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coverator

Cover Template Generator for Barnes and Noble Press

Use here: realazthat.github.io/coverator.

What is it?

This is a simple tool to generate a cover template making book covers for Barnes and Noble Press.

It is a simple web page that allows you to enter the dimensions of your book and will generate a template for you to use in your favorite image editor, to guide the borders of your cover.

This is what Barnes and Noble Press interface looks like:

This is what coverator looks like:

How to use it?

Workflow is:

B&N Press > Get Dimensions > coverator > Download Template > Image Editor > Upload To B&N Press

  1. Go to press.barnesandnoble.com and create a new project, entering the dimensions of your book, and number of pages, type of pages etc.

  2. Navigate to the How Do You Want to Upload Your Cover File? page. You can get here a few ways.

  3. This template is for the "Upload Full Cover File" option. So click that.

  4. Next, you should see a page titled "How To Format Your Cover File". Copy the various lengths over the the coverator equivalent input boxes at realazthat.github.io/coverator.

Running Locally

npm install
npm run start
# Navigate to http://localhost:1234/coverator/. Note the trailing slash!


npm run build
npm run serve
# Navigate to http://localhost:3000/coverator/. Note the trailing slash!