Crucial Elements of an Outstanding Book Cover Design for a Self-Published Author

Book covers are highly important. It just needs a few seconds for your readers to be able to know if your book is worth their time to read by looking at the cover. Through a quick glance, you will know that the book cover is professionally and superbly done, or could also be the opposite, in which any enhancement and improvement on the elements of the design should be implemented to ensure the success of the best book covers.

Publishers always make sure that their books are unique from others. This way, it will be more memorable to the buyers once they pick the book. A book cover that is finely done can help greatly to achieve that goal. A book with a great cover is like a beautiful pose of a model that projects something stunning and creative to the eyes of a beholder.

Picking the Right Graphic Designer

Reliability, expertise, and professionalism are three of the great qualities to look for when seeking for the graphic designer to do the job. You don't want your self publishing a book to look amateurish. Get a professional graphic designer who has the skills, creativity, and proper tools and software to produce a book cover that will stand out from the rest.

Important Components in a Cover Design

•        Front and Back cover

•        Inside Flap

•        Spine

•        ISBN & Bar Code

The front cover should include the title, subtitle, and your name.  Reviews, testimonials and recommendations can also help a lot to market your book. The type and size of the font on the cover should be legible enough from a short distance. Use bold and contrasting letters to achieve desired effects. Include your name as author platform of the book, the title, and the name of the publishing company on the spine.

On the back cover, you have to be sure you put compelling headline. You need also to include a brief description of the book as well as major benefits in bullets. Using testimonials and blurbs from highly regarded individuals can be very helpful and powerful marketing tool. You can also put your picture and short bio if you want on the back cover.

Some other Essential Elements in a Professional Book Cover

The book cover serves as a very important tool to market the book, as well as for its branding purposes. It can either project something positive or negative to the targeted readers. With that, here are the other important components to keep in mind when enhancing the overall appeal of your book cover:

•        Pick the font that suits the book and its audience.

•        Avoid ALL CAPS heading, subheading or even in the table of contents.

•        Use proper phrase spacing to eliminate 'rivers of white'.

•        The line size shouldn’t exceed 60 characters.

•        Ask your publisher for best options.

These are just some of the most important factors to take into account when creating a professional book cover design, especially for authors self-publishing their books. By using those helpful tips above, you will be able to ensure the sales and success of your self-published book.