Documents created with an RGB color profile tend to used shades that cannot be reproduced with ink, which is why this format isn’t suitable for printing. The benefit of working with CMYK is that it ensures that you design will look the same in print as it does on your screen. Whenever you’re creating a design for print, it is recommended that the design be created using a CMYK color profile, as opposed to the standard RGB format that we typically use for our digital designs. You book cover design is now complete! Optional: Convert your document to CMYK
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To save your work as a PDF document, simply navigate to:Ĭhoose a location on your hard drive to save your book cover design to, then choose PDF as the file type. Once you’re finished designing your book cover, the next step is to turn off the visibility of the template layer (the one with the guides on it) and export your design in a usable format.Īccording to the Kindle Direct Publishing website, they require that you upload a PDF document. Step 5: Exporting the finished design for print If the contents of your design run into this space then your design will most likely be rejected. Amazon will handle this on their end, so all you have to do is make sure that this dedicated space remains empty. It’s important to note that there is a dedicated space of the back cover where the book’s barcode will be placed. Typically, the back cover will consist of a brief synopsis of the book itself, with the title added and a brief “about the author” section. The final step in our Inkscape book cover design tutorial is to design the back cover: In fact, of all the times I’ve had my book cover design rejected by Amazon, it was always because of the spine, so make sure to pay special attention to this part. It’s a tiny, vertical space, and it’s easier than you think to have the contents of your design accidentally run into the safe area. In my experience, the spine is the trickiest part of a book cover to design. Once the front cover is completed we will be moving on to the book’s spine:Īs you can see, the spine consists of the book’s title, the subtext, the author, and a logo that I placed at the top. If your design runs into these safe areas then there is a possibility that Amazon will reject your design. It is important that the contents of your design - such as text, logos, imagery, and more - are kept away from the guide lines. The first section of our Inkscape book cover design that we’ll be addressing is the front cover - or the right-hand section of the template: The front cover of the design is located on the right-hand side of the template.Īs you can see, the contents of the front cover are kept within the boundaries of the right-hand section. The finished design will be printed a single unit and wrapped around the book. Right side: this represents the front cover of the book.Middle: this represents the spine of the book.Left side: this represents the back cover of the book.Step 2: Designing the front coverĪs you may notice, the book cover template is broken down into three separate sections: The green guides are there to let us know where and where not to place content. For this demonstration the book cover is mostly yellow, so I made mine yellow: The book cover will be yellow. Make the rectangle whatever color you’d like your book cover to be. Once the document is arranged according to the template, we can then create a large rectangle that is the same size as the template and place it on the contents layer. The contents layer: this is where the contents of the book cover design will be placed.The template layer: this is where the guides will be placed on their own layer, and the layer will be locked so that we don’t accidentally transform it while we’re working.We’ll be working with two layers throughout this tutorial:
Once these lines are generated, we can delete the book cover template and just use the strokes as a reference. We’ll also be placing this template on its own locked layer and generating guides of our own, using strokes, that will be placed on top of the design as we’re creating it: We’ll need to resize the document to fit this template.
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Make sure to download the template for the book size of your choosing from the Kindle Direct Publishing website. Please note: this is just a web-friendly preview of the design template and not an actual usable template.
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