Thread: Making a cover
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Old 12-06-2010, 12:13 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by starapple View Post
Greetings. Are there any guidelines on making/designing a book cover using Sigil that displays properly?
Define "Properly"
On what? , When?
Some devices have special (non-standard) rules that need to be followed to get covers to appear in "book-shelve" type browsers


Most covers I have are JPG files, under 600x800px (the screen size on my e-ink based reader), embedded by Calibre or the publisher as the first page.
I suggest that you simply examine what was done (on one you think is "properly done") and borrow heavily from the style and code.

If you are wanting ti "Create" your own Artwork for a cover, A Graphisc program like:Gimp, Paintshop Pro... might do to create the original JPG.

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