Hands Holding Book Mockup – The Complete Collection

Colorful notebook mockups with playful geometric designs being held by hands against a pastel green background.
by CJ McDaniel // July 29  

The modern era has been occupied with technology, making marketing better through social media platforms and websites. For self-publishers and publishing agencies, the promotion of books may be challenging without an established fanbase. Aside from advertising your book, you may want to promote your brand too. For this purpose, a hands holding book mockup will suit your needs. Having a realistic mockup will allow you and your client to see the beauty of your design once printed. They’re absolutely a great addition to your branding kit!
With our collection of mockup templates, you’re saving time and money without compromising the beauty of your design.

A Curated Collection of Hands Holding Book Mockup

On this page, you will see a large collection of hands holding book mockups both created by us and found elsewhere on the internet. This exhaustive collection provides easy to use Photoshop Mockups for any type of book you are promoting. Click the “Download This Mockup” button to either download or go to the page where you can purchase the item.

Top View of Hands Holding Open Book

Top View of Hands Holding Open Book
Are you looking for a way to promote your book before it gets physically produced? Use this free PSD mockup! The opened pages viewed from the top enable you to show your spreadsheets, illustrations, or photographs, including your page layout. The background is interchangeable, and you can adjust the shadows and highlights to your liking. This mockup embraces simplicity, making it easy to edit for all types of self-published authors and graphic designers.

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Hands Holding Book on White Table

Hands Holding Book on White Table
If you’re in search of the perfect holiday gift, books should always be part of your options! For example, this photorealistic mockup of a book held on a wooden table has an artistic pattern and is set nearby a flower for a pop of color. With your design to complete the look, your customers and their loved ones will appreciate your craft during the season of festivities!

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Hands Holding Book with Plants

Hands Holding Book with Plants
Special occasions, feasts, and celebrations are completed by gift-giving. Books work wonders for this purpose! So if you’re an author looking for a template to use for your book, this mockup will make your design stand out. It’s realistic and made for noble use, making your clients and their recipients feel loved.

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Top View of Woman’s Hand Holding Open Book

Top View of Woman's Hand Holding Open Book
Cozy and relaxing, that’s what this mockup is all about. It features a woman’s hands holding the book open. This template is shot from a top view, giving your clients a full preview of your spreadsheets and page layout. It’s a mockup best used for novels, poem collections, and illustration books, ideally used by authors and graphic designers for their next project or book release.

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Hands Holding Book in White Background

Hands Holding Book in White Background
A classic and straightforward way to present your cover design: that is what describes this mockup. It portrays a scene where two hands hold a purple book against a white background. There are fewer elements in this mockup compared to others to bring focus solely on your design. If you need to add or adjust anything, feel free to edit anything.

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Hands Holding Softcover Book

Hands Holding Softcover Book
Bring your creativity to life. Elegant and stylish, this mockup template allows you to showcase the front cover of your softcover book. Held in the hands of a woman in a white dress, your readers will find your book interesting. Perfect for nonfiction books like autobiographies, lifestyle, and fashion books, incredibly photo-realistic results are just a few clicks away.

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Close Up on Hands Holding a Book

Close Up on Hands Holding a Book
There is something about books that makes them enjoyable to read in our backyard, garden, or balcony. This mockup, in particular, shows a close-up shot of a person holding a book near his table, most likely outside where plants decorate the surrounding. Using your preferred editing application, you can easily insert your design in this mockup, including a bit of your spine design.

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Hands Holding Colorful Book

Hands Holding Colorful Book
It’s no joke how colors can attract us when it comes to tangible things like books. For example, this colorful book mockup shows an image of two hands holding a book against a green backdrop. This mockup includes two other books behind the first one, perfect for those with two or more options available for their cover design.

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Hands Holding Square Book

Hands Holding Square Book
There’s no need to spend tens of dollars in hiring a model or photographer! This high-resolution mockup is your go-to template if you’re looking for a cost-effective one. It allows your clients to immerse themselves in reading your book while cutting down your costs in book promotions. The front and back cover, including the spine design, is displayed realistically in the hands of a reader, sharing your design in the best way possible.

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Hands Holding a Big Black Book

Hands Holding a Big Black Book
This book mockup depicting two hands holding a big black book is a basic design that never goes out of style. The textured background perfectly complements the black book without drawing too much attention to it. This mockup is a classic hit you would not want to miss, especially for illustration or photo books.

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Hands Holding Blank Open Book

Hands holding a book open, ready to be filled with thoughts and stories.
Aside from the cover design, giving your potential clients a peek at your book spreadsheets or page layouts will be an excellent step to book advertising and promotion. In this mockup, the book is opened by two hands, allowing writers and designers to insert their content on the center page.

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Close up of Hands Holding Book

A person sitting with crossed legs, hands holding an open book featuring a photograph of an individual standing in a scenic outdoor setting with tall grass.
Get creative with your book designs and expose their full glory with the help of this mockup. It offers a close-up shot of two hands holding a book in what seems to be a dark setting. It’s a book mockup you can use for fiction books with thriller, suspense, or horror themes. Downloadable in PSD or JPEG format, this mockup will make your book mysteriously captivating, especially for new fans.

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Hands Holding Book on Library Background

A person with hands holding a book featuring a customizable cover mockup in a library setting.
Here is a book cover mockup that will work well as a product image for your social media accounts, blog, or website. The person holds your book against a blurred vision of an aisle in a library. The front cover is at the center, helping your clients undoubtedly identify the star of the show. If you’re aiming to give your novel a slice of life, try this mockup now!

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Hands Holding Book with Plain Background

Hands holding an orange book titled "book cover" against a plain background.
Visualize your book in the hands of your readers with this paperback book mockup. It depicts a hand holding the book at an angle that is enough to show the brilliance of your cover design. Users can also change the background color to their concept or liking. Your presentations and promotional campaigns will find success once you’ve incorporated your graphics in this PSD file.

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Book Held by Female’s Hands

Hands holding a book with a customizable cover on a textured gray background.
Create clean presentations and blog posts with this mockup, featuring a book held by a female hand. The blackboard background makes this mockup template perfect for textbooks and educational-focused publications. There’s a big room for you to customize, such as the book cover design itself, logo color, including the background. You’ll get 5 PSD files in this mockup, a wonderful treat for self-publishing authors or graphic designers!

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Hands Holding Paperback Book


Are you looking to publish a book that is sleek and sturdy? Look no further! This mockup features two hands holding a book on a pastel blue background. You can quickly place your graphics in this PSD file, change the background color, or add text on the empty spaces around the image. Photorealistic results are minutes away!

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Hand Held Square Book

Hands holding a book with a lightning bolt icon on the cover against a grey background.
If you’re having a hard time looking for a mockup template for your square book, you’ve come to the right place. This unique mockup template will accommodate your design with ease. Its true-to-life features, such as the hands holding the book, will knock your customers’ senses, making them want to have their copy of your book. Don’t waste time! Download this mockup now.

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Tattooed Hands Holding Vintage Book

A person with tattooed arms, with hands holding open a book adorned with botanical illustrations and a page labeled "mockup".
Tattooed hands and a vintage book, a combination we never expected to work well! The stylish features of this mockup make it the best choice for presenting books filled with vintage artworks, illustrations, and quotations. The hands hold the book open to show an overview of the pages, making your design shine effortlessly.

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Book Held by Male’s Hands

Hands holding a book with a minimalistic gray and green cover design mockup against a white background.
For authors, graphic designers, or publishers who want something easy on the eyes, this book mockup delivers what you need. The image displays someone holding a softcover book in his hands, acting as if he’s about to open the first page. A high-resolution template, this mockup is pleasing to look at and realistic, with adjustable elements that users can change to their demands.

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Close Up View of Hands Holding Book

A person with hands holding a book with a placeholder cover design for a mockup, outdoors with a blurred background of chairs and plants.
Exhibit your book cover or logo with the use of this mockup. It offers a close-up shot of a scene where someone holds a book with both of their hands. The foggy background puts your book at the center of attention, leaving no room for your readers to get distracted. This mockup will help your audience envision the look of your book even before they lay their hands in their physical copy.

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Conclusion

Get a little creative help with our complete collection of hands holding book! Whatever creative direction you have in mind, we got you covered. From simple to most elaborate, we’ve got everything to wow you or your clients’ needs. Click here for a free done-for-you book mockup!

About the Author

CJ grew up admiring books. His family owned a small bookstore throughout his early childhood, and he would spend weekends flipping through book after book, always sure to read the ones that looked the most interesting. Not much has changed since then, except now some of those interesting books he picks off the shelf were designed by his company!