KDP cover template generator free PNG and PDF
Type your page count, choose the paper and the trim size, and download your Amazon KDP paperback cover template: the bleed, the spine, the safe area and the barcode box at the exact size, as a PNG at 300 dpi or a PDF. It runs on your phone or computer: nothing is sent anywhere.
Only need the numbers? The KDP cover calculator gives the spine width, the cover size and the inside margin. Always look at your final cover in KDP's previewer before you publish.
What is on the KDP cover template
- The bleed (pink): 0.125 inch on each outer edge. It is cut off when the book is printed, so your background color or picture must reach the outer edge.
- The trim line and the fold lines: where the cover is cut, and the two edges of the spine where it folds.
- The safe area (blue dashed line): keep the title, your name and every word at least 0.125 inch inside the trim line.
- The spine (light violet): its width comes from your page count and paper. The spine text area shows from 80 pages, the minimum KDP asks for spine text.
- The barcode area (yellow): 2 × 1.2 inches in the lower right corner of the back cover. Leave it empty: KDP prints the barcode there.
- Your book's numbers, written on the back cover: trim size, page count, paper, spine width and full cover size.
How to use the template in Canva or Photoshop
- Download the PNG template above for your page count, paper and trim size.
- Make a design at the full cover size with bleed shown above. In Canva: Create a design → Custom size, in inches. The PNG opens at the right size in Photoshop, at 300 dpi.
- Put the template on the page so it fills it from edge to edge, make it see-through and lock it, or keep it as a layer on top.
- Design your cover: the background to the outer edge, the words inside the blue dashed lines, the barcode box empty.
- Hide or delete the template, then save the cover as a print PDF (in Canva: Share → Download → PDF Print) and upload it to KDP.
Make the finished cover, not only the template
GizmoBloom's KDP kit uses these same numbers to make your whole cover PDF — back, spine and front at the exact size, with the bleed and the white barcode box — plus the interior PDF and the listing.
- Coloring books, activity books and puzzle books made in the app
- 8.5 × 11, 8.5 × 8.5, 8 × 10 and 6 × 9 inches, each as its own paperback
- Spine text from 80 pages, and the printing cost and royalty for your price
Questions about KDP cover templates
Does KDP give a cover template?
Yes: KDP's own cover calculator on its website gives a template to download. This generator gives the same kind of template, with the sizes written on it, and works on your phone too. Whichever you use, check your cover in KDP's previewer before you publish.
What size is a KDP cover template?
The back, the spine and the front side by side, plus 0.125 inch of bleed on each outer edge. For an 8.5 × 11 book of 100 pages on white paper: 0.125 + 8.5 + 0.2252 + 8.5 + 0.125 = 17.475 inches wide and 11.25 inches tall, or 5243 × 3375 pixels at 300 dpi.
Where does the barcode go on a KDP cover?
In the lower right corner of the back cover, next to the spine: a box of 2 × 1.2 inches, 0.25 inch from the spine and from the bottom edge. Keep it empty and KDP prints the barcode there for you.
Can I use the template in Canva?
Yes: make a custom-size design at the full cover size in inches, upload the PNG template, stretch it over the whole page and design on top. Delete the template before you download the PDF for KDP.
Is it a PNG or a PDF?
Both: the PNG is 300 dpi, the size KDP prints at; the PDF is drawn with lines, so it stays sharp at any zoom. On an iPhone or iPad a very big cover's PNG can come out a little under 300 dpi: the PDF is always exact.
Does it work for hardcover books?
No: it is for KDP paperbacks. Hardcover covers wrap around the boards and have other sizes: use KDP's cover calculator for those.
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