Stuart Bache

Stuart Bache Stuart Bache is a book cover designer creating market-leading designs and marketing for independent

Stuart Bache is a book cover designer creating market-leading designs and marketing for independent authors, literary agents and publishers. With over 15 years of publishing experience, I offer affordable, creative services on a one-to-one basis with all of our clients.

Heading into 2026 with some new reading material. I finished 2025 with lots of new ideas around design automation and wr...
01/01/2026

Heading into 2026 with some new reading material. I finished 2025 with lots of new ideas around design automation and wrote a few new Photoshop scripts, but it's time to step up my game (even more).

We have a lot of books to publish at Vinci Books this year, lots of surprises too.

Rework by Jason Fried and

The Laws of Simplicity by

07/12/2025

As the year comes to a close, I wanted to share a simple overview of what the Art Department at Vinci Books has produced since January. We’re a team of three, and these numbers reflect our combined output across the entire list:

650+ book covers (not including recreated series or killed concepts)
600+ paperback covers
600+ PTO
90+ A+ assets
1,000+ ad images
10+ print ads
8 banners
5 gold rings
And a tablecloth… on a pear tree?

Rebecca Bull joined us this year and immediately made an impact, taking on a large share of ads, paperbacks, PTO covers and producing several strong covers designs.

Andrew Davis has been consistently brilliant across the whole list, turning out high-quality work throughout – even while based in Bali for most of the year.

It’s also important to acknowledge how much of this relies on our Production team. Every paperback, box set and A+ asset sits on top of their work: blurb copy, Vellum files, metadata, technical checks, file prep and everything else that gets a book over the line.

And thank you to the Author Success team for keeping the information flowing and being the first line of defence for feedback.

A busy year and a good one. Here’s to 2026. 🎄

This is my wife's book (Natasha Bache), it's getting amazing reviews:It’s beginning to look a lot like… murder. 🎅 The eb...
01/11/2025

This is my wife's book (Natasha Bache), it's getting amazing reviews:

It’s beginning to look a lot like… murder. 🎅

The ebook for 12 Ways to Kill Your Family at Christmas is only 99p all November on Amazon & BookBub! 🩸🎄

https://amzn.to/47IjFfY

🔪 Don’t miss out!

New project: The Witch of Shadows by Natasha Bache.https://geni.us/WitchofShadowsI've worked on every cover in this seri...
11/09/2025

New project: The Witch of Shadows by Natasha Bache.

https://geni.us/WitchofShadows

I've worked on every cover in this series and I think this one is my favourite.

This has been quite the year for my beautiful wife, Natasha. She's finished book three in her witchy series (above), written a murder mystery for that is getting rave reviews and is currently working on a whole other novel in a new genre! I'm so proud of you ❤️❤️❤️

You can pre-order The Witch of Shadows here: https://geni.us/WitchofShadows

Another Vinci Books paperback in the wild. .books The Bonnie Dead!
06/07/2025

Another Vinci Books paperback in the wild. .books The Bonnie Dead!

New arrivals: The Lawrence Harpham Murder mystery series by Jacqueline Beard. Some of our latest paperbacks at Vinci Boo...
06/03/2025

New arrivals: The Lawrence Harpham Murder mystery series by Jacqueline Beard. Some of our latest paperbacks at Vinci Books.

Looking for a design role in publishing?We're expanding our team at Vinci Books and looking for a talented graduate or f...
05/03/2025

Looking for a design role in publishing?

We're expanding our team at Vinci Books and looking for a talented graduate or final-year design student to join us. This role involves designing paperbacks, creating marketing visuals and producing advertising assets.

If you have a keen eye for commercial design, a strong grasp of composition and typography, and experience with Photoshop and InDesign, we'd love to hear from you.

This is a great opportunity to work in a fast-moving, innovative publishing environment where creativity and efficiency go hand in hand.

Interested? Email: [email protected]

27/12/2024

It's good bye, sort of...


It’s been a busy year, and as 2024 wraps up, I wanted to share a quick update.

As you know, I took on the role of Art Director at a new publisher called Vinci Books at the beginning of the year. It’s been incredibly rewarding to see these books come to life and help authors connect with their readers. Along the way, I’ve also developed new processes, started to grow my team and I've pushed myself to stay at the top of my game.

I think I may have broken a record, too: since March I’ve designed 634 covers for Vinci Books alone. Add my personal projects with you guys on top and that's over 750 book covers.

Important news

Due to my growing responsibilities at Vinci Books, and in combination with making time to spend with my wonderful family, I have made the difficult decision to drastically reduce my personal list from 2025 onwards. I won't cancel any scheduled projects, but my lead times for new projects will be a lot longer and I will only have space for a small amount of projects each month.

I really am sorry. As much as I have loved running my business for almost a decade, I have found it increasingly hard to keep on top of everything and I hate delaying a project and letting people down.

It has been a pleasure to work with so many of you. I hope to see you at events around the world, from SPF Live in London to Author Nation in Vegas.

All the best and Happy New Year!

Stuart

Beautiful walk to my son's school today. Having to park my car half a mile away because of the sheet ice wasn't less fun...
20/11/2024

Beautiful walk to my son's school today. Having to park my car half a mile away because of the sheet ice wasn't less fun.

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