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Hey fellow authors,
I'm almost ready to publish my second book. On the first book I used a cover template from Createspace, but I want to make my own layout and design for the second one and redo the first one. I've heard InDesign is a good program to use but want some input on what others use and which one would be the best choice.

Thanks,
Nathan

Hi Nathan. Have you tried making covers before? If so Photoshop is a good bet. If not; Canva is a good option.

I use photo shop and indesign as well. U can check out Fivrr I think it's called. Heard they have some pretty good cover artists for cheap.

I've used Photoshop #LearningCurve #NotAnExpert

Thanks for the options. I'm looking at InDesign since Createspace gives details through that program for how to set up the cover dimensions

@Alex-what kind of $$ would I be looking at through them. InDesign is around $80 and some of the people on Fiverr charge around $40 for print and ebook combos so after my first two books I would have the program paid for

I don't know where Julie did our covers- Navigating IW and she did her book- Tortured Souls- but I thought for the money they were pretty good.

I just discovered Canva, and I love it. I plan on going back and re-doing some other covers. Just about everybody swears by it. All the best on your book:)

GIMP is very good for ebook covers. You can do a print cover in Scribus as well as the layout. They are both open source (free).

I would highly recommend How to Make an Ebook Cover for Non-designers by Kate Harper. I wouldn't endorse the software recommendations.