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Start by picking an old book cover template from our well-curated collection designed by professionals. Edit the text and choose a font style that best suits your story. Add photos to make it more interesting.
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- Designing The Cover
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Step 1
Open Photoshop and go to File > New. Name the file as ‘Book Cover’, set the Width to 360mm, the Height to 240mm, the resolution to 300dpi and be sure to have the Color Mode set to CMYK Color and click OK.
Step 2
To start placing guides to mark the Trim Size, go to View > New Guide. Set the Orientation to Vertical, the Position to 5mm and click OK.
Step 3
Again, go to View > New Guide. Set the Orientation to Vertical, the Position to 355mm and click OK.
As every book has a unique cover, the one we will make here is a basic one with the only purpose to show you how to properly place all elements following the guides we just did. For this tutorial, I will use an image and the font Lemon/Milk. You can download both resources for free here: 1. Image 2. Font
Now that you learned how to properly make a Book Cover template placing all the necessary guides, you can start creating your own templates for your specific needs or you can download free ones for the most common book sizes and start creating your covers right now.
Down below you'll find a big button to download the free bundle of book cover templates, some new templates for my online cover creator tool, and a free video series on designing book covers that sell.
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The book at the bottom already featured graphics on the inside covers. The kind of folding I've done is simple - no real pattern required but I definitely inspired by the Budget Living feature . If you'd like to start easy, see my tutorial using an old kid's book .
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