Even though people are always told not to judge a book by its cover, the truth is most people still do. Which is why authors must pay extra attention to their book cover before the book gets published. So, below are 5 things every author must know about book cover design before publishing:

  1. It needs to have the right thumbnail size: In this case, if your book is going to be published online, like on Amazon, Iwe, Smashwords or Kobo, you need to know the exact thumbnail size of the site, and tailor your book cover size to suit it; that way, the book title and other relevant details would be visible.
  2. Don’t be too literal: It is advisable to either state the title or use an interesting concept as an image; or use an image that depicts the book, but with a different title. For instance, if the title of your book is “Umbrella”, don’t use an Umbrella as the book cover’s image; it will come across to your readers as being too boring.
  3. Avoid being too sentimental: Of course, once you have a book, it becomes yours and it is easy to attach feelings to it; but using the face of someone you know, like a relative or best friend, when it has absolutely nothing to do with the book, is not advisable.
  4. Have a lot of design concepts to choose from: Ask your graphics designer to design three or more book covers for you and choose the one you think is best.
  5. Ask for feedbacks: After you have decided on a book cover, ask for feedbacks, from your friends, colleagues or even strangers to know their opinions of how the book looks, and if they would be eager to buy one if they see such a book cover. Also, don’t take feedbacks too personally; rather, use it as a means to get a winning book cover design.
ALSO READ  10 Ways an Author Can Promote and Market a Book in Nigeria

Asides from the tips listed above, always remember that your book cover should evoke an emotion that is part of the story your book tells, and have fun, while choosing the book cover that best suit your needs.

DON'T MISS OUT!
Subscribe To Newsletter

Receive top writing tips and best practices on content development and publishing 

Invalid email address
Give it a try. You can unsubscribe at any time.

Pin It on Pinterest

Share This
×
%d bloggers like this:
https://soipublishing.com/5-things-every-author-needs-know-book-cover-designs/
soipublishing.com
crawl=CC-MAIN-2022-33
291004
application/http; msgtype=response
sha1:U3N2WR4LZKR77CADDUL55NGEWTNEBWJW
<urn:uuid:5fad354f-cf94-4f34-bc72-094ff59c2186>
2022-08-18T22:01:19Z
34.89.23.144
text/html
sha1:X3NSENLBTWN35QRHLVZFOOPCNWVKGSKS
<urn:uuid:e54fbde4-368d-4dab-a1a9-1796b5f56f6c>
https://soipublishing.com/5-things-every-author-needs-know-book-cover-designs/
response
<urn:uuid:f6f626e2-9094-47ab-9a71-f9ee0076d168>
isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2022-33
publisher: Common Crawl
description: Wide crawl of the web for August 2022
operator: Common Crawl Admin (info@commoncrawl.org)
hostname: ip-10-67-67-76
software: Apache Nutch 1.18 (modified, https://github.com/commoncrawl/nutch/)
robots: checked via crawler-commons 1.4-SNAPSHOT (https://github.com/crawler-commons/crawler-commons)
format: WARC File Format 1.1
conformsTo: https://iipc.github.io/warc-specifications/specifications/warc-format/warc-1.1/