About 80% of people have the desire to write a book at some point.
With the advance of computer and printing technology, this dream
can become a reality. One important factor of publishing a book is
to create a professional looking book cover. This book uses book
cover design as a case study to teach you how to use FREE Scribus
software (instead of expensive professional software like InDesign,
Photoshop, and QuarkXpress) to create professional presentations.
With fewer words and many full color screenshots, we walk you step
by step through the entire process. No prior experience is needed.
You will learn how to:
1.Download all the FREE software needed.
2.Put the cover template in correct formats.
3.Set up the sheet correctly using units, colors (RGB or CMYK),
layers, the imported cover template, sizes, guides, bleed area, and
safety margin.
4.Add the background color for the cover with a shape or image
frame.
5.Add the cover image and author's photo, as well as how to
handle a fully bleed image.
6.Add the titles and text accurately, including information on
selecting or changing the text color, using the text box, centering
the text, aligning different text boxes, and rotating the text.
7.Add the barcode by extracting the barcode from an EPS file and
moving all the barcode elements together or by adding the barcode
as a JPEG image file.
8.Use Scribus software to create professional presentations such
as book covers, magazine covers, graphic designs, posters,
newsletters, renderings, and more.
About the authors
Alice Chen is an avid Scribus user. She has extensive interest
in presentation software, and resides in California.
Gang Chen holds a master's degree from the School of
Architecture, University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles,
and a bachelor's degree from the School of Architecture, South
China University of Technology. He has over 20 years of
professional experience. Many of the projects he was in charge of
or participated in have been published extensively in Architecture,
Architectural Record, The Los Angeles Times, The Orange County
Register, etc. He has worked on a variety of unusual projects,
including well-known, large-scale healthcare and hospitality
projects with over one billion dollars in construction costs,
award-winning school designs, highly-acclaimed urban design and
streetscape projects, multifamily housing, high-end custom homes,
and regional and neighborhood shopping centers.
Gang Chen is a LEED AP and a licensed architect in California.
He is also the internationally acclaimed author for other
fascinating books, including Building Construction, Planting Design
Illustrated, and the LEED Exam Guide series, which includes one
guidebook for each of the LEED exams.
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