How-to · covers
How to design a book cover from your manuscript
Start from the book — not a random template.
The mess
Templates ignore the story
Pretty art that lies about the book still fails on the store grid.
- Unreadable thumbnails
- Genre mismatch
- No series system
What you get
Brief → concepts → export
Covers uses the manuscript path so the face matches the book.
- Brief from book
- Concept directions
- Store-ready export
How
Do this in order
Not a feature tour. The actual path.
- 1
Lock the title and genre
Know the final title, subtitle, and shelf genre before art.
- 2
Open Covers
From Typewriter, open Covers for this manuscript.
- 3
Build the brief
Confirm mood, cast cues, and series needs from the book.
- 4
Pick a concept
Compare type-led, scene-led, and series-matching directions.
- 5
Export
Download ebook and print assets; pair with Press for interiors.
Questions
Straight answers
When should I design my cover?
After the draft is stable enough that the title and tone will not flip. Write free forever first.
Start free. Ship when ready.
Write free forever. Add covers, audio, and Press when the draft earns them.