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About Coverjig 01

Making room for good ideas.

Coverjig helps self-published authors make professional, print-ready book covers without handing over control of their ideas. It was built to make the complicated parts of cover design simpler, clearer, and more manageable.

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Coverjig Ltd
Founded in 2019

02 Our story

A tool for the big feeling of making something yours.

Coverjig began in 2019, when David and I founded the company after seeing how difficult it was for self-published authors to create professional, print-ready covers without a large budget. The available options were often too expensive, too limited, or left authors to navigate technical details such as measurements, formatting, and print requirements on their own.

We wanted to make those details more manageable without taking the creative work away from the author. David looked after product and commercial functions, while I built the website and the technology behind it.

David moved on in 2023 as his work and family commitments changed. I have continued running and developing Coverjig independently, with the same aim we had at the start: helping authors make covers that feel like their own.

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Sam
Coverjig Founder

03 About me

Hello, I’m the person behind the pixels.

I’m Sam, the founder and developer behind Coverjig. My background brings together three areas that have shaped Coverjig: art, publishing, and software development.

I studied fine art, mostly sculpture, and later joined Cambridge University Press. Over eight years there, I worked as a content assistant, coordinating the many stages involved in taking a book from submission through to print. I later moved into software development, building tools for open access publishing.

Coverjig is where those three parts of my experience meet. I understand the creative decisions involved in making a cover, the publishing requirements it needs to meet, and the technology needed to turn that knowledge into a tool authors can use themselves!

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04 What matters

A few things we keep close.

  1. 01

    Make it human

    Coverjig does not generate finished covers with AI. It gives authors the guidance and freedom to make choices that are specific to their story, genre, and readers.

  2. 02

    Make the complicated parts simple

    Book covers involve more technical detail than most people expect. Coverjig handles the practical foundations, from measurements to print-ready formatting, so you can focus on the parts that matter most.

  3. 03

    Help should be close by

    Making a cover can feel daunting, especially when you’re doing it for the first time. Coverjig is built to be approachable and easy to use, with a real person behind it when you need guidance.

Your turn 05

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that feels like yours?

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