Support for Indie Authors discussion

I make my own book covers. Ebook covers are easier because you don't need the complete wrap. I use PowerPoint for that. Then, I take that image and use Lulu for Paperback; you can insert images into their cover designer.

Hope this helps!

Gimp is a free image manipulation program that is close to Photoshop. It does take a little bit of knowlwdge to use, but there are tons of tutorials online. Beyond that, there are some apps that are pretty sophisticated for building an eBook cover. I would not suggest trying to do a paperback cover in an app as you need to have a higher resolution than most of them output.

If you are looking for a cover template, that's a little different. Amazon has a template for creating a cover, but bear in mind it will look like other covers that have used the same format.

Serif has a free starter edition desktop publishing program and various other graphic and drawing programs with either starter editions or free trials of later versions. See their links. They also have video tutorials on everything:

http://www.serif.com/desktop-publishi...

Not too difficult!

Hellooo, Miss Ashley!

*waves*

Personally, I really dig Canva. It's free (there's paid options too) and super easy to use. Best of luck!!

Hugs,
Ann

I use Createspace for my print editions and they will give you a downloadable template. From there, I edit in Photoshop. I'm not an expert with Photoshop but there are tutorials for everything I haven't learned or things I've forgotten how to do. :)

CorelDraw will be a good choice for you.

Hi Ashley,

I'm with Annie, I love Canva. I not only make my own book covers there, but all of my graphics, Teasers and banners. They have templates or blank options in any size you need plus a lot of free add-on features.

Best of luck!
- A.C.

Gimp.

I use Canva too. Lots of great copyright-free images on Pixabay you can use too.