The Complete Book Cover Creation Guide: What Makes a Good Cover and How to Create Your Own For FREE - Brossura

Hofstee, Timo

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1502584263 ISBN 13: 9781502584267

Casa editrice: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Riassunto

This book is a complete guide to book cover creation. Without the fluff ! In the first part you will learn what makes a good book cover. Both for fiction and non-fiction books. -What makes a good book title and how to create one. -The importance of blurbs, subtitles and testimonials. -How to select colors. -How to select fonts and where to find them. -The importance of images and where to find good ones. -How to select the right resolution for your book cover -The importance of thumbnails -Awards and bestseller blurbs or images -The most important thing on your cover -Visual branding In the second part you will learn how to create professional book covers yourself with free software. You will learn all the basic operations you need to compose and create book covers that sell. It also contains lots of step-by-step examples how to : -make selections. -draw text with outlines, drop shadows etc. -quickly skim through hundreds of fonts to find the right one. -resizing and cropping -feathering -removing imperfections -making image compositions -layer management and masks -filters and paint tools Etc.etc. This book is for complete beginners. Even if you have never touched image editing software, you will be able to create beautiful covers when you have finished this book. The book also contains three full examples how to create real existing covers, explaining step-by-step how they were created.

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L'autore:

Timo is a writer, blogger and IT expert. He writes about complex things, like keyword research, affiliate marketing and online marketing. But in a language that is understandable for everybody. He uses 30+ years experience in computers, networking, hardware, software, development, internet, marketing, sales and online business to teach others how to grasp complex issues. His international experience, working abroad in several European countries, US and Africa has given him a broad view on different cultures and civilizations. He has followed the development of the internet right from the start. In the 80's just with email and private networks, and from the early 90's onwards he was one of the first ones to work with the first websites. Learn from the author how to setup an online business, how to understand everything about search engines, how to create your own 'internet life-style'. His books are extremely results-oriented: You are looking for a solution to a specific problem? When you read a book from the author, you will find the answer. In straight-to-the-point explanations without the fluff. When Timo is not writing or blogging he spends his time on the magnificent beaches between St Tropez and Monaco, relaxing in a pub in Cannes, playing chess or travelling to his home country: The Netherlands.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1502584263
• ISBN 13: 9781502584267
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 141