How To Design Book Covers for Print with Inkscape

In this tutorial I'll be demonstrating how you can design a physical book cover that can be uploaded to Kindle Direct Publishing to be printed on an actual book.

You can download the templates from KDP here: https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/cover-te...

CORECTION: At the end of the video I said that you should export your finished design as a JPG file. This is incorrect. KDP requires a PDF document, so instead of exporting, go to "File, Save As" and save your work as a PDF document.

Want to learn more about how Inkscape works? Check out the Inkscape Master Class - a comprehensive series of over 50 videos where I go over every tool, feature and function in Inkscape and explain what it is, how it works, and why it's useful: https://logosbynick.com/inkscape/

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
00:40 Download the template
01:26 Setting up the workflow
02:22 Setting up the template
07:56 Designing the front cover
12:39 Designing the spine
14:26 Designing the back cover
18:06 Exporting your work
19:18 Conclusion

Intro song: "In Da Mood" by Combustibles, used with written permission

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