VII. Competitor Studies

COMPETITOR STUDIES

MiblArt is online book cover design website that started with three people sharing a passion for creating unique designs. The team at MiblArt believes that book cover design can look professional without costing you a fortune and are passionate about telling authors' stories. Their team consists of many graphic designers and a variety of managers in marketing and business fields.

MiblArt offers custom eBook and print cover design, cover design for Kindle Vella, illustrated book cover designs, logo and branding design, marketing materials, eBook and print interior formatting services, and more. They have a carousel of Facebook testimonials praising their work on their home page. Their work is extremely high quality, stunning, and professional while maintaining a friendly feeling to their website.

Unlike some competitors, MiblArt has an in-depth questionnaire to learn about client's books and help create their designs right off the bat, as well as process explanations for most services. They advertise their company on Instagram, Pinterest, and YouTube, where they showcase how they make some of their covers. They can be contacted by email and have an email newsletter clients can sign up for. JD&J Design is an online book cover design website run by a small team of passionate book cover designers. These designers, who have years of experience in the publishing and book cover design indus tries, help Indie Authors and Publishers with both book covers and promotional materials for clients with the use of Adobe software.

They offer fiction book cover design, nonfiction book cover design, eBook cover design, promotional designs, conversion of eBook cov ers to print covers, and ready made cover designs. They have a page on their website dedicated to customer testimonials praising their services. Each customer's testimonial is accompanied with images of the covers created for them. Their work seems high quality, profes sional, and consistent.

Most of their services' prices are not listed, forcing the customer to contact them about a possible design in order to learn prices. This can be inconvenient for customers looking for a service to be done within a specific price range. They advertise their company on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest. They can be also be contacted by email.

JD&J Design is an online book cover design website run by a small team of passionate book cover designers. These designers, who have years of experience in the publishing and book cover design industries, help Indie Authors and Publishers with both book covers and promotional materials for clients with the use of Adobe software.

They offer fiction book cover design, nonfiction book cover design, eBook cover design, promotional designs, conversion of eBook covers to print covers, and ready made cover designs. They have a page on their website dedicated to customer testimonials praising their services. Each customer's testimonial is accompanied with images of the covers created for them. Their work seems high quality, profes-

Most of their services' prices are not listed, forcing the customer to contact them about a possible design in order to learn prices. This can be inconvenient for customers looking for a service to be done within a specific price range. They advertise their company on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest. They can be also be Damonza is an online book cover design website founded in 2012 as a side project for Damon Freeman. Damonza's team love turning an author's dream into reality. As Founder and Creative Director, Damon has to approve any and all cover designs, ensuring a consistent standard for the company.

They offer budget eBook cover design, print and eBook cover design, print and eBook cover and interior formatting, premium cover design, predesigned eBook covers, and cover improvements. They also offer somewhat unique services such as book trailers and book cover animation. They have a page on their website dedicated to short customer testimonials praising their work. Their work appears to be high quality, professional and consistent.

They do strongly recommend authors not choosing a design for their covers that depicts a scene from their stories, which can be discouraging to authors that really love this idea for their covers. They advertise their company on Facebook and Twitter. They can also be contacted by email.