A book’s cover is often the first thing a reader sees when they find your book for the first time. You never have a second chance to make a first impression, as the saying goes, which is why many would suggest you hire a professional to design your book covers.
But some authors have the skill to DIY or want to learn about cover design by doing so they can work better with the designers they hire, so here are thirteen sites, services, and apps that you can use to make an awesome book cover.
Sidenote: Before you use any of these tools, you should read up on good cover design techniques.
There are many similar tools out there, so if you know of one not on this list please leave a comment.
Which one do you use?
Update for June 2020: I was making graphics today when i remembered this post needed to be updated. I have actually used several of these tools since this post was published in 2017, but for the most part I still use Canva. That app now has even very nice templates you can use as a starting point than it did in 2017.
Canva
Visme
Poster My Wall
3D Box Shot Maker
Quick 3d Cover
MyeCoverMaker.com
Adazing
PiktoChart
Fotor
CoverFactory.com
eCover
Boxshot
Book Cover Creator
You just finished reading Thirteen Sites for Making a Spectacular Book Cover (Updated) which was published on The Digital Reader.