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US letter landscape perfect-bound book cover
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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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US letter landscape perfect-bound book cover dieline

279.4 × 215.9 mm cover with an editable 18 mm spine. Confirm bound thickness with your printer. A ready-sized preset of the perfect-bound book cover — change the length, width and height and every panel, tuck and glue flap is redrawn to match.

Inside279.4 × 18 × 215.9 mm
Outside279.4 × 18 × 215.9 mm
Flat blank576.8 × 215.9 mm
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Reference
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Inside size
Trim width 279.4 · Spine width 18 · Trim height 215.9 mm
Size range
Trim width 75–400 · Spine width 2–100 · Trim height 100–450 mm
Manufacturing
279.4 × 18 × 215.9 mm score to score · inside vs outside sizes
Parts
One blank
Board area
0.125 m² · about 4 up on a 720 × 1020 mm sheet
Default board
SBS white board 300 g · 0.42 mm caliper
Board options
SBS 300Paper 170SBS 350Kraft 350SBS 18 pt
Good for
publishingbook trimlandscape-letter279.4 x 215.9 mmperfect bound coverpaperback coverbook covercatalogue covercatalog covermagazine cover

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
US letter landscape perfect-bound book cover 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 (0.42 mm for SBS white board 300 g). Change the size or board in the editor and every panel is recalculated.

PanelSize (mm)Formula
Front cover279.4 × 215.9L × H
Spine18 × 215.9W × H
Back cover279.4 × 215.9L × H

Adjustable in the editor

Beyond the size and board, this structure exposes 2 options; the template and 3D preview follow each change.

  • Opening hinge scoreson / off
  • Hinge insetmm

The perfect-bound book cover family

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

All 21 perfect-bound book cover templates

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Make this us letter landscape perfect-bound book cover 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.