ImposeIQ Suite · Book covers · spine

ImposeIQ Cover Builder

A page-layout editor for one job: the cover of a perfect-bound book — back, spine and front with bleed, safe areas and hinge creases — with the spine width worked out from the book itself.

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Capabilities

The spine is right before the cover is designed.

Load the body PDF and pick the paper: the page count, trim and spine come from the book, so the cover is laid out to the size it will actually wrap.

  • Spine from pages and paper: grade and weight, mill PPI or a measured caliper, plus glue and cover wrap
  • Back, spine and front with bleed, safe areas, spine safe and hinge creases drawn
  • Text, image and shape frames, layers, snapping, undo and redo
  • Front and back placed straight from the body PDF’s first and last pages
  • Inside covers, flaps and glue areas
  • ISBN barcodes and Duplo DC registration / OMR marks
  • Preflight before export; cover PDF, proof PDF, PNG preview and DC crease XML
Typical workflow

From file to finished job.

  1. Load the body PDFIts page count and trim size are read and the spine worked out.
  2. Pick the paperGrade and basis weight, or the mill’s PPI or a measured caliper.
  3. Design the coverPlace the body’s pages or draw your own frames; add spine text and the ISBN.
  4. Check and exportPreflight, then the cover PDF, a proof, a PNG or the DC crease XML.

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The online edition opens on a blank 6 × 9 in cover. Your files are read in the browser and never uploaded; saved files carry a DEMO mark.

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