript has been typeset by your publishing service (can give this later if not known now)
Contact Avalon Graphics today for a FREE quote.

Please give me at call or email me at mchaisson@creativementalhealth.net to discuss a book cover layout and ebook format as well.
Thanks
Michelle Chaisson
901-428-6348