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The Best Book Templates for Adobe InDesign

Grace Fussel — Wed, 09 Mar 2022 11:45:22 +0000

Create beautiful books effortlessly with these stylish InDesign book templates for cookbooks, novels, lookbooks and photobooks. Whether you’re creating a print or eBook for a fiction or non-fiction book, these templates will help you get started on the right foot.

Scroll down to discover a selection of free and paid-for templates that will help you turn that manuscript into a beautiful book for print or digital.

Dessert cookbook Envato Elements

Dessert Cookbook is one of the most beautiful, minimalist InDesign book templates ever! Perfect for cookbooks, but also quite lovely for editorial projects. Featuring 18 editable pages, icons, font list, and preview files, this one’s ready for print at A4 size.

Atmos multi-purpose book Envato Elements

Atmos is a multi-purpose book InDesign template that’s ready for print or digital. Gorgeous layouts are perfect for magazine, proposals, catalogs, or portfolios. Includes 18 pages at A4 size, ready to go, just change photos and text!

Recipe Book Template (FREE)

A free book template from InDesignSkills, this recipe book has a contemporary, minimal style that can be adapted for bakery, fine dining or simple home cookery. Complete with 7 stylish spreads, this is a great foundation for creating your own recipe book design.

Modern neutral multi-purpose book Envato Elements

Looking for a free book template InDesign that has a “hygge” feel? Check out the Modern Neutral multi-purpose book template with soft neutral colors, vectors, and more – perfect for portfolios, proposals, magazines, and so much more. There’s a bonus file that includes 100 furniture icons, too!

Furniture and Household Lookbook Gallery Booklet Envato Elements

The Furniture and Household Look Book indesign template is perfect for interior designers, comes in two sizes, and uses only free fonts! Designed for printing in either A4 or US Letter, it’s a print-ready package that only needs your customization.

Book Cover Template (FREE)

This free InDesign book jacket template is a handy InDesign template for self-publishers, authors and cover designers. Beautifully designed, adaptable and featuring elegant typography and an on-trend color scheme, make your book a reality with this free InDesign dust jacket template for hardcover and hardback book.

Square Lookbook Magazine Envato Elements

Stand out from the crowd with a Square Look Book InDesign template suitable for any purpose, really! Includes 20 pre-designed pages, layered files, and prints at 8×8 beautifully!

PhotoBook Layout Envato Elements

This Photo Book template for InDesign is full of rich, earthy color, but is fully customizable with an easy-to-use palette. All images, text, and graphics are on separate layers, and includes master pages, grid layout, and many more features for the perfect US Letter printed book!

Cookbook/Recipes Book Envato Elements

Each page of this unique, free book template InDesign package offers a contemporary look with typography and layered templates that are easy to update. Features two sizes, 24 pages, paragraph and character styles, auto page numbering, and much more.

XAVIER Wedding Photobook Envato Elements

Make amazing wedding photos look even better with this free book template InDesign kit! Xavier is perfect for wedding photographer books, wedding event organizer projects or portfolios, and so much more. Layered images and bold graphic elements compliment the minimal design.

E-Book / Magazine Template Envato Elements

If you’re on the hunt for a bold, dark InDesign book template, look no further! Quark is great for magazines or books with auto page numbering and image sizing, and the colors are easy to modify and customize. Add your own images, drag the 58 pages around, and show off your creative dark side!

Fashion Lookbook Template (FREE)

This free InDesign fashion portfolio template is an easy-to-edit foundation for the presentation of project work and fashion photography. Complete with clean sans serif typography, stylish and simple layouts and a contemporary design style, it’s also easy to adapt with your own unique work by swapping in text and images.

Cookbook / Recipe Book Envato Elements

This Cookbook/Recipe Book InDesign template is chock full of 48 gorgeously laid out pages and comes in 2 sizes. This one’s great for a budding chef looking to create a collection of recipes, or a restaurant looking for a new, custom menu book.

Looking to Create Your Own Book Designs?

Create your own pro-standard books and book covers in Adobe InDesign with the NEW Self-Publish Starter Kit. Included in the Self-Publish Starter Kit are 7 cover and inside page templates for InDesign, with a choice of 7 cover design styles, sized to standard US and UK/European sizes.

The kit comes complete with instructions for exporting your book as a printable book and as a reflowable or fixed-layout EPUB (eBook), ready for uploading to book retailers such as Apple Store, Kindle Store, Kobo and Google Play.

Click here to find out more and benefit from an exclusive discount.

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The Most Delicious Cookbook Templates for InDesign

admin — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 15:48:14 +0000

What’s cooking? If you’re an ambitious home cook, talented chef or simply want to record your family’s best-loved recipes, these cookbook templates will help you to create a beautiful printed cookbook or convenient recipe eBook.

Scroll down for our edit of the best InDesign recipe book templates from our partner, Envato Elements.

Looking for salivating and satisfying inspiration? Discover these incredible cookbook designs.

Cook Envato Elements

Use this 24 page modern, clean, and incredibly structured cookbook maker template to create an eye-catching, print ready cookbook with all of your own recipes. Create with the cookbook template InDesign, but then convert to a PDF, magazine swipe file, printable download, and much more!

Cook Book Envato Elements

Looking for a minimalist, contemporary recipe book template PDF but not sure where to find the perfect one? This is it! Includes 28 fully editable pages, print ready in A4 and US Letter sizes with a 3mm bleed, and would be great to convert this to PDF, Word, or even a PowerPoint cookbook template!

Cookbook Envato Elements

24 deliciously editable pages in this easy cookbook template will have your recipes and photos looking absolutely perfect! Create a cookbook template printable recipe book and fill it up with all your favorites. Includes neatly organized layers, character and paragraph styles, smart layers, free fonts, and so much more! Print ready with a 3mm bleed, so you add your photos, recipe text, and done!

Cook Book and Recipes Envato Elements

The cover on this cookbook maker reminds us of the title of a cooking show. It just looks so creative and contemporary! This easy cookbook template is super editable, print ready, and only uses free fonts. Prints in square format, too, for a totally modern look! Edit colors, customize to match the tone of your photos, and so much more. You’ve got 24 pages to play with, so what are you going to cook up today?

Recipe Book Template (FREE)

Delish – Cookbook Envato Elements

The editable pages in this easy cookbook template will showcase your recipes in such a perfect, creative way! Create a cookbook template printable recipe book and fill it up with all your favorites.Print ready with a 3mm bleed, so you add your photos, recipe text, and send it for print!

Cookbook Envato Elements

This recipe cookbook maker is clean, modern and professional with strong typography make your printable look professional. It’s created in Adobe InDesign with 30 pages and with two paper sizes including US Letter and International A4. It is completely customizable to suite your brands colors and fonts.

Luscious cookbook Envato Elements

This ready for print easy cookbook template features an editorial style with fully customizable layers, preview files, and 18 deliciously editable pages. It uses free fonts, of course, and includes bleeds and everything, so you only have to swap out your images and text and send it to the printer!

Raw Cookbook Envato Elements

Go green with the RAW cookbook template for InDesign. Includes master pages, free fonts, and more, with all images, text, and backgrounds on separate layers on two dozen pages. You can easily edit your brand colors through palette, too!

Elea Cookbook Magazine Envato Elements

Get that natural, light, airy look with this 30 page cookbook template printable or digital kit. Includes 2 page sizes, master pages, grid content, and all colors and text are fully editable and customizable. We love it as-is, but this cookbook maker is all yours to change up as you need!

Cooking Book Magazine Template Envato Elements

Love InDesign but feel better using a cookbook template in Photoshop instead? This one’s the one! Includes 25 pages, free fonts, and even works in MS Word or as a great Google Docs template, too!

SALTY Editorial Cookbook Envato Elements

Salty is an editorial cookbook template for professional chefs and food photographers with layered imagery, bold graphic elements and flashes of color. The layouts are minimal, beautifully spaced and elegant. It’s perfect for Food Magazine, Editorial Cookbook, Food Recipe Ebook and Professional Restaurant Cookbook.

Cookbook / Recipe Book Envato Elements

We’re digging on this cookbook maker, y’all. 34 pages for InDesign and Affinity Publisher make this cookbook template PDF super versatile! It uses free fonts, prints in two sizes, and includes a help file to get you through everything you need to know.

KITCHEN STORIES – Recipe Cookbook Envato Elements

It’s not always easy to find a cookbook template PDF file that comes with one for InDesign, but here we have it! Make your cookbook look like a magazine by sharing stories from your kitchen along with full page photos and recipes, and stand out from the crowd for sure!

Pizza Cookbook / Recipe Book Template Envato Elements

We know the example here is for pizza, but this easy cookbook template can be adapted to suit any food niche! With well organized layers, it’s easy to customize the pages to match your product, branding, and more. Don’t forget the pepperoni!

Dessert Cookbook Template InDesign Envato Elements

Last but not least, we need to finish up with dessert, right? This cookbook template is as sweet as can be, and includes a table of contents function and automatic page numbering, too. There are free fonts, paragraph styles, and example placeholder images are included in this one so you can see what your layout will be in just a few clicks! So go grab yourself a tasty treat and make this baby your own!

Looking to Create Your Own Book Designs?

Click here to find out more and benefit from an exclusive discount.

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Self-Publish Starter Kit

admin — Mon, 03 Aug 2020 16:20:02 +0000

InDesignSkills’ new Self-Publish Starter Kit contains a complete range of InDesign book templates for authors, self-publishers and designers.

Included in the Self-Publish Starter Kit are 7 cover and inside page templates for Adobe InDesign, with a choice of 7 cover design styles, sized to standard US and UK/European sizes. The kit comes complete with instructions for exporting your book as a printable book and as a reflowable or fixed-layout EPUB (eBook), ready for uploading to book retailers such as Apple Store, Kindle Store, Kobo and Google Play.

Available for a limited time at the discounted price of ~~$199.99~~ $49.99, you won’t want to miss this special offer to own seven professionally-designed book templates that will allow you to create and publish your own beautiful books.

Download the Kit

Please note fonts and photos shown in the preview images are not included in this download. If you’d like to use the same font used in the templates, you can download Infini for free from Fontsquirrel.

Download this Self-Publish Starter Kit (your download will include INDD file versions for InDesign CC and IDML versions for opening in InDesign CS4, CS5 or CS6):

Each template (e.g. US Trade) includes a cover template and inside pages template. All templates can be adapted as hardcover (hardback) or softcover (paperback) books, and as print books or eBooks.

Included in the kit is a full range of print-ready templates in both US and UK/Europe/Australia standard sizes, making your book easy to print locally or upload online. If you require a different size for any of your templates, it’s super easy to resize pages—see our handy tutorial on how to resize templates

Help Working with InDesign Templates

We’ve put together a collection of helpful tips to make editing our InDesign Templates super easy. If you’re a newbie to Adobe InDesign it’s worth checking these out before starting work on your design.

How to Open an InDesign Template

Step 1. Download the file.

Step 2. Our InDesign templates are packaged and saved as ZIP files. If you have a Windows computer Right Click > Extract All before opening the InDesign file.

Step 3. If you’re running InDesign CS6 open the INDD version of the file. If you’re working with InDesign CS4, CS5 or CC open the IDML version.

How to Work With Layers in Your Template

Our InDesign templates are organized into layers, which group similar elements together. The layers in your document can be controlled from the Layers panel (Window > Layers).

Pro tip: Try locking the YOUR IMAGES HERE layer to save time when editing text. This will prevent you from accidentally moving the graphics out of position.

How to Change the Colors

The color scheme of this template can be edited from the Swatches panel (Window > Color > Swatches).

Pro tip: Editing a swatch will automatically update all instances of that color across your document.

How to Add Your Own Text

The text across this design can easily replaced with your own copy. Simple use the Type Tool (T) to select the text box you wish to edit. You can then add your own fonts and formatting. Read more about formatting text in InDesign.

How to Add Your Own Images

You’ll notice when you first open the template that all the image frames have a placeholder image. You can insert your own images by selecting the image frame and using File > Place to select a replacement image. Read our beginner’s guide to working with images in InDesign.

Pro tip: Do your images look blurry? Make sure your display is set to high-quality (View > Display Performance > High-Quality Display). To see more accurately how your design will appear when printed go to View > Overprint Preview.

How to Resize Pages in InDesign

It’s simple to change the width of the spine in your template by using the Page Tool (Shift+P). Select the tool and then click onto the spine to select it. You can drag the sides of the page to preview your desired new size. Hold down Alt or Option while you drag to resize the page. Read more about resizing pages in InDesign.

How to Export Your Document for Printing

Once you’ve completed work on your template and you’re ready to print it you can head to File > Export. To create a print-ready file, choose Adobe PDF (Print) from the Format drop-down menu in the Export window. Make sure to include the bleed in your export options by checking Use Document Bleed Settings in the Export Adobe PDF window. Read more about prepping your designs for printing in InDesign.

How to Change the Fonts in a Document

You can format individual items of text using the Type Tool (T) and Controls panel, which you’ll find running along the top of the InDesign workspace. The fonts in most templates are not set as InDesign styles. However, it’s easy to create a Character or Paragraph Style using existing text formatting, and then edit this from the Styles panels (Window > Styles). Read more about editing Styles in InDesign.

Discover more fantastic InDesign templates, including book covers, magazine templates and more, right this way.

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Book Jacket Template

admin — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 16:34:07 +0000

This free InDesign book jacket template is a handy InDesign template for self-publishers, authors and cover designers.

Beautifully designed, adaptable and featuring elegant typography and an on-trend color scheme, make your book a reality with this free InDesign dust jacket template for hardcover and hardback book.

This free InDesign book jacket template is an easy-to-edit foundation for creating your own book cover design. Complete with a stylish and simple design, front and back cover, spine and flaps, it also comes complete with two color options.

Included in your free InDesign template is an expandable book jacket design for hardcover and hardback books. So what are you waiting for? Scroll down to find out more, and download the template.

Book jacket template size:

6 x 9 in
US Trade*

*This is an expandable book jacket template set up for a Trade cover size. 6 by 9 inches is one of the most popular standard sizes for books, however other sizes are widely used. There’s no need to panic if you require a different size; see our handy tutorial on how to resize templates .

Below you can preview this book jacket template, download the InDesign file and find a variety of helpful tips on how to edit your template in InDesign.

Download this Template

Download this InDesign book jacket template for free (your download will include an INDD file for InDesign CC and an IDML version for opening in InDesign CS4, CS5 or CS6):

Download Template (Free)

Help Working with InDesign Templates

How to Open an InDesign Template

Step 1. Download the file.

Step 2. Our InDesign templates are packaged and saved as ZIP files. If you have a Windows computer Right Click > Extract All before opening the InDesign file.

Step 3. If you’re running InDesign CS6 open the INDD version of the file. If you’re working with InDesign CS4, CS5 or CC open the IDML version.

How to Work With Layers in Your Template

Our InDesign templates are organized into layers, which group similar elements together. The layers in your document can be controlled from the Layers panel (Window > Layers).

Pro tip: Try locking the YOUR IMAGES HERE layer to save time when editing text. This will prevent you from accidentally moving the graphics out of position.

How to Change the Colors

The color scheme of this template can be edited from the Swatches panel (Window > Color > Swatches).

Pro tip: Editing a swatch will automatically update all instances of that color across your document.

How to Add Your Own Text

How to Add Your Own Images

How to Resize Pages in InDesign

How to Export Your Document for Printing

How to Change the Fonts in a Document

Discover more tips for InDesign beginners on our Tutorials page. Or discover inspiration about typography, layout design and much more right here.

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Recipe Book Template

admin — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 17:17:58 +0000

Present your favorite recipes beautifully with this free InDesign cookbook template, which features a clean, minimal style, elegant serif typography and easy-to-edit layouts.

This free InDesign recipe book template is an easy-to-edit foundation for creating your own self-published cookery book. Complete with a stylish cover layout, versatile layouts and a contemporary design style, it’s also easy to adapt with your own recipes by swapping in text and images.

This free recipe book template includes a front and back cover design, contents page, 7 beautiful spreads and easy-to-apply type styles. So what are you waiting for? Scroll down to find out more, and download the template.

Recipe book template size:

7.9 x 10.9 in
Large hardcover or softcover

7.9 by 10.9 inches is one of the most popular standard sizes for cookery books and recipe books, however other sizes are widely used. There’s no need to panic if you require a different size; see our handy tutorial on how to resize templates .

Below you can preview this recipe book portfolio template, download the InDesign file and find a variety of helpful tips on how to edit your template in InDesign.

Download this Template

Download this InDesign recipe book template for free (your download will include an INDD file for InDesign CC and an IDML version for opening in InDesign CS4, CS5 or CS6):

Help Working with InDesign Templates

How to Open an InDesign Template

Step 1. Download the file.

Step 2. Our InDesign templates are packaged and saved as ZIP files. If you have a Windows computer Right Click > Extract All before opening the InDesign file.

Step 3. If you’re running InDesign CS6 open the INDD version of the file. If you’re working with InDesign CS4, CS5 or CC open the IDML version.

How to Work With Layers in Your Template

Our InDesign templates are organized into layers, which group similar elements together. The layers in your document can be controlled from the Layers panel (Window > Layers).

Pro tip: Try locking the YOUR IMAGES HERE layer to save time when editing text. This will prevent you from accidentally moving the graphics out of position.

How to Change the Colors

The color scheme of this template can be edited from the Swatches panel (Window > Color > Swatches).

Pro tip: Editing a swatch will automatically update all instances of that color across your document.

How to Add Your Own Text

How to Add Your Own Images

How to Resize Pages in InDesign

How to Export Your Document for Printing

How to Change the Fonts in a Document

Discover more tips for InDesign beginners on our Tutorials page. Or discover inspiration about typography, layout design and much more right here.

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Paperback Book Cover Template

admin — Sat, 10 Mar 2018 13:56:40 +0000

This free book cover template includes a full front and back cover for a paperback or softcover, including an adjustable spine. Super simple to customize with your own sizing and design, this book cover template is the perfect canvas for creating your own print-ready layout.

This flexible template takes out the technical trickery of creating your own cover design, with a spine that can be resized easily, easy-to-edit layers, and a simple yet stylish design. Already set up for full CMYK printing and including a bleed, you can focus your energies on simply creating a cool design for your cover.

Before you go to print: Remember to ask your printer in advance for an accurate spine width for your cover. This will depend both on the number of pages in your book and the paper stock you choose to print on.

Includes the 2 most common paperback cover sizes:

8″ x 5″
PAPERBACK

B-Format
PAPERBACK

(Need a slightly different size? Learn how to resize this template )

Below you can preview the book cover template, download the InDesign file and find a bunch of helpful tips on how to edit your template in InDesign.

Download this Template

Download this paperback book cover template for free (your download will include an INDD file for InDesign CS6 and an IDML version for opening in InDesign CS5 or CC):

Font files

Acre – Font Squirrel

Help Working with InDesign Templates

How to Open an InDesign Template

Step 1. Download the file.

Step 2. Our InDesign templates are packaged and saved as ZIP files. If you have a Windows computer Right Click > Extract All before opening the InDesign file.

Step 3. If you’re running InDesign CS6 open the INDD version of the file. If you’re working with InDesign CS4, CS5 or CC open the IDML version.

How to Work With Layers in Your Template

Our InDesign templates are organized into layers, which group similar elements together. The layers in your document can be controlled from the Layers panel (Window > Layers).

Pro tip: Try locking the YOUR IMAGES HERE layer to save time when editing text. This will prevent you from accidentally moving the graphics out of position.

How to Change the Colors

The color scheme of this template can be edited from the Swatches panel (Window > Color > Swatches).

Pro tip: Editing a swatch will automatically update all instances of that color across your document.

How to Add Your Own Text

How to Add Your Own Images

How to Resize Pages in InDesign

How to Export Your Document for Printing

How to Change the Fonts in a Document

Discover more advice for InDesign beginners on our Tutorials page. Or why not discover inspiration about typography, layout design and much more right here.

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Paperback Book Template

admin — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 10:56:28 +0000

This free book template includes an easy-to-edit set of interior pages for a paperback or softcover. With masters, page numbers, margins and a bleed already included you can focus on simply getting your story onto the page. You’ll also find stylish chapter opening pages and a contents page, as well as professional typesetting already set up for body text.

Typesetting the pages for your own book can be a complicated and expensive exercise. This handy interior pages template for paperback books cuts out the tricky technical stage and allows you to create a professional-standard design which is stylish and a pleasure to read. It’s also easy to customize with your own choice of fonts and number of pages and chapters.

Before you go to print: Remember to ask your printer in advance to advise you of the best number of pages to include in your book. These are usually done in multiples of four, and depending on the length of your book may be done in sections of 8, 16 or 32 pages. You may have to add extra blank pages to the start or end of your book to meet this.

Includes the 2 most common paperback book sizes:

8″ x 5″
PAPERBACK

B-Format
PAPERBACK

(Need a slightly different size? Learn how to resize this template )

Download this Template

Download this template for free (your download will include an INDD file for InDesign CC and an IDML version for opening in InDesign CS4, CS5 or CS6):

Download Template (Free)

(Want a cover too? Click to go to the matching book cover template)

Fonts

The font used in this template is not included in the download file. Follow the link below if you’d like to use the same free font in your design.

Crimson Text – Font Squirrel

Help Working with InDesign Templates

We’ve put together a collection of helpful tips to make editing our InDesign templates super easy. If you’re a newbie to Adobe InDesign it’s worth checking these out before starting work on your design.

How to Open an InDesign Template

Step 1. Download the file.

Step 2. Our InDesign templates are packaged and saved as ZIP files. If you have a Windows computer Right Click > Extract All before opening the InDesign file.

Step 3. If you’re running InDesign CS6 open the INDD version of the file. If you’re working with InDesign CS4, CS5 or CC open the IDML version.

How to Work With Layers in Your Document

Our InDesign templates are organized into layers, which group similar elements together. The layers in your document can be controlled from the Layers panel (Window > Layers).

How to Add Your Own Text

The text across this design can easily replaced with your own copy. Simple use the Type Tool (T) to select the text box you wish to insert your text into. This template has been set up with filler body text. To replace this with your own text but retain the same formatting, highlight the filler text and delete it. Then you can either Edit > Paste in copied text or File > Place a Word document directly into the text frame. If you prefer, you can then add your own fonts and formatting. Read more about formatting text in InDesign. [/su_spoiler][su_spoiler title=”How to Export Your Document for Printing”] Once you’ve completed work on your template and you’re ready to print it you can head to File > Export. To create a print-ready file, choose Adobe PDF (Print) from the Format drop-down menu in the Export window. Make sure to include the bleed in your export options by checking Use Document Bleed Settings in the Export Adobe PDF window.

How to Change the Fonts in a Document

Discover more advice for InDesign beginners on our Tutorials page. Or why not seek out inspiration about typography, layout design and much more right here.

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