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How to Put an E-book Cover on E-book Content

Self-publishing e-books has seen dramatic growth recently. Authors are bypassing the standard book publishers to publish their work online in various formats like hardcover, paperback and e-book. Sites like Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing, Barnes & Noble's Pubit, Scribd and Lulu all offer e-book publication. Users upload their content, create a cover, set a price and put the book on sale. Self-publishing sites provide two ways to cover an e-book, create your own artwork or use theirs.

Instructions

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      Choose an online self-publishing platform and select e-book as the format. Upload your book for conversion. Choose how to create the cover either using your own artwork or the company's.

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      Upload your own cover artwork for your e-book cover. Authors have their artwork created in a program like Photoshop and export it as a .tif file. The file is uploaded to the self-publishing website and formatted to fit the e-book cover.

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      Create a cover using the self-publishing company's templates and designs. Many colors and designs are available to be customized based on your book type.

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      Approve the cover created by your own artwork or company's templates. Proceed to finish the publication process and your cover will appear.

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