There are four aspects of designing a book so it looks great.
- Cover Design – What catches a reader’s eyes whether it’s the icon on a webpage or a book on the shelf
- Color Preferences – What color scheme you want on your cover, or the color scheme that will tie your entire book together if it includes color inside
- Fonts/Typeface – What the print looks like for headings and body text
- Interior Book Design – What the layout will be like for different aspects of the book such as whether you will insert quotes, text boxes, etc.
Book Cover Design
When designing a book cover, I consider what you like personally. However, this isn’t all I consider. Current market trends are also important.
One easy way to explore what’s currently hot is to visit Amazon.
I recommend you also consider what your readership’s color preferences may be. Not everyone is going to resonate with the bright orange/red I used for my revised soymilk maker cookbook. However, it is a popular color right now.
When you compare this cover to the original from 2011, you’ll see I’ve changed more than color. I’ve also changed fonts, spacing and soymilk maker model. There were design strategies behind these changes as well.
Interior Book Design
The rules for laying out of a book interior are different for print versus eBook versions. For this reason, I prefer to lay books out for print first if you plan on offering a printed version of your book. While I’m creating the layout, I focus on creating all the styling elements that result in an attractive eBook as well.
The result of this systematic approach is a more accurate print to eBook conversion.
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