Making your own book cover . Reblogged from Lit World Interviews.
I know that everyone says that we should pay for cover artists and editors, and if we can afford it, I really think that we should. However, that probably makes us hybrid authors – who knows? So, in the spirit of the Absolute Indie, slaving away in a garret with a shortage of funds, we should know how to make a decent cover ourselves. Most people have either an iPhone or an Android these days. These phones take amazing pictures, and have all sorts of features from sepia effects to zoom and macro capabilities. No, no. Come out from under the desk my technophobic scribblers. It’s not that hard, and even pics taken with really old dinosaur phones can be manipulated into really cool covers. Let me show you the basics.
I’m going to be using one of my favourite programmes for this because it’s very easy to use. So…
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M J Mallon YA Author and Poet 
I agree that it was a great how-to article!
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Thanks Christy. Hope it may come in useful for someone or even for myself!
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Thanks! I am not sure for my next book if I will make the cover or not. I bookmarked the post in case I at least want to try to do it myself. Have you ever tried the technique explained in the post?
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No, haven’t got to that stage yet. So I thought I’d keep it in case I need it.
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