Saturday, September 22, 2012

Creating an ebook cover


Here is a list of links for sites for FREE images to use for creating ebook covers.

http://www.sxc.hu/
http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/top-images.php
http://www.arspublik.com/
http://picdrome.com/
http://www.freephotogaleries.com/
http://www.freestockphotos.biz/
http://www.photoshopsupport.com/resources/stock-photos/nasa-planets.html
http://publicphoto.org/
http://totallyfreeimages.com/ (Great for Real historical images)
http://www.dotgovwatch.com/?/archives/8-The-Best-Copyright-Free-Photo-Libraries.html
http://freerangestock.com
http://www.everystockphoto.com/
http://www.morguefile.com/ (Don’t freak out about the name, it’s not a bunch of dead people images.)
http://www.cgtextures.com/index.php
http://www.stockvault.net/


Here is a list of links for images you will need to pay for:

http://www.bigstockphoto.com
http://www.dreamstime.com
http://www.istockphoto.com/
http://www.123rf.com/
http://www.shutterstock.com/
http://www.corbisimages.com/
http://www.gettyimages.com/
http://www.thinkstockphotos.com/
http://www.veer.com/products/images/?s_kwcid=veer&gclid=CK_u_fbZ2rACFUFo4AodYydl2Q
http://us.fotolia.com/
http://www.canstockphoto.com/
http://www.jupiterimages.com/
http://www.fotosearch.com/

Here’s a list of links to FREE editing sites:

http://www.gimp.org/
http://inkscape.org/
http://pixlr.com/editor/
http://www.photoscape.org/ps/main/index.php
http://picasa.google.com/
http://fotoflexer.com/
http://www.getpaint.net/

If you are an a budget and would like someone to put together a cover for you - visit www.proofwhereneeded.blogspot.ca