If you’re self-publishing your first book and you’re on a tight budget, then you may have considered designing your book cover yourself. In today’s video, we’re diving into the DIY route to design a book cover for free on Canva. This tutorial will be completely beginner-friendly and I’ll also go into the pros and cons of using something like Canva to design a book cover.
Check out my book cover design courses: https://bit.ly/coverdesignbundle
Generate cover wrap templates for KDP: https://kdp.amazon.com/cover-calculator
How to Design a Paperback Wrap Book Cover for Amazon KDP in Photoshop: https://youtu.be/OckufNqHyYY
Learn more about designing book covers by checking out my YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZpcZ9u8pb_p3m6FDK-W9881VPgO6ZknM
IN THIS VIDEO:
0:00 – Intro
1:57 – Pros of Canva
3:26 – Cons of Canva
5:28 – Canva cover design tutorial
10:27 – Layers in Canva
11:44 – Creating a cover from scratch
18:00 – AI-generated photos in Canva
20:30 – Creating a cover wrap in Canva
22:33 – Creating guides in Canva
23:35 – Designing the cover wrap
I tried Canva, but it gives me only one choice for a map of North America, in an ugly green hue I’m not very fond of. Are you open to designing my cover? It’s an eBook, which I want to smack of National Geographic. I already have the authors’ names in the NatGeo font. I want a dark yellow boarder sort of like the magazine, because the title of the book is The Face on the Map. I need someone who can customize the map of North America, and I’d have to purchase a license from most places to use the map I want. This is my first book.