Book Design Courses and Certifications

Visual Narrative for Picturebooks: Create a Playful World

Learn to build a digital illustrated story with the three-act structure and assemble your first picturebook

• Domestika
• 1 hour 42 minutes
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Book Printing in Adobe Lightroom Classic

Book Printing in Adobe Lightroom Classic with Jared Platt

• CreativeLive
• 58 minutes
• On-Demand
• $29.00

Thinking Like A Book Designer

Thinking Like A Book Designer with Jessica Helfand, Michael Bierut

• CreativeLive
• 4 hours 37 minutes
• On-Demand
• $49.00

Adobe

Designing a Print-Ready Book - Part 1

Learn to design a print-ready book using InDesign and Photoshop. Create custom layouts, dynamic fonts, and color palettes while exploring self-care tips for pandemic survival with designer Anjela Freyja.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 58 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

InDesign CC Developing Long Documents, Books, and Manuals

InDesign is the best application for producing long documents, books, and manuals. This course will teach you the required skills, help you to develop the strategies, and guide you through mastering the InDesign features to publish long documents.

• Pluralsight
• 3 hours 22 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Adobe InDesign Bootcamp

262 ratings at Noble Desktop

Master professional page layout design with Adobe InDesign, from basic text styling to advanced techniques like master pages, tables, and book creation for producing polished publications and marketing materials.

• Noble Desktop
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Introduction to Imagemaking

2875 ratings at Coursera

Explore imagemaking techniques, expand visual vocabulary, and learn to create compositions, culminating in designing an image-based book. Experiment fearlessly and focus on hands-on practice.

• Coursera
• 11 hours 43 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Make Money Selling Low Content Books On Amazon, No Writing

652 ratings at Udemy

Create Journals, Diaries, Sketchbooks, (Low Content Books) and more, earning Passive Income, no writing needed

• Udemy
• 3-4 hours
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Publish your children's book in print: A Crash Course

373 ratings at Udemy

Everything you need to know to create, proof, publish and list your children's book in print on Amazon for free.

• Udemy
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Affinity Publisher Guide - Affinity Publisher for Beginners

217 ratings at Udemy

Learn Affinity Publisher (part of Affinity Suite) as Fast As Possible. From Affinity Publisher Beginner To Advanced.

• Udemy
• 3 hours 14 minutes
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Sell Amazon KDP Low Content Books for Passive Income

151 ratings at Udemy

Self Publish Low or No-Content Books On Amazon KDP - Passive Income Online with a ZERO Dollar budget

• Udemy
• 5 hours 56 minutes
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

How to Write a Book for Amazon Kindle

32 ratings at Udemy

The Ultimate Guide to Write Both an eBook and Paperback for Amazon, All From One Manuscript Inside LibreOffice.

• Udemy
• 4 hours 41 minutes
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Exploring books for children: words and pictures

47 ratings at OpenLearn

Many people have fond memories of the stories they encountered in childhood, perhaps especially of those wonderful picture books and illustrated tales which fired our young imaginations and ...

• OpenLearn
• 8 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

Layout and Composition: Grids

349 ratings at LinkedIn Learning

Learn why grids are so important and how to use them to create strong and consistent designs.

• LinkedIn Learning
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Designing a Book

333 ratings at LinkedIn Learning

Learn how to design a book with Adobe InDesign. Find out how to place and style text, add images, create the book cover, and prepare your design for printing.

• LinkedIn Learning
• 3 hours 41 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available