Sunday, April 11, 2021

Here's How To Book Cover Design Like A Professional

A well-designed book cover is important because it serves as the face of the book, and entices readers to purchase it. A book cover uses design elements such as colors, fonts, pictures, or illustrations that reflect key themes, which are relevant to the text, and help readers understand a little more about it.

You already know that a picture conveys a thousand words but in a design it can be difficult to find work that troubles the whole body. Never fear, in the article below, we are going to provide you with the ultimate guide to designing a book cover on your own, and will also book cover ideas to inspire you.

Communicate: What exactly is your book

The way your book cover designer will read your book, if you are very lucky. Likely to happen otherwise, he would only blur and sketch the cover based on his explanation. This is why you have to sit down with your designer and explain the entire context of the book in detail so that they can make sure that they get the concept right.

You can provide the best detail in your brief. Designers can answer any and all questions for you. Talk about all the important topics, motifs and moods discussed in the books apart from the general plot. Make sure that when you see it, you want to leave your book.

Discuss your demographic

You need to tell your designer which audience this book is targeted towards. Different pictures appeal to people of different ages and backgrounds because they do not share perspective. For example, if you know that no less than thirty will take your book, tell the designer that your book is aimed towards a mature audience.

Finish your competition with your designer

Show your designer images of some other books that are sheltered under the same category as yours. For example if you write a supernatural thriller, you don't want a cover that mimics an already famous book. You want your cover to show originality or you risk being stereotyped before reading.

Communicate: the things you need to include

There may be a certain element in your book that is necessary for the entire plot. You do not need to explicitly draw that element on the cover, but if you want a representation of it on the book cover design, let your designer know.

Communicate: If your book is part of a series

The books in the series have covers showing the harmony. There should be a common element that makes books recognizable with each other and your designer needs to know in advance.

Communicate: Which format do you think is most desirable

Paperback, hardback and e-book all have different cover formats. You need to tell your designer all the editions that will be published as your book, so that you have the appropriate covers for all editions. For example, an e-book only requires a front cover, but a hardback requires a front cover, back cover, and sides. 

Once the designing is complete, you will get a PDF file or the soft copy of the final design and you will be able to see the book as it will appear in the hard copy. In case you want some changes, it can be easily implemented at this stage and the designer/self publisher should easily be able to update and send you the revised file for final review. You can review the file once more and after this phase is complete you need to decide if you want to take a print of the book or if you want to create an e-book. You can do either of the two or both, depending upon your choice. 


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