Cover Creation: A Step by Step Tutorial

This illustrated step by step cover creation tutorial teaches you how to design your own book cover with over 175 images to show you exactly what to do, even if you are not a designer.

This tutorial is designed for independent authors who want to publish and sell their own book in online stores such Amazon.com using the self-publishing platform Createspace and Kindle Direct Publishing. This tutorial will teach you how to design a cover which will set your book apart and not hold back sales.

Note: This tutorial COVER CREATION could also be used by authors loading books using Lightning Source, Ingram Spark, Lulu, and other self-publishing platforms.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1: Introduction and Setting Program Options
Chapter 2: Createspace Template
Chapter 3: Opening the Template
Chapter 4: Obtaining a Background Image
Chapter 5: Adding a Background Image
Chapter 6: Adjusting the Background Image
Chapter 7: Template Preparation
Chapter 8: Adding Title Text
Chapter 9: Title Size and Color Adjustment
Chapter 10: Adding Style to the Title
Chapter 11: Adding Author Name Text
Chapter 12: Adding Style to the Author Name
Chapter 13: Group Creation
Chapter 14: Adding Text to the Spine
Chapter 15: Adding Text to the Back Cover
Chapter 16: Save Project
Chapter 17: Text Adjustment
Chapter 18: Adding an Endorsement
Chapter 19: Adjusting Text Color and Style
Chapter 20: Copy Layer Style
Chapter 21: Adding Author Name to the Back Cover
Chapter 22: Adding a Website
Chapter 23: PDF Preparation
Chapter 24: Save as PDF
Chapter 25: Load Cover to Createspace