Book cover creation platform

Design Complete Book Covers from Artwork to Export

Cover Studio AI combines artwork generation, typography, print geometry, and production-ready export tools in one focused workspace for independent authors, publishers, and small presses.

Create Kindle front covers, full paperback wraps, and hardcover case covers without manually calculating every dimension.

See the complete workflow in action when you watch the Cover Studio AI trailer.

Create Your First Cover View AI Plans

Kindle, paperback, and hardcover
Built-in spine and bleed calculations
Free manual tools with optional AI generation

AI Artwork and Uploads

Generate a new visual direction with AI or upload artwork you already have the right to use. Uploaded images are inspected and normalized for reliable placement in the editor.

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Complete Print-Cover Layouts

Arrange the front cover, spine, and back cover for paperback and hardcover editions, including titles, author names, spine text, and back-cover content.

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Production-Aware Exports

Set trim size, page count, paper type, and bleed. Cover Studio AI calculates spine width and displays trim, safe-area, fold, and barcode guides before export.

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How it works

Create a Cover in Six Steps

Cover Studio AI guides you from the initial publishing format to the final production file.

Choose the Format
Select Kindle, paperback, or hardcover. The format determines the canvas and available production settings.
Enter Book Specifications
Set trim size, page count, paper type, bleed, and publishing format to calculate the canvas and spine.
Add Artwork
Generate artwork with AI or upload existing artwork. Source resolution may require normalization or upscaling.
Build the Layout
Add title, subtitle, author, spine text, back-cover description, backgrounds, and position elements directly.
Review Production Guides
Check trim, bleed, safe areas, spine boundaries, hardcover folds or hinges, and the barcode area.
Export
Create a print-ready cover PDF or a Kindle front-cover image using the configured dimensions.

Focused creative and production tools

Everything You Need to Build a Book Cover

AI Artwork Generation

Describe a visual direction, style, and mood, then generate artwork inside the cover workflow. Generations use the allowance included with an eligible AI plan.

Artwork Uploads

Upload artwork you own or have permission to use and place it into Kindle or print-cover layouts.

Image Inspection and Normalization

Inspect pixel dimensions, print resolution, aspect ratio, and effective quality. Uploaded images are normalized for reliable placement; DPI metadata alone does not add detail.

Kindle Cover Designer

Create a portrait front cover designed for readability in storefront thumbnails and export it as a Kindle cover image.

Paperback Cover Designer

Build a complete back, spine, and front wrap using trim size, page count, paper type, and bleed settings.

Hardcover Cover Designer

Build a hardcover case-wrap layout with format-specific dimensions, wrap areas, spine width, and safe zones.

Automatic Spine Width

Calculate the spine from the selected format, page count, and paper type using supported publishing rules.

Trim, Bleed, and Safe-Area Guides

Use visible guides to keep essential artwork and text away from trim, fold, hinge, and wrap boundaries.

Barcode Reservation Area

Keep important back-cover content clear of the region commonly reserved for print barcodes.

Text and Typography Tools

Add title, subtitle, author, spine title, and back-cover text, then adjust font, size, alignment, and position.

Drag-and-Drop Positioning

Move and resize text and visual elements directly on the cover canvas.

Saved Cover Projects

Save work in progress, return later, and keep separate projects or related editions for different formats.

Print PDF Export

Export a flattened production PDF using the dimensions calculated for the selected print format.

Kindle Image Export

Export the front artwork at the configured Kindle cover dimensions.

Cover Gallery

Browse published covers for inspiration and optionally share a completed book through the public showcase.

One Workspace for Every Book Format

Kindle

Front cover only
Portrait layout
No spine or back cover
Thumbnail readability
Image export

Create a Kindle Cover

Paperback

Back, spine, and front
Bleed and safe areas
Barcode region
PDF export

Design a Paperback Cover

Hardcover

Back, spine, and front
Case wrap
Hinge or fold regions
Format-specific dimensions
PDF export

Design a Hardcover Cover

Paperback and hardcover covers require different measurements. Recalculate and rebuild the layout when changing formats.

Production tools

Built Around Real Print Requirements

The editor helps you work with trim size, bleed, calculated spine width, safe areas, barcode placement, fold or hinge regions, effective image resolution, and exact export dimensions.

Read the Book Cover Size Guide

BACK

SPINE

FRONT

Solid: bleedDashed: trimDotted: safe area

Flexible plans

Use the Manual Tools for Free. Add AI When You Need It.

Cover Studio AI provides the core cover-building workflow without requiring AI generation. Paid plans add larger AI-generation allowances for authors, publishers, and presses creating more covers.

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Publisher

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Who it is for

Built for Independent Publishing

Authors

Create polished covers without manually rebuilding production templates for every format.

Series Publishers

Maintain consistent visual branding across multiple books and editions.

Small Presses

Prepare multiple titles and formats with a repeatable production workflow.

Designers

Turn owned creative assets into finished cover files using layout and production guides.

Related resources

Continue Building Your Book

Choose a cover format, review production requirements, or learn how to publish through Amazon KDP.

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