Paperback · Standard Color · 245 pages — spine 0.5517″
For a 5.5 × 8.5 in paperback with standard color interior pages, the KDP-spec cover is 11.8017 × 8.7500 in (spine 0.5517″ / 14.01 mm). Tweak any field below to recalculate live.
Spine width
0.5517in
14.01 mm
- Full cover
- 11.8017 × 8.7500 in
- Other unit
- 299.76 × 222.25 mm
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