Subscribe RSS FeedDo you know you can learn how to make your own book cover without paying a penny to a graphic designer? There are free online tools, software and resources which you can use to design book covers of your choice in a matter of minutes. If you master how to do it yourself, you will be more eager creating your own ebook to give away to build subscribers list or sell and make profits.
On the internet, first impression matters to online surfers. That is why majority of webmasters and internet marketers spend small fortune paying graphic designers to create ebook covers for them. They don’t want to leave their online business to chance as far as they are concerned. Now, assuming you don’t have the big budget to pay website designer, what is your alternative option? Learn and master how to make ebook cover with the available free resources I will point to you. It is not difficult and the learning curve is not steep.
First of all, you need to download the free GIMP software to your computer or laptop. It is absolutely free to download GIMP and you can use it to design ebook covers including 3D ebook covers of any description. As soon as you have the software installed on your PC, you are ready to start. You can open the application, click on the “file” menu on the image window and then “new” to have an open blank window.
Meanwhile, you have to download a blank ecover that is available on the internet for free. Simply do a Google search for the phrase “free ecover download”. Download and save it to a convenient location in a folder you will remember on your desktop. In the image window which you opened, click on “file” again and “open as layers”. Next, go to the ecover image and import it as a layer. When the ecover image is imported, you will see it in the window environment. You can edit it from there to suit your purpose.
The first time you make your own book cover, it could be intimidating but constant practice will see you through. Why am I asking you to do it yourself? Because I want you to save the money you will use to pay someone to do it for you. If you can learn and master it, you don’t have to pay a designer every time you write an ebook to sell or a free report to give away.
You may find yourself paying hefty sum of money if you are an internet marketer or webmaster who is working in various niche markets. Freelance workers charge as much as $50 per cover and that will translate to $300 out of pocket expenses if you are outsourcing up to six niche products from the get go.
Remember that you are going to include electronic book cover on your landing page, sales letter page, on your blog or any other web page you may want to advertise your ebook. You can do the smart work by designing the cover or pay a freelance worker if you have the budget. In a nutshell, if you want to boost the sales of your ebook, one of the secret tips is to make your own book cover that is amazing for your website visitors not to ignore.
