How to Create a Book Jacket Template in InDesign

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Final product image — What You’ll Be Creating

In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to make a dust jacket for a book. Designing book jacket covers can be intimidating. Today, I’ll show you how to set up a dust jacket template that you can reuse over and over again. Using the Page Tool, we will set up every section of the jacket as its own page. This will make the jacket design template easy to alter.

I’ve also included a handy diagram to show you the dimensions and the structure of the book jacket design. Use this as a guide for your future custom book covers and book jackets!

In a hurry? We’ve got amazing InDesign book templates and dust jacket templates over at Envato Elements, just like this one:

Book Mockup Dust Jacket Template Edition from Envato Elements

And if you prefer to watch video tutorials, we’ve got it covered as well. The Envato Tuts+ YouTube channel has hundreds of amazing design tutorials, like this new video about how to make a dust jacket for a book:

What You’ll Learn in This Book Jacket Design Tutorial

How to set up the structure of a book jacket template in InDesign
How to set up Master Pages, Swatches, and Styles
How to design a book jacket template in InDesign
How to export a book jacket template for printing

What You’ll Need

You’ll need access to Adobe InDesign. If you don’t have the software, you can download a trial from the Adobe website. You’ll also need:

Six faces vector illustration
Portrait of a young woman
Kayden script font collection
Addington CF
Book jacket template paragraph styles—download the .indd file from the tutorial attachments

Download the assets and make sure the font is installed on your system before starting. I’ll show you how to load Paragraph Styles later in the tutorial. When you are ready, we can dive into creating our InDesign book template!

1. How to Set Up the Structure of a Book Jacket Template in InDesign

For this tutorial, we will start by setting up the InDesign book template with one page. Later, on the Layers panel, we will set up the rest of the structure of the book jacket template, as shown in the diagram below.

Each part of the book cover template will be set up as its own page. Users will then be able to resize the book jacket cover as they need.

Step 1

In InDesign, go to File > New. Name the document Book Jacket Template and set the file to the following dimensions:

Width to 6.375 in
Height to 9.25 in
Orientation to Portrait
Units to Inches
Pages to 1
Uncheck Facing Pages
Margins to 0.5 in
Bleed to 0.125 in (it’s best to seek your professional printer’s preference)

Click Create.

Step 2

On the Pages panel (Windows > Layers), uncheck Allow Document Pages to Shuffle from the main menu. This option will allow us to move pages on the InDesign book template easily.

on the pages panel select the allow document pages to shuffle

Step 3

On the Pages panel, add four pages to the book jacket template through the Create New Page button. Also on the Pages panel, drag the pages into a five-page spread.

Step 4

Select the Page Tool (Shift-P) from the Tools panel. Select the first page on the left and head over to the Control panel. Set the Width to 3.5 in.

Select the last page on the right with the Page Tool (Shift-P) and set the Width to 3.5 in. Use the Page Tool (Shift-P) to move the pages next to each other if necessary.

select the back and front lap and resize

Step 5

On the Layers panel, select the spine section of the book jacket cover and head over to Layout > Margins and Columns. Set the Margins on all sides to 0.25 in. Click OK.

Step 6

Select the Page Tool (Shift-P) from the toolbar. Select the spine page and set the Width to 1 in.

Step 7

Before we start the design of the InDesign book template, we need to alter the margin settings on the front cover and back cover. We need to subtract 0.375 in order to have the design aligned in the center.

On the Layers panel, select page 2 of the InDesign book template. Head over to Layout > Margins and Columns and set the Left margin to 0.875 in. This is to account for the 0.375-inch back wrap and the 0.5-inch margin on all sides.

Repeat the same procedure on the front page of the book jacket cover. On the Layers panel, select page 4. Head over to Layout > Margins and Columns and set the Right margin to 0.875 in.

move the margins on the front and back cover