Book Cover Generator

Create Professional, Ready-to-Publish Book Covers — No Design Skills Needed

Describe your book, pick a genre, and get a professionally designed cover in minutes. BeYourCover uses AI to generate covers that match your story, audience, and genre conventions.

Start with 2 free covers — no credit card required.

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Alex Dutton
Elena Díaz
Lucas Mayfield
Susanne Tarr
Beth Landa

4500+ indie authors are creating beautiful covers with BeYourCover.

Covers ready for every platform

Amazon KDPIngramSparkApple BooksBarnes & Noble PressKoboGoogle Play Books

How to Create a Book Cover in 3 Steps

1

Describe Your Book

Enter your title, author name, genre, and a brief summary. The book cover generator uses this to understand your book’s tone, themes, and audience.

2

Generate Cover Designs

Get cover options that match your genre’s visual conventions. Choose from styles like photorealistic, minimalist, illustration, or line art.

3

Customize and Download

Fine-tune your cover with the built-in editor — adjust text, fonts, colors, and layout. Download in high resolution (2K+), ready for KDP, IngramSpark, or any publishing platform.

Book Covers for Every Format and Genre

Whether you're writing a novel, publishing an ebook, or launching a children's book, the cover generator adapts to your genre and platform.

Novel Cover Generator

Create compelling covers for fiction — romance, thriller, mystery, sci-fi, fantasy, literary fiction. Each genre has its own visual language, and the generator knows the conventions that sell.

Ebook Cover Generator

Design covers optimized for digital storefronts. Thumbnails that pop on Amazon, Apple Books, Kobo, and Google Play. Bold typography and high-contrast designs that stand out at any size.

Non-Fiction Book Covers

Professional covers for business books, memoirs, self-help, and how-to guides. Clean layouts with authority-building design choices that convey expertise and credibility.

Children’s Book Covers

Whimsical, colorful illustrations that appeal to young readers and their parents. Choose from illustration and line art styles tailored specifically for children’s publishing.

Audiobook & Square Covers

Need a cover for Audible or other audiobook platforms? Pro users can generate 1:1 square versions of their cover, intelligently adapted from the original design.

Series & Multi-Book Projects

Maintain visual consistency across a book series. Generate variations that share a unified style, color palette, and branding — available with our Pro plan.

Everything You Need to Create Book Covers That Sell

A complete book cover creator and design tool — from brief-based generation to pixel-perfect editing.

Brief-Based Generation

Just provide your title, genre, and summary. The generator handles the visual direction — no design briefs or mood boards needed.

Multiple Style Options

Choose from photorealistic, minimalist, illustration, line art, and more. Switch between styles to find what works for your genre.

Built-In Cover Editor

Adjust text placement, fonts, colors, and layout directly in the tool. Pro users get the advanced text editor and transform tools for pixel-perfect control.

“More Like This” Variations

Found a direction you like? Generate more variations with a single click. Iterate until your cover is exactly right.

OCR Text Validation

The generator verifies that your title and author name render correctly on the cover — no typos, no text cut off.

High-Resolution Downloads

Export your covers at 2K+ resolution with no watermarks on purchased downloads. Optimized for Amazon KDP, Apple Books, and all major ebook platforms.

Book Covers Created with BeYourCover

See the quality of covers created by our book cover generator across different genres.

Fantasy book cover example — The Crimson Forge
Fantasy
Simple book cover example — Barnaby's Curious Cloud Journey
Simple
Aesthetic book cover example — Sunset Over Magnolia Bay
Aesthetic
Religion & Spirituality book cover example — Twelve Ordinary Lives
Religion & Spirituality
Horror book cover example — The Grinning Maw
Horror
Thriller book cover example — The Last Trail Home
Thriller
Non Fiction book cover example — The Hidden Mathematics of Everyday Life
Non Fiction
Simple book cover example — The Syntax of Yearning
Simple
Simple book cover example — Plus Ultra
Simple
Non Fiction book cover example — The Hidden Mathematics of Everyday Life
Non Fiction
Non Fiction book cover example — The Vibrant Plate
Non Fiction
Non Fiction book cover example — The Hidden Architecture of Global Supply Chains
Non Fiction

Try the Book Cover Generator

Use the full-featured book cover maker to design your perfect cover with advanced options.

A brief description helps generate more relevant covers.

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It usually takes about 1-2 minutes to generate your unique covers.

Best for NonFiction

Title Block

Title Block

Typographic

Modern Minimalist Icon

Modern Minimalist Icon

Illustrated

PRO
Editorial Poster

Editorial Poster

Typographic

PRO
Huge Typography Solid

Huge Typography Solid

Typographic

PRO
Huge Typography Patterned

Huge Typography Patterned

Typographic

PRO
Full-Bleed Photo + Bold Type

Full-Bleed Photo + Bold Type

Photo

PRO
Object on Solid + Clean Type

Object on Solid + Clean Type

Photo

PRO
Type Top / Photo Bottom

Type Top / Photo Bottom

Photo

PRO

Leave empty to let AI choose the best styles for your genre

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You can use just Title, Author, and Genre and refine later

Why Choose BeYourCover Over Other Book Cover Tools

See how our book cover generator compares to template tools like Canva and Placeit, or hiring a freelance designer.

Custom to your book

BeYourCoverGenerated from your summary
TemplatesGeneric templates
FreelanceCustom

Design skills needed

BeYourCoverNone
TemplatesSome
FreelanceNone

Time to first cover

BeYourCover~2 minutes
Templates30–60 minutes
Freelance3–14 days

Cost

BeYourCoverStart for free, then $19 one-time payment
Templates$10–30/mo subscription
Freelance$200–2,000+

Iterations

BeYourCoverUp to 50 variations with a single one-time payment
TemplatesManual edits
Freelance2–3 revisions

Genre-specific

BeYourCoverAutomatic and genre-aware
TemplatesManual selection
FreelanceDepends on designer

High-res downloads

BeYourCover2K+ resolution, no watermarks
TemplatesVaries
FreelanceUsually yes

Unlike template tools, BeYourCover creates covers that are unique to your book. No subscriptions, no design skills, and genre-aware generation that understands what sells in your market.

Simple Pricing — No Subscriptions

One-time purchases. No monthly fees. No hidden costs.

Free Trial

$0

2 covers, no credit card

Basic

$19

10 covers, 1 high-res download, 4 styles

Popular

Pro

$39

50 covers, 50 downloads, 40+ styles, advanced editor

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a book cover generator?

A book cover generator is a tool that creates professional book covers without requiring graphic design skills. BeYourCover goes beyond templates by generating unique, custom covers based on your book’s title, genre, and summary.

Is this book cover generator really free?

You get 2 free covers to try the tool before purchasing. No credit card required. Paid plans start at $19 for 10 covers with a high-res download.

Can I use these covers for Amazon KDP?

Yes. All covers export at 2K+ resolution, meeting Amazon KDP’s requirements for ebook covers. They also work with Apple Books, Kobo, Google Play Books, and other digital platforms.

Do I need design skills to use this?

No. Just describe your book — title, genre, and a short summary — and the generator creates covers for you. The built-in editor lets you adjust text and layout without any design background.

How is this different from Canva book cover templates?

Template tools give you pre-made layouts that many authors share. BeYourCover generates unique covers based on YOUR book’s specific content, genre, and tone. No two covers are the same.

Can I customize the generated covers?

Yes. Use the built-in editor to adjust text placement, fonts, colors, and layout. Pro users get advanced editing tools including text transform, style conversion, and full font control.

What genres do you support?

The generator supports all major genres including romance, thriller, mystery, sci-fi, fantasy, literary fiction, non-fiction, self-help, business, memoir, children’s books, and more. Each genre uses specific visual conventions to attract the right readers.

Can I generate covers for a book series?

Pro users can create covers across unlimited books, making it easy to maintain visual consistency for a series.

Create Your Book Cover Now

Your book deserves a cover that sells. Start with 2 free covers and see the difference.