Perfect Book Covers: Professional Advice for Indie Writers to Design Your Own Book Cover

By Pablo Daniel Rodriguez

Seven tips for indie writers to design your book cover as a professional.

My intention is to help authors who self-publish their works to improve the presentation quality of their books.
Information is power and this book gives you all the information you need to make your covers look professional so they sell more.

I invite you to follow a little exercise. Think about your book. Try to understand the general idea and the emotions it conveys.
Only in four words. Okay; six words... No more than a sentence, please.
Got it?
Congratulations! You just created the basis for designing your perfect cover.
This book has a very simple goal. I'll try, through simple tips, to give you the support you need so your book cover can reach several readers; even if you decide to design it by yourself or hire a professional.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Pablo Daniel Rodriguez
• Release date: Nov 1, 2016
• ISBN: 9781370328116

Pablo Daniel Rodriguez

Pablo Daniel Rodriguez was born and raised in the city of Buenos Aires, but moved to Gijón in Spain before settling in London several years ago, where he now lives and work. Pablo studied graphic design for advertising at the New School of Art and Design in Buenos Aires and has been working in the graphic arts for over 20 years at many companies and also as a freelancer. He also started a business designing book covers, and has written a companion book on the subject called Perfect Book Covers, which is being translated into English and is due to be released at the end of October 2016. Pablo has a range of diverse interests from cooking and camping, space exploration, to Italian opera. He also loves sailplanes and plans to get his licence once he has sold enough books. But his real passion is for writing, and he is now the author of 5 books, all written in Spanish, which are being translated into English. His space opera series, The Labours of Iktis, is an exciting blend of space exploration and futuristic horror. Pablo’s hopes for the future are to work full time as a book cover designer and as a successful author. When he isn’t working or writing he enjoys nothing more than relaxing with a good book. Pablo Daniel Rodriguez can be found at the following; http://english.finderdesign.info/free-ebook-for-you http://pablodanielrodriguez.com/ https://www.facebook.com/lostrabajosdeiktis/ https://twitter.com/PabloRo59537265 http://finderdesign.co.uk/

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Perfect Book Covers. 

Professional Advice for Indie Writers to Design Your Own Book Cover

Pablo Daniel Rodriguez

London, October 2016

INTRODUCTION

Why do you write?

I invite you to follow a little exercise. Think about your book. Try to understand the general idea and the emotions it conveys. Only in four words. Okay; six words... No more than a sentence. Got it? Congratulations! You just created the basis for designing your perfect cover.

This book has a very simple goal. I'll try, through simple tips, to give you the support you need so your book cover can reach several readers; even if you decide to design it by yourself or hire a professional.

My intention is to help authors who self-publish their works to improve the presentation quality of their books.

Information is power and this book gives you all the information you need to make your covers look professional so they sell more.

What you WILL and WON'T find in this book

Before we begin, I want to clarify what you WON'T find in this book: 

1. I won't teach you how to use any software 

2. I won't give you any magical formula so you can create your book cover in five minutes. 

3. You won't find long academic explanations in this book.

What you WILL find in this book:

In this book, I've portrayed my twenty years of experience in applied graphic design. You'll find simple techniques to understand what works and what doesn't work when deciding to create a cover for your book.

A simple and direct language, so all the important information won't be lost in lengthy explanations.

And last but not least, I'll offer you applicable advice, which you can use to improve your sales.

The time you invest in reading this book (which I promise will be short) will result in tremendous progress in your career as a writer.

If you're determined to design your own cover, or if you're going to hire a professional to do it; the information contained in these pages will be of enormous value to achieve that desired goal.

Before you begin designing your cover, read the whole book.

The purpose of a cover: The packaging of your story

Your cover is the first contact you have with any potential reader. What do you want to tell them? What would you like them to know right away? You have a great story, you've invested thousands of hours of preparation, reflection, writing and editing. Your story is very good, and you want to share the excitement you felt when writing it with a lot of people. You're investing a great effort to promote your work, you spend a lot of time contacting potential readers, bloggers and critics. You're taking this seriously. Then: Why would you think you can design a low quality cover for your book?

There are three key factors to get a potential reader to buy your