Device for shaping book covers

A device for shaping a folding region of a lying outstretched book cover, the folding region being adjacent on either side of a spine region, or for shaping the spine region and the folding region, corresponding to a shape of a spine of a book block which subsequently forms a book together with the book cover, the device comprising:

• at least one first shaping tool for a first book cover associated with a first book block having a straight spine;
• at least one second shaping tool configured to generate a rounding of the spine region of the book cover for a second book cover associated with a second book block having a round spine;
• a working position for one of the shaping tools and a resting position for the other shaping tools;
• a countertool which is aligned with an outer face of the spine region of the book cover and has two counter shaping rails which are spaced apart from one another and are adjustable laterally according to a width of the spine region of the book cover, wherein, in a working position, a respective one of the shaping tools is arranged so as to be aligned with an inner face of the spine region of the book cover and is configured to raise the spine region of the book cover between the two counter shaping rails so as to form a spine strip of the book cover;
• one tool beam which is non-positively or positively connected to each of the shaping tools;
• a receiving element for the tool beam arranged in the working position;
• and
• a single actuator for the shaping tools in each case arranged in the working position, the tool beam in each case being arranged in the working position being configured to be coupled to the single actuator,
• wherein each of the shaping tools has two shaping rails which are spaced apart from one another, are laterally adjustable and are each designed so as to be adjustable collectively to change a distance therebetween.