# Book Cover Design

Book cover design with genre-specific conventions, typography rules, and AI image...

- Repository: https://github.com/inference-sh/skills (795 stars)
- Category: Design
- License: see repository
- Last updated: 2026-10-15
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add inference-sh/skills --skill book-cover-design -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add inference-sh/skills --skill book-cover-design -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add inference-sh/skills --skill book-cover-design -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add inference-sh/skills --skill book-cover-design -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

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

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

> **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](https://inference.sh) CLI.

## Quick Start

> Requires inference.sh CLI (`belt`). [Install instructions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/inference-sh/skills/refs/heads/main/cli-install.md)

```bash
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 |

### Non-Fiction

The rest: https://github.com/inference-sh/skills/blob/HEAD/guides/design/book-cover-design/SKILL.md