{"id":61941,"date":"2021-12-13T12:31:05","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T09:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newblog.creatopy.com\/blog\/?p=61941"},"modified":"2023-07-24T14:15:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T11:15:33","slug":"designing-book-covers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/creatopydevelopmentblog.kinsta.cloud\/blog\/designing-book-covers\/","title":{"rendered":"The Complete Guide on How to Make a Book Cover in 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you had a dollar for each time you heard “you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover”, you’d probably be a millionaire by now. Case in point, I just said it again. There’s a very good reason everyone insists, though.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We all judge, at least for a second, which is just a more honest way of saying that first impressions count\u2013another phrase that would be nice to monetize somehow.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The reality is if you want to get people to read your book that one second can mean the difference between a bestseller and a flop.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We might as well accept the truth in the truisms, and put more effort into designing our book covers to get the contents noticed. And with <\/span>more than 2.2 million books published every year worldwide<\/span><\/a>, we have our work cut out for us.<\/span><\/p>\n

An entire book would probably be full by the time we covered all that goes into designing book covers, and we didn’t want to do that (imagine the pressure we’d put on ourselves to come up with the cover for it). <\/span><\/p>\n

Instead, we boiled it all down into this bite-sized guide with all the basics you need to be aware of, so you can jump right into it and <\/span>create a book cover<\/span> today.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

How to Make a Book Cover in 2022<\/span><\/h2>\n

Making a book design, just like any other creative work, starts with an idea. You don’t have to be a professional designer to have a good idea and to make a good book cover, but you also shouldn’t wait endless months for inspiration to hit you out of nowhere. <\/span><\/p>\n

You don’t even have to be a designer to make the design yourself, but more on that later.<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Do research to get inspired\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

This is not to contest the fact that we tend to get the best ideas when we least expect them, but waiting for the proverbial muse to kiss you on the forehead may take a bit longer than your publisher is comfortable with. <\/span><\/p>\n

Or in the worst case, your waiting may be altogether in vain. Our suggestion: give that muse a little nudge and a suggestive wink.<\/span><\/p>\n

Just go online and see what others have been up to. You don’t have to feel bad about it, it’s just market research. Check out some of the more popular volumes in your genre to get a feel for the overall direction, but don’t get too bogged down with anything. <\/span><\/p>\n

Discover the works of lesser-known authors, and keep an open mind towards discovering foreign works too.<\/span><\/p>\n

Amazon Books<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Barnes & Noble<\/span><\/a> are great places to start, but <\/span>Alibris<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Book Depository<\/a>,<\/span> and many overseas stores such as <\/span>Booktopia<\/span><\/a> or <\/span>Waterstones<\/span><\/a> also have enormous, categorized offerings that you can browse.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Work on your design concept<\/span><\/h3>\n

This part is all about crystallizing the ideas you’ve gathered into something more tangible. This can be challenging, but not if you have some guidelines to follow. Let’s break it down into baby steps to make it easier. <\/span><\/p>\n

Here are some essential things to keep in mind when working on your drafts for designing book covers:<\/span><\/p>\n