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Novel dust jacket
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The real blank at this size, folded by the same engine as the studio. The artwork is a sample from a fictional brand — swap in your own in the editor.

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Novel dust jacket dieline

156 × 222 mm case, 24 mm spine and 75 mm flaps. A ready-sized preset of the book dust jacket — change the length, width and height and every panel, tuck and glue flap is redrawn to match.

Inside156 × 24 × 222 mm
Outside156 × 24 × 222 mm
Flat blank485.8 × 222 mm
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Reference
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Inside size
Cover width 156 · Spine width 24 · Cover height 222 mm
Size range
Cover width 75–400 · Spine width 3–100 · Cover height 100–450 mm
Manufacturing
156 × 24 × 222 mm score to score · inside vs outside sizes
Parts
One blank
Board area
0.108 m² · about 4 up on a 720 × 1020 mm sheet
Default board
Art paper 170 g · 0.16 mm caliper
Board options
Paper 170SBS 300SBS 350Kraft 350SBS 18 pt
Good for
novelhardbackfictionbook dust jacketdust coverhardback jackethardcoverbook coverpublishingprint

The flat dieline

Exactly what the downloads contain, drawn from the template at its default size, with a 3 mm bleed. How to read a dieline.

  • Crease
  • Cut
  • Bleed 3 mm
Novel dust jacket flat dieline with cut and crease lines

How the blank is sized

Score-to-score panel sizes at the default size, with the formula each one follows. L, W and H are the inside dimensions; T is the board caliper (0.16 mm for Art paper 170 g). Change the size or board in the editor and every panel is recalculated.

PanelSize (mm)Formula
Front cover156 × 222L × H
Spine24 × 222W × H
Back cover156 × 222L × H
Front turn-in74.9 × 222– × H
Back turn-in74.9 × 222– × H

Adjustable in the editor

Beyond the size and board, this structure exposes 1 option; the template and 3D preview follow each change.

  • Turn-in flapmm

The book dust jacket family

The same structure with sizes, boards and options set for a use.

All 21 book dust jacket templates

Similar structures

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Make this novel dust jacket yours

Open it in the editor to set your size, drop artwork on each face, check bleed and safe areas, and export print-ready PDF with the dieline on its own layer — or stage it in a 3D scene for a mockup.