![]() ![]() I also added a bunch of videos on using the cover tool, here. Here's a package of some covers and other things go to "file" and "open" to load these into the cover tool. You can try out the online tool here. It's a work in progress, but after several years I'm nearly done with something that's going to be really amazing - I'll let you know when it's ready (the basic tool will be free for everyone!) There are also instructions for ordering postcards and business cards (and how to use them). This package is light on layers, heavy on templates - it's got everything you need but assumes you're starting from a finished cover file, so you're just importing layers. You can make a full print cover that looks pretty good, but you need to get familiar with the features in MS Word, and use quality fonts and images. Making full print covers for Createspace is a little tricky, but this guide and sample templates will help. I made a few "sell-sheets" that may help with book marketing for a long post about how to use them, and other alternatives, you can read this article I posted on my blog: How-to-make-a-sell-sheet-for-your-book-with-free-templates Here's a huge list of fonts I like divided by genre. I don't have time to support everyone who downloads the free templates (thousands of authors join each month!) but if you want to join my Facebook Group and introduce yourself, you can get some quick feedback.Īn Epic List of Appropriate Fonts per GenreĬhoosing the right fonts for your book cover is important you'll probably use the same fonts for your interior formatting as well. ![]() Now that I've finally finished my PhD in Literature, I plan to build more templates with more free programs, to make it even easier for you to design your own book covers. Since you're interested in publishing a book, I'm also going to send some tips on book design, publishing and marketing that will help your book get the visibility it deserves: these are the same strategies that let me grow an email list of 8500 readers before I published my first novel, and hit #1 bestseller for each new book, without a big marketing campaign or advertising budget. ![]() You can try out the online tool here, and there's a package of templates for the tool down below too (I'm not a developer so the tool is a bit buggy - it's getting a huge facelift in 2018 and I'll let you know when the new tool is ready). I wasn't happy with the Word templates so I custom built my own online cover design tool. ![]() A lot of the templates on this site are for Microsoft Word (I know it sounds crazy, but you can make pretty good covers very quickly in Word with some of the built-in features.) There are a few videos on how to do that here and some templates down below so you can try it out. Once you open the Word files, things may not look right if you don't have the same fonts installed that I used, so try changing the fonts. ![]()
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