Your own ebook icon is often a handy little gizmo that constantly keeps your name or logo in front of your customer. There are some generic icons you can use, or you can make your own with a free icon-maker program. Icons are somewhat different to work with than regular graphic files (GIF, JPG, BMP, PNG, etc.) because it usually takes a special icon-creation file to create them, though it can be done in PhotoShop or Paint Shop Pro.
These are tiny pictures (16x16 pixels, 32x32 pixels, etc. - up to 128x128). They usually have a file extension of .ICO ... such as "icon-01.ico". You can buy collections of icons (some are quite expensive) or you can create your own. You will find a large and good list of free icon collections at MaxPower.
Try this link (Icon Creator Software) to see several shareware and a few freeware programs or select from the list below. I have tried some of these programs with varying degrees of success. The biggest problem I ran into was in trying to place the 100 free icons below into the Icon Collector. It wouldn't open them because of a "unsupported resolution" error whatever that means. I suspect the files I tried to open were not square (24x24, for example) and may not fit the standard size requirements. Also, GoldIcon wouldn't open them either, although I created a simple icon in GoldIcon in a matter of seconds.
There is a free Online Icon Creator you may want to check out. For more information, also go to Wikipedia.
ICONART IconArt is a highly-compact icon & cursor creator. Icons are used to illustrate programs and files. One example are the shortcuts on your desktop. Cursors are used for mouse pointers. Company: ConWare
Icon Collector searches files and directories for icons. Found icons are listed and can be copied, extracted and saved as icon or bitmap files. In addition, the Collector makes it easy to create icon libraries via drag & drop and to work on them. Therefore the program was especially written for people who would like to produce collections and to distribute them. Company: Michael
Brick
We experience that too many people have difficulties creating a suitable icon. The main problem for this is that the standard image editing tools are not able to edit and save icon files. To be of assistance, Goldshell has created a small icon editor, which allows you to create an icon in record-time. And more good news: it's for free! Download GoldIcon now, and start creating your own icons! Company:
Goldshell Digital Media
Company: TheNetter.com
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100 free ebook icons perfect for customizing the icons for your ebooks,
tutorials and other downloads. They are also great to use on your own
desktop for other uses too. Can be used for either non-profit or
commercial ebooks. This is a great way to make your ebooks stand out from
others.