Very basic BOOK COVER GUIDE

This was great I have been trying to make my own covers to and I think this will help me out so much..I have gimp, though I don't think I have all the brushes for that program and I am not sure how that happened...lol..If you have any more tips or anything that would help with making covers please let me know...:) Thank you in advance, Kimmy

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http://www.wattpad.com/4053465-love-for-the-bounty-hunter This is my first book cover :) Thank you so much for helping us out..I know this is not the best but I wanted to get the hang of the program...What do you all think for my first one?

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HELP my damn computer keeps saying my security settings doesnt allow this download.... Ive already tried making picasa a trusted site and EVERYTHING bit it just will not work!!!

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Thank you so much!!!!!!! I made a cover in less than 15 minutes, and I think it turned out awsome!!!!

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Finally, someone who is willing to help, thanks a bunch!!

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Thank you so much for this! I loved Picasa.

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thanks for posting this, helps alot :)

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Hmm. where can i get pictures that arent copyright?? except from taking it by myself?? but anyways. thanks for posting this! ^^ @CarolinaV

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This is the best thing that has happened on Wattpad. Thanksfor your help. Picasa rocks. @CarolinaV

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Thanks...............You are a life saver!

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Another easy way is using photobucket

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@CarolinaV what size should the cover be?

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Hey, where do I make a book cover? I can't find it sorry I'm new here. >___

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go to photobuckte its the best place for making book covers.

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Thank you sooo much!!! :D

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Hi, can anyone help? I filled out the little thingy with the info a while ago-maybe a month ago. But I havent had anything back so I wanted to redo my order thing but cannot find it on any of the pages. Any help will be much appreciated xx

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I got the trial for photoshop; does anyone know how to use this program? If you can help me please let me know.. I am so lost lol..Thanks in advance

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http://www.wattpad.com/3876588-heart-without-a-beat-one-direction-fanfic

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Thanks!! This helped so much! :)

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Does anyone know if there's a way to retain the quality of a book cover especially the text?

For example:

The Original: http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa60/gayle_chua/WattpadBC/ReflectionoftheSoul-PoetryCover3.jpg

Uploaded: http://a.wattpad.net/cover/1133561-256-955375.jpg

There's a difference there... the text quality for example. But if you view it from an iPad, the quality's perfect. Am I being paranoid or what? @.@

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Do u make covers cuz I don't have computer.

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i can make one yes. but id need details on what you want on it and what you want the title to be and how you want it to be written

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@CjayS42 Except if used transformatively, not derivatively: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use

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@superpfromearth But how can you claim that Wattpad users create their works tranformatively? Book covers are not anywhere near as small as thumbnails, and most images used for them are not published in real life already.

More importanly, Wattpad is Canadian, not every user on Wattpad will have a country with ewual copyright laws.

That being said, I do agree that book covers can be used in fair use. But few actually understand the difference between fair use and copyright infrignement, and any attempt to explain it to them usually ends in them ingoring the explainer, as they can't understand them. In the long run, it's much easier to simply explain to people that it's often better to not use any random image from the internet.

Perfect example: The attribution creative commons license requires the original image creator to be credited. Few do this.

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THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!! @CarolinaV

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