- Level
- Mixed
- Basic and Premium Members Prices
- Premium Members $25 & Basic Members $35
Register by July 4th and save $5, use code CREATEMAIN2022 at checkout!
- Category
- Business
- Marketing
- $5 off Early Registration Coupon-expires 1 week before class starts
- CREATEMAIN2022
- Class Length
- 3 Weeks
One of the jobs many indie publishers farm out is cover design. Certainly, the most visible marketing tool today is your cover. During the days of physical bookstores all people saw of most books were the spines of the book. But today with online stores, every book is "face front."
However, you don't have to spend a lot of money to create an attractive book cover that reflects your vision and sells your book. In this course, you will learn the functions of a book cover, the basic principles of design, color, and layout, and how to use free tools to create your cover.
Topics
1. The functions served by a book cover
2. Marketing and Cover Design
3. Basic Design Elements
4. Image selection
5. Font Selection
6. Layout
7. The Principle of Thirds
8. The Power of Color
9. Using Kindle Cover Creator
10. Using Pixlr Advanced
However, you don't have to spend a lot of money to create an attractive book cover that reflects your vision and sells your book. In this course, you will learn the functions of a book cover, the basic principles of design, color, and layout, and how to use free tools to create your cover.
Topics
1. The functions served by a book cover
2. Marketing and Cover Design
3. Basic Design Elements
4. Image selection
5. Font Selection
6. Layout
7. The Principle of Thirds
8. The Power of Color
9. Using Kindle Cover Creator
10. Using Pixlr Advanced
- Class Format
- Savvy Authors' workshops are held on a forum: a bulletin board based system. You will receive a reminder notice one day prior to the start of the workshop that includes instructions on how to access the workshop forum. If you have not received instructions by the day the workshop begins, please check your spam filter.
The forum will be available the morning (EST) of the day the workshop starts and will remain accessible to all participants thereafter. You will also be given simple instructions on how to create a PDF of all your discussions along with our privacy and data retention policy.
