
Learn to create an amazingly effective book cover for free using Canva, with simple design ideas for paperback, hardcover, and e-book formats, plus promotional materials before publication.
Design an effective book cover that sells copies by using simple, bold typography and high-contrast colors that stand out in thumbnails; Canva makes this easy.
Design a compelling book cover with Canva using free templates, drag-and-drop elements, and easy text edits. Learn to sign up, compare free and pro features, and resize for different formats.
Start with the end in mind to design a Canva book cover, using Canva and Amazon for inspiration, exploring templates, fonts, and niche ideas to guide a clear design direction.
Design your book cover in Canva using the official templates from the KDP cover calculator, choosing print or e-book formats, and export as print-ready PDF or JPEG for Kindle.
Learn to design print covers for Amazon KDP using a six-by-nine template in Canva, manage bleed, spine width, safe zone, and barcode placement for paperback and hardcover.
Design an ebook cover for Amazon KDP using Canva, starting from a template, then customize the title, author, subtitle, and background image at 600 pixels by 2560 pixels.
Learn to design a book cover in Canva, starting from a template or from scratch, and adjust typography, color, spacing, alignment, and add spine and back cover.
Export your Canva cover as a print-ready pdf (no marks or bleed) for print, and as a jpeg for e-books, then upload to kdp or your publishing platform.
Learn to create promotional mockups of your book cover using smart mockups, uploading the cover, resizing to fit, and sharing on social media to build hype before launch.
Create a book cover with Canva templates via a one-click design, share for feedback, and explore templates for covers, whole books, and an Amazon eBook listing for self-publishing.
Have you ever heard the expression "don't judge a book by its cover"?
It's great advice for people, but it's not so great for books!
The truth is we ALL judge books by their covers. You might have written the greatest book in the world, but unless the cover can capture people's attention, no-one's ever going to read it!
But unless you're a graphic artist or a tech genius, you've probably always assumed that there was no way you could ever create an AMAZING book cover. You've probably thrown it into the 'too hard' basket for any number of reasons.
If that's you, then you're in luck! This course will show you how to:
Create an AMAZING and EFFECTIVE book cover in as little as one click using Canva
Create covers for both print AND eBooks
Get instant inspiration for your own cover design using Canva and Amazon
Access thousands of royalty-free book cover templates, photographs, graphics and fonts
Easily model the best-selling covers in the world
Export your covers for both print AND eBooks published on the Amazon KDP platform
Create realistic promotional mockups for your book before they're even published
Creating an AMAZING book cover has never been this easy!
Best
Adrian Kwan
3x Top-Ten Amazon Self-Published Author