5 Steps to Design A Book Cover for Your Self-Published Novel

How to Design A Book Cover for Your Self-Published Novel // Today I'm celebrating the release of my book cover design courses! To do that, I wanted to walk you through some of the steps that I go through as I design book covers from start to finish. In this video, I'll be talking about creating a cover concept, choosing a color scheme, and bringing it all together in Photoshop with stock photos.
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In this video:
0:00 - Intro
1:21 - Book cover design course
1:52 - Photoshop basics for beginners
2:14 - Typography in book cover design
2:38 - Designing book covers in Photoshop
4:28 - Book cover design course bundle
5:22 - Have a concept
6:04 - Stock photos
7:08 - Creating the concept in Photoshop
7:40 - Color scheme
8:38 - Adding the pizzazz
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Mandi Lynn published her first novel when she was seventeen. The author of multiple books, Mandi spends her days continuing to write and creating RUclips videos to help other writers achieve their dreams of seeing their books published. Mandi is the owner of Stone Ridge Books, a company that works to help authors bring their books to life through cover design and digital book marketing. She is also the creator of The Book Launch Planner, a planner designed to help authors publish and market their books. When she’s not creating, you can find Mandi exploring her backyard or getting lost in the woods.
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[@wordcharm2649]

Awesome course bundle!

[@jeannemoore6610]

If I were a Photoshop user, I'd be purchasing the bundle. I know you put a lot of work into your courses. I was going to put together a tutorial on designing book covers in GIMP and it was so much work to clearly explain it along with illustrations.

[@heatherkirchhoffwritesya]

So excited to get the course!

[@rosannebowman2592]

I've always wondered how cover designers figure out the whole issue of fonts. Do you own the commercial license for a specific set of fonts or do you purchase fonts based on the job you have? That could get super pricey since those can get really expensive. Btw, congrats on the baby! :)

[@MandiLynnWrites]

Yes, you need to own the commercial rights to the font, but in the course I talk about some of my favorite places to go for fonts that are reasonably priced :)

[@technoshaman001]

thanks for the help on this, I've been a long time Photoshop user!

[@hannahheart1254]

I have two coworkers that are helping me create my book covers

[@sphchurch]

I don’t write books but do write sermons. I put together 4 digital slideshows a week. I spend a lot of time doing similar to book over design I guess I call slide graphics design.

[@GiovanniCarson]

Can you help me? Can I use a different book cover design for my audiobook than the published book and still use the same ISBN?

[@09cutie0pie]

Aren't you supposed to do photos in photohop, text in illustrator and assembly in indesign? can you do a book cover in only photoshop? Doesn't the text look pixelated?

[@MandiLynnWrites]

Some people do the wraps in InDesign but I prefer Photoshop (and I think most cover designs do as well) and have never had issues. Illustrator is for anything vector based

[@lolapeake1805]

twilight saga on shelf

[@michalehess2178]

Can we sign up at any time or this is just for now

[@MandiLynnWrites]

You can sign up at any time!