| With the current credit crunch and global recession, | | | | This was quite a time consuming job because each |
| there is one area on the internet that is still making | | | | side and page was drawn and shaped from scratch. |
| people a fair bit of money and that is information | | | | Sizing and transforming the cover from a 2d image |
| products aka ebooks. | | | | was quite a hard task and many people didn't really |
| Everyday there are millions of people all over the | | | | have the patience or skills to carry out this design task. |
| world that browse the internet looking for some kind of | | | | However in today's world of technology the ebook |
| information. | | | | cover designs now look more like a realistic book |
| Whether it's information on how to house train your | | | | cover. Almost if not all graphic designers now design |
| cat to how to make a kite, people are always | | | | ebook covers using action scripts in conjunction with |
| searching for answers. | | | | Photoshop. |
| Most of these answers can be found in the form of | | | | There are now dozens of action scripts that can |
| an ebook. If you are unsure what an ebook is, it's a | | | | design covers ranging from hard and soft cover |
| book written by somebody and is then converted into | | | | ebooks, software boxes, cd and dvd cases to even |
| a pdf format. PDF's are used to read ebooks from | | | | paper bags. |
| your computer. | | | | Before you get an graphic designer to design your |
| Like a physical books, ebooks the majority of the time | | | | cover, like with most other purchases of any kind, you |
| come with a 3d virtual book shaped cover. An ebook | | | | should do some kind of research when choosing your |
| cover's sole purpose is to showcase the ebook and | | | | graphic designer. |
| what it's all about. Ebook covers are also used for | | | | Doing research will prove to be a money saver for |
| advertising and the promotion for the purpose of | | | | you as there are many ebook cover designers on the |
| increasing the authors sales of their ebooks. | | | | internet all charging different rates for a cover design. |
| If you are not very good at graphic design, then your | | | | Just because a designer designs for a well known |
| best next bet is to hire a graphics designer to design | | | | person or business or operates a large business, |
| your cover. | | | | doesn't necessary mean that you should choose them. |
| There are many ebook cover designers who will | | | | There are many graphics designers on the internet |
| design your ebook cover. Gone are the days where | | | | who operate a smaller design business and whose |
| you get an unattractive ebook cover that is poor in | | | | prices are more affordable especially if you are on a |
| design and poor in shape. A few years ago ebook | | | | tight budget. Besides saving you money, the smaller |
| covers were designed "by hand" using graphic design | | | | design businesses can also dedicate a more one on |
| software such as Photoshop. | | | | one time to there customers. |