Small Picture Book Cover Text Bug?

I've just ordered 2 * 3 small picture books. On making a PDF copy to email, I noticed that the cover text was bleeding into the photo above it. That is to say it's about 2 cm higher than it should be and is escaping the black background it should be resting on.
I was using a French word with accents so I thought it might be the cause. Retyped a new title in English: same thing. Changing the theme to Medium Sized Picture Book resolves the issue. But if I change it back to Small, the glitch reappears. I've made a new Small Picture Book from different photos and the problem persists.
I've even managed to locate the pdf created when ordering and can confirm that it is wrong too.
So. Anyone else been through this? Unless a miracle occurs it looks like I'll have to go through the hassle of sending back two orders and waiting until they fix it...

Welcome to the Apple Discussions. The small books only have an introduction page for text but it can be inserted anywhere in the book. It's listed under the Layouts menu at the bottom.
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