Turn YOUR book cover into 👉 a killer Facebook Ad 🏆with Canva 🎨

Published 2024-06-23
The Image Workshop is here to turn your book cover into a killer Facebook Ad. Follow along as I use free tools like Canva to make winning Facebook Ads just using the book cover and the cover art. Learn about composition, and how your design choices can impact the emotional response from readers. And see how these principles play out across a range of genres from romance and thrillers, to science fiction, fantasy, and historical fiction.

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00:00 Intro
01:22 Bed-Bugged by Susan J. Kroupa (all ages Cozy/Pet Mystery)
23:56 The Exiled Queen by Roxana Arama (Roman=themed Historical Fantasy)
42:30 The Return of the Martians by Mark Hood (Science Fiction)
47:53 In The Silence by M.R. Mackenzie (UK Crime Thriller)
1:00:53 My Book Boyfriend by Kathy Strobos (Romantic Comedy)
1:11:38 Talon The Slayer by A.A. Warren (Space Adventure)
1:24:18 The Norse Queen by Johanna Wittenberg (Viking Historical Fiction)
1:43:09 Outro - coming in Episod

All Comments (21)
  • @DavidGaughran
    To all those people pointing it out... yes, I should have just used the pipette in Canva itself to pick the color. I'm never entirely sure what is a Pro feature and what isn't, so tried to play it safe. For example, there's a handy background removal feature in Canva now but it's only available to Pro subscribers, last time I checked. And in fact it's not as good as the third-party site I recommend, and often doesn't remove the background as cleanly. In this specific case though, yes, for sure, use the feature right there in Canva instead! I'll try and remember it's there next time...
  • Thank you so much for the stunning ad for The Exiled Queen! Going to create the ad now and try it out :)
  • Welcome back, David! Overjoyed that you've returned with your excellent, clear & immediately useful info. You're the best!
  • Thanks so much for making an ad for My Book Boyfriend! I love it!
  • in addition to everything being amazing, this was really valuable for me to see what the book pages look like when someone logs in from Europe. I sometimes forget to make my prices "pretty" in other currencies on Amazon and I need to really do that!
  • @taylorckt
    Love the Norse Queen looking at the book!
  • @katiem7142
    Loved this - picked up some great tips and love your dry humour 😊
  • I do like your making the dollar sign smaller! It feels less "grabby," less "give me your money now!" and more like an offer I'd want to click on. I was also thrilled to see my novel (Necessary Sins) in your Canva dashboard. I'm waiting on tenterhooks, hoping you'll create an ad with it in a future workshop! 🤞
  • Love the way you centered the dog. Not sure about the dollar sign being smaller, but it looks good to me. I agree about the quotes.
  • @KC-fg3oe
    Why not use the eyedropper function in canva to match the pink?
  • Super helpful and informative! Thanks so very much! Love your videos, they are the best! 😍🤩🏆🏆🏆✨
  • @arbrador
    So useful and even a great Canva tutorial. Thanks!