Kdp Ebook Cover Dimensions

The sides must be between 750 pixels and 2000 pixels in length.

Kdp ebook cover dimensions. For the interior parameter you must. Full cover design dimensions calculator for amazon kdp this online calculator tool will help you arrive at the dimensions your full cover needs to be for amazon kdp or you can just use it to figure your spine width. Cover files larger than 650mb won t convert.

The cover image size should be a minimum of 625 pixels at shortest side and 1000 pixels on the longest side. I prefer 600 x 900 pixels do not make your image any larger than 2000 pixels on the longest side. Create a new layer in your image editing software.

Minimum dimensions of 1000 pixels in height and 625 pixels in width. Ideal dimensions for cover files are 2 560 pixels in height x 1 600 pixels in width. So as a brief public service as of may 2012 here are the amazon kindle ebook cover height and width specifications courtesy of the amazon kdp book publication website.

The best quality is 2 560 x 1 600 pixels the file format should be tiff or jpeg. We recommend a file size of 40mb or less because large files can slow down printing. Open the pdf or png file for the paperback book cover template in your image editing software.

Your cover image must be a jpg or jpeg file with a file size between 5kb and 2mb. Design your cover in the design layer using the template pdf or png file as the guide layer. We apply additional compression to images when.

This layer will serve as the design layer. Kdp usually rejects covers that don t and 2. Save at 72 dots per inch dpi for optimal viewing on the web.