Creating Custom Covers with Canva
Updated Nov 6, 2026
To make your own cover in Canva, upload the Artwork file from the product's ZIP (the cover image without the text), set your title, subtitle and name over it, and download it as a PNG or PDF. If you'd rather not design it yourself, the built-in Cover Generator makes four finished covers from the product for you.
What's in the ZIP for covers
Text products include two images:
- Cover (for example
Book Cover.jpgorGuide Cover.jpg): the original finished cover. - Artwork (JPG or PNG): the artwork on its own, ready for your own title.
Pick a size
| Where it's used | Size |
|---|---|
| Amazon Kindle cover | 1600 x 2560 px |
| A standard 2:3 ebook cover | for example 1600 x 2400 px |
| Etsy listing image | at least 2000 px on the short side; 4:3 shows best in search |
| Instagram post | 1080 x 1350 px |
Platforms change their sizes from time to time, so check their help page before you publish.
Make the cover in Canva
- In Canva, click Create a design > Custom size and enter your size.
- Click Uploads, upload the Artwork file and drag it onto the page. Resize it to fill the page.
- Add your title with a large, bold heading. Keep it in the top third.
- Add a smaller subtitle and your name or brand at the bottom.
- Use your brand colours and one or two fonts. Add your logo if you like.
- Click Share > Download. Choose PNG for web and listings, PDF Print for print.
Design tips
- Test it small. Zoom out until the cover is thumbnail size. If you can't read the title, make it bigger or bolder.
- Contrast first. Light text on a dark area, or dark text on a light area.
- Fewer words. Title, a short subtitle and your name are enough.
- One focal image. Leave space around it.
Put the cover on your PDF
Open the product in the PDF Rebrander. Under Cover, choose Replace first page (or Add before it), click Upload a new cover and pick your PNG or JPG. Then Download PDF.
If you're editing the Word file instead, insert the cover image as the first page and export the whole document as PDF.
Make mockups
Use Mockup Studio to show your cover as a hardcover on a desk, on a tablet, in hands and more, ready for your sales page or Etsy listing.
With the AI Skill Pack
Master Library members can add the AI Skill Pack ($47 one-time) on the AI Skills page. It gives your own ChatGPT or Claude nine skills that work on your Library. The Rebrand skill puts your name, colours and fonts on a product, Your Edition rewrites the text so it no longer reads like everyone else's copy, and Covers and mockups designs the cover and listing images. Connected to your Library, your AI hands back a designed PDF and an editable Word file. Free accounts and members who joined before 4 November 2026 don't see the pack.
If you joined before 4 November 2026
You keep what your plan included. The PDF Rebrander, Cover Generator and Mockup Studio are included on the older Pro / Lifetime, Yearly and Monthly plans. Master Library Lite and the older Basic plan don't include them: the tools open, but the paid features show an upgrade option instead. If you're not sure which plan you have, email support@entrepedia.co.