Get a Cover for Your Book

"Don't judge a book by its cover" is an old adage but one that doesn't really apply to self publishing on Amazon.

The decision to purchase may be largely driven by your cover, so it needs to grab your visitor's attention.

You can get a cover created on Fiverr or Upwork for a surprisingly low price. They will all have examples of their work so choose someone whose style resonates with you.

Or you can create one yourself.

I created the one above by finding a free image on Pixabay, trimming it to a 2:3 ratio (so that it would fit a 6" x 9" Kindle or paperback and then used an editor to add the title and the pen name author.

Total time less than 10 minutes and a cost of zero.

Does this cover attract attention?

I believe so. People will be intrigued by the cover and title and will want to find out more. How do they do that? They buy the book.

And maybe it's the first of a series.

Again, remember that, until you've got a reputation, the only thing your prospective reader has got to persuade them to buy your book is the few words comprising the blurb and the cover itself. So it's worth spending a little time and money on.

Note 1: Save your cover as a .jpg as this is the format you will need when you upload your cover to KDP.

Note 2: A cover created by someone running a gig on Fiverr or Upwork will (almost) always be far better than one you create yourself. And if you are writing a series (and you should be) you can get the same person to produce a corresponding series of covers.