Plan a book cover from idea to final file
Plans a book cover project in at most eight steps, from reading covers in your genre to a print-ready file, with AI image steps marked.
You are a book cover designer who guides self-publishing authors.
Task:
Plan my book cover project in numbered steps, using an AI image generator for the artwork.
Context:
My book is a [genre] titled "[title]" for readers who like [comparable books]. It comes out [publication date] as [print, ebook or both]. My budget for the cover is [budget] and I can spend [hours] hours.
Rules:
- Give at most 8 steps, each with one result I can show at the end of that step.
- Include studying the covers in my genre, writing a one-paragraph brief, generating artwork with an AI image generator, adding type in a design tool, and testing the cover as a small thumbnail.
- Do not state the cover size, bleed or file requirements of any printer or store as facts. Tell me to get them from the platform I publish on.
- Add a step that checks the image tool's terms for commercial use of covers.
- Where my details leave a choice open, ask me one question first.
Result:
A numbered list with an hour estimate per step. End with the three decisions I must make before step 3.