How to design a perfect Book Cover for Free !!!
How to design a Book Cover page for Free?
In this article, Let me explain to you a step-by-step approach on how to create a stunning-looking cover page for your book that can allure readers to it.
Book Cover is like your Sales Agent who works 24×7 trying to convince readers. Make sure you get the perfect salesperson for your book.
“Note: There is no fixed Pattern for a Cover Page design, There is no Right or Wrong. “
Table of Contents
The following things are to be considered while designing a cover page for your book.
- The Cover Page should capture the core messaging of your book subtly.
- It should Not be cluttered, Keep it Simple.
- Cover Page not just means the front Cover, even your Blurb and Author Bio is equally important.
- Try to add a sense of creativity to it.
Anatomy of Book Cover Page
Now moving on to the design aspects of a Book Cover Page.
How to choose the Theme, Colors, and Font of Book Cover
- Check Out on Pinterest, Amazon, etc for Book Cover Ideas for your Book based on the Genre.
- Make sure the Font and Colors used can relate to the theme of Your Book. A thriller book can retain a sharp-pointed theme, rather than a curly theme as it is mostly related to children. A Dark theme mostly relates to crime, Horror, and thriller. Please see the mood Wheel in the Below Diagram. Choose colors based on the overall theme of the Book.
Image Source: Pinterest.com
Image | Idea | Illustration :
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- Overlay the theme on the Book Idea: Once You get a fair indication of your theme of the book, try and add an element of the Book on top of the theme. Try and bring in your core messaging or interesting part of your book onto the Cover Design.
- Try a basic design on Canva: Try and use free web applications like http://Canva.com to come up with a rough draft for your cover page design.
Image Source: http://Canva.com
Choosing the perfect Book Title
- Make Sure the title is relevant to the image or illustration in the background. Overall, good coverage will have a good relatability and it should not be standalone. All elements mentioned here should come together as one and not stand out separately.
How to write a Sub-Title for my book
- Summarise the Entire book in one short line, this will create the required intrigue amongst readers.
Things to consider while choosing the Author Name for my book
- It is a personal choice, some likes to keep it short while others use pseudo names. Make sure the Font and Placement are in line with the theme.
Example for a perfect book Blurb
- Blurb Provides the Author the one chance to Hook the reader to the book and make the Purchase. Once the reader has picked up the book and turned to the back to read the blurb and Author Bio, The reader has already bought into 50% of the sale. If the Blurb is intriguing enough, then 90% of the sale is complete. Make sure you leave the Reader to imagine after reading the blurb which will urge them to purchase the book.
What should I cover in my Author Bio on the book cover?
- Every Author has an Aura around them, make sure to consistently do this, Do not break this pattern too often, The Author Bio Should capture the required curiosity amongst readers to give them the slight assurance that you must have done a decent job in writing your first book. Keep it crisp and to the point and always provide your website link and Social media Handle where they can check your profile.
How to choose the right Author Image for my book.
- As mentioned earlier point, in regard to every Author carrying an Aura, make sure the Author’s image also carries the same aura. It should not be a mix and match. If it is a humor or romance book, the author can retain a subtle smile, but it should carry a straight face at least in the book cover if it is a thriller. The image could be different on your website.
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Types of Book Cover Designs
Book Cover designs in history can be classified into 8-10 categories. Below is the list of top Book Cover types listed for you
- Bold Typography
- Minimalist
- Hand Sketched (Digital Sketched)
- Retro style book Cover
- Chaos
- Negative Spacing
- Photographed
- Millennial
Bold Typography
In this style of Book Cover Design, the Coverpage predominantly consists of Letters used in a creative manner. This is a very trendy and simplistic design option for your Book Cover.
Minimalist
In this style of book cover design, the cover design has very few elements on the front of the cover page. It captures the essence of the book with very less elements and has a lot of empty spaces.
Hand sketched ( Digital / Painted)
The artist or book cover designer will digitally sketch the cover page or sketch it on a piece of paper and then convert it to digital format.
Retro Style
The 1970s-1990s is an exciting time, and many books followed a pattern that takes us back in time.
What free Softwares can I use to make a book cover Design?
There are much free software used to build a cover design for your book
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- Canva (easiest)
How much does it cost to get a good cover design?
A book cover design in India will cost you around INR 2000-5000 (1USD = 75INR). This is the cost you need to pay the designer, in case you are using images, you need additional expense to shoot the image or buy one online using platforms like Pixabay, pixels, Stocksnap, and Canva.