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For a black-and-white book (typically no pictures): It's great to write your book in Google Docs so you don't lose it, but for publishing you'll want to put it into Microsoft Word or the free LibreOffice where you can set different inner and outer margins (the book spine means odd and even pages should have different marins) and see the book in a book view mode so you get all the chapter and sections on the start of new right pages.
well there are a few options supported (.pdf for best results, but can also be a. You will upload the cover as a PDF, and the book itself. This is where you chose the paper type (which will affect printing cost) and upload your book. Stuff like "description" you can change afterwards. The important thing here is that you can't change the Book Title and Subtitle, so get it right the first time.
If your no good at graphic design (and don't want to pay anyone), the fantastic news is that Amazon has a cover designer where you can upload a fun image - I suggest you pick a free use image from a website like - and it will generate some pretty good possible cover designs for you to pick. I think Adobe InDesign is a fantastic choice to design your cover and export it to a PDF, so I have a guide: How To: Make a Book Cover for KDP in InDesign. KPD has a page size guide to help estimate your cover size, and also when you go to publish it will tell you the expected size. Even if they don't read it, it will be on their shelf to remember you! You won't get a better "business card" then giving someone a copy of your book. Do it because you want the rush of being an author, introducing yourself to new peers as an author, and giving copies of your book (at print price - just a few dollars a book often) to everyone you meet. if you're not already famous your book probably won't make lots of money. The author is a huge fan of self-publishing and explains the many ways KDP ( "just-upload-it-yourself") is superior over the antiquated "this-is-gonna-take-years-to-get-onto-shelves-and-you-lose-creative-control-and-we-will-not-actually-even-promote-it" situation with traditional publishers. It also has some great exercises to help you mind-map your book to get your structure ahead of writing. This book is largely focussed on non-fiction for "tell-your-story" and/or "write-a-book-that-generates-you-business", but it will help motivate you for a fiction book also and has many specific tips on KDP and getting yourself an audience and accountability ahead of publishing. One hour of writing a day and you'll be done in no time. If you need extra motivation I recommend reading: Published.: The Proven Path From Blank Page to Published by Chandler Bolt and get yourself accountable to finish writing by a particular date.
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so commit to just finishing it! You can update a book at any time on Amazon (via KDP) so get it done. You'll feel a bit lousy if you start something and don't finish. For a first book I recommend you keep it short and " done is better than perfect".
For font, use size 11 font and 1.25 line spacing and Arial or Helvetica (you can change it later). If you idea for a book is just black and white with no pictures you can write it in anything - Google docs will do (and not a bad option to easily share with a friend to proof-read)! You probably want to chose the common paperback 6" by 9" KDP book size, so set your document at around that (try A5) so you can estimate pages.
#Kindle direct publishing publication types how to#
How to Publish on KDP - The Steps (1) Finishing Writing it Already! It's completely free to publish with Amazon, so it's almost always the best choice for first time authors. KDP is used by publishers, to independently self publish their books directly to the Kindle Store. Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) ( official site) is 's e-book publishing unit launched in November 2007, concurrently with the first Amazon Kindle device. NOTE: This page is a daughter page of: Amazon and Publishing