Is the first cover really free?

Yes. The free tier includes 1 cover project with the canvas editor and free AI models. Export is watermarked — upgrade to Pro for clean, print-ready files.

What formats can I export?

PNG and PDF at 300 DPI. Sized for KDP, IngramSpark, BookPrinter, and custom dimensions. Bleed lines and trim marks included on all exports.

Can I design a full wraparound cover?

Yes. Pro and Max plans include full wraparound support — front, spine, and back cover on a single canvas. Spine width is auto-calculated from your page count.

How is this different from Canva?

BookCovers is built specifically for book covers. The AI understands genre conventions, the editor has book-specific tools (spine calculator, bleed lines, trim marks), and exports are print-ready.

Do I own the covers I create?

Yes. All covers created on paid plans come with a full commercial license. You can use them for print, ebook, audiobook, and marketing.

Do you offer India pricing?

Yes. Pro is available at India market rates — not a currency conversion.

Can the AI illustrate a picture book cover?

Yes — the AI generates hand-illustrated-feel imagery (watercolor, line art, cartoon, painterly). For interior pages, you'll still want to work with a human illustrator or use the AI per-page (BookCovers focuses on covers; interior illustration can come from sister-tool flows).

What's the right trim size for a picture book?

KDP supports 8.5x8.5 (square — most common for picture books), 8.5x11 (portrait — good for more text per page), and 7x10 (landscape — wide format for panoramic illustration). Pick one based on your story's pacing.

Will Amazon flag AI-generated children's books?

KDP allows AI-generated covers; you must disclose at upload. Some authors prefer human-illustrated covers for marketing reasons (children's-book reviewers and bookstore buyers sometimes prefer human art). BookCovers supports both — start with AI and refine, or use the marketplace to hire a human illustrator.

Can I keep my character consistent across a series?

Yes. Lock the series style and the AI keeps the character's appearance, palette, and visual brand consistent. For perfect cross-book character consistency, save your character's portrait once and reuse via the canvas.

Does this work for board books?

Yes. Board books are 6x6 or 7x7 (custom trim). The AI tunes for board-book conventions — bold colors, simple shapes, minimal text — when you pick "Board book" tier.

For Children's Book Authors

BookCovers for Children's Book Authors

Picture-book covers, illustrated chapter books, board books, middle grade, YA — every children's category, with the trim sizes and visual conventions kids' readers expect.

Children's book covers have very different conventions per age tier — board books (0-3) want bold colors and simple shapes; picture books (3-7) want full-bleed illustration; chapter books (7-10) want character-on-cover with bright palettes; middle grade (8-12) wants narrative imagery with hand-drawn typography; YA (12+) reads more like adult fiction. BookCovers' AI is tuned per age tier, with KDP picture-book trim sizes (8.5x8.5, 8.5x11) as one-click presets.

children's age tiers modeled

picture-book trim presets

$5/mo

Pro plan

300 DPI

illustration resolution

Children's books are split into more reader tiers than almost any other category — board, picture book, chapter, middle grade, YA. Each has a distinct visual language and trim size. A board-book cover in middle-grade conventions doesn't sell; a YA cover that looks like a chapter book gets miscategorized.

BookCovers' AI generates per age tier with the right illustration style, palette, and typography. Picture-book trim sizes (8.5x8.5 square, 8.5x11 portrait, 7x10 landscape) are presets. Illustrators can use the AI for fast comps and the canvas for hand-drawn typography pairing.

How children's book authors use BookCovers

Picture-book illustration generation.

Describe the scene and main character. The AI generates hand-illustrated-feel imagery (watercolor, cartoon, line art, painterly). Refine in the canvas. Generate 4 variants per scene to find the right tone.

Square and landscape trim presets.

8.5x8.5 (square picture book), 8.5x11 (portrait picture book), 7x10 (landscape picture book), 6x9 (chapter book), 5.5x8.5 (middle grade). One-click trim selection with right bleed for KDP.

Hand-drawn typography pairing.

Children's covers want playful, hand-drawn-feel type — not Helvetica. Curated picks: Abril Fatface, Bebas Neue (chapter), Caveat (handwritten), Dancing Script (whimsical), Cinzel (fantasy chapter book).

Series consistency for a 5-book picture-book set.

Lock the series style — same character, same palette, same hand-drawn type — and apply to every book. The AI keeps the character recognizable across books. Reader trust = consistent series.

Illustrator-assist mode.

Working with a human illustrator? Generate AI comps for cover direction, share with the illustrator as a brief, then drop the illustrator's final art onto the canvas for typography and layout.

Why BookCovers

AI tuned per children's age tier (board, picture, chapter, MG, YA)

KDP picture-book trim sizes (8.5x8.5, 8.5x11) built in

Hand-drawn-feel illustration generation

Playful typography (Abril Fatface, Caveat, Dancing Script, Cinzel)

Series consistency across 3-30 book picture book sets

$5/mo Pro — vs $500-$2,000 for a custom children's illustrator

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