How to Create Stunning Book Covers in Minutes With AI (Coauthor.ai Tutorial)

About this video

The creator, who says he has been creating and selling books online for over 10 years, demonstrates Coauthor.ai as a purpose-built alternative to general image tools and to paying hundreds of dollars for a designer. Using an example keto cookbook title generated in the platform, he fills in title, subtitle, genre, author name, book type and format, leaves art style and visual mood to the AI, and chooses between a normal subtitle and a badge-style subtitle. He also shows optional settings for including characters with a reference upload and for describing a vision or uploading a reference cover. The tool returns three front-cover options, which he says have clean text, and can be revised by highlighting a specific area to change or by attaching a reference image. After accepting a design, he downloads it or builds a back cover by picking a layout, letting the AI draft the copy, reserving the barcode area and matching the front style, again choosing from three concepts. He then assembles a full paperback cover by setting trim size, page count, paper and spine text, exports a print-ready PDF, and converts the same design to hardcover, noting ebook and audiobook versions are also possible. Past examples include a word search, a surgery recovery activity book refined with a character and spot edits, and Christian romance fiction. He closes with pricing as he presents it: an Essentials plan at $48 per month in beta without a book credit, a Pro plan around $224 per month with three credits (about $74 per book by his math), or a $150 a la carte credit, which he contrasts with his own experience of stacking Claude and a separate image tool.

Key takeaways

• Coauthor generates three front-cover options from title, subtitle, genre, format and style inputs, with badge or normal subtitle display and optional character or reference-image uploads.
• Revisions can be targeted: highlight a specific area to change an element, or attach a reference image to steer the design toward a look you like.
• An accepted front cover can be extended in the same tool into a back cover and a full print cover, with layout, AI-generated back copy, barcode reservation, trim size, page count, paper and spine controls, then exported as a print-ready PDF.
• The same front design can be converted to paperback, hardcover, ebook and audiobook formats, and files can be downloaded as PNG, PDF, SVG, text or Photoshop files.
• Pricing as presented by the creator: Essentials is $48/month in beta without book credits, Pro is around $224/month for three book credits, and a single a la carte book credit is $150.

Episode details: published July 27, 2026 · 12:52 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Sean Dollwet’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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