Meet Pablo
Hello! I’m Pablo Yañez, founder of BeYourCover.com, the leading AI-powered book cover generator for indie authors. With over 15 years in professional photography and a decade specializing in book cover imagery, I’ve created covers for hundreds of titles across every genre. I’ve witnessed firsthand how the right cover can boost book sales by 35-50%. Now, I’m using that expertise combined with cutting-edge AI technology to help self-publishers create professional, sales-ready covers in minutes, without the designer price tag.
The response has been incredible, in just the last three months alone, over 800 authors have created more than 2,000 covers using BeYourCover, with amazing feedback on how it’s transformed their publishing journey. Authors consistently tell us they’re seeing actual increases in click-through rates after switching to our AI-generated covers.
What inspired you to create BeYourCover?
After nearly 10 years producing stock photography for book covers, I saw a broken system: indie authors paying $300-500 for custom designs that took weeks, while photographers like me earned pennies as agencies took 50-90% commissions.
In 2023, when I discovered DALL-E by OpenAI, everything clicked. While colleagues resisted, I saw the future, a way to solve both problems. I could democratize professional book cover design, giving authors market-tested covers in minutes for under $30 instead of weeks for hundreds of dollars.
The tipping point? Meeting an author who’d spent $450 on a cover that killed her sales, wrong genre signals, amateur typography. That’s when I committed to making professional, sales-optimized book covers accessible to every author, regardless of budget.
Our core audience is indie authors and self-publishers—the 4+ million authors publishing annually who understand that covers directly impact sales. These are authors who’ve been quoted $300-500 for custom designs or spent hours on DIY tools getting amateur results.
We serve three segments:
- Indie authors wanting professional covers without the designer price tag
- Publishing professionals at beyourcover.com/designers who use us to rapidly prototype concepts and deliver finished covers at scale
Creating a sales-optimized book cover takes just 3-5 minutes
Step 1: Input Core Details with our AI book cover generator (30 seconds)
- Title, author name, genre, and brief summary
- Our AI instantly analyzes genre conventions and market trends
Step 2: Customize Your Vision (Optional – 1 minute)
- Color palette to match your story’s mood
- Style: Photorealistic, illustration, minimalist…
- Elements: Specify must-haves or must-avoids
- Target audience: YA, adult, literary—we optimize accordingly
Step 3: AI Generates Options (2 minutes)
- Receive multiple market-optimized designs
- Each based on bestselling cover patterns in your genre
- All follow the “3-second rule” for instant recognition
Step 4: Refine & Iterate (1-2 minutes)
- Generate unlimited variations
- Use our transformation tool to change specific elements
- Fine-tune typography with our professional text editor
Step 5: Download & Publish
- High-resolution covers (300 DPI, print-ready)
- Perfect dimensions for Amazon KDP, IngramSpark, and other platforms
- Includes full commercial license
The result? What traditionally costs $300-500 and takes 2-3 weeks now happens in under 5 minutes for way less. You can even try it first before paying with our free ai book cover generator.
Why focus on book covers specifically instead of broader graphic design?
It’s where market opportunity meets deep expertise. The book cover market is massive: 4+ million books published annually, with 70% self-published. That’s 2.8 million authors needing professional covers every year.
Unlike general graphic design, dominated by Canva, Adobe, and dozens of competitors; book cover design requires specialized knowledge:
- Genre psychology: Romance needs different visual signals than thrillers
- Market conventions: Literary fiction vs. commercial aesthetics
- Sales optimization: Understanding what converts browsers to buyers
We’re not another design tool. BeYourCover.com is the only AI platform combining:
- 10+ years of book cover expertise
- Bestseller data analysis
- Genre-specific AI training
- Sales-focused generation logic
While others make pretty pictures, we engineer covers that sell books.
What role does cover design play in actual book sales, from your perspective?
It’s absolutely pivotal. Studies consistently show that professional covers increase sales by 35-50%. Here’s why:
The 8-Second Rule: On Amazon, readers spend:
- 3 seconds scanning your cover
- 5 seconds reading your description
- If your cover fails, they never reach your blurb
The Psychology: We’ve analyzed 10,000+ bestselling covers to understand:
- Color triggers: Red for thrillers, pastels for romance, dark tones for horror
- Typography hierarchy: How fonts convey genre and professionalism
- Visual metaphors: Symbols that instantly communicate story themes
Real impact: Authors who’ve switched from DIY covers to ours report significant sales increases.
How do you handle copyright concerns with AI-generated art?
At BeYourCover.com, copyright protection is fundamental. Here’s our comprehensive approach:
Training & Ethics:
- AI models trained on licensed datasets and ethically-sourced content
- Zero use of copyrighted book covers in training data
- Compliance with evolving AI ethics standards
Your Complete Protection:
- Full commercial rights to every generated image
- Unique creations, no two covers are identical
- Safe for publishing, marketing, and merchandise
- Documentation available for publisher submission if needed
Built-in Safeguards:
- Guidelines to prevent prompts copying existing covers
- Filters for trademarked characters and logos
- Transformative generation process ensures originality
Transparency: Unlike some AI tools, we’re crystal clear: you own your cover 100%. Each image is unique, commercially licensed, and ready for use across all platforms.
What features are you most excited to launch next and where do you envision BeYourCover in the future?
We have game-changing features launching soon:
Version 3 AI Model
- Advanced ntegrated text generation: titles and author names rendered directly in the design like never before
- Advanced illustration engine: from photorealistic to hand-drawn styles
- 2x quality improvement in detail and composition
Style Transformer
- Transform any cover between many styles with one click
- Test market appeal and perfect for A/B testing with your audience
Marketing Suite (FREE with all plans)
- Useful mockups: 3D books, e-readers, bookstore displays
- Social media assets: BookBub ads, Instagram posts, Facebook headers
- Animated book trailers: 15-second videos for TikTok/Instagram
- $500+ value included at no extra cost
Our Vision: Evolve BeYourCover beyond covers into a complete visual branding platform for authors: from cover to marketing to merchandise, all AI-powered. We’re building the Canva for authors, but with genre intelligence and sales optimization built in.
What advice would you give to founders launching a SaaS product today?
Three principles that drive success:
1. Solve a Problem You’ve Lived
I spent 10 years in book cover photography. I knew the pain points intimately. Don’t chase trends; solve problems you understand deeply through real experience.
2. Launch Fast, Iterate Faster
Our V1 was basic, but 100 real users taught us more than 1,000 hours of planning ever could. We iterate weekly based on user feedback. Perfect is the enemy of launched.
3. Price on Value Created, Not Cost
Our plan replaces $500 designer fees and weeks of waiting. Never price based on your costs, price on the transformation you create for customers.
Did you enjoy our interview? Do you have anything to say to our community?
Absolutely! This has been fantastic! Your questions really made me think.
Your community has shown incredible support for BeYourCover, and I want to give back.
EXCLUSIVE OFFER for your readers:
- $10 OFF any plan with code PIRATE10
- Try our free tier first: generate 2 covers, no credit card required
- Experience the quality for yourself
But here’s what excites me most: I want to hear from your community. The best product improvements come from real user feedback. Try BeYourCover at beyourcover.com, and if you have suggestions or challenges, our support is always listening.
Thank you for letting me share our story. Let’s help every author get the cover their story deserves!
