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.

How does Pro pricing scale for a publisher?

Pro is $5/month per workspace. Most indie publishers run one workspace with 10-50 authors and 50-200 covers per year. The cost is flat regardless of volume.

Can my designers and editors share a workspace?

Yes (Pro). Invite collaborators with role-based access. Designers get edit rights, editors get review rights, marketing gets export rights.

Can I download our entire catalog at once?

Yes. Batch export ships every cover at every format you select (KDP paperback, IngramSpark hardcover, ebook PNG, square ebook for newsletters, etc.) in a single click.

Do you support custom imprint branding?

Yes. Lock imprint-level styles (logo placement, typography baseline) and apply per series. Useful when an indie publisher runs multiple imprints under one company.

What about authors who want a full custom design?

Use the BookCovers marketplace to hire one of our vetted human designers. 70% goes to the designer, 30% platform — typically $50-$200 per cover, vs $300-500 on 99designs.

For Indie Publishers

BookCovers for Indie Publishers

You publish 20+ books a year. Hiring a designer per cover doesn't scale. Spreadsheets of trim sizes don't either.

BookCovers gives indie publishers a way to produce 20-100+ covers per year without paying $300 each or waiting 2 weeks each. Series branding locks consistency across an author's catalog. Batch export ships every cover at every format in one click. KDP and IngramSpark trim presets eliminate per-cover formatting. Pro is $5/month per workspace — less than one freelance cover.

50+

covers/year per Pro workspace

$60/yr

vs $15,000+ freelance

1 click

batch-export the full catalog

KDP/IS first-upload rejections

You run a small press or imprint. You publish 20-100+ books per year across multiple authors and genres. Hiring a freelance designer per cover would cost $5,000-$30,000 a year and slow your release cadence to a crawl.

BookCovers is built for the volume. Series branding for each author keeps their catalog visually coherent. Batch export ships every cover at every format. KDP/IngramSpark trim presets remove per-cover formatting. The math: 50 covers a year at $5/mo Pro = $60. The same 50 covers from a freelancer would be $15,000+.

How indie publishers use BookCovers

Catalog-wide consistency.

Lock series branding per author. Every book in their series gets identical typography, palette, and layout — different AI imagery and titles, identical brand. Readers recognize the author's catalog at a glance.

20+ covers a year, no bottleneck.

Designer goes on vacation? Cover is still due Monday? Ops keeps moving. Anyone on your team can design a publication-ready cover in 15 minutes with the AI doing the heavy lifting.

Multi-author workspaces.

Each author has their own series-style lock. Pull up author A's series → all covers tagged. Pull up author B → different brand. No cross-contamination.

Batch-export the catalog.

End-of-year audit: 50 books, 3 formats each (KDP paperback, IngramSpark hardcover, ebook PNG). Hit batch export. Done in minutes.

Cover refresh at scale.

Refreshing your backlist branding? Update the series style and every cover regenerates with the new look. What used to be a $5,000 reformat is a 30-minute task.

Why BookCovers

Volume-friendly pricing — $5/mo Pro per workspace

Series branding per author

Batch export the entire catalog at once

Multi-author workspaces with role-based access

Print-ready PDFs accepted by KDP and IngramSpark on first upload

Designer marketplace for the covers AI can't nail

Frequently asked questions

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