Prepare AI cover artwork for a print-cover handoff
Separate artwork approval from trim size, spine, bleed, safe area, barcode and export requirements.
Start here
- Collect the selected printer, trim size, page count and paper choice before sizing the complete cover.
- Use that printer's current template and verify spine, bleed, text-safe and barcode areas. Keep artwork and layout sources editable.
- Check the exported PDF and obtain the appropriate proof; track image rights and platform AI-content rules separately.
Saved resources
- KDP help page for paperback covers (captured 2026-11-03): one PDF, bleed, safe area, spine width formula by paper, spine text page-count wording, and no stated AI rule
- Paperback cover files for IngramSpark, Lulu and KDP: bleed, safe area, barcode, spine-text rule, resolution, colour from six pinned records, plus untested steps
What remains uncertain
The stored KDP page contains conflicting spine/tolerance wording that needs a live check. Print-file specifications alone do not establish AI-content permission or print acceptance.
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Report a documented specification change or an original geometry test with exact units and the printer's current source.