for 3 weeks have been struggling to know how to make a book cover. i watched so many videos but coukdnt catch it. but when i watched yours my mind eyes just opened to see. thankyou so so so much. God bless
Great job! Thanks so much - I've been struggling to figure out how to make a full book cover, but other tutorials were confusing or incomplete. This really made it clear - so looking forward to making my covers!
This was so great!!! I've been struggling with Canva and creating the KDP book covers. Had no idea they had book cover templates. lol Your video simplified this so much. Thank you!
that was very informative i can't agree more about creative Fabrica, tangent templates are unbeatable for books and it only cost me £50 approximate for lifetime access. Canva is just as good thanks
It’s interesting watching how you approach designing book covers. I want to start creating stuff instead of just watching though. I’m just kinda worried that I’ll make mistakes that I can’t fix. How can I make sure that the book cover and the its interior are both the same size? How should I account for bleed or no bleed? I’d like to learn a little bit more about how to get the technical stuff right.
I recommend that you watch my video series on how to publish your first notebook. The process is explained and you will learn how to make your covers and everything else you need. Watch as many tutorials as you can, I spent weeks watching and learning before I started. Good luck!
Thank you! Newbie here and struggling to get started. The covers have me so frustrated. Can you tell me how to change the size of cover? Like if I wanted a 5x8 book or a different size? Thank you ❤️☺️
Would have been nice if there was a way to know exactly the middle point of the front cover so that we could center-align the texts... have had many of my books aligned not right after I upload them onto kdp. Really hard to do the guesswork with bare eyes sometimes.
Thank you for talking about brand names, as many other channels don't touch on that much. Also many don't speak about changing images to make it your own.
I'm just starting out and trying to narrow down the paid software I would need to start creating book covers and interiors. I don't want to sink a lot of money into programs just yet (Creative Fabrica, Affinity Design, Afffinity Publisher for example) and it seems that using Canva Pro and Tangent Templates would cover most of what I would need. If there are better ones for just starting out, what would you recommend? I'm sticking to just two at present. I'm an artist so I would incorporate my own designs as well. The question I have is that your video shows the "look inside" feature for your example book. I don't think that is now available for low content books, is it? I would be using the a+ content. So that being said, would you still put all that additional information on the back cover, or can you put it on the inside of the front cover or the first page? Would you also carry the design to the back cover? I want to say, also, I enjoy your videos and your sweet voice. So straight forward without hype. Also I appreciate the fact that your videos don't have you ohing and ahing or looking shocked on the video cover.
Thank you so much for your lovely comments Judith. I very much appreciate it! Regarding the programs you use, Canva and Tangent Templates are absolutely fine, you need Canva to create your books (although you could also make them on Powerpoint) and Tangent templates is just my all-time favourite tool just for the fact it works out your sizes and all the other things it helps with. So those two tools are the only ones you really need. Once you start earning you can invest in other tools to scale your business and save time, but nothing else is really necessary. If you're an artist and intend to make your own cover designs you can scan your illustrations and upload them to Canva to create your covers. You're right that the 'look inside' feature is no longer available for low content books, unless you use your own ISBN. So A+ content is very important to show your buyer what your book looks like inside or even to give them extra information. I would definitely still put additional information on the back cover. You can't put anything on the inside of the front cover, that's always blank. The first page starts on the right hand side as you open a book. And I do often carry the design to the back cover, it just depends on the design. It's your book, you can design it in any way you feel is right. I wish you the best of luck on your KDP journey Judith!
Very helpful, indeed and many thanks. One question : How do you create then ISBN barcode and put the ISBN bc in? I know Amazon will. do this automatically with its own numbers but I would like to use my own.
You just place it where Amazon would place their own barcode. Personally I don't see any advantage in using your own, the barcode is just a code for stores to be able to scan the books, as far as I know there is no advantage to having your own. Thank you so much for watching.
Hello Home Boss Permitted Uses of Stock Media :entertainment applications, such as books and book covers, magazines, newspapers, editorials, newsletters, and video, broadcast and theatrical presentations up to 2,000 prints; Did i unterstand it correctly i am allowed to use Pro Elements, Images on KDP Book Cover as long they dont exceed 2000 Sales?
So jelous you make it so easy. Great job love it. I have issues with finding the tools to help change and keep what youve done to it. But like you said practice. But is there a trick to help me remember where to find the tools? Hope I made some sence. Thank you for your time
I'm a new author with a FIVE-BOOK series (for KDP) - just need covers. I have CANVA PRO - Is it really necessary to purchase photos from the outside, or will the templates in the CANVA App be sufficient? Also - what about using the SAME covers with slight alterations., like color shades for the books in the series? I've heard pros and cons on the same basic design for a series. What's your opinion? Respectfully, Steve - GREAT Tutorial - you made it less "scary!"
Hi Steve, it's not strictly necessary to buy photos or images. When I first started I only used free graphics but it does restrict you in terms of choice. I'd be careful with photos, as even the free Canva ones could theoretically be uploaded without permission (there have been cases where this happened). If you work with patterns it is a much easier process and yes you can use different colour shades for books in one series. I would change other elements a little too, so that it's very clear that they are different covers but you can retain the main design elements. Hope this helps.
This video is great. How can I print the cover in the same size? When I print the cover it comes out too large? Also how can I put both pages of the cover front-back together without a separate page? Did you upload the book cover template in word and then dragged it over?
Great tut. Just uploaded my own image, (FREE VERSION) it's copped the image only showing one corner? is this a ploy to sign me up for the pro version / Thx
Hi! Thanks so much for this video! Now I feel more relaxed about how tu use Canva to create my book covers. By the way, do you use Book Bolt at all? I thought we used Canva to get stuff from to move it to Book Bolt to create the cover. And what is the difference among all the downloading formats? Thanks!
Love the tutorial. I like the Tangent tool as it makes it look effortless. I have watched others on this topic where the process of creating a spine and back appeared complicated, and I hard time following the presenter. Does Tangent have templates for creating book jackets? I assume that you'd just add to the end of the book templates with whatever jacket you'd like.
We can't produce book jackets on Amazon KDP unfortunately, the book cover is produced as one (cover front and back plus spine) and uploaded as one pdf to Amazon kdp. Tangent templates can help you work out the book cover dimensions and then you can create your cover in any design tool of your choice. Personally I like to use Canva, but I started using Powerpoint which is also good.
Thank you so much for this tutorial. When I upload the cover I created on Canva to KDP, it shows up massive! I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. I believe I have the right size inputted. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. Any idea?
Hi Nuria. I have a quick question - I believe. In doing things right and tools are part of any process. Would u recommend going to the paid version of Canva. I notice in the free version that there is quite limited usage unless you only plan on using the absolute basics. Thanks again for the effort u go to to produce these tutorials for us. Really much appreciated. Mike
It's a little late now, if it can be approved quickly then yes, but if you are submitting it next week, it will not be approved before Christmas. I have books that I submitted on 22nd of November still in review.
Hi Nuria. Thank you so much for your tutorials. I am just starting to explore the world of KDP, and I have a question about covers: is it possible to use your own drawings to create your own unique covers on Canva, or any other free designing signs? I have not really found tutorials on this subject.
Hi Monica, yes you can use your own designs! That is the ideal solution because it would make your book really unique. You can either design your covers in a digital format on Affinity or Procreate or you can draw manually and scan your drawings and turn them into digital files. Best of luck on your KDP journey!
@@TheHomeBoss i wanted to use some of my 6 year old daughters art to make covers for children's journals. so I would have to scan the paintings. Taking a picture and uploading would not work then? great video. thank you!
@@pubgiant24 I love that idea! You could take a picture as a last resort but much better to scan it and then use that. Taking a picture means there would be shadows or glare and it really isn't ideal but you'll have to decide when you do it. If you don't have a scanner there might be shops nearby that might offer this service? Best of luck, would love to see your daughter's reaction when she sees her books! :)
Great work mam I appreciate You God bless you please I need a quick response. How do designed the back of the paper back because in this video You only designed the Front thanks as I wait your response
The back and front are designed together. In this video I only show the front to demonstrate how to design the front but you need to get the measurements for both the back and the front. I have a video that shows how you do this: ua-cam.com/video/tdkhuzRZSYU/v-deo.html
This video was great! But I have a confusion. Could I ask, is it okay if I use free Canva backgrounds to create my low content book cover? And can I use free templates for instance planner interior, for my book interior after altering it according to my liking? Thank you for creating these videos. They are very helpful!
You can but make sure you combine the images, don't use them as they are. By combining I mean modifying them or adding elements, the image should look different to the original. So if you're using a background, make sure to place elements or graphics on the background. Always make everything you create unique.
Interesting tutorial, but I don't understand the guide thing that you downloaded from that website and overlaid to let you know where the margins and bleeds are - I don't understand the spine. It's very narrow. I almost wish you had done an entire jacket so we can literally see where everything goes using those templates. I think resizing the cover it is what would cause a lot of problems instead of it being the right size you need for the template once you click on it. In any case - the spine thing worries me. Do you have videos where you do a full jacket design in Canva - complete with the spine art?
Hey! I have a question about weather or not I can post multiple versions of the same cover on Amazon, like having a design in paperback or changing its size and posting something smaller or in hard cover?
Hello I am from India 🇮🇳.I love to watch your videos. am interested in learning how to write and publish children books. How can I join your tutorials?
Hi Sylvia, I have a course that teaches how to make children's books here: thehomeboss.podia.com/childrensbookcreator and I will also include some tutorials for free on this channel in the near future. Thank you very much for watching my videos!
If you have the free version of Canva, then you can use the free images. However you still need to modify them to be safe. If you have Canva Pro, you can also use the pro images. Always check the individual license for each image.
It's the first one that comes up in Google: templates.tangent.rocks. They also have a really good youtube channel with tutorials: ua-cam.com/users/katharynetreasurevideos
If I have not purchased Canva But I only use the free elements and templates to make the cover design Can I still publish my book with that cover design or do I have to pay something to canva? I just used everything that was free Kindly let me know as soon as possible About will there be any issues?
Hi nice video, though I got stuck in the middle... I was simultaneously doing the cover while watching the video but couldn’t proceed after downloading it ... can’t find the tangent template that you were talking about , can u help please?
One more question Nuria, does the use of opacity sometimes leads to unexpected output? I have had some covers that when I was designing looked alright but weren't looking as expected while it was uploaded on to KDP.
I have heard that KDP doesn't cope well with opacity when created in Canva. I haven't experienced it myself, but I try to avoid using opacity for that reason.
Hello Nuria nice job appreciate your work I have a question please when I create a cover book it's very important to fill up the content and put the name of the author I feel lost .
Hello, I just started trying to use Canva. I created my first ebook cover. But I don't know how to transfer my cover to the desktop of my computer. Please explain how I can transfer the book cover that I just created to the desktop of my computer so that I can upload the cover on B&N Press. Thanks
I have never uploaded to B&N Press so I don't know what format they want your cover to be uploaded in. If it's like Amazon KDP, they need the cover as a PDF, back cover, front cover and spine all in one, but I don't know if that is the same for B&N Press. If it is the same, then you need to download your cover from Canva as a PDF to your PC.
This is for people who selfpublish on Amazon KDP, which is a print on demand service. You only upload your book interior and cover, and Amazon print and ship the book to the customer when they order.
for 3 weeks have been struggling to know how to make a book cover. i watched so many videos but coukdnt catch it. but when i watched yours my mind eyes just opened to see. thankyou so so so much. God bless
Glad I could help! So happy you were able to make your book cover, all the best to you!
Not sure how. I watched hers and couldn’t get it.
I didn´t know that I could use CANVA for this and now I´m obsessed!!!
Hi
Great job! Thanks so much - I've been struggling to figure out how to make a full book cover, but other tutorials were confusing or incomplete. This really made it clear - so looking forward to making my covers!
I'm so glad! Wish you all the best!
I think you're right. I have the canva pro. So i think i have to try out this very fast. 👍👍👍👍👍
Hi
You were patient, explicit and systematic in your exposition. Very educative. Thank you!
OMG, thank you! You make it look so easy!!! And your cover came out AMAZING!!! I’m going to try this again, lol
Thank so much..
Very pretty !!!...
Could you please show how you're writing on your back cover?
Nice Information. My two books published on Amazon
1. Frugality: Being Mindful of Your Expenses.
2. Nanu's stories for Amaaya.
Happy Reading!
Thank you for sharing. This is very helpful. I did not know Canva had bookcover templates. God Bless you and yours!
I’ve literally watched over 100 videos this video should’ve been 1st in line as a recommendation. Thanks so much!
Thank you so much Bianca!
This was so great!!! I've been struggling with Canva and creating the KDP book covers. Had no idea they had book cover templates. lol Your video simplified this so much. Thank you!
Hi
is this asmr? Such a calming voice!
Thank you. I couldn't have figured this out on my own.
that was very informative i can't agree more about creative Fabrica, tangent templates are unbeatable for books and it only cost me £50 approximate for lifetime access. Canva is just as good thanks
Hi! I received an order for eBook cover, but I am worry what I should asked in requirements? please help me
Hi
Amazing video ✅, you just explained everything to me without wasting much of my time
I was using only elements and never gave a look at covers assuming they are static. Thank you for suggesting
Nice one once again! Thank you. I have been using canva for a while and it's really good
awesome tips and guidance . thank you for sharing this.
great lesson learned to make book covers
Glad it was helpful!
Hi
You make it look easy. Thanks, Nuria.
Hi
This was awesome! Thank you. I have purchased Canva Pro and ready to begin designing my 1st low-content book!
Wonderful! Looking forward to hear how you progress!
@@TheHomeBoss Thanks so much and I'll keep you posted! :)
Hi
It’s interesting watching how you approach designing book covers. I want to start creating stuff instead of just watching though. I’m just kinda worried that I’ll make mistakes that I can’t fix. How can I make sure that the book cover and the its interior are both the same size? How should I account for bleed or no bleed? I’d like to learn a little bit more about how to get the technical stuff right.
I recommend that you watch my video series on how to publish your first notebook. The process is explained and you will learn how to make your covers and everything else you need. Watch as many tutorials as you can, I spent weeks watching and learning before I started. Good luck!
Also KDP cover creator will calculate it for you.
You are doing a great job. A super service to we self-publishers.
Thank you!
Hi
I enjoy your process and you are true artist!
Thank you so much!
This was SO helpful!! I couldn’t find this info. in other tutorials I watched. I love how detail-oriented you are. Thank you much!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you! Newbie here and struggling to get started. The covers have me so frustrated. Can you tell me how to change the size of cover? Like if I wanted a 5x8 book or a different size? Thank you ❤️☺️
No problem, this video will hopefully help you: ua-cam.com/video/3-YW65TcWKk/v-deo.html
Hi
Would have been nice if there was a way to know exactly the middle point of the front cover so that we could center-align the texts... have had many of my books aligned not right after I upload them onto kdp. Really hard to do the guesswork with bare eyes sometimes.
Thank you for talking about brand names, as many other channels don't touch on that much. Also many don't speak about changing images to make it your own.
Great Job, that has given me some fab ideas
Glad it was helpful Roma, thank you for watching!
I'm just starting out and trying to narrow down the paid software I would need to start creating book covers and interiors. I don't want to sink a lot of money into programs just yet (Creative Fabrica, Affinity Design, Afffinity Publisher for
example) and it seems that using Canva Pro and Tangent Templates would cover most of what I would need. If there are better ones for just starting out, what would you recommend? I'm sticking to just two at present. I'm an artist so I would incorporate my own designs as well.
The question I have is that your video shows the "look inside" feature for your example book. I don't think that is now available for low content books, is it? I would be using the a+ content. So that being said, would you still put all that additional information on the back cover, or can you put it on the inside of the front cover or the first page? Would you also carry the design to the back cover?
I want to say, also, I enjoy your videos and your sweet voice. So straight forward without hype. Also I appreciate the fact that your videos don't have you ohing and ahing or looking shocked on the video cover.
Thank you so much for your lovely comments Judith. I very much appreciate it! Regarding the programs you use, Canva and Tangent Templates are absolutely fine, you need Canva to create your books (although you could also make them on Powerpoint) and Tangent templates is just my all-time favourite tool just for the fact it works out your sizes and all the other things it helps with. So those two tools are the only ones you really need. Once you start earning you can invest in other tools to scale your business and save time, but nothing else is really necessary. If you're an artist and intend to make your own cover designs you can scan your illustrations and upload them to Canva to create your covers. You're right that the 'look inside' feature is no longer available for low content books, unless you use your own ISBN. So A+ content is very important to show your buyer what your book looks like inside or even to give them extra information. I would definitely still put additional information on the back cover. You can't put anything on the inside of the front cover, that's always blank. The first page starts on the right hand side as you open a book. And I do often carry the design to the back cover, it just depends on the design. It's your book, you can design it in any way you feel is right. I wish you the best of luck on your KDP journey Judith!
@@TheHomeBoss As always, you are a super mentor. Thank you for your detailed reply.
this is great! Is there a way to add the two inner flaps? the one at the back and front??
really helpful vid....thanks
It is thanks to you Nuria I discovered Canva in the first, it is great indeed. Keep the good work up, greetings!
So happy to hear that, I'm glad you like Canva!
thank you for your help. love your voice too.soothing
Thank you so much for watching Lindo!
Very helpful, indeed and many thanks. One question : How do you create then ISBN barcode and put the ISBN bc in? I know Amazon will. do this automatically with its own numbers but I would like to use my own.
You just place it where Amazon would place their own barcode. Personally I don't see any advantage in using your own, the barcode is just a code for stores to be able to scan the books, as far as I know there is no advantage to having your own. Thank you so much for watching.
Excellent tutorial and inspiring. Thank you.
You're very welcome!
Hello Nuria, at 10:19 how did you quadruplicated and inverted that flower at the same time please? Thank you for your videos!
Hi
I really liked the video. You are very good at explaining the whole process.
Hi
Exquisite...looks better than the original 🍀
Wow, thank you!
Well presented .. thanks for sharing
really amazing what i want all is here
Hello Home Boss
Permitted Uses of Stock Media :entertainment applications, such as books and book covers, magazines, newspapers, editorials, newsletters, and video, broadcast and theatrical presentations up to 2,000 prints;
Did i unterstand it correctly i am allowed to use Pro Elements, Images on KDP Book Cover as long they dont exceed 2000 Sales?
So jelous you make it so easy. Great job love it. I have issues with finding the tools to help change and keep what youve done to it. But like you said practice. But is there a trick to help me remember where to find the tools? Hope I made some sence. Thank you for your time
Hi Nuria, excellent information
Glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching.
Great demo!! Thank you so much!!
Hi
Can I use this step in creating a coloring book cover?
Can I use book bolt in replace of tangent template.
I'm a new author with a FIVE-BOOK series (for KDP) - just need covers. I have CANVA PRO - Is it really necessary to purchase photos from the outside, or will the templates in the CANVA App be sufficient? Also - what about using the SAME covers with slight alterations., like color shades for the books in the series? I've heard pros and cons on the same basic design for a series. What's your opinion? Respectfully, Steve - GREAT Tutorial - you made it less "scary!"
Hi Steve, it's not strictly necessary to buy photos or images. When I first started I only used free graphics but it does restrict you in terms of choice. I'd be careful with photos, as even the free Canva ones could theoretically be uploaded without permission (there have been cases where this happened). If you work with patterns it is a much easier process and yes you can use different colour shades for books in one series. I would change other elements a little too, so that it's very clear that they are different covers but you can retain the main design elements. Hope this helps.
@@TheHomeBoss Thank You so much for your most courteous and helpful reply! All the Best - Steve
This video is great. How can I print the cover in the same size? When I print the cover it comes out too large? Also how can I put both pages of the cover front-back together without a separate page? Did you upload the book cover template in word and then dragged it over?
Hi
Wow! So talented. I’m learning so much from you. Thanks for doing these videos.
Great tut. Just uploaded my own image, (FREE VERSION) it's copped the image only showing one corner? is this a ploy to sign me up for the pro version / Thx
You can upload your images on Canva with the free version. Something else must have gone wrong there.
Very helpful! ❤️🥰🙏👏
Glad it was helpful! Thank you very much for watching!
Thank you mam for sharing .. खूप सुंदर it means very beautiful...excellent ...
Thank you so much!
Hi! Thanks so much for this video! Now I feel more relaxed about how tu use Canva to create my book covers.
By the way, do you use Book Bolt at all? I thought we used Canva to get stuff from to move it to Book Bolt to create the cover.
And what is the difference among all the downloading formats?
Thanks!
This was so incredibly helpful! I am grateful to have found you today! ♥
Glad it was helpful!
Hi
You are one of the best channels and so inspiring. Thank you for such great tutorials.
Wow, thank you!
Thank you. How do you write your name and title on the book's spine? Also, can you use tangent templates for books that you will publish in LuLu?
Thank you so much for taking the time to teach us.. God bless you ❤️
You're very welcome, thank you for watching!
Love the tutorial. I like the Tangent tool as it makes it look effortless. I have watched others on this topic where the process of creating a spine and back appeared complicated, and I hard time following the presenter. Does Tangent have templates for creating book jackets? I assume that you'd just add to the end of the book templates with whatever jacket you'd like.
We can't produce book jackets on Amazon KDP unfortunately, the book cover is produced as one (cover front and back plus spine) and uploaded as one pdf to Amazon kdp. Tangent templates can help you work out the book cover dimensions and then you can create your cover in any design tool of your choice. Personally I like to use Canva, but I started using Powerpoint which is also good.
Quick question: after you’re done creating the product, how do you upload it into KDP?
I love your video and page! Thank you. But I have a question, how do you add your internal pages to your now new cover?
Thank you. You upload your interior to KDP separately from your cover. On the upload page you will have two separate sections to do that.
@@TheHomeBoss THANK YOU!! It's my first time so was just wondering. Your video was super helpful and I purchased Tangent which is helpful.
Thank you so much for the Video 😊💕 This will help me alot.
@TheHomeBoss Can anything be added to inside of the front cover of notebook ? Thx
The video I been waiting for!
Thank you so much for this tutorial. When I upload the cover I created on Canva to KDP, it shows up massive! I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. I believe I have the right size inputted. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. Any idea?
Check that you have chosend inches and not pixels. :)
Hi
Beautiful nice video,
Thanku
Hi Nuria. I have a quick question - I believe. In doing things right and tools are part of any process. Would u recommend going to the paid version of Canva. I notice in the free version that there is quite limited usage unless you only plan on using the absolute basics. Thanks again for the effort u go to to produce these tutorials for us. Really much appreciated.
Mike
Hi MIke, I use Canva Pro and I would be lost without it, there is a lot more that you can do with the Pro version.
@@TheHomeBoss thanks and noted.
Wow!!! Thank you!!! This really helps!!
The best explanation 👌🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
You are awesome... 💛 From India I have a question if I publish my first book next week will it sell for Christmas... Or am I too late ?
It's a little late now, if it can be approved quickly then yes, but if you are submitting it next week, it will not be approved before Christmas. I have books that I submitted on 22nd of November still in review.
@@TheHomeBoss me too!
Hi Nuria. Thank you so much for your tutorials. I am just starting to explore the world of KDP, and I have a question about covers: is it possible to use your own drawings to create your own unique covers on Canva, or any other free designing signs?
I have not really found tutorials on this subject.
Hi Monica, yes you can use your own designs! That is the ideal solution because it would make your book really unique. You can either design your covers in a digital format on Affinity or Procreate or you can draw manually and scan your drawings and turn them into digital files. Best of luck on your KDP journey!
@@TheHomeBoss i wanted to use some of my 6 year old daughters art to make covers for children's journals. so I would have to scan the paintings. Taking a picture and uploading would not work then? great video. thank you!
@@pubgiant24 I love that idea! You could take a picture as a last resort but much better to scan it and then use that. Taking a picture means there would be shadows or glare and it really isn't ideal but you'll have to decide when you do it. If you don't have a scanner there might be shops nearby that might offer this service? Best of luck, would love to see your daughter's reaction when she sees her books! :)
how do we adjust the SIZE? I am trying to find one 5.5 x 8.5 PRINTED book for LuLu
Thank you so much Sister.
Great work mam I appreciate You God bless you please I need a quick response. How do designed the back of the paper back because in this video You only designed the Front thanks as I wait your response
The back and front are designed together. In this video I only show the front to demonstrate how to design the front but you need to get the measurements for both the back and the front. I have a video that shows how you do this: ua-cam.com/video/tdkhuzRZSYU/v-deo.html
This video was great! But I have a confusion. Could I ask, is it okay if I use free Canva backgrounds to create my low content book cover? And can I use free templates for instance planner interior, for my book interior after altering it according to my liking?
Thank you for creating these videos. They are very helpful!
You can but make sure you combine the images, don't use them as they are. By combining I mean modifying them or adding elements, the image should look different to the original. So if you're using a background, make sure to place elements or graphics on the background. Always make everything you create unique.
@@TheHomeBoss Thank you so much!
could you please comment on what should be the interior dimensions for this cover
?
This was great. Thank you.
Interesting tutorial, but I don't understand the guide thing that you downloaded from that website and overlaid to let you know where the margins and bleeds are - I don't understand the spine. It's very narrow. I almost wish you had done an entire jacket so we can literally see where everything goes using those templates. I think resizing the cover it is what would cause a lot of problems instead of it being the right size you need for the template once you click on it. In any case - the spine thing worries me. Do you have videos where you do a full jacket design in Canva - complete with the spine art?
Hey! I have a question about weather or not I can post multiple versions of the same cover on Amazon, like having a design in paperback or changing its size and posting something smaller or in hard cover?
Hi
Thanks, this helped a lot. However you didn't mention creating the spine. That would be of interest to me also.
You are a great teacher!
Thank you! 😃
Thanks for this. Can you use quotes on book covers?
Thanks for sharing
wow, I am doing mine
Since you are creating your book cover separately from your interior pages. How do you include everything as a single PDF to submit to Amazon
You don't. Amazon will ask you to upload your cover and interior separately.
Hello I am from India 🇮🇳.I love to watch your videos. am interested in learning how to write and publish children books. How can I join your tutorials?
Hi Sylvia, I have a course that teaches how to make children's books here: thehomeboss.podia.com/childrensbookcreator and I will also include some tutorials for free on this channel in the near future. Thank you very much for watching my videos!
Can we use the images on canvas for commercial use?
If you have the free version of Canva, then you can use the free images. However you still need to modify them to be safe. If you have Canva Pro, you can also use the pro images. Always check the individual license for each image.
THANK YOU!!!
Hello, can you please share the link of the tangent website you mentioned. When I google its pulling up lots of sites called tangent.
It's the first one that comes up in Google: templates.tangent.rocks. They also have a really good youtube channel with tutorials: ua-cam.com/users/katharynetreasurevideos
This is amazing, thank you
Thank you so much for this
Hi Nuria! Thanks for this video. Are there other options apart from tangent templates that i can use?
If I have not purchased Canva
But I only use the free elements and templates to make the cover design
Can I still publish my book with that cover design or do I have to pay something to canva?
I just used everything that was free
Kindly let me know as soon as possible
About will there be any issues?
As long as you use the free elements according to the licence. So you need to use them in conjunction with other elements, not on their own.
From where to get the KDP template?
Thank you so much ❤️
Hi nice video, though I got stuck in the middle... I was simultaneously doing the cover while watching the video but couldn’t proceed after downloading it ... can’t find the tangent template that you were talking about , can u help please?
Found it ... I guess , thank you anyways
How do you create a book cover with bleed on the front cover?
One more question Nuria, does the use of opacity sometimes leads to unexpected output? I have had some covers that when I was designing looked alright but weren't looking as expected while it was uploaded on to KDP.
I have heard that KDP doesn't cope well with opacity when created in Canva. I haven't experienced it myself, but I try to avoid using opacity for that reason.
Hello Nuria nice job appreciate your work I have a question please when I create a cover book it's very important to fill up the content and put the name of the author I feel lost .
Hello, I just started trying to use Canva. I created my first ebook cover. But I don't know how to transfer my cover to the desktop of my computer. Please explain how I can transfer the book cover that I just created to the desktop of my computer so that I can upload the cover on B&N Press. Thanks
I have never uploaded to B&N Press so I don't know what format they want your cover to be uploaded in. If it's like Amazon KDP, they need the cover as a PDF, back cover, front cover and spine all in one, but I don't know if that is the same for B&N Press. If it is the same, then you need to download your cover from Canva as a PDF to your PC.
So how would I measure this out for book binding?
This is for people who selfpublish on Amazon KDP, which is a print on demand service. You only upload your book interior and cover, and Amazon print and ship the book to the customer when they order.
Is tangent template kdp helper is in canvas ? I can’t find it ?
Hi dear, thank you for your videos. Where can I get free insides for low content books. Thanks
Bookbolt has some free interior templates.