eCovers : How To Create Your Own eBook Covers

[Diane Stafford]

How To Create Your Own eBook Covers

This ebook cover example has been created using AHC Member, Janice's work and indeed based on an ebook she offers on her website - NewSheer.

Janice's Profile

Several AHC Members have asked how I create eCovers for eBooks.

Here's the process I use personally.

Starting With A Flat Image Design

To achieve a good quality finished eBook cover, you have to start with a good quality design, which is usually designed and prepared as a flat image, similar to the one on the left (only a lot larger obviously).

 

Nowadays I use Fireworks (or Photoshop), Adobe Software .

However you can download a graphics software tool called GIMP.

Download GIMP from here  (it's free)

 

Make sure you only use product/craft images that you own the copyright (or usage rights) to.

 

Once I've designed the flat cover, I use a very affordable and easy

to use tool to generate the actual "Product" images.

 

This little desktop tool can create a wide range of product images, not just eBooks, but also DVD's, disk covers, workbooks, hard books, magazines that are open, flat, folded brochures and many others besides!

 

• All you do is open up the ecover software application, select the 'product' image you want to create and then 'add' your flat design, crop the visual area to fit, for example, the front cover, the side text, etc etc.

 

• Then arrange, adjust the lighting, add or remove a reflection and hey presto, render the image and it comes out as a finished eBook or product design/representation that you can add to your blog or website, to start promoting and selling your product.

 

eCover Software Order Page Here = Cost approx $96.00 (including tax)

- at the top of that page, just change the currency drop down box

to your currency to see how much it is.

 

Can it save you money?

Absolutely Yes! And it can save you hours of creativity time!

 

If you want a product ecover professionally designed for you it could cost anywhere from $60 - $240 dollars (or more). Most of the designers work costs will be in the time taken to create your concept and design your flat image!

 

If you are starting out and have a small budget, using GIMP yourself for the main design will save you lots of design time/money.

 

The eCover software quickly and easily converts your flat image into your new product!

 

In just a few minutes, your flat image is rendered and transformed into a high quality image!

 

Using both these tools and your 'creative eye' for design, you can create as many product ecover images as you like, whenever you like without the ongoing costs per item!

 

Importance of Quality

If you present your potential buyers with a poor quality image of your digital product, you lose their trust in the perceived quality and therefore the value of your product and they may not buy it!

 

By presenting a high quality eCover, even though this is a digital product, your potential customers perceive it to be as good as, or higher in quality to, that of a physical product and are much more likely to buy it!

 

So there you have it, that is how I create quality product eCovers for myself and for my clients...

... and now you can create yours too!

 

Diane

 

my profile on AHC

 

Resources: 

Download GIMP free here

Buy eCover Software Here

Adobe Software

[Diane Stafford]

Happy Days - If you want to try creating your own ecovers, you can now download a trial version of the eCover software covered in this article -Test out the software for yourself.

- Here's the Download Link = ecover software trial

 

there's a mac & windows version - choose the one for your system.

[Diane Stafford]

Hi Sangeeta, thanks for your comment, I know a lot of AHC members who have been struggling to create their own ecovers and whilst they don't have to be perfect they don't have to cost a small fortune or take hours and hours to look "good enough" :-)

[sangeeta]

Dear Diane, thxs for sharing with us...