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COVER TEMPLATE calculator.
Full cover, safe zone, bleed, spine and barcode area for the platform you're actually publishing on — plus a guide file you can download and open in your editor.
Platform
Binding
✓ Live-verified against KDP's own cover calculator (100pg and 300pg, 6"×9", cream).
Trim size
Paper
B&W interior only — color-interior paper (premium/standard color) uses different thickness constants we haven't verified.
Cover guide
Solid black = trim line. Pink dashed = bleed. Blue dashed = cover safe zone. Purple dashed = spine safe zone. Pink box = barcode zone. Open the download as a guide layer in Photoshop, Illustrator or Canva.
All measurements (for your designer)
1Full cover
13.000" × 9.250"
2Cover paneli
6.000" × 9.000"
3Safe zonei
5.875" × 8.750"
4Bleedi
0.125" × 0.125"
5Margini
0.125" × 0.125"
6Spinei
0.750" × 9.000"
7Spine safe zone
0.625" × 8.750"
8Spine margini
0.063" × 0.063"
9Barcode margini
0.250" × 0.250"
19.0mm spine · Amazon KDP, paperback, B&W. Barcode box itself is the standard 2"×1.2" ISBN size — leave it empty and white.
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