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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

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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

Instant book cover creator with a fake book called My Adventure

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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

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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

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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 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

How to Make a Book Cover

The Ultimate Guide to Publishing on Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP): Step-by-Step Instructions for Preparing Your Manuscript and Book Cover

The world of self-publishing has opened unprecedented opportunities for authors to share their stories with readers worldwide. Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) platform stands at the forefront of this revolution,

by Derek Murphy

How to Make a Book Cover

My Favorite Book Covers of 2024 — And Why They Stand Out

With more than half of 2024 already in the books, it’s time to discuss one of my favorite topics in publishing: cover design. In this article, I’ve taken a look

by Derek Murphy

How to Make a Book Cover

The Ultimate Guide to Book Cover Design for Self-Published Authors

You've finished the book, and now you need a cover that won't look homemade next to everything else on Amazon. A self-published cover needs to look like it belongs next to

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