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 generate dark romance covers?

Yes. Pick "Dark romance" sub-genre and the AI leans into high contrast, moody palettes, single-figure compositions, and bold typography. Mature themes are supported (covers can reference adult content); explicit imagery is not generated.

What about regency or historical romance?

Yes. Pick "Regency" or "Historical romance" and the AI generates period-appropriate costuming, soft pastels, and elegant serif type. Cinzel, Playfair, and Cormorant are the default font picks.

How does this compare to romance-specific designers?

Specialty romance designers (Hot Damn Designs, Najla Qamber, etc.) charge $300-$1,500 and produce gorgeous custom work. BookCovers is the speed-and-budget alternative — $5/mo, generated in minutes. Many romance authors use both: BookCovers for series filler, custom designers for hero covers.

Can I model the cover after a specific bestseller?

You can describe a vibe ("like the It Ends With Us aesthetic") and the AI will generate in that direction. Direct copying of another author's cover is not supported and would violate copyright; inspiration is allowed.

Are AI-generated covers acceptable on KDP?

Yes. KDP's content guidelines allow AI-generated covers. You should check the box during upload that says the cover contains AI-generated content. BookCovers covers come with a full commercial license on Pro.

For Romance Authors

BookCovers for Romance Authors

The AI knows the difference between contemporary, regency, dark romance, and romcom. Your cover should too.

Romance is the largest fiction genre on KDP, and romance readers scan for very specific visual cues — warm color palettes, couple or single-figure imagery, script + serif typography, and sub-genre signals (regency = soft pastels, dark romance = high-contrast moody, romcom = bright + playful). BookCovers' AI is tuned per romance sub-genre, so a contemporary romance cover doesn't look like a regency, and a dark romance doesn't look like a romcom.

romance sub-genres modeled

30s

first cover generated

$5/mo

Pro plan

300 DPI

print-ready output

Romance has more sub-genres and stronger visual conventions than almost any other category. A contemporary romance reader scans differently from a regency reader scans differently from a dark romance reader. If your cover signals the wrong sub-genre, click-through drops and Amazon's algorithm misclassifies you.

BookCovers' AI is tuned for each romance sub-genre — contemporary, regency/historical, romcom, dark romance, paranormal, sports/MC, billionaire, second-chance. Pick a sub-genre and the model leans into the visual conventions readers expect.

How romance authors use BookCovers

Sub-genre-specific generation.

Pick "Regency romance" and the AI generates soft pastels, period costume cues, and elegant serif type. Pick "Dark romance" and you get high contrast, single-figure compositions, and bold sans-serif. The cover signals the sub-genre before the title is read.

Couple imagery without stock-photo cringe.

AI generation produces couple imagery without the obvious stock-photo look. Refine pose, palette, and styling in the canvas editor. No more recognizing the same Shutterstock model on three different covers.

Series styling for trilogy + spinoffs.

Your trilogy needs to look related. Lock book 1's style — typography, palette, layout — and apply to books 2 and 3. Spinoffs in the same world get a sibling brand: similar but distinct.

Trope-specific covers fast.

Enemies-to-lovers, fake dating, bully romance, age gap — each trope has cover conventions. The AI generates trope-aware imagery, not generic romance.

Print + ebook in one project.

Romance readers buy both. BookCovers' wraparound calculates spine width from page count for the paperback, and the same project exports the ebook PNG sized for KDP at 1600x2560.

Why BookCovers

Sub-genre-specific AI tuning

Couple-imagery generation without stock-photo look

Romance-specific font picks (Cormorant Italics, Dancing Script, Playfair)

Trope-aware generation (enemies-to-lovers, fake dating, etc.)

Wraparound + ebook from one project

$5/mo Pro — less than a single stock photo license

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