Category: ebook cover design

Zero light is black. In science, black is the absence of light. And color is a phenomenon of light. But a black object or black images printed on white paper are made from pigment, not light. So artists must use their darkest color of paint to approximate black. What you see as a pigment with…

Understanding the Importance of Book Titles The title of a book plays a pivotal role in its success, greatly influencing sales and discoverability, particularly on online platforms such as Amazon. A well-crafted title serves as a key marketing tool, comparable in importance to the book’s cover. Authors need to skillfully blend marketability with compelling sales…

The move to e-books has brought with it a new challenge for those who do book cover design, amateur and professional. The first challenge, of course, if you’ve been designing book covers for any time, is to understand exactly what an e-book cover really is. Unlike print books, which we can pick up and examine,…

People are going to judge your ebook by its cover. The cover is the first impression and first chance you have to hook a reader. It has to be visually appealing, include lettering that’s easy to read and entice users to download (and read) your book. The perfect ebook cover stands out from all the…

Here are some of the important questions you need to ask to your client before getting started. What kind of book cover do you need?Double-check that your client is looking for an eBook cover and not a printed book cover. What is your eBook’s genre?Like it or not, readers will judge an eBook by its…

Covers & Sales A couple of years ago, Martin Lake’s book sales were dismal. As a self-published author, he was selling just 15 books per month. Sound familiar? Well, Martin didn’t just accept those sales and move on. He changed his book cover design for the first book in his three-part series…and his sales of…

Print book cover design and ebook cover design have subtle differences. An ebook has only the front, while the print cover consists of three elements. They include the front, the back, and the spine. No spine and no back When you choose ebook design, you don’t have to think about typography on the spine. Moreover,…

Endorsements, call-outs, and subtitles are now in ebook metadata. This is because: An ideal ebook cover will differ from its print counterpart. What not to do Take a look at the email sent to 7 million book lovers. The thumbnail cover images do the promotional work. These covers missed a great selling opportunity. You can’t tell…

PDF download links need “editorialization.” This is good web etiquette. Dropping users into a download without warning or cuing is bad UX. It can lock up their browser. Very irritating. PDFs can easily be reduced with a freeware PDF optimizer to a tenth that file size. This is bandwidth politeness most developers don’t do for…