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Cover size calculator

Enter your book setup and get the spine width, full wrap size, panel rectangles, safe areas and the pixels you need at your chosen resolution. No credits are used for arithmetic or a blank guide. This is an independent calculator. It is not connected to an Amazon account and it does not submit anything for you.

Printer profile
Binding
Interior ink
Paper
Reading direction
Units

Profile KDP paperback, status verified arithmetic. Spine and wrap arithmetic follow published KDP paper factors. Page ranges vary by paper, ink and trim, so confirm your exact combination in KDP before ordering. No side by side comparison against a downloaded official template has been run yet. Source checked 2026-09-11: printer guidance.

FRONTBACK
Editable data drawn as vector shapes, not a generated image. Solid outline is trim, dashes are the safe area, and the reserved rectangle is barcode space.
Calculated cover dimensions
Total wrap width12.9256 in
Total wrap height9.2500 in
Spine width0.6756 in
Outer bleed0.1250 in
Front panel6.0000 in by 9.0000 in
Back panel6.0000 in by 9.0000 in
Safe area inset0.5000 in
Barcode space2.0000 in by 1.2000 in
PDF page size930.64 by 666.00 pt
Pixels at 300 ppi3878 by 2775 px
Spine letteringAdvised at this page count
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