A Complete Guide to Create Professional E-Book Covers (Even if you are not a Professional)

Your e-book cover is the first thing anyone sees of your book. It has to communicate professionalism, engage the reader, preview the content of the book and encourage the reader to click through.

Fortunately, today there are plenty of sophisticated, yet easy to use, tools available to the self-publishing author which you can use for free. These tools make it possible for you to create attractive and professional covers even if you have no design experience.

You can save hundreds of dollars designing your own e-book covers. This guide shows you how to use free tools to create great looking covers. It will lead you step-by-step through the process of using professional-level free programs to make covers that will stand out in the Amazon search engine and on your Kindle sales page.

You will also learn basic design principles including using colors, selecting fonts and visual layout. Terri Main has over 40 years experience in graphic design and has taught these principles at the college level. However, she assumes the reader has no prior knowledge of design or the use of graphics programs.

Completely illustrated this guide makes learning cover design easy and fun. Check out the free excerpt by clicking on "Look inside."