RindrawKindle eBook cover size
Amazon's ideal Kindle eBook cover is 1600 × 2560 pixels, 2560 tall and 1600 wide.
Checked October 29, 2026.
- 1600 × 2560
| Ideal | 1600 × 2560 px |
|---|---|
| Shape | 1.6 times as tall as wide |
| Smallest | 500 px on the longest side |
| Largest | 10,000 px a side, 50 MB |
| Format | JPEG preferred; also TIFF, PNG, still GIF |
| Color | RGB |
Seen tiny first
Most readers meet the cover as a thumbnail in a list of search results, about the size of a postage stamp. Before you finish, zoom out until it's that small: the title should still read and the main shape should still be clear.
The paperback is different
This is the eBook's front cover only. A paperback's cover is one wide image, back, spine and front together, its size set by the trim and the page count; Kindle Direct Publishing makes a template for it.
Setting it up in Rindraw
Choose New Drawing › Custom Canvas, in pixels, and enter 1600 × 2560 at 300 dpi.
Export as JPEG, as Amazon prefers. Double Resolution gives 3200 × 5120, still under the 10,000 limit.
Questions
What size should a Kindle cover be?
1600 pixels wide and 2560 tall is the ideal. It must be at least 500 pixels on the longest side and at most 10,000 on each side, under 50 MB.
What format is a Kindle cover?
JPEG is preferred. TIFF, PNG and still GIF work too; SVG doesn't.
Sources
- Kindle Direct Publishing, eBook cover image guidelines: 2,560 × 1,600 ideal, at least 500 on the longest side, at most 10,000 a side, 50 MB, JPEG preferred.
Other sizes
- Podcast cover art3000 × 3000
- US Letter2550 × 3300
- A51748 × 2480
- Every sizePrint, comics and online, in one table
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