Derek Murphy, Author at DIY Book Covers

To make your ebook cover in Canva, start with a 1,600 x 2,560 pixel canvas, choose an image that fits your genre, add the title, then download a JPG. Canva

by Derek Murphy

Author working on a laptop in a bookshop

Book Cover Design

How to Make a Book Cover

Book Cover Design by Genre: What Readers Expect in 10 Genres

If you're making your own book cover, start with the images, fonts and colors readers already recognize in your genre. Book cover design by genre is about helping the right readers

by Derek Murphy

Illustration of a writer working among blue waves and books

Book Cover Design

Print & POD Cover Design

How to Make a Full Paperback Book Cover (Front, Spine and Back)

You've got the front cover, but to make a paperback book cover you need the back and spine in the same PDF, sized to your finished book. Get the printer's

by Derek Murphy

Instant book cover creator with a fake book called My Adventure

Free Cover Design Tips

How to Make a Book Cover

Fake Book Cover Maker: Make a Cover for a Book That Doesn’t Exist

You need a cover for a book that doesn't exist: a prop for a play, a film or a photo shoot, a gift, a joke for a post, a row

by Derek Murphy

Notebook, pen and white flowers on a blue desk

Free Cover Design Tips

How to Make a Book Cover

Free Book Cover Images: Where to Find Them and What You’re Allowed to Use

You need a picture for your cover and you'd rather not pay for it. The free routes are the stock sites (Unsplash and Pixabay, for example), old paintings, and art

by Derek Murphy

Book Cover Design

Book Cover Designer: How to Hire One, or Do It Yourself

You need a cover, and you're stuck between paying a designer and doing it yourself. Hire a designer if you can afford a good one; if you can't, the free

by Derek Murphy

How to Make a Book Cover

Print & POD Cover Design

Book Back Cover Design: What Goes Where (Plus Jacket Templates)

Your front cover is finished, and the paperback still needs a back cover and a spine before KDP will take the file. Top to bottom, the back holds a hook

by Derek Murphy

How to Publish a Book

Print & POD Cover Design

KDP Cover Size and Spine Width, Checked (Paperback and Ebook)

KDP wants an ebook cover as a JPEG or TIFF, ideally 2,560 pixels tall by 1,600 wide, and a paperback cover as one PDF with the back, spine and front

by Derek Murphy

How to Make a Book Cover

Kindle and Ebook Cover Design

Ebook Cover Design: Sizes, Free Templates and What Actually Sells

An ebook cover is a single front-cover image, ideally 2,560 pixels tall by 1,600 wide, saved as a JPEG or TIFF in RGB color. You can make one free with

by Derek Murphy

How to Make a Book Cover

AI Book Cover Maker: How Ideogram Changes Everything for Authors

Looking for a book cover maker? Here's which free tool to open:AI book cover maker: type your title and genre and get a finished cover with the art and the

by Derek Murphy

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