• US$160

• 22 designs

• 8 designers

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Book Cover Design Brief

"Makoona" is the second book in the John Morano Eco-Adventure Series. It's a YA novel that adults will enjoy, based on the adventures of Binti, an octopus that lives on the Makoona reef. She encounters a fifteen-year-old Cambodian fisherman on the run from the Khmer Rouge, and struggles to find a very special kind of shell.

We're looking for a front-and-back, wraparound cover that will be used for the print and ebook editions of this title. The cover must be consistent with that of the first book in the series in style, tone, and typography. Included with this task is the final cover for that first book.

Description of original edition available here: http://amzn.to/2dcGxrs

Target Market(s)

Young Adult, with carryover as young as Middle Grade (8) and up to adult.

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Font styles to use

Other font styles liked:

• See prior artwork for book #1

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Look and feel

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Requirements

Must have

• An octopus and a coral reef must appear on the front cover. Must be photorealistic.
• Front cover typography:
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• "Makoona"
• "a novel"
• "by John Morano"
• a "2" inside a medallion identical to the first book. This signifies that it's the second book in the series.
• Back Cover:
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• Room for two or three short paragraphs of description/reviewer comments
• Barcode
• "With an introduction by Kathryn Fuller, President of the World Wildlife Fund"
• "Book Two of the Eco-Adventure Series"
• Spine:
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• Title (Makoona) and byline (John Morano) - positioning/style consistent with first book
• Technical specs:
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• • Final deliverable files must be in .AI (Adobe Illustrator CS6) or .PSD (Adobe Photoshop CS6) 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 template provided (9781945760044-Perfect.pdf) and will, ideally, be provided USING that template.

Nice to have

• Fifteen-year-old male Cambodian fisherman (Kemar, from the story).

Should not have

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

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