How to make a great Memo cover

Select an image that portrays the main subject, theme or idea that your Memo is all about. For example, the book "How Not to Die" is all about a vegan diet, so a photo of someone eating healthy would be great. Faces do the best!

Images can be sourced from photos you have taken personally or from copyright-free image websites like Unsplash.com, Canva.com or many others.

Size your image. The ideal Memo Cover is 1000 pixels X 1334 pixels and this can be rotated either portrait or landscape. You can also proportionally reduce that size if needed.

Choose a Thumbnail Title that is between 1-4 words. It should be easy to understand and as short as possible so that it doesn't take over the cover.

Recommended fonts are simple, legible, sans-serif fonts like Gibson, Oswald or Arial.

Highlighting your title helps it to stand out from the background image. Just be sure that the font color and highlight color are not too similar or hard to read.

Colors that tend to work well for text backgrounds are Red (#C7140C), Orange (#FD7A3C), Magenta (#BE078C), Green (#1FAA3C), Blue (#238EBC) and purple (#781AAC)

Arrange your text so that the image still stands out and there are no faces covered by text. Also aim to keep your text centered or off the edges of the image as much as possible so they do not get cut off.

Simple shapes like squares, rectangles or even just a line can add a nice eye-catching visual element to your cover.

Remember: The best file types for Memo covers are .PNG or .JPG (and about 500kb in size). Know that transperent backgrounds are no supported. Any clear layers will appear as white.