How do I design my cover correctly?

With our guide and tricks you can easily design your book cover.

Design with our Cover-Designer

Save yourself time when designing your cover! With our Cover-Designer, you can design your cover online and directly in the configurator. The size of your cover will be calculated automatically based on your book configuration. For all those who prefer the simplest way for cover design.

Design the cover by yourself

Please note that your cover is constructed according to the product.
Hard and soft cover: The cover is constructed as a double page.
Flatbook open: The cover consists of two individual pages (front and back).
Staple binding and Wiro: The cover consists of four individual pages.

There are two approaches for booklet binding and Wiro.

  • The Cover-PDF is uploaded separately (four individual pages).
  • Only one Content-PDF is uploaded. The first two and last two content pages are used as cover.

Design the cover acording to the PDF sample file

Always create the cover according to the specifications of the PDF sample file, which you can download.

  1. Create a document in your layout program with the same size as specified in the PDF size.
  2. Place the pattern file in your layout program (100% size).
  3. Design your cover. Make sure that you place images and design objects up to the trim (outer edge of the orange area).
  4. Remove the design template from the document before creating the print PDF from the document.

Design the cover with Adobe InDesign

Note that the PDF sample file is already generated by the system with bleed. You do not need to add a bleed for the cover when exporting the PDF from InDesign. Simply use the profile set provided by us for the PDF export from InDesign.

Design the cover with Affinity Publisher

Note that the PDF sample file is already generated by the system with bleed. You don't need to add a bleed for the cover when exporting PDF from Affinity.


Design the cover with Microsoft Word or PowerPoint

As a faster and easier alternative to cover design with Word or PowerPoint, we recommend using the Cover-Designer.

If you still want to design your cover with Word or PowerPoint, follow the dimensions in the PDF sample file. For correct PDF export, use the instructions for Word or PowerPoint.

Design the cover with OpenOffice

As a faster and easier alternative to cover design with OpenOffice, we recommend using the Cover-Designer.

If you still want to design your cover with OpenOffice, please follow the dimensions of the PDF sample file. Use the instructions for OpenOffice for the correct PDF export.

I like it simple and efficient. I can therefore recommend the cover designer to anyone who is looking for quick support for a simple cover design.

Claudia Betschart, Marketing and customer service

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