Printer-specific geometry
KDP, IngramSpark, Lulu and B&N Press each get their own math for trim, bleed, spine, barcode area, and binding behavior.
Book Cover Maker
One image in. A cover that uploads clean out.
The same image becomes a paperback, a case laminate hardcover, and a dust jacket — three genuinely different geometries — by changing one dropdown. Printer-specific spine width, bleed, barcode space, and export settings are computed for each.
The cover is where self-publishing stops being about writing.
KDP, IngramSpark, Lulu and B&N Press all ask for a full wrap, not just a front cover. The spine changes with page count, paper stock, trim size, binding, and printer. Barcode zones differ. Hardcover jackets add flaps and folds.
Get one dimension wrong and the file comes back rejected, usually after you have already waited.
- Spine width calculated from your actual book details.
- Bleed and safe zones built into the exported PDF.
- KDP, IngramSpark, Lulu and B&N Press handled as separate printer profiles.
- Paperback, case laminate, and dust jacket support.
- Barcode placement and ISBN handling built in.
One image, three books
This is the reason most authors never make a hardback.
A paperback wrap is a rectangle with a spine down the middle. A hardcover is not. The art has to wrap around the board and tuck inside it, with a groove either side of the spine where the case folds — 10 mm of it on KDP — and the board overhangs the pages, so the trim you designed to is not the trim you export at.
A dust jacket adds two more panels on top of that: a folded flap at each end, sized to that printer’s own spec, on a sheet taller than the book it wraps.
None of it is hard to understand. It is tedious and unforgiving, and one wrong measurement is a rejection you hear about days later. So the hardback never gets made, and a book that could have sat on a library shelf stays a paperback — or never leaves ebook at all.
Here it is a dropdown. Load your front-cover image once, choose the binding, and the wrap is rebuilt around it: new panel sizes, new folds, new safe zones, new barcode position, new spine. One picture, laid out as many ways as your printer will actually print it.
- Perfect bound — spine from your page count and paper stock.
- Case laminate — board wrap, hinge grooves and the board’s overhang handled.
- Dust jacket — flaps, folds and the taller panel worked out for you. IngramSpark, Lulu and B&N Press all print them; KDP does not make dust jackets at all.
- Every binding your printer actually offers at the trim you picked, from one image, in one sitting.
What it does
We know the specs. You do not have to.
Full wrap from front art
Use the image you already have. The tool carries color and composition across the spine and back so the wrap feels intentional.
Clean spine and back text
Add title, author, blurb, imprint, logo, and ISBN without rasterizing your type into a blurry cover image.
Workflow
About four minutes when your manuscript details are ready.
Paste your image
Use art from a designer, image generator, photograph, or your own layout.
Choose printer and book details
Pick your printer, trim size, page count, paper, and binding.
Export the print PDF
Download a 300 DPI cover PDF with bleed and guides handled for the printer upload.
What you get
PrintersAmazon KDP, IngramSpark, Lulu, and B&N Press — each with its own geometry.
BindingsPerfect bound paperback, case laminate hardcover, and dust jacket.
OutputPrint-ready PDF at 300 DPI with bleed included.
Re-editsFix typos, adjust the page count, export again — for as long as the book exists.
Questions authors ask before trusting a cover tool
Will this actually pass KDP's upload check?
That is the point of the product: the cover size, bleed, spine, and barcode areas are computed from the publishing details you enter. You still need a usable image and final page count.
Does it work for IngramSpark, Lulu and B&N?
Yes. Each printer gets its own geometry, including hardcover options and dust jacket layout — they genuinely differ, which is why they are separate profiles rather than one set of numbers with the names swapped.
Do I have to redo the artwork for a hardback?
No. The front-cover image you loaded is reused; only the wrap around it changes. Switch the binding from Perfect Bound to Case Laminate or Dust Jacket and the panels, folds, safe zones, barcode position and spine width are all recomputed. You can export a paperback and a hardcover of the same book in the same sitting.
What if my cover art is not wide enough for a dust jacket?
A jacket is wider than a paperback wrap, because of the flaps. The tool carries the color and composition of your front image outward across the spine, back and flaps so the extra width does not read as a blank margin — and it checks the resolution as you go, warning you below 200 DPI and offering a one-click upscale to the 300 DPI print guideline.
Do you take any rights to my cover?
No. Your book and art stay yours. This is a file-making tool, not a publisher.
Can I use a free KDP ISBN?
Yes. If KDP assigns the ISBN and barcode, you can leave your own barcode off. If you own an ISBN, enter it and the tool places it.
Before you design it
The guides behind the tool — what makes a cover work, and the measurements a printer checks.
What it costs
One book, one price. No subscription.
Cover Maker
Free
Build the whole thing and look at it. Exports carry a preview watermark.
- Print-ready wrap PDFs, 300 DPI, bleed and safe zones included
- Up to 11 wraps for one book — four printers, every binding they sell
- KDP and IngramSpark geometry, spine computed from your page count
- Paperback, case laminate, and dust jacket
- Barcode zone and ISBN handling
- Re-export as often as you like — the license never expires
Complete Book
$19.99
One book, one time. Final files, no watermark.
- Up to 11 cover wraps — four printers, every binding they sell
- Interior PDF + EPUB
- Mockups + Social Pack
- A+ content pack
- ARC watermarking
- Submission manuscript
- Large print edition
Your license never expires — it is tied to this book, and re-exporting is always free. Would rather not do it yourself? BookPublish Concierge is the whole book made for you, $199.
Four minutes from now, the cover file can be handled.
$19.99 for the whole book. No subscription. No publishing package.