Kindle Cover

Generate a full-wrap paperback cover PDF for Amazon KDP (front + spine + back in one file). Use this skill whenever the user wants to: create a book cover for KDP, make a paperback cover, generate a full wrap cover, design a book cover PDF, or needs a cover for Amazon self-publishing. Trigger for phrases like "book cover", "paperback cover", "KDP cover", "full wrap", "cover PDF", "spine + back cover", or when the user has a front cover image and needs the complete printable cover file.

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Install

skills CLI (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and more)

npx skills add nikmcfly/kindle-cover-skill --skill kindle-cover

Manual install

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/nikmcfly/kindle-cover-skill.git /tmp/kindle-cover-skill
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/kindle-cover-skill/. ~/.claude/skills/kindle-cover

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From the SKILL.md

# Kindle Cover — KDP Full Wrap Paperback Cover Generator

Generate a print-ready full-wrap cover PDF for Amazon KDP paperback books.
The output is a single PDF containing back cover, spine, and front cover — ready to upload to KDP.

## When to use this skill

- User has a front cover image and needs the full wrap (front + spine + back) PDF
- User is publishing a paperback on KDP and needs a cover file
- User wants to generate or regenerate a book cover with updated page count

## How it works

Run the bundled script:

```bash
python3 <skill-path>/scripts/generate_cover.py \
  --front-image <path-to-front-cover-image> \
  --title "Book Title" \
  --author "Author Name" \
  --pages <page-count> \
  --output <output-path.pdf> \
  --back-headline "Your hook headline" \
  --back-bullets "Bullet 1" "Bullet 2" "Bullet 3" \
  --back-tagline "Closing tagline" \
  --accent-color "#e040a0"
```

## Key parameters

| Parameter | Required | Default | Notes |
|-----------|----------|---------|-------|
| `--front-image` | Yes | — | JPG/PNG of the front cover |
| `--title` | Yes | — | Book title for spine |
| `--author` | Yes | — | Author name for spine |
| `--pages` | Yes | — | Total page count (determines spine width) |
| `--output` | Yes | — | Output PDF path |
| `--trim` | No | `6x9` | Trim size: `5x8`, `5.5x8.5`, `6x9`, `8.5x11` |
| `--paper` | No | `white` | Paper type: `white` (0.002252"/page) or `cream` (0.0025"/page) |

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Details

Skill name: kindle-cover
Repository: nikmcfly/kindle-cover-skill
Repo updated: 27 March 2026

FAQ

What does the Kindle Cover skill do?

How do I install the Kindle Cover skill?

skills CLI (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and more): npx skills add nikmcfly/kindle-cover-skill --skill kindle-cover. Skills go in ~/.claude/skills (personal) or .claude/skills (project), and Claude loads them automatically when a task matches the description.

Is Kindle Cover popular?

It lives in nikmcfly/kindle-cover-skill, which has 7 GitHub stars and 2 forks.

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