On Book Design

Designing a professional Ebook cover is just as important as designing a traditional book. Internet Marketers have this down pat, but I’ve seen other writers in other genres fall miserably short. It’s not their fault because most of the cheap ebook compiling software is that . . . cheap.

When I wrote my first ebook, I scoured the Internet for software that produced the same results as the virtual covers I saw on every Internet Marketer’s site. I downloaded a free trial of Virtual Cover Creator. Although it was easy to use, I wasn’t happy with the less than professional results.

I found that it was geared more for the business genres and not for the writing or fiction genres. Also, I felt too limited as to how I could manipulate the graphics (that fit the closest to the design message I wanted to gain) and text.

That was last year. Today, I wanted to see how much this industry had improved. Not by a whole lot, I’m afraid. However, I did see something that caught my eye.

1ClickCovers offers Photoshop scripts that can take your book cover and turn it into a 3D object. It also comes with tutorials on ebook cover design, templates, fonts, color swatches, and more. Max Rylski also provided a link to his portfolio, which included an ebook in the fiction genre.

I’ve just sent him an email to see if the scripts are compatible with Macs. If they are, then I will try this program out and post a review.