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Conceptualize a Book Cover Design

Book covers sell the reading experience promised inside and must work as tiny thumbnails online.

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Example Prompt

Help me conceptualize a book cover for [TITLE] which is a [GENRE] book about [BRIEF SYNOPSIS]. The tone is [TONE] and comparable titles are [COMP TITLES]. Suggest imagery concepts, typography styles appropriate for the genre, color palettes that convey the mood, and composition options. Consider how it will look as an Amazon thumbnail and on bookstore shelves.

Pro Tip

Browse bestsellers in your genre on Amazon at thumbnail size to see what visual patterns work.

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book-coverpublishingvisual-design