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How to Create and Design Paperback, eBook and Hardback Book Covers Using Canva for Amazon KDP

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About How to Create and Design Paperback, eBook and Hardback Book Covers Using Canva for Amazon KDP

Promotional Video - Create Book Covers with Canva

Taking Action For Book Cover Creation

Main Contents of the Course

Introduction to Our Design Platform - Canva

Why Book Cover Design is so Important

The Key Elements of Book Cover Design

Choosing the Right Color Combinations

Amazon Book Cover Research

Front and Back Cover Design Elements

The Basic Design Elements to Use With Canva

Intro to Cover Trim Sizes on KDP

Cover Calculator Trim Size Tool

Creating our Templates for Covers in Canva

An Introduction to Book Cover Design

Front Cover Design

Back Cover Design

Hardback Formatting

Cover Design Alternative with BookBolt

Book Bolt Studio - Updated Lesson

eBook Formatting and Design

Getting Ready to Upload and Print

Publishing Options

How to Create a Book Mock-up for Free

Book Cover Design Project

Course Conclusion

My SkillShare Instructor Profile and Self-Publishing Courses

What You Will Learn?

  • Learn How to Create Amazing Book Covers with Canva on any Budget!.
  • Are you looking to create professional book covers for Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) without having to spend hundreds of dollars using graphic designers or freelancers on sites like Fiverr?.
  • Cover design has never been more accessible, thanks to Canva. With this course, you will learn all the steps to create professional-looking book covers on any budget and with no previous design experience..
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  • Why this course?.
  • Having created and designed over 350 books, including several Best-Sellers across the US, UK and Canada, I will show you the critical design elements essential to make your book cover stand-out to more customers, increasing the opportunity for more book sales..
  • Regardless of your budget or experience in design, a D.I.Y book cover is simple to create once you learn the basics outlined in this course. In addition, cover design can be great fun and highly rewarding, especially when you are armed with the skills to design your very own paperback, hardback and eBook covers.  .
  • This course includes all of the essential steps from the core design principles, book formatting for paperbacks, hardbacks and ebooks, front and back cover design, the correct file and format to upload to Self-Publishing platforms such as Amazon KDP, IngramSpark, Draft2Digital and Lulu..
  • In addition to this, you will learn practical know-how and advanced techniques to create your own original book cover design in Canva with little or no budget. .
  • The same principles and techniques you learn in this course can also be applied to future marketing and design strategies that can be used to other visuals, such as social media campaigns to increase book sales and brand awareness..
  • Enroll today and showcase your amazing book cover designs to the world!  .