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This free guide will walk you through the necessary steps in creating a professional digital file of your book using Microsoft Word 2010 for quick upload to Kindle Direct Publishing.

These are the topics we'll discuss:

• Before You Write

• Building the Front Matter of Your Book

• Building Your Table of Contents

• Preparing a Cover

• Finishing Your Book

• Uploading and Checking the Quality of Your Book

• Just Before Publishing Your Book

• Making Changes After Publishing Your Book

We've written this guide with you in mind. We'll walk you through the key steps for every part of the process, and while it may seem repetitive at times, we want to make sure you have exactly the information you need, when you need it.

And don't forget — this is a process! Publishing on Kindle is easy and takes only 5 minutes of your time — but correctly preparing your book for success on Kindle takes time and effort. Don't worry; if you follow the steps we outline here, you should feel confident you'll end up with a successfully designed and formatted book and one you will be proud to see for sale on Amazon.

Length: 55 pages

Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled

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File Size: 251 KB
Print Length: 55 pages
Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
Publication Date: April 15, 2012
Sold by: Amazon.com Services LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B007URVZJ6
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Screen Reader: Supported
Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
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Erika

Excellent Resource for Writing, Editing, and Uploading your ebook to Amazon Kindle

Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2016

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I never knew that there were specific formatting guidelines for writing a Kindle / ebook. I always assumed that you could simply write your book in Microsoft Word, convert the file to PDF and upload it as an ebook. That however is NOT the case.

This book is a PERFECT beginner's guide for writing an ebook on kindle. It explains step-by-step instructions on how to format the book, the titles, images, table of contents, embedding links throughout your text, and so much more.

What is most helpful about this book is the instructions on how to upload your ebook's information into the Kindle program. There is more info than just the file of the book itself that needs to be completed (such as metadata and descriptions). This book walks you through all of it.

There are pictures included throughout the book to visually explain what you need to do in Microsoft Word to create an ebook that is easy to read.

I'm looking forward to using this resource for when I create my ebooks soon. It's excellent!

I received this product for free in exchange for an honest, unbiased review.

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Cory A. Steiner

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Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2019

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I have a few Kindle/Create Space books out there and this guide answers all questions.
I made up my own quick reference guide from the info in this book.
For inquiring minds - I think the only thing that wasn't totally clear was when submitting for Create Space you would redo the Table of Contents without setting it as a Bookmark and then upload that Word version. Kindle and Create Space have since become more of a joint entity so that may not be a thing anymore. Just something to watch out for in case.
A critical book for writing/publishing your own book and doesn't take long to get through and understand the process and all details.
Thanks.

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Dr. Thomas Law

Book formatting explained

Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2016

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Who hasn’t thought of writing a book? Blogs are great, but how about putting your ideas out there in book form, making some money, and getting a greater audience. Amazon is geared to help us. They have put together two books (this one and “Publish on Amazon Kindle with Kindle Direct Publishing”) to help us through the process. The books are easy to read and very informative. I would suggest that you read through both first. Then go back and use them as “workbooks” to develop your manuscript (this book) and sign up to publish (“Publish on Amazon Kindle with Kindle Direct Publishing”) your material online through Amazon. Their step-by-step guide is very helpful, even if you do not know much about getting the most out of your word processor (this book), and will help you set up an account in order to sell your books through Amazon.com (“Publish on Amazon Kindle with Kindle Direct Publishing”).

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Jason

Formatting the book for Kindle and Publishing it

Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2019

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The information on how to create, review and publish a Kindle book is at many places and difficult to find. For a first-time publisher it takes a lot of effort to find guidance.
Your manual, “Building your Book for Kindle” should be the authoritative guidance. I couldn’t find a forum where you can go and submit questions and someone from Amazon to answer.
I still down know why the pictures in my book looks good in portrait, but not in landscape. Saving the file in mobi format worked much better than using the recommended Web Page Filtered format, which didn’t show the pictures and formulas. And, also, why my Word file when converted to Kindle Previewer doesn’t have Enhance Typesetting.
I would like to see how the advertising will look on Amazon before I click publish. I uses all Caps in my subtitle and after I hit publish I realized the it didn't look good. I made the changes and re-published.
At the same time, it is amazing how Amazon has created all the software to make it easy to create a Kindle book, not only that, but also that it works.
At the end, more guidance to create a Kindle book. Process to publish the book in Amazon, EXCELLENT!

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Robin Joy Wirth, author of romantic sci-fi and paranormals

Read This Before Submitting Your Books

Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2015

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I have been reading several "build for Kindle" type books lately, hoping to improve in that area. This one has been very helpful because it reminds me to do the little things like think outside numbered pages, which you don't use, and also using the style tool for title and headings and such, which I generally forget to do as I write. It's a great idea to make your chapter headings all the same even when you are preparing for createspace publishing because then you'd be able to simply change the font once. That is useful in the extreme in a 40 chapter work. It also made me think again about how the reader might wish to use a table of contents as a navigation tool, and best of all it told me how to do it. I'm thinking of resubmitting all my kindle books using these guidelines.

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Diana

An amazing, fascinating life story that makes my life seem boring!

Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2020

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The author shares her personal story, which gripped me from the beginning. I cried, I laughed, and I was amazed by this riveting human saga. She reveals details about her unique family, everything from taking her baby brother, who was just hours old, under the porch and lighting a candle when she was five years old, with no objection from her mother, who gave birth that day, to being eight years old and spending time in Japan alone, wondering around a Japanese village all day without supervision. This intriguing story leads us to know her best friend and brother who eventually goes missing, which broke her heart and helped her gain the greatest insight and resolve of her life. The results of all of her life adventures bring us to her powerful invention, a reading program unlike any other, very effective in a short amount of time. I highly recommend this book to those who love a great story, to those who have lost a loved one, and to those who know a challenged reader and are looking for a solution.

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E L Hewitt

This was full of information and advice to all writers ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 25, 2017

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This book was engaging as it is full of many good ideas and detailed information about turning the manuscript into Kindle format. I found this book absorbing and informative upon the matter as if broke the procedural mechanisms down into easy to follow chapters. Given the style of the book, this is factual how to do which like many others is full of interesting and helpful advice I would recommend this book to anyone who is struggling with the process of turning their efforts into Kindle

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Clare O'Beara

Building your book for Kindle

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 26, 2013

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This is a companion volume and you do need the other one which is all about the technicality of getting it on the Web. However this short guide deals with the writing process, explaining which programs to use (Word is favoured, and I recommend the newest version you can get) and not to use tabs or two returns but to use other ways of formatting your paragraphs, available in Word and with illustrations from the latest version of Word. This means that the book will appear properly on Kindle and on phones, IPads and other platforms.
There is a lot of this data already on the publishing pages on line so the books are not obligatory but if you read them you have a better chance of getting it right.

If like me you are sick and tired of waiting for publishers to even return your manuscript in stamped addressed envelopes if they don't want it, or weary of waiting for a reply to your e-mailed enquiry, then take matters into your own hands. Become a more professional publisher than the publishers. There are a lot of sites out there trying to charge you for all kinds of services so you can spend thousands before your book ever hits the net or the printed page. Don't use any of them. Friends will help proofread if you need it, check all data, even items you are sure of, take good photos for the cover or use an image from the selection available on Kindle. You don't need an agent, or a publisher, who mainly take your money and tell you to do the publicity. Publishing houses are great for well-established authors who want to get into every bookshop but they are very, very bad at giving new talent a chance.
You don't need their permission. Read this book and see how simple it is. Go do it.

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AvidReaderToo

Helpful Life Saver

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 13, 2017

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I found a lot of this information extremely useful, especially when it came to building a Table of Contents. However, I have not understood WHY I need to have a Zipped Folder for upload when I have illustrations. Also ( perhaps I'm really just not getting the point), but unfortunately I could not follow all the instructions to complete my tasks and did not understand how to go about merging two folders to get a Zipped file - one the manuscript and one the illustrations?

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Malcolm Evans

Simple step by step guide

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 31, 2013

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It does what is says in the book, take you on a simple step by step guide on how to go about publishing on Amazon Kindle.

I had a novel, written many years ago, sitting on my computer wondering how it could be published. With this book I was able to format my story and even design a front cover in order to set it up ready for publication.

The downside was that I fell at the last hurdle. I was not interested in making money so would have been happy for it to go live at £0.00 but Amazon do not allow that. Further as an American company I was asked to fill in tax forms and inform the American IRS of my private UK affairs in order to get royalties on a sale no less that $0.99. Needless to say I declined and so my novel will never see the light of day.

Come on Amazon let us publish free books.

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Jonathon Fletcher

A really helpful guide!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 22, 2012

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I downloaded this guide (for free) when I was about to publish my first "Josiah Trenchard" novella. I'm really glad that I did. Practically all the formatting that I had done was wrong, so I had to cut and paste the whole document into a new blank document with no formatting, and then re-format the whole document, following the guidelines in the book. The whole guide is simple to understand, clear and well written. My final manuscript uploaded to the kindle site faultlessly, and the end result looks professional to the reader. The only thing that I would say is that I was using an older version of Word and so I had to work out some of the instructions myself, however that's my fault for not updating office. The most difficult bit to follow is the section on "Chapter Headings" and building your table of contents. If you can get that right, then the rest is easy. I couldn't have published my science fiction book without this most valuable tool. Thank-you kindle, we love you!Josiah Trenchard Part One The Might of Fortitude

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Dawn D

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 9, 2012

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An invaluable edition to your publishing journey. Once you have written your book, the hard part begins. Reading through all the information on Amazon on how to publish can be overwhelming, but this book is a really simple guide which you can follow to the T, and publish your book efficiently, effectively and accurately. A MUST if you want to publish! I really could not have done it without this guide.

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Christopher Allen

Useful step by step guide

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 26, 2014

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I found 'Building Your Book for Kindle' to be an useful step by step guide to publishing my books on Kindle and a helpful adjunct to the on-line assistance that Amazon already provide.

Chris Allen is a Technical Author and writer with the following books available through Amazon:
Reality Shaper: The Quantum Detective -- His latest novel.
Parallel Lifetimes
The Beam of Interest: Taken by Storm
Hypnotic Tales 2013: Some Light Some Dark
Call of the Void: The Strange Life and Times of a Confused Person: 1

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National

Depending on the size of your book it will take few minutes and your E- book is nicely formatted for publishing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 5, 2016

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If you are into self publishing with a budget. Can not figure out what is messing with your book formatting. Don't think more. Down load this software its free obviously. I am saving the book in PDF format and follow the simple instructions. Depending on the size of your book it will take few minutes and your E- book is nicely formatted for publishing. Highly recommend it to any one.

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Making Kindle Books

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 26, 2014

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Easy to do. Plenty of help. No cost. great sales tracking and publicity pages. Author forums, affiliate links (e.g. CreateSpace to produce a paperback; again, this can be done for free unless you want to upgrade or buy your own copies).

Amazon provide promotion functions to help start your sales off or to just get your rating up.

If you can get someone to read your text for free prior top publishing, then do. If you are confident you have edited your own work well enough, then publish. If you spot a mistake, you can always update your main text file and all future sales will be error free. If you have made a big mistake and it needs to be corrected in copies already purchased, kindle can help you with that.

If you have something that you think others will enjoy reading, then there really is no reason not to publish. Advertising is always a good thing to do. There are a lot of books on kindle and getting yours noticed can be very difficult indeed. If you are confident your book is worth buying and you have enough money to invest in yourself, hen look at the promotion packages offered by kindle and Amazon. Personally I have only used the promotions that allow you to give your book away for a few days to generate a little publicity. A similar thing cane be done with a price drop scenario. All help you to gain a higher rating and feedback. Feedback helps readers decide if it is the book for them. Ratings can dictate if your book is seen or hidden behind the other 10,000 ebooks.

Readalot.

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Doc Barbara

Helpful and thorough

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 20, 2012

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This is a useful guide if you are thinking of publishing a Kindle book of your own. It deals with: Before you write (tips for formatting); Building the front matter; Building your table of contents; Preparing a cover; Finishing your book; Uploading and checking the quality of your book: Just before publishing your book; Making changes after publishing your book. It is very helpful and a worthwhile handbook; the style is simple and encouraging.

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Derek Smith

An essential read for those publishing books on Amazon Kindle

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 20, 2018

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I've written four Kindle books. The first published before buying this book and it was a bit trying. With this book, and a little experience, it became a breeze. The style is not engaging, but then, that's not why one would read it. A must have for every Kindle aspirant.

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anthony

A marvellous companion

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 11, 2012

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If like most new authors such as myself, I found this book an essential read and a good reference guide to help me compile and format my first novel for uploading to Amazon. The read, it took all the stress I thought I would have in getting my first novel into the EBooks library. I had already written my first novel before I started looking where to get it published, and like most people who have published before, the whole of the manuscript was completely unsuitable for the Kindle format. Having taken downloaded the Kindle guide and installed it on my laptop I was then able to reconfigure the manuscript ready for publishing on Kindle. All that was left for me to do was re read what I had written to check for any errors. I found none and it gave me the opportunity to amend anthing in the text whenever I liked So if you take care and obey the instructions you will be on amazon’s book shelf in a jiffy.

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J.E. Rowney

Useful for first timers

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 4, 2019

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It was a pretty basic book, but covered what I needed to get my work together. Now with the new Kindle Creator sodtware its not so useful, but you might like it if you are publishing your first work.

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Ayladen

good, but still confusing in regards setting up chapters

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 29, 2016

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good, but still confusing in regards setting up chapters. There are companies out there who will convert your file to a Mobi (for kindle) or a ePUBkindle for £35. You just send them the file and get it back approx 2 days.. Mine was in word and it came back great. I even made about 20 corrections within the two week permitted as a proof reader came back with more errors. Save yourself the time and stress

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Patricia Groves

A must-read for budding Kindle authors

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 12, 2015

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This concise guide to publishing a Kindle e-book is incredibly useful.

Think of it as an essential checklist for formatting and uploading your finished manuscript onto Kindle. It doesn't cover everything you need to know about self-publishing, but it delivers exactly what it says in the title. Download it today.

Check out the other Amazon guides to Kindle authorship too, as there's a lots more to learn.

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