Book & eBook Cover Design Course (Udemy.com)

This course was a very good introduction to the process of cover design. I felt like both instructors were qualified to teach in their respective fields and that it delivered the value I was hoping for. The reason I selected a four-star rating instead of five is that some of the videos, particularly in the intro part of the series, took much longer than they needed to without delivering on content. There were a few where the instructor kept repeating the same info and could have said the same thing in half the length of time. Once we got into the actual content, I really liked it and learned a lot about the crucial concepts of cover design from Amy and simple techniques that a beginner can do in Photoshop from Phil.

It's help you to know every thing about e_book more than give you real practical on Photoshop with more details and inside Photoshop, but it's really good, I like it

Not a good course. First few lectures are largely about Ebiner and very self involved and lengthy. There is a lot of waffle in this course which doesn't help or inspire. Lecture style is too casual and drawn out to make the course longer. Suddenly we have "Amy", another instructor who is not introduced, nor do we know what her background in graphics or ebook design is. Her lecture on rules for graphic design starts with "Colour is important"!!! Really too basic for most people. Photoshop skills are very basic and Ebiner mostly promotes his own photoshop course to purchase. For anyone with graphics skills this is way to basic and time wasting. Course is fleshed out with many descriptions of ebook covers with very dull comments. Project at end is very basic. You would need more skill with photoshop to design covers, particularly to sell. Unimpressed.

This is a GREAT course. It has all the key information needed to get the cover for your ebook done. The tips that Amy give about colours and text seems simple but a lot of times this concepts are underrated. Phil is such a nice instructor that is able to transfer his knowledge to you without any complicated explanation, just in a plain and simple way. This is a HIGHLY RECOMMENDED course.

Straight and to the point. Phil explains the content well. He also shows you examples of good ebook covers, and bad ones. Amy had some amazing content as well, that really made me start thinking about different titles, and how I buy content on Amazon. Started to all make sense! A nice page or two pdf with wrap up material from Amy would have been good. Color temps, how they are normally used, and Amy's top 10 tips.

Content was very useful, but the delivery is annoying. Too much talking in the beginning, and the pace is too slow until the end, when the instructor is actually demonstrating useful information. However I did pick up some useful information about creating ebook covers, even though I use Gimp, not Photoshop. I just skipped the Photoshop lectures.

It is a very good and simple course that will help you to learn the basics of creating your first E-book cover. I, however, think it's a bit expensive for what it is taught. Don't get me wrong; the information is pretty good. But I think that adding more of the "Nuts & Bolts" of designing a book cover would be better for people with more knowledge or experience with Photoshop (experience that beginners can eventually achieve). I know that the first half of the course is theory and it is needed, but, getting to the final half the course became exponentially better and got me very interested. As a finally thought, I think the course is good. A bit too expensive for what it offers, but good nonetheless. I'm also pretty sure that it can get better with a few updates here and there and then the $50 course will be well worth it. Thank you Philip for all your help!

4.75 stars given for a really good course. The ding of a quarter point is just because it's not as strong in graphic design as I had wished...BUT it gets bonus points for helping me learn more about some basic Photoshop challenges I was having. I will definitely look for more of Phil's courses to take. He's a really likable guy, and knows his stuff.

As a complete novice, I was concerned that I wouldn't be able to follow along. Phil makes everything very easy, clearly explaining each step from the beginning. The examples are helpful, particularly because Phil walks you through his thought process around creative design & how to choose from various options. Great course - thanks!

I had NO expectations going into this course with ONE exception - and that ONE exception was met. So great job there! I'm a writer and product creator myself, but after taking this course I look at research a little different and I now feel that I can educate others on the importance of getting their own eBook covers to pop and sell. Nicely done Philip!