Create the Perfect Hardcover Book Design for Amazon KDP

Design a book cover for Amazon KDP that helps your book sell using our easy-to-use tool. In just a few clicks, create a cover that stands out from the crowd.

Make a Cover

Example of KDP hardcover design created with our book cover creator

Craft a Beautiful KDP Hardcover with Our Book Cover Maker

Looking to make your own hardback book cover for Amazon KDP? Our powerful, easy-to-use design tool lets you create a custom hardcover that matches the quality of your content. Whether you're publishing a novel, memoir, or planner, we give you everything you need to design an eye-catching hardcover that stands out—on the shelf and on Amazon.

Perfect for authors, indie publishers, and DIY enthusiasts, our platform takes the complexity out of hardcover book design so you can focus on what matters most: your story.

Design Assistance

Based on your genre, we recommend color palettes, fonts and take care of the technical configuration, including back cover and spine text placement. Our precise measurements are tailored to all Amazon KDP trim sizes.

Customization

Upload your own images or choose from over 100,000 images. Our novel cover maker gives you creative control, allowing you to use custom image filters, remove image backgrounds, add overlay images, font effects and more!

3D Cover Preview

Our unique 3D mode allows you to visualize your design in stunning detail and see exactly how your printed book will look, giving you complete confidence before going to print.

Our Hardcover Book Design Tool is Built for Self-Publishers

Create a fully custom hardcover book cover with complete control over fonts, images, and colors. Our online tool gives you a blank canvas to design exactly what you envision—without limiting you to templates or pre-set layouts.

While you focus on the creative side, we take care of the technical requirements behind the scenes. Bleeds, margins, spine width, and KDP's print specifications are all handled automatically, so your final file meets Amazon KDP’s exact standards.

You don’t need design software or formatting knowledge—just your ideas. The result is a professional-grade hardcover, ready for print.

Make a Cover

How to Create a Hardcover Design for KDP

Tell us about your book

Start by telling us your book title and author name and selecting an image for your cover. We take this information to create a unique book cover template tailored to your books genre.

Configure

Set your hardcover settings (trim size, page count and paper type). We use this information to calculate all the formatting and measurements for you so you can focus on making the perfect book cover.

Customize

Customize your design by adding additional text and then explore customizations such as font styles, images, and background colors.

Download

Once you've purchased your cover design, download your high-resolution files ready for importing directly to Amazon KDP. We ensure your cover meets all the necessary KDP requirements.

Revise

Need to make a change? No problem! You'll receive 2 free revisions for every purchase of a hardcover design so you can make improvements.

Made for Amazon KDP Hardcover Publishing

Every hardcover design created with our tool is automatically formatted to meet Amazon KDP’s production requirements. From spine width to trim size, we ensure your design aligns with KDP's exact print specifications, meaning your file is ready for upload and passes KDP’s checks without issue.

No need to manually adjust margins or guess at bleed areas—our tool ensures technical accuracy from the start.

Design Your Hardcover Cover in Minutes

Our streamlined interface makes hardcover book design fast and efficient—no learning curve, no complicated software. Spend less time formatting and more time focusing on your writing or marketing.

Get your print-ready cover file faster and start sharing your hardcover with the world sooner.