book-cover-design

--- name: book-cover-design 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" allowed-tools: Bash(infsh *) --- # 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 (`infsh`). Get installation instructions: `npx skills add inference-sh/skills@agent-tools` ```bash infsh login # Generate a thriller cover concept infsh 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* [... prompt truncated for preview ...]