\documentclass[ coverwidth=15cm, coverheight=20cm, spinewidth=25mm, flapwidth=6cm, wrapwidth=5mm, ]{bookcover} \newbookcovercomponenttype{center rotate}{ \vfill \centering \rotatebox[origin=c]{-90}{#1} \vfill} \usepackage[outline]{contour}% It doesn't work with xelatex and lualatex \contourlength{1pt} \usepackage[english]{babel} \usepackage{kantlipsum,microtype} \begin{document} \begin{bookcover} % Remark \begin{bookcoverelement}{center}{above front} \textcolor{blue}{A dust jacket example} \end{bookcoverelement} % Background color on the whole cover \begin{bookcoverelement}{color}{bg whole} black \end{bookcoverelement} % Background picture on the whole cover without flaps \begin{bookcoverelement}{picture}{bg whole without flaps} ./figures/bookcover-bg.jpg \end{bookcoverelement} % Transparent areas on the back cover \begin{bookcoverelement}{tikz}{bg back and wrap} \fill[opacity=0.3,black!50] (0,0) rectangle (25mm,\partheight) (part.north east) rectangle ([xshift=-5cm]part.south east); \end{bookcoverelement} % Transparent areas on the front cover \begin{bookcoverelement}{tikz}{bg front and wrap} \fill[opacity=0.3,black!50] (0,0) rectangle (50mm,\partheight) (part.north east) rectangle ([xshift=-25mm]part.south east); \end{bookcoverelement} % Picture on the front cover behind the title \begin{bookcoverelement}{center}{front} \includegraphics{./figures/bookcover-cards.pdf} \end{bookcoverelement} % Author and title on the front cover \begin{bookcoverelement}{normal}{front}[,,,5cm] \centering \color{yellow!60!black}\sffamily\bfseries \resizebox{!}{5mm}{\contour{black}{Rose Taylor}}\\[26mm] \resizebox{!}{7mm}{\contour{black}{GAMBLING SYSTEMS}}\\[8mm] \resizebox{!}{7mm}{\contour{black}{AND STRATEGIES}}\\ \end{bookcoverelement} % Title on the spine \begin{bookcoverelement}{center rotate}{spine} \color{yellow!60!black}\huge\sffamily\bfseries \contour{black}{Rose Taylor -- Gambling Systems and Strategies} \end{bookcoverelement} % Text on the back cover \begin{bookcoverelement}{normal}{back}[2cm,2cm,2cm,2cm] \color{white}\kant[1] \end{bookcoverelement} % Text and picture on the front flap \begin{bookcoverelement}{normal}{front flap}[1cm,1cm,1cm,2cm] \color{white}\kant[2] \vfill {\centering\includegraphics{./figures/bookcover-dice.pdf}\par} \end{bookcoverelement} % Text on the back flap \begin{bookcoverelement}{normal}{back flap}[1cm,2cm,1cm,2cm] \color{white}\kant[3] \end{bookcoverelement} \end{bookcover} \end{document}