Cover Designer and Brand Settings
Design custom book covers with templates, gradients, fonts, and colors. Set up consistent branding across all your ebook exports.
Key Takeaways
Design with Templates
Choose from cover template presets or customize gradients, colors, and fonts.
Customize Typography
Adjust title and subtitle fonts, sizes, weights, and text case for your brand.
Set Export Metadata
Add author details, watermarks, and descriptions in the Export dialog.
Using the Cover Designer
Open the Cover Designer from the project header. The interface provides a live preview on the left and controls on the right organized into tabs: Templates, Background, Typography, Layout, and Effects. Browse the Templates tab for category-specific presets (Business, Self-Help, Health and Fitness, Marketing, etc.) or customize from scratch.
The Background tab lets you choose gradient colors and direction, upload a background image, or select built-in patterns. Adjust image opacity, alignment, and scale. Gradient options include diagonal, horizontal, and corner directions with customizable primary and secondary colors.
Use the Typography tab to set fonts for title, subtitle, and author name. Choose from 16+ font families including Playfair Display, EB Garamond, Montserrat, Bebas Neue, and more. Adjust size, weight, and text case for each element.
Effects and Finishing Touches
The Effects tab provides Accent Layer options for visual depth. Choose from styles like Diagonal Beam, Corner Blocks, Soft Vignette, or None. Each style has blend modes (Normal, Screen, Multiply, Overlay) and customizable opacity.
The Layout tab controls text positioning with X and Y offset sliders for title, subtitle, and author name. Fine-tune spacing to avoid crowding or awkward gaps. Enable compact mode for denser layouts with long titles.
After designing, click "Generate Cover Image" to create the final file. The Cover Designer saves your design to the project automatically. Reopen it anytime to make adjustments - settings persist across sessions.
Setting Export Metadata and Watermarks
When exporting, open the Export dialog and switch to the "Metadata" tab. Edit the project title, author name, description, introduction, and final thoughts. These populate the front matter in your exported ebook.
The Metadata tab includes a custom watermark field (e.g., "Copyright 2026 Your Name" or "Sample - Not for Distribution"). This watermark appears in PDF export footers. Toggle "Include Branding" to show or hide per export.
Additional options: table of contents inclusion, copyright page placement (beginning or end), and chapter numbering style (numeric, roman numerals, or none).
Cover Design Tips
Start by browsing templates in your ebook category to see what visual styles work well. Even with heavy customization, templates provide good starting points for color harmony and typography hierarchy.
Test your cover at different sizes. Ebook covers appear as small thumbnails on marketplaces and large images on landing pages. Ensure your title remains readable at 200x300 pixels. High-contrast text colors and bold fonts (Bebas Neue, Oswald, Cinzel) work best.
Export a test PDF to see your cover alongside interior pages. If cover colors clash with chapter headings, adjust the palette before finalizing. Consistent visual tone between cover and content creates a more professional reading experience.
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