Generate Print-Ready Book Covers Programmatically — A Self-Publisher's Guide

The Cover Problem for Self-Publishers You've written the book. Now you need a cover. Every format needs its own — Kindle ebook, KDP paperback, hardcover, audiobook thumbnail. Each with different dimensions, different bleed requirements, different text placement. A professional designer charges $500-1,500 per cover. Canva gives you templates that look like every other self-published book on Amazon. If you're publishing one book, you hire the designer. If you're publishing ten books a year — or ru