Although AI is now a core source of empowering various aptitudes in diverse industries, from IT to banking, the publishing industry is also witnessing shifting trends in multiple sectors, including book formatting services, cover design, and layout design.
Self-publishing authors have to shoulder the additional responsibilities despite finishing the final manuscript. If you are one of them then you must know about the efforts you have to put from finding a good agency such as the White Magic Studios to customizing the services that you need considering the type of publishing your are expecting from them.
From finalizing the creative book layout design to the cover design and from the final editing to selecting the platform to publish your book, you have to plan everything strategically to witness a successful self-publication.
Before you delve deeper into knowing about the diverse AI-integrated or manual services that you can avail of from the shortlisted agency like the White Magic Studios- get a glimpse of the key creative book layout design trends ruling the publishing industries these days.
The focus on trending design aesthetics
Trend of minimalism & white canvas is creating ripples
Any creative present-day book layout designer will let you understand the growing trend of minimalism and use of more white spaces is actually leaving a deep impact on readers. Today’s readers are more interested in simple and less ornamented layouts of the books that they wish to read. So, together with your layout designer you can focus on creating an approachable, minimal, and open layout design to offer a comfortable reading experience to your readers.
Rise of Pop Art & Retro Elements
The latest book covers of most bestsellers have imbibed pop art and retro style while designing. The vibrant pop art, iconic retro elements and the use of bright colours are leaving an individualistic approach to the book while designing the layouts. Many youngsters or even people from the Baby Boomer generation appreciate reading those books to re-live that retro time when they were young.
Large fonts & Bold Typography
In the recent past, the world has witnessed how simple yet effective covers and layouts of a book can be by witnessing the Nobel Prize winning novel Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead that also won the Man Booker International Prize by Olga Tokarczuk. Followed by different other books by the same writer, we have seen how a white bold title of the book says it all on the navy blue backdrop. This book cover layout might be the simplest of any cover designs however depicted the point about how a bold typography with large fonts can create a deep impact on the readers.
Emotional reasons
Playing with the emotional parameters is also the focus of any creative book layout designer. The designs can convey romance and passion with soft hues and dreamy typography, while edgy typography with sharper fonts is used for dark romance or thrillers.
The colour combination and the style of fonts that you use leave a prominent mark among the readers and help in their decision-making as well, whether to buy the book or not.
Genre & Audience’s acceptance
While buying book layout services, discuss with the expert regarding their input on the genre-specific formatting and how far they can stretch to make the cover layout design more convincing, edgy and trending without any question.
The cover designs and layout of your rom-com book must have a softer demeanour than that of a thriller book. Likewise the typography is also strategically designed by using the bold, italics or normal patterns.
Audience’s acceptance
Make sure that the designer you are working with has ample knowledge about the genre in which you have written the book and they should also be awarded or praised for exhibiting their exceptional creativity while designing the layout including the font, spiral and back cover of the book.
It can be even better if you choose to get a different cover design or layout for your eBook version of the new book. From Stephen King to many other bestselling writers today are designing different cover layouts for their UK and US readers along with segregating them between eBooks and hardcopies. You can also follow the same path to get further acceptance from the target audience.
AI- Designing
This is the dominant era of AI, and the publishing industry is not out of it, as already mentioned in the beginning. Therefore, whether you like it or not, despite the manual efforts, depending on AI-designed interactions should be accepted for better sales reach.
Brand building is also a part of this layout designing endeavour as with consistent designing of a series by the same author creates an instant recognition and earns readers’ loyalty.