How To Create an eBook With Canva and Issuu
Storytelling is one of the oldest forms of communication, passing down history, culture, and traditions from generation to generation. Even today, stories are impactful tools, and an eBook is a perfect way to spark imagination, share your ideas, and facilitate change.
Create an eBook in Canva to get your big idea down on (digital) paper and publish it for the world to read. Then, use Issuu’s app in Canva to unlock page-flipping animations and interactive multimedia elements that will leave your audience craving more of what you’re so passionate about creating. Let’s talk about how to publish an eBook with the powerful duo of Canva and Issuu.
Why Use Issuu’s App on Canva?
Many professionals like you are not expert graphic designers–and there’s a common understanding that creating something from scratch is a big undertaking. Templates streamline your content creation process, and Canva takes even more work and stress off your hands with thousands of beautiful (and free!) templates to get started.
Canva and Issuu turn basic creations into dynamic, engaging assets that you can monetize, track, and share across all channels and devices. Plus, you get to reach a wider audience with eye-catching, accessible eBook content that doesn’t break the budget when it comes to publishing or elevating your work.
Here are just a few more reasons Issuu and Canva are a powerhouse team:
Budget-friendly for small businesses
Time-saving for busy teams
User-friendly for non-technical, non-designers
Sustainable and eco-conscious, with no wasted paper glue or carbon emissions from shipping
No sacrifice on professional-looking eBooks
Steps To Create an eBook With Canva & Issuu
Effortlessly turn your Canva eBook into an Issuu flipbook that feels like you’re holding a physical book in your hands–but with the convenience and ease of sharing it globally with just a few clicks. It’s incredibly simple to get started and transform your work into a mesmerizing reading experience. Here’s how:
1. Use Canva’s Customizable eBook Templates
From recipe eBook designs to children’s picture book layouts, Canva’s user-friendly drag-and-drop interface makes it easy to customize a preexisting eBook template. Just like a shopper browsing through an in-person book store, your eBook cover is the first thing readers see. Draw them in with eye-catching colors, bold fonts, or thought-provoking graphics and illustrations. For example, the whimsical and feminine illustration eBook cover is quirky and fun, while the dramatic black and red of the black textured self-help eBook cover is thought-provoking.
Scroll through the Canva templates to find a design that fits your story idea and tone. Then, add icons, imagery, illustrations, and copy to tell your tale.
2. Transform It with Issuu’s App on Canva
With Issuu integrated right into Canva, it only takes a few clicks to export and publish your design, turning it into an interactive flipbook and other engaging assets. And one of the best parts? You can preview what your design will look like on Issuu way before clicking on that final “Publish” button.
3. Add Interactive Elements on Issuu
Make your story burst off the page with multimedia elements like auto-playing Videos and share it with a distraction-free Fullscreen view to capture and hold the readers’ interest. Issuu’s eBook creator makes it easy for your audience to consume your content and dive deeper into what you have to say by adding Links on relevant pages.
4. Publish, Host, and Distribute on Issuu
There’s no need to search for a traditional publishing house or worry about the cost of printing and binding a physical book. eBook publishing on Issuu is easy, quick, and environmentally friendly! Embed your newest creation on your own website with no coding needed, or simply host it on Issuu. The best stories are ones shared with others, so don’t be shy about blasting the eBook link across all your social channels.
With Issuu’s eBook maker, bring your creative dreams to life. Don’t let your message and stories sit in the back of your mind; check them off your bucket list by starting your eBook in Canva instead! It’s never been easier to lift the words off the page with Issuu’s all-in-one publishing platform that easily captures any reader’s attention — and keeps it! Get started by choosing your template in Canva to kickstart your work.