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Have you ever wondered how you can design your own eBooks but you:

Don’t know what tools to use to design your eBooks with?
Have little to no design skills?
Have tried designing them in the past, but didn't work out?

I understand how you are feeling. If you are ready to learn how to design eBooks with Canva then keep reading. In this post I will be showing you the following:

The step-by-step process I use to design my own and my clients’ eBooks with Canva.
Four amazing places to get inspiration for your eBook designs.
A video tutorial on how to design an eBook using Canva.

Now while I'll be sharing tips and tricks you can use to design eBooks with Canva, (like the ones shown below from the Joricreatives shop. First, let's talk about how Canva works and how easy it is to start creating your ebook today!

Ebook template in the Joricreatives shop

What is Canva?

Canva is a free graphic design platform that allows you to create amazing and professional-looking visual content without any design knowledge or experience. This is possible using Canva’s easy-to-use drag-and-drop feature and professional layouts to design consistently stunning graphics. You can pretty much do anything using Canva's templates: change colors, add text, remove it and move it around as you please.

All you need to do is sign up for a free account and start creating!

Another amazing thing about Canva is that it is easily accessible from any computer with an internet connection. You can log in to your Canva account, access your eBook designs, and make changes to them at any time. Once you create your brand new design, it's automatically saved to your free account so that you can always go back and make changes to it whenever you want.

Even if you've never designed graphics in your life, with Canva you can create beautiful eBooks in minutes, instead of struggling with difficult design programs.

Check out this video where I show you how I edit an ebook template in Canva and how it works. You can also get a free copy of the Complete Checklist for Designing Your ebook in Canva here.

Free checklist to designing your ebook in canva| joricreatives

Where to Find Design Inspiration for your eBooks.

Let's be honest, sometimes coming up with a design right off the bat can be challenging, and having these resources to draw inspiration from has been really helpful. Here are four places you can get design inspiration for your ebooks.

1. Pinterest.
Whenever I need inspiration for any kind of design, my number one go-to is Pinterest. Pinterest is not just a visual network where you save pictures to and that it is. Pinterest is a gold mine of design inspiration and a huge visual search engine. Whenever you need inspiration for any design, type in the keyword you need to search for in the search field, and then check out all the designs that come up. For example, in the screenshot below, I searched for birthday card designs.

Once the results come up, you can simply "Pin" a design that you like to one of your Pinterest Boards.

How to Organize and Collect Designs that you Like on Pinterest.

One of the easiest ways to organize and gather designs you want for potential Pinterest design projects is through the use of secret boards. A secret board on Pinterest is a board that only you can see, allowing you to keep the ideas of your design private. If you save a pin on a secret board, it's not going to appear anywhere.

Here is a secret board I created for store ideas

2. Dribble.
Dribble is another amazing place to find design inspiration. Dribbble is a platform where designers gain inspiration, feedback, a community, and jobs from. This is a good resource to discover what designers are doing worldwide. On the platform, there is an inspiration tab where you can search for any design idea.

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Ebook search result on Dribble

I use this platform whenever I need to see what other designers are doing and it is been a very helpful tool in my design journey. It is absolutely free to join and you can interact with other designers as well.

3. Google Images

Google images allow users to search the World Wide Web for image content. This is also great to find images on the web for inspiration for your ebook designs.

Ebook design search result on Google Images

4. Amazon.com
This is another great place to get inspiration for your designs. You can see what other designers and writers are doing here.

Ebook search result on Amazon

Watch how I created an ebook on Canva here.

I hope you found the information on this blog post helpful and that it triggers the jumpstart to your ebook creation journey. Thank you so much for reading.

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