This is not something you can easily do yourself, as evidenced by the fact that interior designers charge a lot of money for their work. That’s a big mistake, and it’s why we recommend hiring a professional to design your book’s interior as well as the cover. Readers might not know why it looks unprofessional, but their gut instinct will tell them something’s off as soon as they open the book. If any of these decisions aren’t cohesive with the rest of the design, your book won’t look good-and it won’t represent you the way you want it to. Interior book designers make a LOT of artistic decisions, like: This may not seem obvious, so let me explain. Book covers look artistic.īut designing the inside of a book takes a lot of work too.
The design effort that goes into a book cover is pretty obvious. If you want your book to look professional, it needs to look great inside and out.