How to Create a Book Cover Design Well hello there dear readers! Simon here, ready to walk you through my process to create a striking book cover with our latest vector pack release, the hard to kill vector pack. We’ll look at the pack elements, how to pick, choose, and arrange them...
The subject of fonts is just too big to cover here, but one basic tip is not to use the fonts that come with your computer. You can find lots of different titling fonts (usually called fancy fonts) on the internet, free or paid. If the font is free, make sure the licence allows c...
However,your book cover is your number one marketing tool. If you are not a confident designer and create a subpar book cover design, your book sales will suffer. If you don’t have design experience, I recommend spending the money to hire a cover design artist. It can cost a pretty pe...
To delete partial text within a text box, triple-click the text with the Type tool, and then press Delete. Add a photo to your book cover Select the Rectangular Frame tool and drag to create a frame that surrounds the front cover page. Make sure it extends to the red bleed lines at ...
You're finally ready to put it all together. To make sure that the dimensions of your jacket are perfect, you'll need to first measure the size of your book’s face from bottom to top to find its length then spine to edge to find its width. Cut a strip of paper six inches longer...
Learn how to edit a professionally-designed book cover template from Adobe Stock using Adobe InDesign.
Gather the data and make you call. Once your heart and mind are settled on the final design, the only thing left to do is to prepare your files for publication and/or print. 7. Adapt the design to other book formats Now that the front cover design is complete, the next step is to...
Gather the data and make you call. Once your heart and mind are settled on the final design, the only thing left to do is to prepare your files for publication and/or print. 7. Adapt the design to other book formats Now that the front cover design is complete, the next step is to...
I didn’t spend much money self-publishing the short story, and I didn’t expect the story to earn much (short stories are hard to sell). In other words, this was an experiment rather than a serious creative decision. In short: design your own book coverifyou have the skills and time...
Let's go back to our Book Cave document and take a look at our bleeds and spine text margins. Bleeds are the edges of the book that are trimmed as part of the printing process. Any image or text that falls into that area won't make it into our final cover, making it an important...