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How to Design a Book Cover

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Dive into the captivating world of book cover design with this comprehensive 41-minute course. Learn to create professional cover artwork for print-on-demand services like Amazon or CreateSpace. Develop an effective creative process, from refining genre-appropriate styles to laying out front cover artwork in InDesign, and expand your design into a full wrap-around cover. Master techniques for finding creative direction, sizing your cover, drafting and refining the front design, expanding it into a full cover, and exporting for printing. Gain access to source files and Envato Elements assets to follow along, and explore additional resources like Placeit's online Book Cover Maker for a streamlined design process.

Syllabus

1 - Introduction.
2 - What You'll Need to Get Started.
3 - How to Find Creative Direction for Your Cover.
4 - How to Size Your Cover.
5 - How to Draft the Front of Your Cover.
6 - How to Refine Your Design: Part One.
7 - How to Refine Your Design: Part Two.
8 - How to Expand Your Design Into a Full Cover.
9 - How to Export Your Cover for Printing.
10 - Conclusion.

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Envato Tuts+

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    Adebanwo Michael
    As a starter this is really helpful
    I got my mind enlightened and also I love how you could get inspiration from other book cover designs and where to focus your own style based on the genre

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