Mark Andrews of www.thefoalingguide.com asked us to review his ebook cover so here are a few things that should increase its apearance and increase sales:
a 3d look will help alot
add some more text (author and perhaps a statement)
the font for the title is a big no, no – Comic fonts conveys the lack of seriosity
the image is quite good – you might want to keep it
adding some graphical elements will help too.
All in one, you have a very basic e-book cover that I’m not so sure is helping your sales.
Roger Loh of newnetworkmarketingsecrets.com asked us to review it’s main cover:
Here are a few points to help with the design:
1. The title going over the image is a little disturbing;
2. You should save it as a jpg instead of a gif as that will improve the color rendition;
3. Revealed is way to empowered by both size and the color reversal – I would rather like to read Network Marketing Secrets in a larger font;
4. The image doesn’t have to do much with the book’s message;
5. The red color gets your attention, but considering the lack of trust people have in Network Marketing, a touch of blue would help a lot with the credibility.
If you don’t have Adobe Photoshop on your computer, download the CS4 trial version (works for 30 days) from here.
2. Create the following folder on your hard disk:
c:\AbsoluteCovers.com\output
3. Download and install the action script from here
(if you have already installed Photoshop, installing the action is a simple matter of dragging the file over the Photoshop window, or a double click on the action file in Windows Explorer)
In the Actions palette you should have a new folder called Software Box(1)
4. Select Step 1 and click on Play(>). This will create the flat layout of your box with distinctive front side, top flap and left flap.
5. Finalize your box design and click on Step 2 – Play
6. Add/remove shadow/reflection and then click on Step 3 – Play to save the software box (you will find the images in c:\AbsoluteCovers.com\output folder)
Send us some samples of your designs, if they are good, we might hire you!
Here is a video detailing some of the steps:
Best Regards,
Ovi Dogar
PS: You can view some software boxes created with this action script here.
PPS: If you don’t have Adobe Photoshop, you can buy a cover creator from here.
Starting from today we will make various action scripts available for free to our visitors.
Here are the steps you need to take in order to start creating your own ebook covers:
1. If you don’t have Adobe Photoshop on your computer, download the trial version (works for 30 days) from here.
2. Create the following folders on your hard disk:
c:\AbsoluteCovers.com\script\layouts
c:\AbsoluteCovers.com\output
To receive the steps 3 and 4 through email, simply fill in the following form and click Submit:
Once you had completed steps 3 and 4 you can proceed on step 5 below:
5. In the Actions palette you should have a new folder called eBook(1)
6. Select Step 1 and click on Play(>). This will create the flat layout of your cover.
7. Finialize your cover design and click on Step 2 – Play
8. Add/remove shadow/reflection and then click on Step 3 – Play to save the ebook cover (you will find the images in c:\AbsoluteCovers.com\output folder)
9. Send us some samples of your designs, if they are good, we might hire you!
10. Here is a video detailing some of the steps:
Best Regards,
Ovi Dogar
PS: You can view some covers created with this action script here.
PPS: If you don’t have Adobe Photoshop, you can buy a cover creator from here.
