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Free online cover maker .

Create your very own book cover with professionally designed cover templates on your side. No experience required.

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Make professional covers for any medium in Adobe Express.

A well-designed cover can help put the spotlight on your e-book, magazine, or portfolio. Pique your audience’s interest with a visually enticing cover made using professionally designed free cover templates fit for any genre or niche in Adobe Express. No need to be tech-savvy to make one-of-a-kind covers. Upload your media, drag and drop thousands of free Adobe Stock icons, images, fonts, and so much more to make something that’s as unique as your book in minutes. Then, promote it to the world in print or digital formats. No design know-how needed.

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How to use the free cover maker.

Edit cover images with ease.

Using a professional headshot for your cover page? Get full control over the look and feel of your cover images with powerful Adobe Express photo editing tools on your side. Use the Adjustments menu to lighten dark photos by using brightness and shadow sliders. Increase contrast to make colors pop. Include your title and author details with over 18,000 gorgeous Adobe Fonts to choose from.

Promote your work digitally and in print.

Use the Resize tool to turn your cover design into a social media ad, post, flyer, or poster in just a few taps. Turn your cover design into a trendy ad when you apply animated effects to any element in your cover to liven up visuals and capture your online audience’s attention.

Self-publishing made easy.

A captivating cover allows helps you grab the attention of online customers or pique the interest of browsing passerby in a bookstore. From magazines and books to notebooks and portfolios, the Adobe Express cover maker lets you make stunning covers your way. Use our free cover maker to create a cover design for any genre of literature you write and give your audience a sneak peak of what to expect in your story’s plot. Or, design a notebook cover that best matches your aesthetic in minutes.

Make captivating cover designs with ease.

Whether you’re after a minimal aesthetic or something more elaborate, with the Adobe Express cover maker on your side, you can make amazing covers that will grab people’s attention and make them want to read your work. To make an effective cover design, avoid making it too cluttered with too much text or images. Keep things simple and opt for easy-to-read fonts. Use some key themes from your own work to make a cover design that gives readers an idea of what your book is about. Or follow a color scheme to keep things visually coherent all around.

Create easier with the Adobe Express cover maker.

Create your cover confidently with powerful, beginner-friendly, Adobe Express online editing tools. Whatever vision, style, or aesthetic you imagine, you can easily bring it to life with tons of free cover templates by your side. Find thousands of royalty-free images, videos, fonts, icons, and so much more to further customize your cover. Drag and drop your design elements or assets, then rearrange or resize as you like. Create a cover that feels entirely authentic when you add your favorite color schemes, brand logo, fonts, and so much more. Before you wrap up your cover design, co-edit your project with others in real-time using an editable share link to make sure everything looks good.