I'm not going to lie, I was ao frustrated with trying to figure out these book dimensions, I've searched countless tutorials and other how-to pages on the web. Nothing would help. And then I came across my saving grace. You show how simple it can be to make a cover, thank you so much.
I learned a new skill today from this video. I will never hire any Fiverr guy from now onn. Your video saved a great lot of money from my pocket. Thankyou for the emmence value to just provided.
Wow, thank you so much for the kind words. The truth is, I still hire cover designers from time to time, but being able to do them yourself, especially for no content/low content books is a great skill to have. I'm glad you found the content helpful. Thanks for watching and subscribing!
Oh my goodness!! Thank you so much for this content. I am so grateful to Jesus that I came across this video. I know that seems a bit dramatic and I don't care. LOL I pray you will be blessed beyond your imagination, Sir!! New subscriber!
Wow! I was awake for a whole night trying to figure it out what's wrong with the measurements for my book cover and I was about to spend $1200 today for starting a course about things like this. But I said first let's give it one more try. I searched again on Google someting to help me see where I'm doing wrong creating the cover, and YOU SIR appeared. You made it so easy to understand.I already published my book. I'm glad that I found you and THAT YOU for sharing. You are the best! THANK YOU!
I’m so glad I’m not the only one. It looks simple but KDP keeps rejecting my covers and I spent $300 on the cover creator program and did it 15-20 times. 😵💫
I hope my last response helps. To be honest, many times, the errors are for just simple, quick fixes. It’s just trying to figure out what those fixes are. 😊👍
After reviewing the first few minutes of several tutorials that made my eyes glaze over, I found yours. Thank you for the informative, sensible, and clear directions. MUCH appreciated! :)
Keith, I very rarely leave comments on the videos I watch, but I want to THANK YOU! I was about to toss my computer out of the window trying to make my cover for my KDP book. Your video was straight-forward, easy to follow and made total sense. Great content!
THE FIRST RUclips video I've watched that was actually easy to follow! I've been playing around with Canva for awhile, but this video was straight forward and made it so simple. Thank you!
Thank You So Much Sir! I was literally exhausted searching all over the internet and I was going to pay to some freelancer but thanks to your video, now I'll create my own PaperBack cover which make me feel so happy. :)
I just had to write a comment - which I hardly do. I found this video very useful. I followed the video step-by-step and now I have a beautiful design for my new paperback book. May God bless you. Amen.
WOW! That is a huge compliment. Thank you so much for the kind words. I'm thrilled that you found the video helpful. Thanks for watching and subscribing!
Had to jump on here and commend you on this tutorial. I can't tell you how incredibly frustrating it's been to find a simple video-explanation on this topic. Brother, you ROCK!!!
Thank you, Keith! You helped me to kept my promise to my grandson, Harry. By following your instructions on how to make a Print canva book cover. We co authored a dragon book together and thanks to you, Harry got to share it with his 4th grade class last week! Your're a life saver! God Bless! Lurene Miller
OMG! This made my day! I’m so honored that my videos were able to help you and your grandson. If the book is available on Amazon, I’d love to take a look.
@@KeithWheelerBooks It's free in KU. Kingdom Lost Series is : Dragon Legend of the Boy King :) A 3 novella book series... You are a natural exhorter and teacher. Thank you.
Really GREAT video! I am publishing a paperback through Amazon. Your advice on cover making was much appreciated! Your cover making steps are easy to follow.
Michele, thank you so much for the kind words. I’m glad you found the video helpful. My goal is to take the fear out of self-publishing. Thanks for watching and subscribing!
I did over 250 designs on Canva and a friend asked if I could help him design a book cover he was going to publish. I won't lie that your video saved me so much time while it gave me the necessary perspective to execute the task. So, yaay, I designed a book cover for the first time and my friend loved the output. It's amazing when we learn new skills and put them to use 😊
I've done plenty of canva ebook covers, but the print book cover is a mystery to me. Thanks for the info on how to do it. I'm going to try it and probably will be back several times to follow the steps. Thank you so much. You made my heart happy with this video!!
I have come back to this video too many times to count in trying to create my book cover and a book cover for a client. Thank you so much for this information, Keith!!
The only of of these tutorial that was both in English I could understand AND made sense. Thank you! My book, The Rooster Rider, will now have a paperback cover! I hope to have the MS modified for paperback by the end of the week and presto! I'll add paperbacks to the extant Kindle version.
I had created a full book cover on getpaint.net to the exact size but it didn't save as pdf. I searched high and low for a program to convert it without changing the dimensions. I came across this video and there you were showing me exactly how to do it on Canva. I want to thank you for taking the time to show us all how to do these these easily and perfectly. Well done.
HUGHLY HELPFUL. I had a freelancer that was holding me hostage for making different book covers for my authors of my collaboration. This was so help. I am subscribing so that I can continue to learn from you and be on point when you offer a paid service.
I'm so glad that you found this video helpful. My goal is to provide useful information to help other authors gain back the freedom to self-publish. Thanks for watching and subscribing!
@@KeithWheelerBooks honestly a life saver. I wrote my own book 2 years ago and hired a professional book cover designer for $200. Just completed a Book Collaboration with 7 women who are apart of my fast growing League of Girlfriends organization and hired a freelancer since I told the women that they would each have their OWN names on the cover and their OWN pictures on the back. I couldn't figure out how to use the publisher version the freelancer gave me, make changes and then save it as a pdf. Gheesh I have lost so much sleep over this. Until now. It will take me a little work to redesign my cover so that I can make the change to each women's cover but its better than her holding me ransom for another $200 to make these slight changes and I will own the design forever in my Canva account! Appreciate you sorry for the long message. How can I help you?
I’m so glad I could help you. Best of luck to you and the LoG on your book! Feel free to share these videos with anyone you think would benefit from them. Thanks for watching and subscribing!
I love using Canva for my Wattpad books and have made other things on it too.. thanks for this tutorial for paperback books I was desperately in need of one.
Thank you SO MUCH for this!!! It was EXACTLY what we needed to create a cover for our daughter's first chapter book that she has written. I was familiar with CANVA and had all of the required specs, but had no idea how to put it all together. THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!
Thank you so very much for this tutorial. It was just what I needed. I have been trying to upload my book covers to Lulu Xpress and had no clue what I was doing. I searched for videos and chose yours and now I have my covers. Thank you again. God bless! New subbie here. :-)
Thank you so much for the kind words! I’m so honored that you chose my video to checkout. Let me know if you have any questions or suggestions for future videos. Best of luck. Thanks for watching and subscribing!
Thank you so much. I was trying to figure this out for the longest time before my Canva free trial ended. I got it done! Thank you so much for making a straight to the point video on how to do this. I am saving this for future reference. You rock!
Can't thank you enough Keith. You are a great soul and am truly blessed to come across this video and getting the opportunity to see your other tutorials. You are a life savior and the answer to my prayers for an easy to understand solution. You are so clear and a natural. You have so much of patience to really answer and solve users issues so genuinely. I find them very very useful. God bless all your efforts Keith. You inspire me with your guileless personality. I am your subscriber.
@@KeithWheelerBooks I published 3 poetry e-books (Mystical Nature, Bonds of a lifetime, Be You ---- sharing this so that in case you find time you might want to take a look and provide your feedback on how they have come out, it will be very helpful to me) this year and was running around to see how to do paperbacks after failing multiple times with cover page creation and irritating formatting issues. Now I will try using your suggestions and will keep you posted on my progress and any doubts I have.
Thanks. I've been trying to make a conscious effort to shorten the videos as I know people are busy and have limited free time. Thanks for watching and subscribing.
Good Morning Keith...I have been struggling with my Amazon book cover and getting that darn pop up box that says my image is to big... I asked Google to help me and your video popped up...I have binged watched them subscribed and "smashed" the bell...you are calming and confident clear to understand ...I appreciated how focused you are....and you solved my issues and I didn't have to wait and watch 15 minutes of nonsense like others do...Thank you for your time in sharing and editing ....I am publishing children's coloring books !
short grub, you just made my day! I love hearing that my content is helpful to my viewers! Children’s coloring books is one niche I haven’t tapped into. I tried to do a coloring book version of my My Buddy Knows Letters book but it did not turn out well. Best of luck to you and feel free to let me know if you have any ideas for future videos.
Ashley Scott, thanks for watching, I’m glad you found it helpful. I want to make sure you noticed the update. You should export your file to pdf-print format. This will ensure you have the highest quality image possible. If you have ideas for future videos, let me know.
Lois, thanks for commenting. I’ve verified with KDP that their paperback templates are the same templates that Createspace use to use. I do plan on doing a video in the future on how to utilize their cover creator.
this really helped me after hours of frustration..Im specifically trying to do kdp book cover pdf upload in Ingram my book does require a spine , so I'm hoping I can add a spine. The volume seems low, compared to ther on my computer, but I am so happy you have shared this I could hug you! I'm going to try to do both kdp/ingram and upload and see if they accept them.
Him this was awesome! I have been attempting to do this for 2 whole years now for Barnes & Noble! Only issue, Canva has changed so much since this vid, so it would be even more awesome if you could do an updated one. But thanks so much!
I'm so glad you found this content helpful. Feel free to let me know if you have any questions or ideas for future videos. Thanks again for watching and subscribing!
Keith I followed this tonight except I adapted it for the software that I have here and I am absolutely OVER THE MOON with it!!!! I honestly cant thank you enough for all this easy to follow info! I watched loads of these tonight and yours is by far the best! thank you!!
Highnotes, thank you so much for your kind words. I’m all about trying to keep it simple. I know some of my videos run a bit long but I just don’t want to skimp on the quality.
@@KeithWheelerBooks a long vid with all the info you need is better than spending hours online looking for it!!! 🙌 I'm sure I've watched this 10 times over haha
Hey Keith, just wanted to say that this is a great video. I took a look at a few others and the videos assumed that I knew a bunch of stuff on Canva that I didn't. So, I appreciate you taking the time to go step-by-step. This really helps. Thank you.
I’m glad you found the content helpful and I’m thrilled that my pacing suited your needs. Feel free to let me know if you have any questions or ideas for future videos. Thanks for watching and subscribing!
This made my day. Thank you so much for the kind words! It means the world to me. Feel free to share my videos with anyone you think would enjoy them. Thanks for watching and subscribing!
OMG that was good and fast. I had never heard of Canva until 2 days ago. Trying to learn how to us it to make notebook covers. This video helps alot, just hope I can retain what I learned so far.
Thank you so much for the kind words. I’m glad you found the content helpful. The great thing about RUclips is that you can always replay parts you need reminders on. Feel free to let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you so much for this video it really broke everything down for me and I appreciate your time and making this for us. Take care and much success to you.
@@KeithWheelerBooks SUCCESS!!!! I APPRECIATE YOU SO VERY MUCH! For some reason, YOUR video is the one that clicked for me, and so tonight, I completed my book cover! My ebook drops tomorrow, and I followed your video step by step to create my paperback cover from my ebook cover. Check me out: RENEW YOUR MIND: TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR MENTAL HEALTH: 8 Alternative Ways to Improve Your Quality of Life www.amazon.com/dp/B084158CHJ/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_i_KHijEbXDRGSRM
Thank you so much for the kind words. I truly means the world to me to hear that people are finding my content helpful. Best of luck to you and your endeavors! Thanks for watching and subscribing!!
Great guidelines. Thank you. One tip for others: perhaps would be easier to choose px for dimensions, then go to your downloaded teamplate picture properties where you can see what are px dimensions exactly. Cheers mate.
Keith, thank you so much for showing me a simple way to upload the file from CS to Canva. I have a Mac, so no paint, but I intuitively went to Pixelmator and was able to save it as a jpeg file and upload it. You saved my sanity!!! ~ Your New Subscriber!
Triggering Light, thank you so much for the kind words! I’m glad you found the video helpful. Please let me know if you have any questions or ideas for future videos. Thanks for watching and subscribing!
Very well explained. I'm not quite there yet - technology isn’t my strong point. Thanks for your help. Going to check out which platform I'm using - It looks like KDP do both formats now, which may make it easier 😐
Thank you! I will check that out. We are almost done with my mom's memoir project and I have a steep learning curve on all this. Really appreciate your help! @@KeithWheelerBooks
Thank you so much for the kind words. I’m glad you found the content helpful. I can address more complex questions as well, if needed. Feel free to let me know if you have any questions or ideas for future videos. Thanks for watching and subscribing!
Canva is a great way to get started creating your own covers. Even with the free version, you can look at the already existing templates and get quite a bit of inspiration. I also use GIMP, which is another FREE product. It's similar to Photoshop.
@@KeithWheelerBooks Hi, when resizing the page you added .125 for the bleed, where did you get the number from? Does the number differ depending on how many pages you have? (Just trying to size mine at the moment, and it keeps coming onto the page tiny.
The .125 inch bleed on the top, bottom, right and left side come from KDP's website. This "bleed" is to account for the cutting of the cover when the POD company makes the physical book. Regardless of the number of the pages in the interior, the cover bleed will always be the .125 inches all the way around the book. I hope this helps. Thanks for watching and subscribing!
Hey Keith. I have just been through this video again looking at how to create a spine for a 160 page book - 0.36 of an inch. I cannot see where you have covered this step. Maybe in another video? Need some help here. Also, bloody good videos. I like your approach and the ease in which I can follow.
Thanks for the kind words, Graeme. I will cover this in another video, but to add in a spine, simply click on elements and grab a square or rectangle shape and stretch it to fit over the spine area on your template. Now you can go in and change the color of the spine by selecting the color in the top right corner. Finally, if you’d like to add text to your spine(has to be at least 101 pages in your book), simply create a text element, type out what you want on your spine, then use the rotate knob to rotate it until it’s vertical. Reduce the transparency temporarily so you can make sure it’s fitting within the dotted lines on your spine. I hope this helps.
@@30everafter, it is my pleasure. I really enjoy doing them. I've got a lot going on right now, hence the temporary hiatus. But when I get back, look out!
You literally made my day! I was just talking to my wife last night and told her that I was thinking about stepping away from the channel. But then this morning I see a comment like this and I’m reminded that THIS is why I started the channel…to help people. Thank you for reminding me!
Thank you so much! This is was the most simplistic step by step tutorial using Canva that I've found yet. I have beating my head against the wall trying to simply fix my cover issues in KPD Lol. You definitely have a new subscriber here :-)
I’m so glad you found this content helpful. I truly appreciate your kind words. Feel free to let me know if you have any questions or ideas for future videos. Thank you so much for watching and subscribing!
@@KeithWheelerBooks Oh trust me, I skimmed through your content DON'T DELETE ANY VIDEOS!!! You have videos for things I didn't even know that I need to know as a first time book editor and self publisher.
LOL! I didn't plan on deleting any videos. If you have questions about any aspect I haven't covered or perhaps I haven't covered enough, just let me know and I'll try to make a video on it.
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I'm not going to lie, I was ao frustrated with trying to figure out these book dimensions, I've searched countless tutorials and other how-to pages on the web. Nothing would help. And then I came across my saving grace. You show how simple it can be to make a cover, thank you so much.
Oh wow! 🤩 Thank you so much for the kind words. It means the world to me that you found the content helpful.
@@KeithWheelerBooks same thank you i was so frustrated not know how to get the size
I know it can be frustrating. I’m so glad you found the content helpful.
@@Ms1KittyKat me too. Keith has helped not only with book cover but with formatting paperback also.
So glad I was able to help!
I watched this video 4 years ago. But I needed a refresher today. Thanks for keeping this up for us to refer to when we get stuck.
You’re very welcome! Thanks for watching and subscribing and sticking around with me!
I learned a new skill today from this video. I will never hire any Fiverr guy from now onn. Your video saved a great lot of money from my pocket. Thankyou for the emmence value to just provided.
Wow, thank you so much for the kind words. The truth is, I still hire cover designers from time to time, but being able to do them yourself, especially for no content/low content books is a great skill to have.
I'm glad you found the content helpful. Thanks for watching and subscribing!
Oh my goodness!! Thank you so much for this content. I am so grateful to Jesus that I came across this video. I know that seems a bit dramatic and I don't care. LOL I pray you will be blessed beyond your imagination, Sir!! New subscriber!
Thank you so much for the kind words. I’m thrilled that you’re enjoying the videos.
Wow! I was awake for a whole night trying to figure it out what's wrong with the measurements for my book cover and I was about to spend $1200 today for starting a course about things like this. But I said first let's give it one more try. I searched again on Google someting to help me see where I'm doing wrong creating the cover, and YOU SIR appeared. You made it so easy to understand.I already published my book. I'm glad that I found you and THAT YOU for sharing. You are the best! THANK YOU!
Thank you so much for the kind words. I’m glad you found the content helpful.
I’m so glad I’m not the only one. It looks simple but KDP keeps rejecting my covers and I spent $300 on the cover creator program and did it 15-20 times. 😵💫
I hope my last response helps. To be honest, many times, the errors are for just simple, quick fixes. It’s just trying to figure out what those fixes are. 😊👍
He is the best teacher; love the way he explains !
Thank you so much for the kind words!
After reviewing the first few minutes of several tutorials that made my eyes glaze over, I found yours. Thank you for the informative, sensible, and clear directions. MUCH appreciated! :)
You’re quite welcome! I’m glad you found the content helpful!
Keith, I very rarely leave comments on the videos I watch, but I want to THANK YOU! I was about to toss my computer out of the window trying to make my cover for my KDP book. Your video was straight-forward, easy to follow and made total sense. Great content!
Thank you so much for the kind words! I’m glad you enjoyed the content and found it helpful!
Thanks for watching and subscribing!!!
Me too! Thank you for the simple way of finding the size I needed.
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THE FIRST RUclips video I've watched that was actually easy to follow! I've been playing around with Canva for awhile, but this video was straight forward and made it so simple. Thank you!
Thank you so much for the kind words. I’m glad you found the content helpful!
Thank you so much! Your teaching style & tone allowed me to successfully achieve the goal of creating my first cover.
Thank you so much for the kind words. I’m thrilled that you enjoyed the video! 😊👍
Thank You So Much Sir! I was literally exhausted searching all over the internet and I was going to pay to some freelancer but thanks to your video, now I'll create my own PaperBack cover which make me feel so happy. :)
I’m so glad you enjoyed the video!
I just had to write a comment - which I hardly do. I found this video very useful. I followed the video step-by-step and now I have a beautiful design for my new paperback book. May God bless you. Amen.
WOW! That is a huge compliment. Thank you so much for the kind words. I'm thrilled that you found the video helpful.
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@@KeithWheelerBooks It was very practical for me as well. Thanks for your time.
I’m so thrilled to hear it!
Had to jump on here and commend you on this tutorial. I can't tell you how incredibly frustrating it's been to find a simple video-explanation on this topic. Brother, you ROCK!!!
Thank you so much for the kind words! You made my day!
Easy tutorial and the best news now is that you don't have to do the maths yourself. The templates now come with the overall dimensions. Thank you
Thank you so much for the kind words! Yes, it’s definitely a huge time saver.
Thank you, Keith! You helped me to kept my promise to my grandson, Harry. By following your instructions on how to make a Print canva book cover. We co authored a dragon book together and thanks to you, Harry got to share it with his 4th grade class last week! Your're a life saver! God Bless! Lurene Miller
OMG! This made my day! I’m so honored that my videos were able to help you and your grandson. If the book is available on Amazon, I’d love to take a look.
@@KeithWheelerBooks It's free in KU. Kingdom Lost Series is : Dragon Legend of the Boy King :) A 3 novella book series... You are a natural exhorter and teacher. Thank you.
That’s awesome, I’ll check it out!
Got it done and I AM SO HAPPY with how it turned out! YAY!! A BIG THANKS to you!
I am thrilled for you. I'm glad my videos could help.
Thanks for watching and subscribing!
This was IMMENSELY helpful! Thank you! I've been stressing really bad about my book cover and now I'm feeling better about it. Thank you!
No need to stress! You’ve got this!!!!! 👍
You're really awesome sir. Whenever I watched your video I was impressed.
Thank you so much for the kind words.
Really GREAT video! I am publishing a paperback through Amazon. Your advice on cover making was much appreciated! Your cover making steps are easy to follow.
Michele, thank you so much for the kind words. I’m glad you found the video helpful. My goal is to take the fear out of self-publishing.
Thanks for watching and subscribing!
I did over 250 designs on Canva and a friend asked if I could help him design a book cover he was going to publish. I won't lie that your video saved me so much time while it gave me the necessary perspective to execute the task. So, yaay, I designed a book cover for the first time and my friend loved the output. It's amazing when we learn new skills and put them to use 😊
So glad to know my video helped you!
@@KeithWheelerBooks yes it did Keith !
So glad to hear it!
I've done plenty of canva ebook covers, but the print book cover is a mystery to me. Thanks for the info on how to do it. I'm going to try it and probably will be back several times to follow the steps. Thank you so much. You made my heart happy with this video!!
Thank you for the kind words. I'm glad I could help.
Thanks for watching and subscribing!
I have come back to this video too many times to count in trying to create my book cover and a book cover for a client. Thank you so much for this information, Keith!!
You’re very welcome. Thank you so much for the kind words. I’m glad you found the content helpful.
Thank you, thank you - I'm confident I'll never get a cover rejected again!!
You’re very welcome!
The only of of these tutorial that was both in English I could understand AND made sense. Thank you! My book, The Rooster Rider, will now have a paperback cover! I hope to have the MS modified for paperback by the end of the week and presto! I'll add paperbacks to the extant Kindle version.
Thank you so much for the kind words.
Thanks for doing this! I thought it would be too hard, but clearly it's possible to create your own paperback cover.
It sure is and can be a great deal of fun.
This video is the best. Simple, clear, concise. Took all the worry out of doing the cover. Thank you!!!!
My pleasure. Glad I could help!
Thanks for watching and subscribing!
I had created a full book cover on getpaint.net to the exact size but it didn't save as pdf. I searched high and low for a program to convert it without changing the dimensions. I came across this video and there you were showing me exactly how to do it on Canva. I want to thank you for taking the time to show us all how to do these these easily and perfectly. Well done.
You’re very welcome. It is truly my pleasure. Thank you for taking the time to comment.
Keith you are AWESOME!!! Thank you for this tutorial.
Thank you so much! Happy to help!
HUGHLY HELPFUL. I had a freelancer that was holding me hostage for making different book covers for my authors of my collaboration. This was so help. I am subscribing so that I can continue to learn from you and be on point when you offer a paid service.
I'm so glad that you found this video helpful. My goal is to provide useful information to help other authors gain back the freedom to self-publish.
Thanks for watching and subscribing!
@@KeithWheelerBooks honestly a life saver. I wrote my own book 2 years ago and hired a professional book cover designer for $200. Just completed a Book Collaboration with 7 women who are apart of my fast growing League of Girlfriends organization and hired a freelancer since I told the women that they would each have their OWN names on the cover and their OWN pictures on the back. I couldn't figure out how to use the publisher version the freelancer gave me, make changes and then save it as a pdf. Gheesh I have lost so much sleep over this. Until now. It will take me a little work to redesign my cover so that I can make the change to each women's cover but its better than her holding me ransom for another $200 to make these slight changes and I will own the design forever in my Canva account! Appreciate you sorry for the long message. How can I help you?
I’m so glad I could help you. Best of luck to you and the LoG on your book! Feel free to share these videos with anyone you think would benefit from them.
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@@KeithWheelerBooks Will do!!
I love using Canva for my Wattpad books and have made other things on it too.. thanks for this tutorial for paperback books I was desperately in need of one.
I’m glad I was able to help.
Thanks for watching and subscribing!
I am truly grateful to you and your videos! Amazon should definitely hire you!! thanks again
Aw shucks! Thank you so much for the kind words! I’m glad you found the content helpful.
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Best helpful video i've ever found about this topic! Thank you Keith!
So glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you SO MUCH for this!!! It was EXACTLY what we needed to create a cover for our daughter's first chapter book that she has written. I was familiar with CANVA and had all of the required specs, but had no idea how to put it all together. THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!
You’re quite welcome. I’m so thrilled you found the content helpful!
this is the best video i have seen on making a cover so helpful, especially when the document couldn't upload thank you so much for this video.
You’re very welcome. I’m glad you found the content helpful. Thanks for watching and subscribing!
Thank you so very much for this tutorial. It was just what I needed. I have been trying to upload my book covers to Lulu Xpress and had no clue what I was doing. I searched for videos and chose yours and now I have my covers. Thank you again. God bless! New subbie here. :-)
Thank you so much for the kind words! I’m so honored that you chose my video to checkout. Let me know if you have any questions or suggestions for future videos.
Best of luck. Thanks for watching and subscribing!
@@KeithWheelerBooks I will. Thanks again. :-)
Gold! Thanks Keith just starting to do my own covers
Awesome, I’m glad you enjoyed the content. Creating your own covers can be very empowering.
Thank you so much. Been stressing about this for days! Glad I found you.
I’m thrilled you found the content helpful. Thanks for watching and subscribing!
Just published today my ebook on KDP! :D I'm so excited to see how it'll be going! But thank you for the video! It's been such of great help!
You're quite welcome. Thank you so much for the kind words. I'm glad you found the content helpful. And Congrats on the publishing of your book.
Aw yeah! Once I perfect this it's going to be ON! thank you!
It’s on like Donkey Kong!
Thank you so much! I can't tell you how helpful this informaton was for me. Definitely subscribing to your channel!!
Thank you so much for the kind words. You don’t know how much it thrills me to hear that!!
Life saver!!! Thank you so much :)
You’re quite welcome!
Thank you so much for this video! Thanks to you I'm going to release the book cover sooner than I expected!
*sends lots of love*
I’m so glad that you found the content helpful. Best of luck on your new book!
Oh my days! Thank you! You made that so simple.
I’m glad you found the content helpful. My goal is to make self-publishing as easy to understand as possible.
Thank you! Straight to the point. Easy to follow and explains exactly what I needed to know to make a print book cover in Canva!
Thank you so much for the kind words. I’m glad you found the content helpful.
Best of luck to you and your publishing!
Thank you so much. I was trying to figure this out for the longest time before my Canva free trial ended. I got it done! Thank you so much for making a straight to the point video on how to do this. I am saving this for future reference. You rock!
You are very welcome. Thank you so much for the kind words.
@@KeithWheelerBooks You are so welcome! Thank you for helping me figure that out. Much appreciated.
You’re quite welcome.
So helpful thank you! I was let down by my graphic designer at the last minute and was dreading doing this but you made it easy! Fabulous :)
Wow, that stinks, but I’m glad you got it taken care of and I’m thrilled I was able to help.
i really appreciate this video
Happy to help!
Amazing!!! So easy now that I've seen it. Thank you!
You’re quite welcome! Glad you enjoyed it!
Can't thank you enough Keith. You are a great soul and am truly blessed to come across this video and getting the opportunity to see your other tutorials. You are a life savior and the answer to my prayers for an easy to understand solution. You are so clear and a natural. You have so much of patience to really answer and solve users issues so genuinely. I find them very very useful. God bless all your efforts Keith. You inspire me with your guileless personality. I am your subscriber.
Thank you so much for your kind and heartfelt words they mean the world to me!!! I’m glad you found the content helpful!
Best of luck to you!
@@KeithWheelerBooks I published 3 poetry e-books (Mystical Nature, Bonds of a lifetime, Be You ---- sharing this so that in case you find time you might want to take a look and provide your feedback on how they have come out, it will be very helpful to me) this year and was running around to see how to do paperbacks after failing multiple times with cover page creation and irritating formatting issues. Now I will try using your suggestions and will keep you posted on my progress and any doubts I have.
That sounds great. I’m glad you were able to find the answers you were looking for.
I appreciate the valuable information you share, and that the videos are short and straight to the point.
Thanks. I've been trying to make a conscious effort to shorten the videos as I know people are busy and have limited free time. Thanks for watching and subscribing.
Good Morning Keith...I have been struggling with my Amazon book cover and getting that darn pop up box that says my image is to big... I asked Google to help me and your video popped up...I have binged watched them subscribed and "smashed" the bell...you are calming and confident clear to understand ...I appreciated how focused you are....and you solved my issues and I didn't have to wait and watch 15 minutes of nonsense like others do...Thank you for your time in sharing and editing ....I am publishing children's coloring books !
short grub, you just made my day! I love hearing that my content is helpful to my viewers! Children’s coloring books is one niche I haven’t tapped into. I tried to do a coloring book version of my My Buddy Knows Letters book but it did not turn out well.
Best of luck to you and feel free to let me know if you have any ideas for future videos.
This was quick and simple. Great Thank you
My pleasure! Thanks for watching and subscribing!
OMG This is a LIFE SAVER! Thank You!
Ashley Scott, thanks for watching, I’m glad you found it helpful. I want to make sure you noticed the update. You should export your file to pdf-print format. This will ensure you have the highest quality image possible.
If you have ideas for future videos, let me know.
Keith, this was great! But Kindle templates don’t seem as intuitive.Any chance you’ll make a RUclips for a kindle cover? Thanks for all you do!
Lois, thanks for commenting. I’ve verified with KDP that their paperback templates are the same templates that Createspace use to use. I do plan on doing a video in the future on how to utilize their cover creator.
@@KeithWheelerBooks Thank you, Keith. I look forward to seeing that youtube!
My pleasure!
Again a brilliant one from Keith!
Subha Malik, thanks again for the kind words. I’m gladly you’re finding value in my videos.
this really helped me after hours of frustration..Im specifically trying to do kdp book cover pdf upload in Ingram my book does require a spine , so I'm hoping I can add a spine. The volume seems low, compared to ther on my computer, but I am so happy you have shared this I could hug you! I'm going to try to do both kdp/ingram and upload and see if they accept them.
anitainmexico, thanks for watching. You can select a shape element and make a rectangle and use that for the spine
Him this was awesome! I have been attempting to do this for 2 whole years now for Barnes & Noble! Only issue, Canva has changed so much since this vid, so it would be even more awesome if you could do an updated one. But thanks so much!
Thank you so much for the kind words. That is a great idea for a video!
Hello I have just seen your video....wow you are a good teacher and your tone of voice very clear. Thanks
Oh wow! Thank you so much for the kind words!
Thanks a lot for this valuable information! I've now created my paperback cover thanks to you!!
Well I can’t take all the credit, after all, you did the work, but thank you so much for the kind words. It means the world to me!
exactly what I have been looking for, for my boss! I'm so glad I found this video! Thank you a ton!
I'm so glad you found this content helpful. Feel free to let me know if you have any questions or ideas for future videos. Thanks again for watching and subscribing!
Keith I followed this tonight except I adapted it for the software that I have here and I am absolutely OVER THE MOON with it!!!! I honestly cant thank you enough for all this easy to follow info! I watched loads of these tonight and yours is by far the best! thank you!!
Highnotes, thank you so much for your kind words. I’m all about trying to keep it simple. I know some of my videos run a bit long but I just don’t want to skimp on the quality.
@@KeithWheelerBooks a long vid with all the info you need is better than spending hours online looking for it!!! 🙌 I'm sure I've watched this 10 times over haha
Highnotes I couldn’t agree more! Lol I’m glad it was helpful!
Hey Keith, just wanted to say that this is a great video. I took a look at a few others and the videos assumed that I knew a bunch of stuff on Canva that I didn't. So, I appreciate you taking the time to go step-by-step. This really helps. Thank you.
I’m glad you found the content helpful and I’m thrilled that my pacing suited your needs. Feel free to let me know if you have any questions or ideas for future videos.
Thanks for watching and subscribing!
This was INCREDIBLY helpful and easy to follow. Thank you thank you thank you!
This made my day. Thank you so much for the kind words! It means the world to me. Feel free to share my videos with anyone you think would enjoy them.
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OMG that was good and fast. I had never heard of Canva until 2 days ago. Trying to learn how to us it to make notebook covers. This video helps alot, just hope I can retain what I learned so far.
Thank you so much for the kind words. I’m glad you found the content helpful. The great thing about RUclips is that you can always replay parts you need reminders on.
Feel free to let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you so much for this video it really broke everything down for me and I appreciate your time and making this for us. Take care and much success to you.
Thank you so much. I’m glad you found the content helpful.
Great video! Simple and clear. Now let me go and see about my execution of this valuable information!
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Thank you so much for the kind words. I have 💯confidence that you can do it. But if you have any questions, just holler!
@@KeithWheelerBooks SUCCESS!!!! I APPRECIATE YOU SO VERY MUCH!
For some reason, YOUR video is the one that clicked for me, and so tonight, I completed my book cover!
My ebook drops tomorrow, and I followed your video step by step to create my paperback cover from my ebook cover.
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This is AMAZING!!! So helpful! Thank you!
Camari Carter-Hawkins, thank you so much. I’m so glad you found the video helpful. Thanks for watching and subscribing.
Absolutely amazing!! Thank you! You saved me so much time and the guess work!!! Thank you again!
You’re very welcome!
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Aw shucks! Thank you so much for the kind words! 😊👍
Thanks so much for this video. Really makes the process easy to follow. Now I need to do it!
I’m so glad that you found the video helpful.
Very Nice Video!!! Learning a New Skill !!!
Glad you enjoyed it.
Yet another helpful video as usual!
Thank you so much for the kind words. I truly means the world to me to hear that people are finding my content helpful. Best of luck to you and your endeavors!
Thanks for watching and subscribing!!
You are a great instructor! Thank you
Thank you so much for the kind words! 😊👍
Great guidelines. Thank you. One tip for others: perhaps would be easier to choose px for dimensions, then go to your downloaded teamplate picture properties where you can see what are px dimensions exactly. Cheers mate.
That’s a good idea, but I know many people are overwhelmed by the thought of working in pixels. But it is a great way to be more exact.
Keith, thank you so much for showing me a simple way to upload the file from CS to Canva. I have a Mac, so no paint, but I intuitively went to Pixelmator and was able to save it as a jpeg file and upload it. You saved my sanity!!! ~ Your New Subscriber!
Triggering Light, thank you so much for the kind words! I’m glad you found the video helpful. Please let me know if you have any questions or ideas for future videos.
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thank you! Amazon actually gives the dimensions, therefore it was easy to get right cover design!
Yes, they do make it pretty easy to get the dimensions correct the first time.
Very well explained. I'm not quite there yet - technology isn’t my strong point. Thanks for your help. Going to check out which platform I'm using - It looks like KDP do both formats now, which may make it easier 😐
Yes they do.
Wondering how to get my text on the spine. Guess I'll play around with it some. thanks for the good info!!
I had a follow up video when I covered the spine.
ruclips.net/video/QAUlMHP3c8g/видео.html
Thank you! I will check that out. We are almost done with my mom's memoir project and I have a steep learning curve on all this. Really appreciate your help! @@KeithWheelerBooks
You’re welcome. I’m honored to have played even a small part in this special project for you!
Just need to promote your channel .
This channel answers basic but often ignored queries of self-publishing.
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Thank you so much for the kind words. I’m glad you found the content helpful. I can address more complex questions as well, if needed.
Feel free to let me know if you have any questions or ideas for future videos.
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This was SO incredibly helpful -- thank you!!!
You’re very welcome!
Thank you so much. I am an indie author and am looking for ways to do more of my own cover work.
Canva is a great way to get started creating your own covers. Even with the free version, you can look at the already existing templates and get quite a bit of inspiration. I also use GIMP, which is another FREE product. It's similar to Photoshop.
Thanks so much! Your video is brilliant. Just what I needed :-)
I’m so glad you found the content helpful. I always try to provide useful information.
Thank you! So helpful, I've been trying to figure it out for ages
I'm glad you found it helpful. Let me know if you have any questions or ideas for future videos.
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@@KeithWheelerBooks Hi, when resizing the page you added .125 for the bleed, where did you get the number from? Does the number differ depending on how many pages you have? (Just trying to size mine at the moment, and it keeps coming onto the page tiny.
The .125 inch bleed on the top, bottom, right and left side come from KDP's website. This "bleed" is to account for the cutting of the cover when the POD company makes the physical book. Regardless of the number of the pages in the interior, the cover bleed will always be the .125 inches all the way around the book.
I hope this helps.
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That’s great, thank you!
@@saramichancova107 My pleasure!
Thank you so much, i was struggling for 2 days
Glad I could help
thank you so much, this really helped me so much.
Awesome! Glad I could help!
Best one I've seen yet, thanks buddy.
Thank you so much for the kind words. I’m glad you found the video helpful.
I tried doing this ❤️ and I am so happy to do this on my own. Your video really helped me a lot❤️
🤩 I’m so glad to hear that you found the content helpful.
Do you also have a video on how to put some print on the spine ?
Yes I have a video for putting text on a spine. The thumbnail says something like Don’t be spineless.
Hey Keith, thanks for simplification. How about the spine of the book?
You're very welcome! Here's a link to the spine creation in canva video: ruclips.net/video/QAUlMHP3c8g/видео.html
Hey Keith. I have just been through this video again looking at how to create a spine for a 160 page book - 0.36 of an inch. I cannot see where you have covered this step. Maybe in another video? Need some help here. Also, bloody good videos. I like your approach and the ease in which I can follow.
Thanks for the kind words, Graeme. I will cover this in another video, but to add in a spine, simply click on elements and grab a square or rectangle shape and stretch it to fit over the spine area on your template. Now you can go in and change the color of the spine by selecting the color in the top right corner. Finally, if you’d like to add text to your spine(has to be at least 101 pages in your book), simply create a text element, type out what you want on your spine, then use the rotate knob to rotate it until it’s vertical. Reduce the transparency temporarily so you can make sure it’s fitting within the dotted lines on your spine.
I hope this helps.
This was freakin awesome! Thank you!!
Simply Sheliese, I am so glad that you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching and subscribing.
Thank you SO much. Do you have a video for the spine of the book?
I sure do. The thumbnail says something like “Don’t be spineless “
I loved this video so much. A really good how to.
Thank you so much! I'm glad you found it helpful. Thanks for watching and subscribing.
@@KeithWheelerBooks Definitely! Thanks for being so generous with the info you share. Really good tips.
I was looking for this tutorial about a year ago. All the other videos weren't helpful at all. This one though, ace. I'm a huge fan!
@@30everafter, it is my pleasure. I really enjoy doing them. I've got a lot going on right now, hence the temporary hiatus. But when I get back, look out!
Thanks again, for the kind words!
Excellent tutorial, thank you!
Thank you so much for the kind words. I’m glad you’re enjoying the content.
you are my hero!!!!! you helped us so much thank you!!!!
You literally made my day! I was just talking to my wife last night and told her that I was thinking about stepping away from the channel. But then this morning I see a comment like this and I’m reminded that THIS is why I started the channel…to help people.
Thank you for reminding me!
Excellent tutorial!
suprinafraz thank you so much for the kind words! It means the world to me that you found the content helpful!
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Thank you so much! This is was the most simplistic step by step tutorial using Canva that I've found yet. I have beating my head against the wall trying to simply fix my cover issues in KPD Lol. You definitely have a new subscriber here :-)
I’m so glad you found this content helpful. I truly appreciate your kind words. Feel free to let me know if you have any questions or ideas for future videos.
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@@KeithWheelerBooks Will do!
Nevermind. thanks for making this vid! it really helped!
TheCalcium I’m glad it helped!
OMG! You just made my life so much easier!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!
Glad I could help and that you found the content helpful.
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@@KeithWheelerBooks Oh trust me, I skimmed through your content DON'T DELETE ANY VIDEOS!!! You have videos for things I didn't even know that I need to know as a first time book editor and self publisher.
LOL! I didn't plan on deleting any videos. If you have questions about any aspect I haven't covered or perhaps I haven't covered enough, just let me know and I'll try to make a video on it.
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Thank you! I’m trying to publish my first book on KDP and I had sooooo much trouble doing my cover
Natalie Arnold you’re quite welcome. I hope you found this video helpful!
Anastasia well this video helped me a lot and I hope it helps you too
Don’t pull out your hair, Anastasia. 😂 let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks, Natalie.
You are a lifesaver!!! Thank you!
Thank you for the kind words. I’m so glad you found the content helpful!
This is very helpful. I'm wondering about the spine text, though!
I did a spine tutorial as well. Here is the link: ruclips.net/video/QAUlMHP3c8g/видео.html