Fix KDP Cover Bleed

Job ID: 40086414

Budget: $30 – $250 USD

My paperback is set up on KDP with a trim size of 8.5" × 11" (white paper, black-and-white interior) and the platform tells me the full-wrap file—including bleed—has to be exactly 11.43" × 11.25". I already designed the front, back and spine artwork and the genre is Health and Family, so the creative side is done.

The only roadblock is the bleed: KDP’s automated checker keeps flagging a missing 0.125" bleed on all outer edges. I need the existing cover adjusted so the bleed is correctly added and the final PDF/PNG meets every KDP print-ready specification.

Deliverable
• One press-ready, high-resolution cover file (PDF preferred) that uploads without errors in KDP’s previewer and passes the bleed test on the first try.

You’re free to use Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Affinity—or any tool you prefer—as long as the outcome is compliant. Please keep all artwork exactly as I supplied it; just extend or mirror where needed so nothing important is trimmed off.

If you have quick questions about spine width or need the original file formats, let me know and I’ll send them right away.