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Design the ebook cover

Design the ebook cover

From the course: Content Marketing: Ebooks

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Design the ebook cover

- [Instructor] The cover of your ebook is your first impression and introduction to your readers, and people do, in fact, judge a book by its cover. Ebook covers can span from harlequinesque, with a whimsical, romantic scene, or a how-to business book covered in simple yet bold text. I recommend learning what works for your genre, and then hiring a professional to help you with the cover design. A great place to view cover designs in action is Goodreads. Browse their new releases to study the covers that stand out to you. Let me show you how. Here I am on Goodreads. I've selected Browse and New Releases from the drop down menu. I prefer this option as I'm shown a large feed where I can scroll through dozens of books in order to see which covers stand out for me. Now I'm going to pay particular attention to my genre, and that would be nonfiction. Notice what it is about a book cover that attracts you and take a screen shot. You'll want to include this cover in the brief you send to…

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