Next use
the smaller ebook covers on your opt in forms and use the ebook as an incentive for people to join your lists.
Not exact matches
In practice, an
ebook developers» influence can be as
small as thinking ahead to keeping the color versions of images that will later be converted to grayscale for print so they can be returned to color for the
ebook, or to reminding editors that a yellow, low - contrast
cover is going to disappear on an e-ink device.
(We are not
covering here the many
small value adds that can be bundled with
ebooks, such as video interviews with the author, alternative versions, extra text, or trailers for other books.
For
ebooks and print books, it's also worth remembering that anyone buying online may first see your book
cover as a
small thumbnail image.
Our art director and lead designer has created book
cover designs for New York houses like Tor and Doubleday,
small specialty presses, like Donald M. Grant, Pink Narcissus, and Necon
Ebooks, and for many individually self - published authors.
The
small dimension (width) of your
cover should be at least 1400 pixels, which sounds like overkill given that your book
cover will almost always be displayed either as a thumbnail or at about 400 - 800 pixels when viewing the
ebook on a reading device, but I guess we need to prepare for that one in a million
ebook aficionado who insists
ebooks are best read on a plasma television screen.
The first thing to keep in mind when making an
ebook cover is that it has to look good both when it's big and when it's
small.
I have 8 versions of my short story anthology's
cover: one thumbnail (60px tall), one
small version (144px), four of varying sizes for others» websites (200px, 210px, 216px, and 423px), the
ebook cover itself (823px), and a 300 dpi version for possible posters and brochures.This is overkill, but you see where having at least a thumbnail,
small, medium, and large versions might help.
It's important that you keep in mind what I mentioned earlier about to much clutter with regards to elements included in your design and a reason being is that online shelves display
eBook covers as
small thumbnails at a size of about 80 x 115 pixels.
As
ebooks are quickly evolving to incorporate more media,
ebook cover art displayed on major bookstores are
small singular images.
Underneath that is a
small carousal with all of the
eBooks in your library with their
cover art being displayed.
Txtr is aiming to provide its customers with the largest and most relevant choice of
ebooks in every country where it operates,
covering books from large publishers,
small independent presses, specialty publishers, and self - published authors.
It's unfortunate to see both libraries and bookstores treat
eBooks as a
small change — as if it were simply a case of all hardcovers suddenly getting acryclic leather
covers that shine in the dark.
JF: It's really quite charming and you're obviously talented, but the whole title treatment up in the corner is way too
small for use on an
ebook cover.
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JF: Nice idea, might work better (since
ebook covers are often seen at
small sizes) if the map was more prominent, and the type less busy.
small text is to be avoided for
eBook covers (however,
small text is okay on the back
cover for print)
I think this and the companion accomplish her goal» JF: Here the message is delivered creatively, although the big block of
small type doesn't work so well for an
ebook cover.
Your
eBook will appear as a
small thumbnail surrounded by the
covers of other books in your field.
The overhead of doing this contest every month is pretty heavy already, and we choose this size carefully to demonstrate how
ebook covers need to distinguish themselves at a
smaller size, while it still allows enough detail to be seen.
(For the
ebook cover, you will resize it
smaller after you've finished creating it.
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eBook covers need to be very simple, because they're doing the bulk of their work at a very
small scale.
To
cover the costs involved in running the site, I started selling
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JF: That may be, but it's very complex for a
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ebook cover.
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Most readers will first see an
ebook cover when it's a
small thumbnail amidst a grid of
ebooks on the digital storefronts.
Well, despite the great art, all that detail — good for posters and print books, to be sure — just doesn't work that well at the
small sizes typical for
ebook covers.
This figures gleaned from the latest data crawl,
covering the quarter to May, show that self - published
ebooks and
ebooks from
small and medium publishers have captured sales lost by the Big 5 and Amazon's own imprints compared with the previous quarter's survey.
JF: I don't think this works particularly well as an
ebook cover because the artwork doesn't «read» well at a
small size and the entire
cover lacks impact.
But while buyers will be able to shop online for physical goods in the EU without being blocked or automatically re-routed, there's just one
small problem: the new rules don't
cover ANY copyrighted content such as
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