Designing Book Series Covers: Aesthetic Continuity & Brand Building Tips
Is designing your book series cover keeping you from publishing? Could this be preventing you from reaching your marketing goals? While the content of your book is most important to you, the reader will often judge a book by its cover. As an author or designer, book covers can break your series’ success or build your book empire!
From the layout of the cover to the mountain of your story, publishing a book can be a huge accomplishment. It can also be a bit of a challenge. Imagine if your cover was all taken care of before you were ready to publish. As we learn more about designing book covers for a series hopefully this dream will become a publishing reality.
Learning Highlights
- Where to access free templates for a uniform book series cover
- Create your own book cover with our tips or hire a in house designer to take care of your book
- Explore printing options to elevate your book
- Marketing and the importance of your audience’s perspective
Complete the covers for your book series and get those stories published. Let’s get into it!
Book Cover Templates for Your Series
Deciding the layout of your book series cover can be challenging. Keeping the design uniform and similar between books using templates can help the consistency of your brand. This will elevate your overall aesthetic and help readers remember you.
How Book Cover Templates Help Your Brand
- Consistency: Templates create a uniform look and feel to help you build a recognizable brand.
- Professional Appearance: Use templates to elevate the look of your cover to a professional design.
- Time Efficiency: When the design is predetermined by the template you don’t have to navigate things like balancing your elements.
- Cost: Templates are usually more affordable than hiring a designer.
- Brand Marketing: Adding things like your brand colors and logo can personalize the temple.
- Flexibility: While your template is structured feel free to customize it and add external elements to freshen up the content.
Pro Tip: Imagine what the series would look like if you lined up each book next to each other. All key elements like title, author, and order should stay consistent between books.
At PrintingCenterUSA we offer free dynamic templates for inside pages as well as cover pages and spines. Click here to watch how to use them. Click here to see more free templates offered by Canva. Click here to get in contact with a in house PCUSA designer. There are many sites and private designers you can purchase templates from. The options are endless!
How to Design a Book Cover
You already have the perfect book series cover design in mind, right? But did you know your book cover is the most important marketing tool you have. A good book cover sells itself! Let’s help bring your series to life with tips on creating cohesive and eye-catching covers that will captivate your readers and build your brand.
Tips on Designing Book Covers for Your Series
- Ideas: Write down cover ideas as soon as they come to mind. This will help you choose the idea that resonates with your audience best.
- Reader: Remember who your audience is. Are they children, young adults, or adults? What does your audience enjoy? What will turn their heads and get their attention?
- Genre: Your cover should reflect your genre and the overall theme of your book.
- Text: Use text hierarchy to lead readers in the direction of important information.
- Less is More: Memorable designs are usually simple and easy to understand.
- Color: Use the psychology of color to instill a certain emotion or feeling within the reader when they see your book. Click here to find which colors can be most influential to your book.
Keep these quick tips in mind when you go to create your book covers for the series to keep everything organized. For more in-depth information on how to design your cover, read our blog, “Book Cover Design Ideas“. If you would like “Design Tips for Creating Eye-Catching Book Covers” click here!
Book Cover Printing
After writing, editing, and designing, self-publishing your book might be the easiest part of the process. However, the decisions like your book’s paper weight, the cover’s finish, and binding style are still important. Here’s how a professionally printed book can make a difference for the book’s aesthetic and your brand.
Printing’s Impact on Aesthetics
- High-Quality Materials: We only offer premium quality materials including paper and finished to enhance the look of all products.
- Consistent Printing: With our top-of-the-line machines like the HP 100K & our G7 Qualification you can expect accuracy & consistency across every book cover in your series.
- Customization Options: We offer highly specialized custom additions for your book series cover.
Printing’s Impact on Branding
- Professionalism: Having a consistent printer can bring an additional level of authority to your book and give it the power to fly off the shelf.
- Credibility: A credible source of printing is ideal. This way you can have faith that everything is up to industry standards.
- Differentiation: Unique printing options like finishes can help differentiate your series from the rest. Pick a printer that will help you stand out from the crowded publishing industry.
Pro Tip: When you order from PrintingCenterUSA you get a free digital copy of your book to share with friends or sell online. Click here to learn how to get digital copies of your book series. YO THIS PART ADD LINK
We help authors, who love our books, create professional and clean covers that elevates their brand. We know having a strong, recognizable brand is important. Keep yours consistent by clicking here to order now!
Your Brand’s Consistency & Its Impact on Reader Perception
We all try to avoid being judgmental or feeling judged but it’s nearly impossible not to judge a book by its cover. Your brand’s credibility can heavily influence someone on the fence about making a purchase. When your audience remembers what your books look like your brand gains authority. Here are some ways your brand can impact readers of your book.
- Attracts Attention: A visually demanding book cover creates curiosity which adds value to the mystery of what is inside. Almost like an anticipated surprise for the reader.
- Creating First Impressions: Capturing the reader right away sets high expectations for quality. This influences how they read and recommend your book.
- Encourages Purchase: Your cover alone could be the deciding factor for a skeptic to choose your book. Make sure they know they aren’t just reading a book; they are entering a binge worthy series. Imagine a reader who didn’t like your first book but couldn’t stop themselves from buying the second because of the cover.
- Marketing Tool: Create a memorable book cover as powerful as a Super Bowl ad. Which one comes to mind?
- Builds Anticipation: Attention grabbing covers build anticipation for the next book in the series. Successful book covers start trends using teasers for their next big story.
Put yourself in the shoes of someone whose friend just recommended “the best book ever” to you. What does the cover look like? The cover of your book series should bring your audience in like a magnet. It should stand out with a clean, professional look and feel. Upload your book cover now and select hardcover or perfect bound binding for that traditionally published style!
Publish Your Book Today!
A recognizable book cover is not only the final step in the process but a crucial marketing tool that will build your brand and drive sales to your series. When you understand your audience, use templates, and use high-quality printing options you know your book covers will be as compelling as the stories inside them. Make your mark today and stop by PrintingCenterUSA.com to access templates, tips, and premium printing. Publish your work confidently and hook your readers at first glance.
