I want to show you how you can earn money with minimal design skills by giving people what they want, a low - cost alternative to an expensive
custom designed book cover.
You can
design a book cover by yourself or hire someone else, but keep in mind that this is extremely important when it comes to selling your book.
This is a crash course
on designing book covers for print, including spine width, publisher logo or button, what to put on the back cover, margins and trim, etc..
A quality, professional and provocative cover can make all the difference in having your book stand out amidst the clutter including
poorly designed book covers.
At that point in my career I had extensive experience in a wide variety of complex design projects
so designing a book cover seemed relatively simple by comparison.
In today's click - and - go world, a professionally -
designed book cover needs to convey your message to your readers in a single glance.
On the contrary, a poorly
designed book cover conveys to the readers that author does not care much about the book and I am sure you don't want to take chances here.
Their rationale for this cart - before - horse suggestion was that authors seeing their
beautifully designed book covers would be motivated to get their books done.
With rigorous control of each and every process ranging
from designing book covers to distribution to as many vendors as possible, Paul Pilkington flexibly took his first eBook to top the free download chart on Amazon.
My second thoughtcomment is that there are folks in publishing who make a
career designing book covers, under the expectation that the saying holds true!
Here's what King has to say about the win: «It is particularly sweet to get this recognition, as I, working with Self - Publishing Relief's creative geniuses, had tons of
fun designing the book cover.
Once pre-production work on your materials has been completed, your book will be sent to a design team responsible for creating a page layout for your manuscript and
designing a book cover based on guidelines set forth by Simon & Schuster as well as your own input and suggestions.
A
successfully designed book cover will convey the tone of your book, will whisper hints without giving it all away, and will excite readers into actually opening up the book and reading.
In short, a cover designer who
designs book covers day in and day out will save you from many pitfalls unbeknownst to most graphic designers.