How to Make eBook Covers Using Stock Photos and Photoshop

By Michelle McCleod
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Published: March 29, 2012
Words: 3,400 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781476325378

Short description

The goal of this book is to give you the information necessary to make an ebook cover today, right now this very minute. It is not a comprehensive instruction manual for the Photoshop program, but a very focused tutorial covering a narrow range of skills and technique. You will learn how to use stock photos to create simple, but professional ebook covers.

Extended description

The goal of this book is to give you the information necessary to make an ebook cover today, right now this very minute. It is not a comprehensive instruction manual for the Photoshop program, but a very focused tutorial covering a narrow range of skills and technique.

You will learn how to use stock photos to create simple, but professional ebook covers. This is ideal for anyone writing non-fiction or who has a book that can use a straight stock photo without any modification. The material covered in this ebook will establish a knowledge base from which you can expand your skills into more elaborate ebook covers.

Table of Contents: (Read more) The goal of this book is to give you the information necessary to make an ebook cover today, right now this very minute. It is not a comprehensive instruction manual for the Photoshop program, but a very focused tutorial covering a narrow range of skills and technique.

You will learn how to use stock photos to create simple, but professional ebook covers. This is ideal for anyone writing non-fiction or who has a book that can use a straight stock photo without any modification. The material covered in this ebook will establish a knowledge base from which you can expand your skills into more elaborate ebook covers.

Table of Contents:
Before you buy this ebook
Who is this ebook for? Will it help you?
What kind of covers will I be able to make with this tutorial?
What are stock photos?
A note on photo size
Make an ebook cover in 20 steps
Appendix A: Editing Text in Photoshop
Appendix B: Changing Picture Size or Placement in Photoshop
Appendix C: Changing eBook Cover Size
Appendix D: Creating a Background Color from the Photoshop Palette
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Available ebook reading formats

Single purchase gains access to all formats. How to download ebooks to e-reading devices and apps.

Format	Full Book	Sample First 20%
Online Reading (HTML, good for sampling in web browser)	Buy	View sample
Kindle (.mobi for Kindle devices and Kindle apps)	Buy	Download sample
Epub (Apple iPad/iBooks, Nook, Sony Reader, Kobo, and most e-reading apps including Stanza, Aldiko, Adobe Digital Editions, others)	Buy	Download sample
PDF (good for reading on PC, or for home printing)	Buy	No sample available
RTF (readable on most word processors)	Buy	No sample available
LRF (Use only for older model Sony Readers that don't support .epub)	Buy	Download sample
Palm Doc (PDB) (for Palm reading devices)	Buy	Download sample
Plain Text (download) (flexible, but lacks much formatting)	Buy	No sample available
Plain Text (view) (viewable as web page)	Buy	No sample available

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