Creating A Book Cover with Canva Templates - Quick and Easy!
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- Опубліковано 4 гру 2020
- Hi Homebosses,
In this video I am showing you how you can create a book cover with Canva templates, a really quick and easy way to do it. Creating book covers doesn't need to be difficult when using templates, just make sure that you change the templates to make your cover unique.
Hope you enjoy the video, if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to leave them in the comments. See you again soon!
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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. 👍👍👍👍👍
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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.
OMG, thank you! You make it look so easy!!! And your cover came out AMAZING!!! I’m going to try this again, lol
I didn´t know that I could use CANVA for this and now I´m obsessed!!!
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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!
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You were patient, explicit and systematic in your exposition. Very educative. Thank you!
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!
Nice one once again! Thank you. I have been using canva for a while and it's really good
is this asmr? Such a calming voice!
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!
Wow! So talented. I’m learning so much from you. Thanks for doing these videos.
You make it look easy. Thanks, Nuria.
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This was so incredibly helpful! I am grateful to have found you today! ♥
Glad it was helpful!
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The best explanation 👌🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
Excellent tutorial and inspiring. Thank you.
You're very welcome!
I enjoy your process and you are true artist!
Thank you so much!
The video I been waiting for!
Thank so much..
Very pretty !!!...
Could you please show how you're writing on your back cover?
Well presented .. thanks for sharing
You are one of the best channels and so inspiring. Thank you for such great tutorials.
Wow, thank you!
Amazing video ✅, you just explained everything to me without wasting much of my time
Thank you so much for the Video 😊💕 This will help me alot.
Wow!!! Thank you!!! This really helps!!
thank you for your help. love your voice too.soothing
Thank you so much for watching Lindo!
Thank you for sharing. This is very helpful. I did not know Canva had bookcover templates. God Bless you and yours!
This is amazing, thank you
I was using only elements and never gave a look at covers assuming they are static. Thank you for suggesting
Great demo!! Thank you so much!!
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Thank you so much for taking the time to teach us.. God bless you ❤️
You're very welcome, thank you for watching!
This was great. Thank you.
Thank you so much ❤️
awesome tips and guidance . thank you for sharing this.
great lesson learned to make book covers
Glad it was helpful!
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I really liked the video. You are very good at explaining the whole process.
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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!
really amazing what i want all is here
You are a great teacher!
Thank you! 😃
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! :)
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Many thanks. Appreciate it.
Hi Nuria! Thanks for this video. Are there other options apart from tangent templates that i can use?
You are doing a great job. A super service to we self-publishers.
Thank you!
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Thank you so much for this
Great Job, that has given me some fab ideas
Glad it was helpful Roma, thank you for watching!
Thank you so much Sister.
Thanks for sharing
Very helpful! ❤️🥰🙏👏
Glad it was helpful! Thank you very much for watching!
THANK YOU!!!
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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
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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!
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.
Hi beautiful, thanks so much.
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.
Thnx much ❤👍🏽
I like this :)
wow, I am doing mine
Beautiful nice video,
Thanku
Exquisite...looks better than the original 🍀
Wow, thank you!
thanks for the videos
You're very welcome!
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.
Thanks ....🙏👍👌
Thanks for this. Can you use quotes on book covers?
Great
Hi Nuria, excellent information
Glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching.
Thank you mam for sharing .. खूप सुंदर it means very beautiful...excellent ...
Thank you so much!
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
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.
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?
You are amazing
Thx.
Quick question: after you’re done creating the product, how do you upload it into KDP?
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.
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.
this is great! Is there a way to add the two inner flaps? the one at the back and front??
From where to get the KDP template?
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. :)
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Hello Nuria, at 10:19 how did you quadruplicated and inverted that flower at the same time please? Thank you for your videos!
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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?
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?
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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! :)
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Thank you so much!
@TheHomeBoss Can anything be added to inside of the front cover of notebook ? Thx
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?
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Thanks, this helped a lot. However you didn't mention creating the spine. That would be of interest to me also.
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
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hello home boss when i have canva pro do i need to buy additional licence for using canva pro images for kdp cover or not ? bc it says free to use for canva pro users
It's free to use if you use them for blog posts or personal use but if it's for commercial use then I don't use the Canva pro images just to be extra safe. I always also modify the images so that they are not the principal element. But if you have any specific questions, Canva can give you more information if you email them, just to be absolutely safe.
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!
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.
Can I use this step in creating a coloring book cover?
Can I use book bolt in replace of tangent template.
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.
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.
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!
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.
could you please comment on what should be the interior dimensions for this cover
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Just a quick question, do you make all of your covers yourself or do you outsource them?
I make them myself.
Hi dear, thank you for your videos. Where can I get free insides for low content books. Thanks
Bookbolt has some free interior templates.
Is tangent template kdp helper is in canvas ? I can’t find it ?
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
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
Hello, I use Canva to make my covers but the black ones look dark grey on Amazon instead of black like the others. I use the color code #000000 and when I open the PDF file looks good the problem appears after I upload the file to kdp
Do you mean in the pre-viewer? The pre-viewer is usually quite fuzzy and is only a pre-view. If you are worried, you can also order proof copies for your book and check but I find they look ok.
@@TheHomeBoss They look grey in the thumbnail but I noticed that other black paperbacks don't look like that, only mines.