Despite the face of the book, the creative book covers are crowd-pullers. With a vibrant, animated and eye-catching book cover, your self-published book will sell double than you expected. Yes, it’s a cutthroat truth of the present-day readers who purchase books in whichever format only if they get attracted to the cover.
So, self-publishing writers should be well-versed in the fact that whichever agency they select to publish their next book whether in the form of an eBook on Amazon or a printed copy on Barns & Noble- the cover should be impressive and created by following the futuristic trends of cover designing.
While interviewing or conversing with the shortlisted self-book publishers in London, you must also add this point about their opinion regarding the trending book cover designs.
Let’s find some queues of the top book cover trends this year—
Illustrations are taking over
Readers are more excited to pick up vibrant covers with colourful illustrations on them. With an expert illustrator, you can create a uniquely designed cover for your upcoming book storytelling the major incidents or the theme of your book.
Despite the inner book illustration design works, you can also request the illustrator at the self-publishing agency to create a unique portrayal of a cover design spreading positive and romantic vibes among readers instead of using realistic photos.
Especially if your genre is a romantic, young adult, cosy mystery, or coffee shop reading- then take fresh ideas on cover illustrations and the apt use of typography with large cursive or serif from the Japanese books.
Pop art & retro vibes are in trend
Have you checked out the recent cover designs of Paulo Coelho’s book Hippie? The book showcases one of the best examples of pop art with a retro vibe in it. If your genre is women’s fiction, romantic comedy, or romance then try the retro element book cover designs.
Gothic Implications
At Maple Publication you have the opportunity to meet some of the finest illustrators and cover designers already proven their expertise in gothic art. While designing the covers for sci-fi books or horror or mystery books they have already done their experimentations with monochromes with a touch of bold scarlet and the rightful setup of typography. Like Stephen King, you can also ask to keep the writer’s name bigger than the title, however, do it only if you are a famous writer like King or Lee in the first place.