Getting the file right. Trim sizes, bleed, spine width, full wraps, and the specific reasons KDP and IngramSpark send a cover back.
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Updated November 2026 Quick answer An audiobook cover is a square, and a straight crop of your book cover rarely survives it. Keep the focal image, cut or shrink the background, and re-set the…
Read the guideUpdated November 2026 Quick answer Yes, you can change a KDP cover after publishing. Upload the new file from your Bookshelf; the book keeps its ASIN, reviews, ratings and sales rank, stays on sale…
Read the guideUpdated November 2026 Quick answer A full-wrap paperback cover is one flat file: back cover, spine and front cover laid side by side, plus 0.125 in of bleed on every outside edge. Build it…
Read the guideUpdated November 2026 Quick answer The mistakes that cost KDP uploads, in the order we meet them in real files: a wrap built before the page count was final, a skipped template, one file…
Read the guideUpdated November 2026 Quick answer Printed covers can look darker because screens emit light while paper only reflects it, and print reproduction compresses some dark, saturated colours. Fix it before ordering: preview the print…
Read the guideUpdated November 2026 Quick answer IngramSpark rejections nearly always cite one of nine problems: visible template boxes, wrong file dimensions, colour-space or ICC profile errors, missing bleed, unembedded fonts, low resolution, transparency, spine-text clearance,…
Read the guideUpdated October 2026 Quick answer Spine width is page count multiplied by paper thickness: 0.002252 in per page on KDP white paper, 0.0025 in on cream. Spine text runs top to bottom in the…
Read the guideUpdated October 2026 Quick answer KDP cover rejections come down to eleven causes: wrong ebook dimensions, oversized files, spine math that does not match your page count, text outside safe margins, missing bleed, low…
Read the guideQuick answer Amazon KDP recommends a Kindle ebook cover measuring 1,600 × 2,560 pixels. Print covers do not have one universal size because the full wrap depends on the trim size, final page count,…
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