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AI Book Cover Generator

Say what the cover shows, then give your title and your name in quotes. Every cover on this page came out of Leap with both spelled right, and each one opens in the studio with its prompt, ready for your book.

Model

Start free, no card needed. You sign in first; your prompt waits for you in the studio.

  • True crime: Nobody Saw the Van, made on Leap

    Seedream 5.0 Pro

  • Young adult fantasy: Detention Is a Dungeon, made on Leap

    GPT Image 2.5 Flare

  • Cookbook: Burnt Ends, made on Leap

    GPT Image 2

  • Poetry: small hours, made on Leap

    GPT Image 2

Real covers, with their prompts

Start from your genre

Each cover came back as you see it, from the prompt under it. Press Make this to open the same model with the prompt in the box, then put in your title, your name and your story.

Thriller, romance, fantasy, horror and science fiction

Each prompt describes the picture first, as a genre reader would expect it: a hotel corridor with one door ajar, a hand-drawn bakery meet-cute, a painted cliff of salt crystals. Then it gives each line of type in quotes, where it sits and how it looks (tall condensed capitals, a bouncy script, gold serif capitals), and ends with “No other text” so nothing else gets printed.

  • Thriller: The Quiet Floor, made on Leap

    Thriller: The Quiet Floor

    Nano Banana Pro

    A book cover for a psychological thriller: a hotel corridor at night seen from one end, a single door ajar with light spilling out, a room-service tray left on the carpet. Cold teal and sodium orange, film grain. At the top, the author name "MARA LINDQVIST" in small spaced capitals; across the middle, the title "THE QUIET FLOOR" in tall condensed white capitals. No other text.

    Make this

    $0.1907 for a 1K image on Nano Banana Pro

  • Romance: Second Helpings, made on Leap

    Romance: Second Helpings

    GPT Image 2.5 Flare

    A hand-drawn romantic comedy book cover: a woman in a chef's jacket and a man in a cycling helmet both reaching for the last almond croissant in a bakery case, flat pastel colors and loose line art. The title "Second Helpings" in a bouncy hand-lettered script across the top, and the author "Priya Castellanos" in a clean sans serif at the bottom. No other text.

    Make this

    $0.0858 for an image on GPT Image 2.5 Flare

  • Fantasy: The Salt Crown, made on Leap

    Fantasy: The Salt Crown

    GPT Image 2.5 Flare

    An epic fantasy book cover painted like a dramatic oil painting: a lone figure in a red cloak on a cliff of white salt crystals above a black sea, a ring of crystal spires on the horizon under a storm. The title "THE SALT CROWN" in large serif capitals with a gold sheen at the top, the author "IDRIS OKAFOR" in small capitals at the bottom. No other text.

    Make this

    $0.0858 for an image on GPT Image 2.5 Flare

  • Horror: Spare Room, made on Leap

    Horror: Spare Room

    Nano Banana Pro

    A horror novel cover: a child's bedroom lit only by a nightlight, a pair of slippers beside the bed and a second pair of bare grey feet under the bed behind them. Deep shadows, sickly desaturated greens. The title "SPARE ROOM" in cracked white serif capitals at the top, the author "COLM HENNESSEY" at the bottom. No other text.

    Make this

    $0.1907 for a 1K image on Nano Banana Pro

  • Science fiction: Low Orbit Lullaby, made on Leap

    Science fiction: Low Orbit Lullaby

    GPT Image 2.5 Flare

    A science fiction book cover: an old woman knitting in a rocking chair beside the round window of a space station, the Earth filling the window behind her, her yarn floating in zero gravity. Retro 1970s paperback illustration, warm oranges and deep blues. The title "Low Orbit Lullaby" in a rounded retro typeface at the top, the author "Ren Takahashi" at the bottom. No other text.

    Make this

    $0.0858 for an image on GPT Image 2.5 Flare

Nonfiction, memoir and picture books

A nonfiction cover can be one idea on a plain background, such as a red paper boat beside a grey fleet. A memoir can rest on a single old photograph. A picture book wants bright paint and big hand-drawn letters. Each title and author is in quotes, spelled exactly.

  • Nonfiction: Small Is a Strategy, made on Leap

    Nonfiction: Small Is a Strategy

    Nano Banana Pro

    A clean nonfiction book cover on a warm off-white background: one tiny red paper boat sailing past a fleet of huge grey paper ships. Minimal, lots of empty space. The title "Small Is a Strategy" in a bold black sans serif across the top, the author "Dana Whitfield" smaller underneath it. No other text.

    Make this

    $0.1907 for a 1K image on Nano Banana Pro

  • Memoir: What the River Kept, made on Leap

    Memoir: What the River Kept

    GPT Image 2.5 Flare

    A literary memoir cover: a faded snapshot of a girl standing knee-deep in a brown river, one corner of the photo torn, laid on a cream linen background. The title "What the River Kept" in an elegant serif, the author "June Abara" below it in small capitals. No other text.

    Make this

    $0.0858 for an image on GPT Image 2.5 Flare

  • Picture book: Grandpa Is a Volcano, made on Leap

    Picture book: Grandpa Is a Volcano

    Nano Banana Pro

    A children's picture book cover in bright gouache: a grandfather in a cardigan with steam puffing out of his ears while his granddaughter laughs, a cat hiding under the sofa. The title "Grandpa Is a Volcano" in big wobbly hand-drawn letters at the top, the author "Tomasz Bell" at the bottom. No other text.

    Make this

    $0.1907 for a 1K image on Nano Banana Pro

Pick the model for your cover

Each of these spelled every title and name on this page right. One account runs them all, so you can try your cover on two and keep the one you like.

What it costs

Start free, then pay per cover

A new account comes with $2 of credit, and no card is needed. After that you add credit when you want more and pay for each cover you make. There is no subscription, and a cover that fails costs nothing.

ModelFromWhat $2 makes
GPT Image 2.5 Flare$0.07About 28 covers
Nano Banana Pro$0.19About 10 covers
GPT Image 2$0.056About 35 covers
Seedream 5.0 Pro$0.039About 51 covers

Each price is one run at the model's lowest-priced settings, from the live catalog. Larger sizes, longer clips and sound cost more, and the studio shows the exact price before every run. How pricing works.

For the launch

Around the book

A cover is one piece of a launch. Recipes make the rest from a few words.

Event poster
A print-ready event poster with your headline, date and place spelled right.
Animate a photo
Any photo brought to life with subtle, real motion: a smile, a breeze or a slow cinematic push-in.
Album cover
Square cover art for an album or single, with the artist and title set in the design.
AI image generator
For ads, social posts and a picture of the book in a reader's hands.

Questions

Questions authors ask

Is it free?
You can start free: a new account comes with $2 of credit, and no card is needed. That is about 51 covers with Seedream 5.0 Pro or 10 with Nano Banana Pro. After that you add credit when you want more and pay per cover. There is no subscription, and the welcome credit is one per person.
Will it spell my title and name right?
Put the title and your name in quotes, say where each goes, and end the prompt with “No other text”. Every cover on this page came back spelled right that way. Still read each one letter by letter before you publish, and run it again if a letter slipped.
How do I make a cover for my own book?
Press Make this under the cover closest to your genre. The studio opens with its prompt in the box: change the title, the name and the picture, keep the parts about type and color, and press Generate.
What size is it, and is it ready for Amazon KDP?
The covers here are 2:3, most about 1,250 pixels tall. In the studio, GPT Image 2.5 Flare and Nano Banana Pro can make them at 2K or 4K for a sharper file. Amazon KDP asks for an ebook cover of 1.6:1, ideally 2560 pixels tall, so crop a little off the sides. A print cover is a full wrap with a back and a spine; Leap makes the front, and KDP's Cover Creator or a designer builds the wrap around it.
Can I sell books with a cover made here?
Leap's Terms say that, as between you and Leap, you own the results the studio makes for you, to the extent the law allows, and they set no personal-use-only limit. In some countries AI-made images may not be protected by copyright, so nobody can promise a cover is unique, and people or brands shown in one may still have rights in it.
Do you train AI on my prompts or covers?
No. Leap does not use your prompts, uploads or results to train AI models, and does not use them in its marketing without asking you first.
What happens if a cover fails?
It costs nothing. Only a run that succeeds is charged, and you see the price on the Generate button before you press it.

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