---
title: "Series covers"
description: "Turn a finished cover into a book series: matching next-book covers with a consistent look and recurring characters, ordered on your shelf."
lastReviewed: "July 6, 2026"
---

## What a series does

A series links your books together and keeps their covers consistent: the next book's cover is generated *from* the cover you already love — same art style, same color palette, same title typography, and the same recurring characters — while showing a new scene for the new book.

Series covers are available on the Pro plan (and Enterprise). Each next-book cover uses 1 image credit, like a normal generation.

## Start a series

1. Open a book whose cover you're happy with (Dashboard → **My Books** → select the book).
2. In the cover workspace, open the **Edit** menu next to the book title and choose **Start a series**.
3. Name the series (we suggest one from your title) and **pick the reference cover** — the cover every next-book cover is generated from. Your newest cover is preselected, but any cover of the book can be the reference.
4. Enter the next book's title, and optionally a short summary and a cover scene (e.g. *"she walks a snowy pier at dusk"*).
5. Select **Start series & generate**.

If your book's summary mentioned characters, they're carried over automatically so they stay recognizable from cover to cover. You can change the reference cover later — the picker also appears when generating the next book in an existing series.

## Add the next book

For a book already in a series, the same menu shows **Next book in this series**. The new book inherits the author, genre, and series look; you provide the title and, optionally, the new scene.

Want a fresh composition for one book (a different layout, same identity)? Tick **Vary the layout for this book** before generating.

## How consistency works

- The new cover is generated with your anchor cover as a visual reference, plus a description of your recurring characters.
- Consistency means *your readers recognize the series and its characters at a glance* — style, palette, typography, and character family. Small variations between generations are normal; regenerate if a result drifts, or generate variations of the result you like best.
- Books in a series show as **Book 1, Book 2, …** on your shelf, in the order they joined.

## Tips

- Pick your strongest cover as the anchor before starting the series — everything else is matched to it.
- A concrete cover scene ("standing on a cliff at dawn, holding the bone compass") gives noticeably better results than leaving it blank.
- The next-book cover lands in the new book's own workspace, where all the normal tools work: variations, editing, text tools, and downloads.