The Book Printing Company
Cover Checker
Check the size and placement of your finished cover spread before supplying it for printing.
Your cover stays on your device.
The checker works inside your browser. Your PDF or image is not uploaded to or stored on our server.
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STEP ONE
Enter the book details
Use the same specifications shown on your quotation or order.
Calculated cover measurements
- Full document
- mm
- Finished cover
- mm
- Spine
- mm
- Bleed / wrap
- mm each side
STEP TWO
Upload the finished cover
Choose a one-page PDF, JPG or PNG cover spread. The preview will fill the calculated area through to the bleed or wrap edge.
STEP THREE
Check the cover placement
Expected document
Uploaded cover
Artwork
Preview settings
Document edge
Trim / board edge
Spine folds
Text-safe area
What to check
- Background artwork reaches every outer bleed or wrap edge.
- The spine text sits between the two spine-fold guides.
- Important text and logos remain inside the safe-area guides.
- The front cover is on the right and the back cover is on the left.