Book Cover Design Tips With Stuart Bache
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What are indie authors still getting wrong with book cover design? Plus color theory, when to rebrand if your book has been out a while, intellectual property considerations with design, and more with book cover designer, Stuart Bache.
Stuart Bache has worked as a professional book cover designer for over a decade working with publishers like Hodder, Puffin and HarperCollins, and authors like Steven King and Lionel Shriver. He is now the founder and art director of Books Covered, designing market-leading book covers.
Stuart’s start in design and shifting to working with indie authors
Mistakes authors make with their covers
The two important elements of colour in book design
When to replace dated book covers
Considerations for Intellectual Property rights when working with a cover designer
Options for free and inexpensive book cover design
Tips on using book covers effectively in ads
You can find Stuart Bache at www.BooksCovered.co.uk and on Twitter @stuartbache
You can find my list of recommended book cover designers here (which, of course, includes Stuart!): www.thecreativepenn.com/bookco...
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I learnt how to technical draw when I was an archaeologist (plans, stratigraphy, and artefacts) in the 1990s/early 2000s. I carried this over to my writing, often creating objects, maps, plans, and even 3D representations of buildings for projects to help bring my worlds to life. I thought this would give me a decent background for cover design. I was wrong. It's a completely different beast, but one I am enjoying learning about simply because I love creating things and have the software skills and mindset to apply it. This is a fantastic interview, thank you. I clicked away to buy Stuart's book about 20 mins in.
Informative. Thank you.
I took Stuart's course. It is fantastic!
How can I find his course? thx!
What? You mean I can't do it in MS paint?
Canva is free for creating covers. Or slight change for Canva Pro depending on your budget. Also, Creative Fabrica.
I’ve always use Photoshop but these are good alternatives
Covers have improved 100% in last 5 years imho...former production coordinator
Am I understanding that you can’t use the images from your book for merchandise (book marks, bags, etc)? I hired designers for the book cover and interior and was hoping to use some of the images for bookmarks but now I’m wary...
Just ask your designer. It's probably fine but you need to check licensing as that is often different for merchandising than it is for covers.
You can specify merchandising rights. For instance, I negotiated with my hybrid publisher to have the right to make and sell such giveaway merchandise using the artwork for my novels.
Ive been trying to figure out how to self-publish for a week. It's tonnes harder than writing the book.
It's not really :) You get the hang of it. Try this page: www.thecreativepenn.com/publishing/
Did you say that the authors name NEED to be on the cover. I have used my business domain name, Bringing Forth The Best In Our Kids, because we have had a team making the book,
You can do what you like with your own book :)