When trying to figure out how to make ebook cover designs we need first to decide on what type of finished product we desire. Do we want a hardback, paperback, notebook, spiral notebook etc? The possibilities abound. And if we are selling software we may need software boxes, CDs and the like. The key is to have a clear picture in our mind of the finished product we want to create. Before you start you need to do your research at find examples of ebook covers you like. That will you really help you visualize the end product you truly want.

The next step in figuring out how to make ebook cover is choosing the graphics; effects and text that we want on the ebook cover itself. This is perhaps the most important step. Think about the psychology of this for a minute. What do you gravitate to when you when are browsing for magazines or books in a bookstore? You go straight for the book or magazine that catches your eye; the one with the most attractive cover. It is just human nature. Publishing houses and magazines know this and have spent millions of dollars researching this fact. The more attractive the cover the better chance they have of selling their magazine or book. The more products they sell the more money they make and the more they can charge for advertising in those magazines. It's all about the bottom line, making money!

So what does that mean to you? Don't reinvent the wheel! If these guys are making huge money with their designs and layouts then why not just copy them. They've already done all of the research and all of the hard work for you. This is how to make ebook cover design very, very simple. Find a layout that attracts you to a product. Whether that product is a magazine, book, ebook, or software it doesn't matter. Choose a design that would make you seriously think about buying that product. What about the design appeals to you? Is it the color, the graphics, the layout that catches your eye? Why are you so drawn to this particular cover over all of the others? Break it down. Which part or parts of cover catch you eye first. What do you keep looking at over and over again. Now, take that feeling and try and replicate it with your ebook cover. All you have to do is replace those items that you are drawn to with your items (text, graphics, etc.)

This will be the most time consuming but the most important part of the whole process. Once you have your ebook cover designed the hard part is done. The only thing left to do is make the ebook cover design look like a real book, magazine or box. Most of you out there probably think that this is the most difficult part of the equation and you would be dead wrong.

There a numerous programs that do this with just a few clicks and you're done. You just select your design click a couple of prompts and you're done! All of this software, however, does come with a price. If you don't want to buy expensive software then I suggest you watch the how to make ebook cover video tutorial located at