# 7.44 × 9.69 in (7.44x9.69) book size on KDP: specs, page limits and cover size

Source: https://kdpbook.io/kdp/trim-sizes/7-44x9-69 · Updated 2026-10-15

7.44 × 9.69 in (often written 7.44x9.69; 189 × 246.1 mm) is the UK Crown Quarto format, used for illustrated non-fiction, cookbooks, textbooks and comics. It is a large trim on KDP, offered as a paperback only (24–828 pages). With bleed, each interior page is 7.565 × 9.94 in.

Checked against KDP Help on 2026-09-28. Page ranges as published by KDP.

## Page limits

| Ink and paper | Paperback | Hardcover |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B&W white | 24–828 | not offered |
| B&W cream | 24–776 | not offered |
| B&W groundwood | 24–812 | not offered |
| Standard color | 72–600 | not offered |
| Premium color | 24–828 | not offered |

## Cover size

| Binding | Pages | Ink and paper | Spine | Full cover (width × height) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Paperback | 100 | B&W white | 0.225 in | 15.355 × 9.94 in |
| Paperback | 200 | B&W white | 0.45 in | 15.58 × 9.94 in |
| Paperback | 300 | B&W white | 0.676 in | 15.806 × 9.94 in |

KDP prints spine text only on books with more than 79 pages. kdpbook also checks that the spine is wide enough for 7 pt text inside KDP's 0.0625 in spine margins, which in black and white on white paper takes 100 pages.

## Questions

Q: How many pages can a 7.44 × 9.69 in book have on KDP?
A: As a paperback: 24–828 pages in black and white on white paper, 24–776 pages in black and white on cream paper, 24–812 pages in black and white on groundwood paper, 72–600 pages in standard color and 24–828 pages in premium color. KDP counts every page, blank ones included, and rounds an odd count up to the next even number.

Q: What cover size does a 7.44 × 9.69 in book need on KDP?
A: It depends on the page count and the paper, because the spine grows with every page. A 200-page 7.44 × 9.69 in paperback in black and white on white paper needs a full-wrap cover of 15.58 × 9.94 in (395.7 × 252.5 mm): back and front at 7.44 in each, a 0.45 in spine and 0.125 in of bleed on the outside edges.

Q: Can a 7.44 × 9.69 in book be a hardcover on KDP?
A: No. KDP prints hardcovers only in 5.5 × 8.5, 6 × 9, 6.14 × 9.21, 7 × 10, 8.25 × 11 in. The closest hardcover size to 7.44 × 9.69 in is 7 × 10 in; a book that needs a paperback and a hardcover at the same trim has to use one of the hardcover sizes.

Q: Is 7.44 × 9.69 in the same as the UK Crown Quarto format?
A: Yes, to the nearest millimeter: Crown Quarto (UK) is 189 × 246 mm, and 7.44 × 9.69 in is 189 × 246.1 mm. On KDP you choose it as 7.44 × 9.69 in.