Book cover templates

[ali_4619]

Hi I'm trying to find book cover templates - with front & back covers & spine. Not dust jacket. I've looked in Adobe Stock which I subscribe to, searched a lot online and looked at printers' free templates. But I can find almost nothing. Are there a few websites you would recommend with free templates?

[Barb Binder]

What was your search term on Stock? I used "book covers" and have 100 pages. 

https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=book+covers&search_type=autosuggest

A lot are Photoshop (.PSDT) and Illustrator (.AIT) but they should work if you have an All Apps subcription. 

~Barb

[ali_4619]

Thank you so much.  Most of these are not InDesign files though from the hour or so I spent looking previously. They are mostly JPGs, PTSD etc. I did find a couple but was hoping for more choice. 

[Derek Cross]

Not sure if this is what you want, but for those producing book covers of all sizes and kinds regularly, I can thoroughly recommend this InDesign plugin: https://www.danrodney.com/scripts/makebookjacket.html

[Eugene Tyson]

On Adobe Stock 

https://stock.adobe.com/ie/search/templates?filters%5Bcontent_type%3Atemplate%5D=1&filters%5Bcompati...

 Set your filters 

You can find some with spines like this one

https://stock.adobe.com/ie/templates/digest-paperback-cover-layout/625391750

However, this seems more like a mockup rather than template to use. 

However, there are plenty of ideas and covers to choose from.

And plenty of forum topics for setup

https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/how-to-set-out-a-book-cover-with-indesign-includ...

[Colin Flashman]

Just had a look on Adobe Stock and competitors and agree that most of the fare on offer is for mockups rather than an actual InDesign file that's ready to go.

@Derek Cross provided a link to a good script to make a book cover from scratch. Similarly, Indiscripts has a paid book cover maker for InDesign (https://indiscripts.com/category/projects/HurryCover) that I've reviewed on my own blog (https://colecandoo.com/2024/07/23/indiscripts-hurry-cover-3-has-it-covered/).

Note that Marc from Indiscripts and I have known each other for a while so take this into consideration when reading the article, though this declaration is mentioned at the end of the article.