Both books are bound with a blue linen hardcover, stamped gold - leaf spine text, cream paper, and full - color dust - jacket cover with a gloss finish. (scottsemegran.com)
This isn't a great solution, however, because «normal» or traditionally published books often have large spine text that extends to the very edge of the spine (or even wraps around the spine a little). (creativindiecovers.com)
The bleed is the.125 needed around the cover for trimming and the spine margin is the spacing Createspace requires for printing spine text. (mybookcave.com)