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How To Format Your Ebook For Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing Using Microsoft Word

By Leigh Burke on March 5, 2020

How To Format Your Ebook For Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing Using Microsoft Word

If you want to learn how to format your eBook for Amazon kindle direct publishing using Microsoft word, then this article is for you. One of the factors that will determine the success of your book on Amazon is the formatting.  You must have come across books with texts all run together, paragraphs with weird characters, or even cluster of texts that seems not to end.

A poor formatted book makes it very difficult for readers to read. To a great extent, it will also affect how your readers perceive the quality of your book. So, you can see that it is important for you to learn how to format your eBook for Amazon kindle direct publishing using Microsoft word.

What Do You Need To Format Your Ebook For Amazon Kindle?

To format your book on Amazon kindle and then publish for readers to read, you only need a few things such as:

  • Your book in digital format (.doc, docx, .txt, html, ect)
  • Microsoft Word

You don’t need to have any special skill to format your book, provided you know how to click buttons and highlight text.

Steps For Formatting Your Book For Amazon Kindle

  1. Make your text clean

Make use of default settings in Microsoft word. Ensure you don’t justify your text, don’t hit the “Enter” button twice after a paragraph to insert extra space. Avoid using the “Enter” button to get your next chapter on a new page and don’t use tabs to begin paragraphs. You can also customize some of the settings like first paragraph indents and spacing between paragraphs. Always have it in your mind that every customization you make increases the likelihood of more junk code to sneak into your kindle file.

  • Insert the page breaks

After you have successfully completed the first step, starting at the top of your document, place your cursor at the beginning of each section and chapter. Then, hold down the “Ctrl” key and hit “Enter.” When you perform this task, it will start each section on a new page and insert the proper code for the Kindle file. When this is done, the eBook software will know that the section is to begin on a new screen. While making your page breaks, remember to leave a blank page to accommodate your table contents.

  • Apply styles

You will have to start at the top o the document again, this  time apply the default “Heading 1” style to each section or chapter title (such as Introduction, Foreword, Chapter 1…, etc). Apply the default “Heading 2” style to any subheadings throughout the book that you want to appear in the table of contents. If you don’t want subheadings to appear in the table of content you can just make them bold. You should also create your table of contents. In Microsoft Word, the table of content command can be found under a “Reference” tab.

  • Convert to MOBI

Here, you can make use of a convert tool to create your MOBI file which is the file format recognized by Kindle devices and apps. You can consider the Kisntant formatter or Scrivener as even an untrained novice can comfortably make use of any of them. Always copy your MOBI file unto an actual Kindle and preview it that way to make sure they are readable.

At this stage, you are 100% ready to upload your eBook to Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) system. Congratulations! You just completed a Kindle book in four easy steps.

How To Self Publish Your Book With Amazon Kindle

By Leigh Burke on April 8, 2019

Getting your book published can be a daunting and time-consuming task. Especially for new writers who have yet to attain recognition and make connections in the industry. Writing and crafting a meaningful book is already a lot of hard-work but then getting your book published by meeting a lot of publishers and the fear of rejection is the worst nightmare of a writer.

But hold on. That’s not a problem at all. Because, all thanks to Amazon KDP, now you can easily self-publish your books worldwide whether they’re eBooks or paperbacks within just 5 minutes. In addition, you can also reach millions of viewers, get your book reviews, and make a lot more money with Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing.

So, here we present you an easy guide on how you can publish your book via Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing:

Bookshelf   

First of all, go to the Amazon KDP official website and set up your new account. After signing in, the first thing you will see is Bookshelf.

This tab contains all of your uploaded books, whether they are manuscripts or paperbacks.

Once you choose your desired book upload option, you will have to through the further three steps process by entering book details.

Let’s suppose you want to upload a manuscript. Follow the below steps:

  1. Kindle eBook Details
  2. Enter your book language: currently, Amazon KDP supports 40 different languages.
  3. Enter your Book Title and Subtitle (Optional)
  • If your book is part of series then you can add Series Number to help readers find it more easily
  • Add eBook Edition Number
  • Add the name of the Author of the Book
  • Add names of additional Contributors (if there are any) such as editors, photographers, etc.
  • Write a compelling book Description that defines what the book is about precisely.
  • You canchoose Publishing Rights between owning them yourself or setting them as public domain
  • Add relevant Keywords to help your book appear in the search. You can add up to 7 keywords in each book.
  • If it is an educational or children book then you can add Grade and Age Range
  • Amazon KDP also allow readers to Pre-Order a book before it is actually published
  • Kindle eBook Content
  • Before you upload your manuscript follow the guidelines and abide by them. Moreover, you can also choose whether you want your manuscript to be affected by DRM or not.
  • Amazon also allows you to either create a brand new Kindle eBook Cover using cover creator or upload an already existing cover
  • Amazon Kindleallows you to create an eBook Preview. A book preview is where you can set the visibility of a few pages to your readers to let them decide if the book is worth reading or not.
  • An ISBN is a unique book code.You can use existing ISBN or create a free Kindle eBook ISBN.
  • Kindle eBook Pricing    
  • KDP Select Enrollment
  • Set the Territories to either worldwide or to a specific location
  • Set the  Pricing for your booksand choose your desired royalty plans from 35% or 70% 
  • If a reader has already purchased the hard copy of same or matchbook on Amazon then you can sale its ebook to the same person for a price of $2.99 or less.
  • You can lend your ebook to readers who have previously purchased your book for a period of 14 days
  • Agree to the Pre-order Terms and hit save and publish.

Report

Here in this tab, you can access all your sales reports, promotion and payment and other relevant records for each ebook you have uploaded.

Community

In this tab, you can easily connect with other authors, stay updated with recent announcements, access feedback and report your or resolve your KDP account issues.

KDP Select

KPD Select is an additional promotional tool for people who publish and sell their books. It allows reaching an unlimited audience, to earn maximum royalties, etc.  Anyone can enroll in KDP Select who meets the eligibility criteria and the enrollment is absolutely free of cost.

Amazon is one of the most popular and trusted site where millions of people sell and buy products every day. Provided benefits and ease of Amazon KPD for its users, we conclude that the authors should definitely give it a shot.

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