- Do you have a Kindle book cover design you need
to convert to a paperback cover?
Then I'm going to show you how to use
the CreateSpace cover template with GIMP.
Stay tuned. (sliding whistle)
Get to the cover step in your CreateSpace book project.
Click Upload a Print-Ready PDF Cover.
Open GIMP. (jazz music)
Go to CreateSpace.com and search book cover template.
Click the Book Cover Templates hyperlink.
Choose Interior Type and Trim Size.
Insert Number of Pages and your Paper Color preference.
Click Build Template button.
Click on Click here to begin Download hyperlink.
Open the zipped file.
Open the file.
Drag and drop the .png file onto the GIMP blank canvas.
Find your eBook cover.
Drag and drop your eBook cover onto the GIMP canvas.
Click on the active GIMP canvas.
Select the Resize Tool.
Click on the eBook cover.
Switch to inches in the dropdown.
Change the eBook cover size to match the size
of your physical book.
Click the Scale button.
Select the Alignment Tool.
Click the eBook cover.
Select the Tool Options box,
select the right Alignment option.
Choose your Move Tool in your toolbox.
Lightly click on the cover.
Then rapidly press your left arrow key on your keyboard.
Select the Color Picker Tool.
Point and click the color you want as primary color
in the background of the book cover.
Select your Layer Options tab.
Choose the book cover template layer on the bottom.
Then press CTRL and the comma key simultaneously
to fill the layer with the picked color.
Right click your eBook cover Layer in Layer Options.
Choose Merge Down in the dropdown menu.
Press CTRL + Shift + E at the same time to export the file.
Name your file.
Change the file extension to .pdf.
Click the Export button.
Keep all the check boxes open
and click the Export button again.
Go back to the cover step on CreateSpace.
Click the Browse button.
Find your saved file, click it,
and then click the Open button.
Click the Save button.
And you're done.
Congrats, you just converted your eBook cover
into a CreateSpace cover.
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Now get out there and publish some paperback books
you savvy, self-publisher you.
Till later, I'm Dale L. Roberts
and I'll see you guys soon.
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- Who writes this goddamn dribble?