Book Cover Design
Book cover design with genre-specific conventions, typography rules, and AI image...
Install
npx skills add inference-sh/skills --skill book-cover-design -g -a claude-code -y- Repository
- inference-sh/skills795
- Category
- Design
- Updated
- 20d ago
- License
- See repository
- Context cost
- Mediumabout 2,086 tokens
- Runs scripts
- No, instructions only
What it does
Book cover design with genre-specific conventions, typography rules, and AI image generation. Covers fiction and non-fiction genres, sizing, thumbnail testing, and iteration workflows. Use for: self-publishing, ebook covers, print covers, audiobook covers, cover mockups. Triggers: book cover, cover design, ebook cover, book art, novel cover, self publishing cover, kindle cover, audiobook cover, book jacket, cover illustration, fiction cover, nonfiction cover
Install the belt CLI skill:
npx skills add belt-sh/cli
Book Cover Design
Create genre-appropriate book covers with AI image generation via inference.sh CLI.
Quick Start
Requires inference.sh CLI (
belt). Install instructions
belt login
# Generate a thriller cover concept
belt app run falai/flux-dev-lora --input '{
"prompt": "dark moody book cover art, lone figure standing at end of a rain-soaked alley, dramatic chiaroscuro lighting, noir atmosphere, cinematic, high contrast shadows",
"width": 832,
"height": 1248
}'
Genre Conventions
Readers judge books by covers. Matching genre expectations is critical, a romance reader will skip a cover that looks like sci-fi, regardless of content.
Fiction
| Genre | Palette | Imagery | Typography | Mood |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thriller/Mystery | Dark (black, navy, blood red) | Lone figure, urban scenes, shadows | Bold sans-serif, all caps | Tense, ominous |
| Romance | Warm (pink, red, gold, soft purple) | Couples, flowers, scenic backdrops | Script/cursive, elegant serif | Passionate, dreamy |
| Sci-Fi | Cool (blue, teal, purple, silver) | Space, tech, geometric shapes | Clean sans-serif, futuristic | Vast, technological |
| Fantasy | Rich saturated (emerald, crimson, gold) | Swords, magic, landscapes, creatures | Decorative serif, ornamental | Epic, magical |
| Literary Fiction | Muted, sophisticated | Abstract, minimal, symbolic | Elegant serif, understated | Thoughtful, artistic |
| Horror | Dark with high contrast pops | Faces, shadows, isolation, decay | Distressed, bold, dripping | Dread, unease |
| Historical | Sepia, muted period-accurate | Period clothing, architecture, artifacts | Classical serif | Nostalgic, authentic |
