{"id":296,"date":"2017-08-02T17:09:03","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T17:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/opentextbooked2\/?post_type=chapter&p=296"},"modified":"2022-07-20T19:34:26","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T19:34:26","slug":"textbook-cover","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/selfpublishguide\/chapter\/textbook-cover\/","title":{"raw":"Textbook Cover","rendered":"Textbook Cover"},"content":{"raw":"\r\n\r\n\r\n
\u00a0\"The<\/a><\/td>\r\n\"The<\/a><\/td>\r\n\"The<\/a><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n \r\n\r\nA professional looking cover helps ensure a good first impression for your open textbook, so we advise that you use the services of a professional, such a graphic designer, for this task. Covers for textbooks published for the BCcampus collection rely on a template devised by our marketing department. Above are three examples. The art for\u00a0Database Design, 2nd Edition<\/em><\/a>\u00a0was selected with guidance from our project team; the photo for BC Reads: Adult Literacy Fundamental English, Course Pack 2<\/em><\/a>, was chosen by the textbook's author, and the collage of photos used for\u00a0Introduction to Tourism and Hospitality in BC<\/em><\/a> was a collective decision made by the team of writers behind this book.\r\n\r\nIf you're working with an academic press or your organization's publishing department, they might create a textbook cover for you. If not, then see the Open Textbook Cover Toolkit<\/a> found in the\u00a0 Print-on-Demand Guide<\/em>.\r\n\r\nIncorporate the creation of the textbook cover into the project's timeline\u00a0and allow time to review the cover's draft and to make changes if needed. (See Project Charter and Timeline<\/a>.) Provide clear instructions to the designer about information the cover should contain. This includes items such as:\r\n