Elements a book cover should have

 


Book Elements based on work from 9TEA 12/4/2021

Student

Teacher

Back cover



A. The blurb, synopsis or plot summary



B. Picture or dominant image from the text



C. Author's name /Author's picture



D. Illustrator’s name (Me!!)



E Illustrator's  OR Publisher's logo (me!!)



F Colour - background colour linked to text



G.       Barcode



H        Prices in 3 different countries



I         Comments from a newspaper about the book



J         Other books by that same author (show

cover(s))






II. Front cover



A. Title Suitable for the story



B        Style of font and colour linked to story



C Picture/Dominant Image



D Symbols, images related to the story



E Background colour or graphics linked to story



F Author's name



G Illustrator’s name (this is YOU!!)



H Illustrator OR publisher's logo (make one up for your publishing company! - see notes below)



I. Colour linked to text






Spine



A Colour



B Author's name



C      Illustrator's logo



D Title




NOTES:

  • Page setup must be 27 x 20 centimetres (Google Draw - File - Page - Setup - Custom….)

  • Create your own logo e.g, Ayers Publishers, Fernandez Publishers (and an animal or logo that represents your qualities, or incorporates your initials)  LA Publishers, AF Publishers

  • You can use Google Draw to design your  publishing logo (DO NOT COPY an existing one) 

  • Do NOT copy images from other “The Cay” covers online, because this is plagiarism, or stealing someone else’s intellectual property.  (You can use Public Domain  images from online)

  • Remove background using https://www.remove.bg/  OR https://pixlr.com/remove-background/

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