Book Cover Design by Karrie Ross

"Karrie Ross, book design services offer quality, creativity, attention to deadlines, striking designs and reasonable pricing partnered with conscientious business professionalism. She makes you and your book look great."

— Dan Poynter, The Self-Publishing Manual, http://www.ParaPub.com

"I have found Karrie Ross to be totally proficient and professional in her ability to design a top quality cover for my book "Holocaust Exposed: The Bible Enigma." I was in a bit of a desperate strait when it was decided days before printing that my book cover needed a make-over. I found Karrie's web site easily and received a reply to my querrie within hours. Within a few days Karrie had furnished me with a very good cover that now gives justice to the content of the book. I don't hesitate to recommend Karrie Ross as the person you need for producing a high standard cover design for your book."

Pastor Nigel Woodley
New Zealand
Book Cover Design

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"Why use a book designer in California when I live in Sweden? Because Karrie Ross is quicker, more professional and more creative than the designers down the street. I prize speed, forthrightness, and total professionality and you get that with Karrie. Her design for my latest book, brochure and website, is straightforward, selling and simple. It sets just the right tone for what I wanted to achieve. Karrie is effective and effecient, always helpful, aside from being a pleasure to work with. Karrie comes highly recommended from my outpost in Scandianvia and I look forward to working with her again."

John Steinberg, Sweden
Book Cover & Interior Design, Brochure, Website

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I loved my inaugural adventure with Karrie as a first time Author and Publisher. Karrie has an Innate Gift of co-creation. She listened for and honored what was most important to my vision while guiding me and suggesting
how to professionally present my book's message and my branding's image. Karrie, You Are Positively Brilliant!"

Peter J. Reding
Positively Brilliant
Self-mastery
Book Cover & Interior

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"Karrie, your book cover design is beyond all my expectations. I am absolutely thrilled with your creativity and the ingenious manner in which your design summed up the essence of my message. Now my book is truly a dream package - both inside and out. Thank you!"

Tania Gabrielle
'The Unrevealed Secrets of Political Success'
Cover & Interior

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"The book cover Karrie designed captured the essence of PeaceMaker, my speculative thriller. She's very talented and guided me through the process of designing a cover. Plus Karrie's fun to work with!"



Dan Ronco
PeaceMaker, Custom Book Cover

"This was my first workbook cover. I did several drafts of my own, looked at what some of my colleagues had done, I also looked at lots of other cover artists but I really feel that Karrie's work is head and shoulders above them. The simple fact is that Karrie has a God given talent for conveying the core message to the reader through her cover designs. All the reader has to do is simply look at the cover and they automatically have a feel for the ingredients and flavor of it's content. The cover Karrie created for my book, Finding Time For Fitness NOW! surpassed my expectations. I will gladly have Karrie create the covers for all my future books!"


Hank Uhlaender
Workbook Book Cover Series Design, and Website: Fitness and Dieting ebooks

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"We already have back orders at Barnes & Noble, and at Borders. My testimonial for you is that everyone thinks the cover is really attractive."
So do we!

The Echo of Eternal Awareness
Misha Ashoorian
and Marilyn Priel
Book Cover and Interior Design
Cover image by Karrie Ross

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"Karrie Ross delivered the exacting quality, artistic creativity and technical precision I wanted -- and for not one penny more than the published price quote!"
Lyons interior sample



Nancy Lyons
Celiac Disease Exposed
Book Cover and Interior
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Hi Karrie, Hope all is well with you. An Unlikely Foe: Celiac Disease Exposed (ISBN: 0976213400, Nancy J. Lyons) was selected as a finalist in the “Best Books 2006” Book Awards in the category Health:General by USABookNews.com. I couldn’t have done it without you. Thanks. Best wishes, Nancy
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Hi Karrie, RE: An Unlikely Foe: Celiac Disease Exposed, ISBN: 0976213400, I have just received word from PMA that the cover you designed was selected and will be displayed with others in Publisher's Weekly, (I think the Feb. 26th issue, independent publisher promotion). That's all I know. We'll see. Best, Nancy Lyons

"Karrie did a great job designing my dust jacket and interior layout. Her patience and attitude made things so much easier for me. I'm very pleased with the results and I would recommend Karrie to those needing the jacket design and interior layout design services for their new book."
Tate interior sample



Troy Tate,
The DNA of Successful Leaders
Book Cover and Interior Design, and CD Case

"Karrie Ross of was my salvation when it came to cover design and the interior layout of the book itself. Thanks so much for the take-charge attitude so comfortably delivered with a delightful sense of humor."

  


Mark Wisch
In The Gray, Between Two and Twenty Fathoms, Lessons from a Lifetime on the Water
Book Cover and Interior Desing
110+ and 200 images

"Karrie Ross did such a creative, timely, and meaningful job on my book cover I can hardly wait to write the next book and have her put another cover on it. Thanks Karrie!"



Lars Clausen,
One Wheel, Many Spokes,
USA by Unicycle
Book Cover Design

"Thanks for a good job and making it easy to get my cover done."


Gary Deering
Yes
Book Cover Design

"Karrie - I can't thank you enough for the book cover work you did on Colorado: a Silly Guide to the Centennial State. It's an eye-catcher and has certainly increased my wholesale orders from gift stores and book store retail sales too. Your design charges were very reasonable and kept my production cost down boosting my bottom line. You'll be getting a call when our next book is ready for cover design."



Sincerely,
Steve Owings
Cabin Lake Publishing

"If you are looking for a book designer, you can now end your search because Karrie Ross is a great choice. Efficient, professional, creative... everything you want in a designer."



James Pardoe,
author "Warren Buffet Has Spoken"
Book Cover & Interior Design

"Why do you hire a book cover designer? You want peace of mind, timely turnaround, and a cover that “pops”. I was smart enough to hire Karrie Ross to do this for me. I quickly found that all the testimonials I’d read were true. Karrie was genuinely fun to work with, responsive to my inquiries, and eager to produce the best possible cover she could for my book. She also came at a very reasonable price.

Karrie took my simple cover ideas and ran with them, enabling me to focus on writing and editing. Karrie pretty much nailed the cover design on the first pass and any changes I required were made quickly and efficiently. Now I have a smashing cover representing a smashing book.

If you are looking for a book cover designer, Karrie Ross is EXACTLY who you want to hire." Thanks again!"

Kenny Soward
Book Cover Design, Postcard and Walletcard design

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Karrie is fabulous to work with! She walked us through what needed to be done, and gave us a great cover design that everyone is talking about. It's so nice to work with someone who is both a talented designer, and a warm human being who understands the challenges for the new author. Thanks, Karrie!

Pamela Bruner,
'EFT and Beyond'
Book Cover Design
MakeYourSuccessEasy.com

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“Karrie Ross came into a my book writing project at a time it had lost its direction and momentum. She not only got the project heading in a positive direction again, her confidence and expertise made the journey into something fun again. If you're thinking of publishing anything, a consult with Karrie is well worth the time, and her work is WELL worth the money. I have had so many compliments just on the looks of my book alone, that was very surprising and I owe that to Karrie. I highly recommend Karrie.”

Kirk & Mary Kjellberg
"Who Sold My Cheese"
Series Look: Book Cover & Interior Series Design

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"I was stumped until I met Karrie. I had a 65 page 8 1/2 x 11 Word document and didn't have a clue on how to turn it into a book... until I met Karrie. She continually under promised and over delivered! She led me to istockphoto and helped me choose cover photos, led me to Lightning Source for on demand printing and coordinated all the technical file requirements for me. She's a joy to work with, I highly recommend her and I'll be using her on my future work. Thanks Karrie!"

Ron Ernst
The Conscious Entrepreneur
Book Cover & Interior

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"Karrie was a pleasure to work with. She is intelligent, creative, responsive, reasonably priced and most of all, delivers an outstanding exceptional book cover product. Karrie thank you!"

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Michael Horwin
Cancer Monthly
"Surviving Mesotheliomaand Other Cancers: A Patient's Guide" and "They Said months. I Chose Years!"
Book Cover Design with a la carte photo-montague

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"As a relative new-comer to the publishing world, I was apprehensive at first as to what I would get and the process that it would take to get what Iwanted. Karrie Ross soon made me relax about that "process". She made it
clear from the beginning that she was on my side and that there would be no "run-arounds". I needed a unique looking cover in the genre of children's beginning guitar courses. I got just that - a great unique looking cover
that will attract the attention from a specific audience."

James Emery Vigh
Profesor Bruno Noteworthy's Guitar Course For Kids (and other humans)
Book Cover/CD/DVD case

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“Karrie Ross is an expert when it comes to interior book design. Her genius and artistic abilities emerge as she brings your manuscript to life - and it beautifully becomes a creative and tangible book for the first time. Not only does she have the expertise and experience necessary for excellent interior and exterior book design, Karrie is sincerely and genuinely interested in your project. What more could you ask for?”

Linda Kenney Miller, Author
Beacon on the Hill

**National Best Book Award Historical Novel

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"Karrie, you have been a gem, and if there is any way we can help you spread the word about your business, let us know. You are an intuitive person, with a strong business sense. What a terrific combination! If Nick or I can write you a promotion piece or something, or a letter, or both - well, you get the picture. You have made this process as painless as can be! Maybe some day we'll meet you!" ....Fondly, Annie
Zangari interior sample



Annie Malone Zangari
A Gift, Silently Given
BookCover and Interior Design

Karrie, Thank you for the beautiful job designing the interior of my book. It has been a pleasure to work with you. Your promptness in responding to all my emails and your attention to detail have really helped take the edge off what could have been a nerve-wracking process. I hope someday we'll meet!"

High Way From Hell: Using Emotion to Fan the Fire of Enlightenment by Moonstone Star White
Spirit Wind Publishing
Interior design

**National Best Books Award

"Dear Karrie, Thank you so much for your help on my book. Your eye for cover design, layout, colors and text have helped to make my book standout and be discovered.  In the first two months the book has sold more than 400 copies and there's no end in sight!  I will recommend you with the highest of praise because I know first-hand what a great asset you have been in making my book a success. Thanks again for your suggestions and insight."



Bill Varney
Author, Surf Fishing,
The Light-Line Revolution
Book Cover and Interior Design

"The person who just designed
the BEST cover we’ve
ever had is:
Karrie Ross
She can turn it from a great book with an ‘OK’ cover into one that people will buy."



Mike Rounds
Marketing the One-Person Business, Book Cover Design
www.RoundsMiller.com

"...excellent job, and so fast! Thanks again for your beautiful work, and your attention to detail..."
Hassan interior sample.



Allen Hassan / David Drum
Failure to Atone
Book Cover and Interior Design, 60+ photos
Website, and display banners for trade show. http://www.allenhassan.com

"Karrie Ross was excellent to work with designing the cover for, "The Preschooler's Guide to L.A. and Orange Counties." She understood my ideas and made them happen. She really cared about the details of this project, and went out of her way to make everything just right and ahead of schedule. I am so grateful to have found her. Have a great night!"



Nicole Adan
Boundless World
Book Cover Design

"Hi Karrie- Just a note to say I enjoyed working with you, appreciated your professionalism and the promptness with which you tackled my project - front and back cover design for my upcoming book. Your design concept worked well, and everyone I've shown it to simply loves what you've done, me included. Also, the project moved along at a steady pace and never stalled out, which is a miracle in the world of design and printing. I will be sure to tell other authors about your work, and with luck and sales, perhaps I will be
using you again in the not
too far future."



Jeanine Lee Kitchel
Where the Sky Is Born: From Beach to Bookstore

"Dear Karrie,
Thank you so much for your consulting advice. I emailed the illustrator and they said they were happy to assign copyright to me so I was very surprised. So all's well at present. However, I am glad to have had your consult your advice was sound and you do great covers, there will undoubtedly be other projects that I need help with. Thanks again for your advice. Best Wishes, Roslyn"

"As I try to write this Thank You letter, I am suddenly realizing that words alone are too weak to express how much I cherish your book cover design for ’82 Mystery. The book is very emotional, and you seemed to have captured all the emotions in your design – mystery, suspense, fear, melancholy, uplifting well-being, and many, many more too numerous to mention. It is as if you read the book! I can’t get over that! And I can’t imagine anyone not hiring you to design their covers. You did a better job than any major publisher ever could, and you were always accessible to answer questions and guide me every step of the way.

This is to say nothing of your website design coaching. What can I say? If you can have the patience to guide a technically-challenged geek like me to set up a web site, anybody else should be easy! The more I learn about WordPress, the more invaluable I realize your coaching was. This will stay with me for a long, long time.

(website design)
I remember being a little intimidated when I first contacted you about the cover design and web site coaching. You know so much and you’re so talented. I figured your fees would be exorbitant. Yet for the value I got, I would have paid much, much more for what you gave."
Richard Wood
Book Cover Design and
Website design
82Mystery.com

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Karrie Ross took our ideas and gave us a cover that we like very much – all in a very short period of time.  She steered us away from rookie mistakes and cut our learning curve dramatically on numerous issues.  After a year of intense efforts in writing this book, the act of turning the book cover over to Karrie was one of our best decisions.

Carol B. Reynolds, Ph.D.
Silver Age Music
Book Cover Design

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If you need to design a book cover or interior for the first time -- or the tenth -- you have no better option than Karrie Ross. Karrie is professional yet personable, highly skilled but reasonably priced, and very busy but committed to quick turnaround and effective customer service. You will be so happy you chose to work
with Karrie!

John, Global Grad, Book Cover Design and Consultation on interior formatting.

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Karrie,
Just thought I'd update you on sales numbers. I just passed 100,000 books sold from the five covers you did. Thanks so much,
Jerry Eicher, 05/08/09

"There is no one quite like Karrie Ross when it comes to book cover designing. She literally brought tears to my eyes when I saw the first cover she did for me. After months of being told it couldn't be done by other designer, there it was. Maybe I shouldn't say it, but based on inside information, I know that she does the job the big publishers do, for a fraction of the cost. As of 3/2008, I have sold 42,000 books off of the four covers she's designed for me."
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Jerry Eicher
A Time to Live, Sarah, Hannah, Hannah's Dream, Sarah's Son
Book Cover Series Design

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"Karrie Ross made breathtaking designs for the covers of two of my books. Both deal with futuristic issues, although neither novel is science fiction in the usual sense. She has an uncanny ability to capture the essence of the plot line and to put it into a striking visual context. I liked her covers so much that I retained here to design my web site. The banner art for my web page rivals those book covers.


Karrie's approach to web site design is centered around the WordPress system, with the emphasis being one of readying the client to be his or her own webmaster. Although I had preferred to delegate the entire thing, she helped me avoid that by encouraging me to become competent at doing most of it myself. To that end, she was generous with her coaching. I'm sure that the skill she helped me acquire will prove to be best in the longrun, since I won't have to wait in a queue to make the many contemplated changes to the site.

After doing the book covers and the web site, Karrie designed and typeset the interiors of the two books. Her work produced books that are very readable and pleasant to look at. She worked fast, even though one of the books (470 pages) had been severely edited with lots of last-minute corrections, all of which she repaired in bringing the final printer-ready book to fruition.

Karrie was generous with her time, giving me lots of valuable feedback on ancillary issues regarding book publishing, marketing, and promotion. She is always pleasant and has a great sense of humor, even when the going gets rough. I recommend her strongly for any of the three major areas where we worked together and for consulting coaching on marketing matters."

Lawrence Lapin
Book Cover dustjacket & Interior Series Design, and Website, SuperVirus, Boundary Layer
www.LawrenceLapin.com

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"I've known my ins tincts for a long time and I've learned to trust them unequivocally. Karrie's name was included in a long list of book designers and cover artists recommended by another author. I visited her website along with many others just to check them out. As I viewed her web site, something clicked inside that told me she was the one for me. I was right. Learning that I was a novice to the process, she quickly put me at ease. She didn't try to sell me anything - she just listened. When we ended that first phone conversation, I felt confident and excited. Throughout the process she has been very patient as I stumbled along. She promptly returned my calls and she always reminded me that it was my schedule and my time table that controlled the process. Once I was ready with my final draft, she quickly took over and swiftly did her part to convert my manuscript into a real book. I am pleased with the final product and will continue to use her. I strongly recommend her services."



Mike W. Kelley
The Wrong Side of Right/Sac City Unified
Book Cover and Interior

"The first time I actually met Karrie Ross, we had been working together for months and months. When I looked at her, I suddenly felt overwhelmed with emotion, as if I were encountering the soldier who had stood with me in the trenches of an awesome battle that we had miraculously survived. During our work together, Karrie was a brilliant partner, intuiting when to lead and when to follow. For instance, she didn’t start the meter running until we had discovered the perfect “easy-breezy” interior look for my complex workbook; plus she was extremely responsive to my preferences, even when they were not her first choices. On the other hand, Karrie spoke up when she felt my ideas were off-base (thank goodness!) and she was infinitely patient with my shifting deadlines and inflexible perfectionism. Karrie was also the total business woman and communicated very clearly about her contracts and conditions. I always knew where I stood. Going through this process with Karrie has been an unforgettable experience, I am thrilled with my beautiful book and will call her again!"



Pam Kelly
Speak With Passion! Speak With Power!
Book Cover and Interior Design. Multiple placed images and list format.
WINNER: Irwin Awards 2007

"Karrie Ross did a superb job designing my book "Remembrances of Times Past" Because this book has 256 photographs it was so difficult to lay out that another book designer refused to do it and sent it back. Not only did Karrie do an outstanding job, she did it in record time! I was also thrilled with the imaginative and eye-catching cover design. Karrie is a multitalented person!"



Marta Hiatt
Remembrances of Times Past
Book Cover and Interior Design
256 images

"I can’t tell you how much fun I had working with Karrie Ross on the book cover and website she designed for me. It was a joy to work with her because we laughed about so many things. But in all seriousness, she is a fine, creative designer who made both my book and website look great!  Her expertise is amazing, and you’ll never be sorry for contracting her to do this kind of work for you."



Millie Parus
Alcidiades: Traitor or Hero?
Book Cover Design and Website
www.milliescornerofthe world.com

“Karrie Ross is a real pro! I showed my book to fellow professors and authors at a national conference, and they were extremely impressed by Karrie’s topnotch work. She is a fine artist, an efficient businessperson, and a delight to work with! There is no doubt where I’ll go for design of my next book cover.”



David Lundberg,
Olympic Wandering

"The covers Karrie designed for Freewheeling Press were terrific. She knows what she's doing, and she is a pleasure to work with. She listened carefully to our thoughts and came back with covers that met all of our needs and looked great. She easily met all of our deadlines, too. We'll definitely be getting in touch with her again when our next book is ready."

  

Catherine D. Kerr
Free Wheeling Press

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