About Site - A blog
about book cover design, interior layout design and typesetting, and advice for self - publishing authors.
About Blog A blog
about book cover design, interior layout design and typesetting, and advice for self - publishing authors.
This month, we focused on giving advice
about book cover design, and we'd like to recognise the time and effort that was put into creating the covers on CompletelyNovel.com by launching a competition to choose the CompletelyNovel Book Cover of the Month.
They can also make decisions
about their book cover design, interior design, etc..
Once we talk
about your book cover design, you can then make a deposit on one of the our custom cover packages we offer.
In this post, «5 Things Every Author Needs to Understand
About Book Cover Design,» Brooke Warner talks about the importance of book cover design, including some of the points we discussed in the recent Wordherder meeting.
I love to learn
about book cover designing.
Below you'll find links to all the information
about book cover design that's available on the Book Design Made Simple website, book, videos, and blog.
TheBookDesigner: Linked to the section
about book cover design (although there is good information on the rest of the site too).
Incidentally, while indie authors understand the importance of book covers, and keep writing articles
about book cover design, the majority of indie book covers continue to be tragic.
Here's a video of the speech I gave on book cover design at Author Marketing Live 2014; I'm not a very polished speaker, but you'll learn a lot
about book cover design (and -LSB-...]
A video of me talking
about book cover design (and trying not to look uncomfortable on camera).
I'm an awkward, self - conscious speaker, but there's 45 minutes of pretty high value revelations that are sure to change your thinking
about book cover design.
I enjoyed this video
about book cover design, as I'm starting to make my own videos.
In this exclusive interview for friends and members of Published & Profitable, book cover design specialists Kathi Dunn and Ron Hobart will be discussing what authors need to know
about book cover design.
I just wrote a pretty long post
about book cover design on my blog and figured some things out.
Aside from the most obvious places, try Daedalus Books, BookraK, Christianbook.com, Dover Books, or other book catalogs, and blogs
about book cover design such as BookCoverArchive, TheBookDesignReview, and TheBookDesigner's Ebook Design Awards.
Thank you for the mention Ruth
about my book cover designs.
And I think Hugh Howey can teach us a lot
about book cover design, but not by sharing his design instincts (fun and artistic, creative like his books, but making a statement about the author, rather than conforming to industry design standards based on what actually moves books).
I talk a lot
about book cover design, but when you start out with that blank canvas and your eager imagination, you're bound to get lost in the possibilities of what to put on your book cover.
Share your comments and questions
about book cover design as comments, below, or bring them up during today's free book coaching call.
In today's episode, I talk
about book cover design with Derek Murphy, who designs all my book covers, plus we discuss the importance of artists also being entrepreneurial.
Carla King presents Seven Ways to Jump Start Your Book Cover Design posted at BookWorks, saying, «It's never too early to think
about your book cover design.
Once you have written your book, and thought
about your book cover design, you are almost ready to upload your book to CreateSpace.
A blog
about book cover design, interior layout design and typesetting, and advice for self - publishing authors.
I wanted to ask
about your book cover design, because you said you do that.
Chris Patchell, award winning author of Deadly Lies, In the Dark, and Dark Harvest, interviewed The Thatchery
about book cover design in today's industry.
Share your ideas, or questions
about book cover design, below, as a comment.
This always has mixed results, since people on Facebook don't know anything
about book cover design, they probably aren't your target market, they probably aren't ideal readers of your genre, and they aren't designers.
I talk SO MUCH
about book cover design, but I thought it would be easier to just see all the important stuff in one simple book cover design checklist.
Talking
about book cover design and the effects of colour, graphics and human nature.
Earlier this year I spoke at the Author Marketing Live conference in Cleveland
about book cover design and book marketing.
I wouldn't care so much
about the book cover design, but the reviews were also telling: the non-fiction hardcovers had some reviews, but with a three star average.
Find out more
about book cover design, book layout design or illustration on Reedsy on our design homepage.
Learn more
about book cover design, book layout design, typography or illustration on Reedsy.
About Blog A blog
about book cover design, interior layout design and typesetting, and advice for self - publishing authors.
When we talk
about book cover design, we often talk about the color palette, typography and use of images.
About Blog A blog
about book cover design, interior layout design and typesetting, and advice for self - publishing authors.
Not exact matches
About Site - A place to celebrate and share good
book design from
cover to content.
Includes: • Activity pack (
designing a
book cover; anagram and wordsearch puzzles; comprehension
about «The Jumblies» poem).
1950s information pack Photo pack of 50s fashion Photo pack of 1950s American style diners Role play resources: face masks with hats to use for staff, staff role play badges, price cards, price lists, location signs for diner, food flashcards for props, diner signs, open and closed times and signs, money resources, buntings and borders, long banners and title pages, menus, large lettering, welcome / pay here etc signs, parking bay signs, on sale here sign, order pads, messages to write, receipts page, order sheet, stock order form, table
booking page, jobs to do list to write, table number cards Other resources: word search, key word cards, folder
cover, writing booklet
cover, resources sack tag, writing page
about the 1950s, topic summary sheet, mind map, draw food task, draw clothes from that era, acrostic poem,
design a menu etc..
Resources included are as follows: 3 0 P D F files for you to print: Key word cards, chapter 2 to read, chapter 2 writing task
about finding the key, Story elements, Story board to complete, writing pages, A 4 topic title to introduce the
book, retell the story from another point of view, write a diary entry task, write a postcard, acrostic poem to complete, make words from letters, photo pack, flashcards of character names, character descriptions, my favourite part of the story is — drawing page, I like this story because writing task,
design a new
book cover, draw a garden scene, hand puppet template to draw, draw a family portrait, writing booklet
cover to keep pupils project work together, large display items door to the garden and large key, long banner to head wall display, large letters to spell out
book title, display border to edge wall display, story sack tag to keep resources together.
Word searches - 2 word searches with words and pictures Writing pages - a collection of photocopiable sheets with toy themed borders Writing worksheets - a collection of worksheets with toy pictures and lines below for writing My favourite toy - draw and write
about your favourite toy Word mat - an A4 word mat with words and pictures to use for writing activities Number line - a number line to 100 on colourful toys Alphabet line - a colourful alphabet line Flash cards - word and picture cards of lots of different toys
Design a toy - a worksheet for your toy design Colouring pictures - a collection of colouring sheets Tracing pictures - pencil control sheets - great for younger children Book cover - a book cover to colour to use to keep all the topic work together Bingo - print and make this colourful toy themed bingo game Matching pairs game - match the toys Number dominoes - a toy themed game Label the toys - label some different toys Counting cards - cards with numbers 1 - 10 and the corresponding number of toys Size ordering - order the Russian dolls in size order - in colour and black and white Literacy worksheets - match labels to toys, write initial sounds, write words to describe different toys Play dough mats - a collection of activity mats to use in the play dough area Old toys posters - colourful posters showing some old toys Old and new posters - compare the old and new versions of some different toys Baby and child toys - an activity to sort the toy pictures into ones you had as a baby and ones you have now and a worksheet to accompany the activity Our favourite toys - find out about and draw your parents favourite toy and grandparents favourite toy when they were little Push and pull - look at some different toys and talk about what force is used to make them move Write a story - a decorated worksheet for writing a story about your toys Make some toys - photocopiable sheets for making 15 different simple toys such as split pin puppets, a jigsaw, a marble maze, a die to use with the snakes and ladders board Toy shop role play pack - a full pack of resources to set up your own toy shop in the classroom Includes display materials, games, Literacy and Maths activities, story telling resources plus muc
Design a toy - a worksheet for your toy
design Colouring pictures - a collection of colouring sheets Tracing pictures - pencil control sheets - great for younger children Book cover - a book cover to colour to use to keep all the topic work together Bingo - print and make this colourful toy themed bingo game Matching pairs game - match the toys Number dominoes - a toy themed game Label the toys - label some different toys Counting cards - cards with numbers 1 - 10 and the corresponding number of toys Size ordering - order the Russian dolls in size order - in colour and black and white Literacy worksheets - match labels to toys, write initial sounds, write words to describe different toys Play dough mats - a collection of activity mats to use in the play dough area Old toys posters - colourful posters showing some old toys Old and new posters - compare the old and new versions of some different toys Baby and child toys - an activity to sort the toy pictures into ones you had as a baby and ones you have now and a worksheet to accompany the activity Our favourite toys - find out about and draw your parents favourite toy and grandparents favourite toy when they were little Push and pull - look at some different toys and talk about what force is used to make them move Write a story - a decorated worksheet for writing a story about your toys Make some toys - photocopiable sheets for making 15 different simple toys such as split pin puppets, a jigsaw, a marble maze, a die to use with the snakes and ladders board Toy shop role play pack - a full pack of resources to set up your own toy shop in the classroom Includes display materials, games, Literacy and Maths activities, story telling resources plus muc
design Colouring pictures - a collection of colouring sheets Tracing pictures - pencil control sheets - great for younger children
Book cover - a book cover to colour to use to keep all the topic work together Bingo - print and make this colourful toy themed bingo game Matching pairs game - match the toys Number dominoes - a toy themed game Label the toys - label some different toys Counting cards - cards with numbers 1 - 10 and the corresponding number of toys Size ordering - order the Russian dolls in size order - in colour and black and white Literacy worksheets - match labels to toys, write initial sounds, write words to describe different toys Play dough mats - a collection of activity mats to use in the play dough area Old toys posters - colourful posters showing some old toys Old and new posters - compare the old and new versions of some different toys Baby and child toys - an activity to sort the toy pictures into ones you had as a baby and ones you have now and a worksheet to accompany the activity Our favourite toys - find out about and draw your parents favourite toy and grandparents favourite toy when they were little Push and pull - look at some different toys and talk about what force is used to make them move Write a story - a decorated worksheet for writing a story about your toys Make some toys - photocopiable sheets for making 15 different simple toys such as split pin puppets, a jigsaw, a marble maze, a die to use with the snakes and ladders board Toy shop role play pack - a full pack of resources to set up your own toy shop in the classroom Includes display materials, games, Literacy and Maths activities, story telling resources plus much
Book cover - a
book cover to colour to use to keep all the topic work together Bingo - print and make this colourful toy themed bingo game Matching pairs game - match the toys Number dominoes - a toy themed game Label the toys - label some different toys Counting cards - cards with numbers 1 - 10 and the corresponding number of toys Size ordering - order the Russian dolls in size order - in colour and black and white Literacy worksheets - match labels to toys, write initial sounds, write words to describe different toys Play dough mats - a collection of activity mats to use in the play dough area Old toys posters - colourful posters showing some old toys Old and new posters - compare the old and new versions of some different toys Baby and child toys - an activity to sort the toy pictures into ones you had as a baby and ones you have now and a worksheet to accompany the activity Our favourite toys - find out about and draw your parents favourite toy and grandparents favourite toy when they were little Push and pull - look at some different toys and talk about what force is used to make them move Write a story - a decorated worksheet for writing a story about your toys Make some toys - photocopiable sheets for making 15 different simple toys such as split pin puppets, a jigsaw, a marble maze, a die to use with the snakes and ladders board Toy shop role play pack - a full pack of resources to set up your own toy shop in the classroom Includes display materials, games, Literacy and Maths activities, story telling resources plus much
book cover to colour to use to keep all the topic work together Bingo - print and make this colourful toy themed bingo game Matching pairs game - match the toys Number dominoes - a toy themed game Label the toys - label some different toys Counting cards - cards with numbers 1 - 10 and the corresponding number of toys Size ordering - order the Russian dolls in size order - in colour and black and white Literacy worksheets - match labels to toys, write initial sounds, write words to describe different toys Play dough mats - a collection of activity mats to use in the play dough area Old toys posters - colourful posters showing some old toys Old and new posters - compare the old and new versions of some different toys Baby and child toys - an activity to sort the toy pictures into ones you had as a baby and ones you have now and a worksheet to accompany the activity Our favourite toys - find out
about and draw your parents favourite toy and grandparents favourite toy when they were little Push and pull - look at some different toys and talk
about what force is used to make them move Write a story - a decorated worksheet for writing a story
about your toys Make some toys - photocopiable sheets for making 15 different simple toys such as split pin puppets, a jigsaw, a marble maze, a die to use with the snakes and ladders board Toy shop role play pack - a full pack of resources to set up your own toy shop in the classroom Includes display materials, games, Literacy and Maths activities, story telling resources plus much more
For an experienced eLearning developer (with strong
design skills) using Storyline for the first time, this
book covers just
about everything you need to get started.
Freado.com and the CoverMatcher game are
designed to get as many people as possible from your target market to learn
about your
book title and view your
book cover.
Our artists and
design experts will work with you to create beautiful illustrations, organized page layouts and a compelling
cover design that shows readers what your
book is all
about.
We have already written
about Canva, probably the most popular
book cover design app in our article on 3D
book covers.
Don't hire a self - help editor to revise a historical novel or a racy romance artist to
design the
cover for a
book about grief.
If you're serious
about designing your
cover, you will probably want to buy a
book on
design.
-- Shayna Krishnasamy @shaynakrish, So,
About That
Cover:
Book Cover Design Tips From a Merchandiser