KDP Cover Production Checklist

Create a professional, KDP-ready book cover with confidence using this practical step-by-step checklist.

Designed for independent authors and self-publishers, this 20-page workbook takes you through the complete cover-production process — from confirming your exact KDP specifications and downloading the correct template to checking the finished PDF and reviewing it in KDP Previewer.

Inside, you'll work through:

✓ Cover project information

✓ Exact KDP cover dimensions

✓ Back, spine and front cover checks

✓ Bleed, trim and safe-area checks

✓ Typography and text placement

✓ Continuous wraparound artwork

✓ Barcode and back-cover reserve

✓ Template-first production workflow

✓ PDF export checks

✓ Full-size visual quality control

✓ KDP Previewer checks

✓ Final cover approval

The checklist is designed to help you avoid common cover-production problems such as incorrect dimensions, text outside safe areas, barcode conflicts, artificial spine panels, unwanted boxes or artefacts, and export errors.

You receive the complete 20-page PDF checklist, ready to download and use for your own KDP publishing projects.

Important: KDP specifications and tools can change, so always use the current KDP requirements and template for your specific book.

Price: £9.99