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We will calculate and adjust the book cover spine for you during the AuthorCrossing publication process -- you're not required to do it yourself. However, we understand that for the extreme do-it-yourselfer, the challenge of designing your own cover could be something you're willing to tackle. If you're up for the task, we will accept your fully-designed cover, as long as it meets our technical requirements.

If you wish to calculate the width of your spine, you can download the guide, provided by Wordclay, for your book size. You must know the exact page count of your formatted and finished manuscript file, or galley, before you can determine the exact spine width.

Click on the book size to download a PDF for the following sizes:

 

PDF documents require Adobe Reader to open. If you do not have Adobe Reader installed, click here to visit Adobe's Web site in order to download a copy of the software if necessary.

Contact a customer support representative through e-mail (customersupport@authorcrossing.com) or Live Chat if you have questions.

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