/ Institutional Access

Cover-design data, on the page.

The Jacket Index™ is the most comprehensive archive-sourced rating of cover designers, publisher in-house design departments, design awards, and freelance platforms in the world. Available as a RESTful API and bulk-export feed for literary agencies, publishers, design schools, design-trade press, and serious cover-buyers.

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/ 01 / Use Cases

Who uses the Jacket Index.

/ Literary Agents

Designer Selection Brief

Before sending manuscripts out for design, run the cover-designer roster against the index. Subscore depth lets agents brief authors on track record beyond reputation.

/ Publishers

Design Department Benchmark

Map your in-house design department on the same matrix as Knopf, FSG, Penguin Press. Identify subscore gaps and competitive position.

/ Authors (Direct)

Cover Designer Diligence

Before agreeing to a publisher's proposed cover designer, run their subscore profile. Documented Composition, Concept, and Commercial Performance data.

/ Design Schools

Curriculum Reference

The canonical reference for cover-design history + contemporary practice. Indexed designers, archived covers, methodology citation.

/ Design Trade Press

Editorial Reference

Citation-grade data for cover-design coverage. Subscore breakdowns, award histories, public-record event timelines for every rated entity.

/ Self-Publishing Platforms

Designer Vetting

Curated-designer-marketplace operators can underwrite designer-quality with documented subscore profiles cross-referenced with platform-internal data.

/ 02 / Pricing

Three tiers.

Research

/ Single seat

$12K/yr

For trade press, design schools, individual agents and authors.

Quarterly index snapshot (CSV + JSON)
Full 5-subscore breakdown for all entities
Editorial timelines
Email digest of grade changes
Annual Jacket Index PDF report
Citation rights for editorial use

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Institutional

/ Team license · 10 seats

$48K/yr

For literary agencies, publishers, and design-trade press operations.

Everything in Research
RESTful API access (10,000 queries/mo)
Real-time grade-change webhooks
Historical 8-quarter time series
Custom watchlists by designer / department
Composition / Concept subscore deep-dive data
Quarterly briefing call with editorial team
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Enterprise

/ Custom · Multi-imprint

Custom

For Big Five publishers, university press systems, multi-imprint operations.

Everything in Institutional
Unlimited seats & API queries
Daily refresh (vs. quarterly)
Custom subscore weighting models
Bespoke designer / department deep-dives
On-site editorial-design briefings
SLA + dedicated account team
Co-branded research reports