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Five directions for your next book cover

Take a cover from a reader promise to a finished concept, using five worked directions and prompts you can adapt.

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PDF · 9 pages · 4.9 MB · version 1 · free with an account

  • Your brief: reader, genre, feeling, one carrying image
  • Five worked cover directions with adaptable prompts
  • What to check small, then what to check large
  • Where type belongs and how to keep it editable
  • A closing review pass before you commit

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Page 2, choosing the right file

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KDP cover export field guide

Settle which file belongs with Kindle, paperback, hardcover and your own archive, before you upload anything.

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PDF · 5 pages · 287 KB · version 1 · free with an account

  • Ebook, paperback, hardcover and archive files side by side
  • Why a paperback PDF cannot be relabelled as hardcover
  • Spine, bleed and safe area language in plain terms
  • Presentation images versus publishing uploads
  • What to keep so a revision stays possible

Yours to use for your own books. Please do not redistribute or resell the PDF.