I’m finally getting started on my 100 DIY book covers in MS Word project. The idea is to design book cover templates that indie authors can easily edit and change to make their own.
I was pretty sure I could make great covers in Word, but I’m only really beginning to figure things out.
Here’s one I made this afternoon. I took a picture of the whole workspace.
Here’s another one I made tonight, in about 30 minutes.
Is it just me, or are these pretty freaking amazing for book covers made in MS word? And they aren’t even finished yet. It’s crazy that these covers are taking me much less time than ones made in photoshop, because with Word I can really easily strip out the background, change colors and contrast, make cool wavy text like the one above.
It’s both incredible and humbling, exciting and depressing. Maybe I’ll just stick with Word for book cover design. 🙂
My new plan is to come out with 100 templates a year, and sell those as a big package alongside client work.
UPDATE – you can now get a bunch of free book design templates at www.diybookcovers.com and make your own awesome book covers in Microsoft Word!
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