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Originally Posted by montsnmags
Just to bump this back up...
If a person was interested in creating book covers, what would be the proposed "standards" for doing so. What I mean is:
- should they be a predetermined ratio?
- should they be a predetermined pixel size?
- should both colour and greyscale be provided?
- should the title and author have any specific placement requirement?
- is it not just a "one graphic" thing (i.e. do separate thumbnails need creating)?
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My thoughts (since I lack the artist skills required to put all this together
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- should they be a predetermined ratio?
I think 600x800 is a "good" aspect ratio (0.75)
- should they be a predetermined pixel size?
Again 600x800 is a nice size to start with and the ebook creating software can scale it down, if required (hopefully maintaining the aspect ratio)
- should both colour and greyscale be provided?
Colour for sure! Then let the ebook creation software handle the grayscale down-convert. Devices improve over time and when colour screens are the "norm", the ebooks will "come alive"! 
- should the title and author have any specific placement requirement?
IMHO, I like to see title (first and above) in a larger point-size font than Author. Placement can be anywhere it works with the background image, if any.
- is it not just a "one graphic" thing (i.e. do separate thumbnails need creating)?
Again, if you provide just the main graphic cover image, then hopefully the ebook creation software (like Mobipocket Creator) will provide the thumbnail.
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I guess what I am looking at is some kind of guide to creating them that would generally be satisfactory for most, if not all, users. My questions above might reflect my lack of knowledge, but perhaps establishing guidelines that can be "Sticky"ed in the forum might create momentum for creation (which is, I guess, the point of this thread...I'm just sayin', is all  ).
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Yes, let's table all the different variations and see if there is some "preferred" format. Personal tastes will get in the way, but at least "talking" about it will allow others to use this "talk" as a guide.
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My interest, apart from creating custom covers for my own books, is that I may be able to contribute photographs as requests for covers come in.
Cheers,
Marc
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Let the custom covers roll-in....