RRLC - eBooks

Kindle Direct Publishing
  • What is Kindle Direct Publishing?
    • Kindle Direct Publishing is an online platform for publishing eBooks
    • All that is needed is an account, a manuscript, and a cover
      • Although there is an onboard cover generation tool

  • In order to publish a book, you’ll need
    • Basic Information
      • Title (200 characters)
      • Edition Number
        • Numerical
      • Description
        • What the customer sees
      • Book Contributor
        • At least one
      • Language
      • Publication Date
        • If it’s been published earlier, use that date
        • Otherwise, Amazon will insert the date once it’s been published
      • Publisher
        • Your own name
        • Your own publisher name
      • ISBN
        • Can publish without ISBN
        • ISBN numbers can help with exposure, selling in other venues, customer confusion, libraries, Google rankings (Bowker’s Books), some countries require them, and you will be the “Publisher of Record”
    • Verify Publishing Rights
      • Public domain
      • You own the rights
    • Target Your Book to Customers
      • Pick up to two
      • Add keywords
        • Specific
        • Relevant
        • Up to 7
    • Upload Your Book Cover
      • Bookstore image
      • Inside cover of the book
      • Look at the specifications
        • Recommend Pixlr
    • Upload Your Book File
      • DRM
        • Can’t change this
      • Can continue with process while book is uploading
    • Verify Your Publishing Territory
      • Only sold in countries applicable rights
    • Choose Your Royalty
      • 70%
        • $2.99-$9.99
        • Kindle Book Lending is automatic
      • 35%
        • $.99-$200
        • Public Domain
    • Kindle Book Lending
      • Choose to share a book for 14 days
  • General Layout Guidelines
  • Book organization
    • Front Matter
      • Title Page
      • Copyright Page
      • Dedication
      • Preface
      • Prologue
    • Formatting
      • Aligned: Left, center, right
      • Decoration: Underlined, bold, italics, strikethrough
      • Position: Superscript, subscript
    • Layout
      • Avoid spaces for tabs
        • Use “Page Layout -> Indent” or tabbed rulers
      • Avoid tables, insets, sidebars
        • KF8 does support tables created in Word
          • However, still try to avoid them
      • Don’t change margins
      • Don’t use blank lines for page breaks
        • Use page breaks
      • Insert images, don’t copy and paste
      • Use page breaks at the end of each chapter
      • Avoid headers/footers
      • Avoid bullets
      • Avoid specialized fonts
    • Use Styles
      • For tables
    • Guide Items
      • “Go To” on Kindle devices
        • Cover
          • Automatically set if you uploaded a cover
        • Beginning
          • Place cursor where you want it, and select “Insert -> Bookmark” and type start
        • Table of Contents
          • Place cursor where you want it, and select “Insert -> Bookmark and type TOC
    • Back Matter
      • Bibliographies, notes, acknowledgements, glossaries
      • No specific order
    • Export from Word into HTML
      • Might have folders for support files such as Images
Need a digital copy
Creating a Cover
  • Specifications
    • Ideal height/width ratio of 1.6
    • Minimum of 625 pixels on the short side and 1000 pixels on the long side
    • Best quality would be 1563 pixels on the short side and 2500 pixels on the long side
    • Use RGB
  • Use the Cover Creator
KDP Select
  • Learn More
  • Earn higher royalties
    • Share of the KDP Select Global Fund
    • 70% royalty for sales to Japan, India, Brazil, and Mexico
  • Maximize sales potential
    • One of two programs
      • Kindle Countdown Deals
        • Time-bound promotional discounting
      • Free Book Promotion
        • Readers worldwide can get the book for free for a limited time
  • New audience
    • Kindle Owner’s Lending Library
      • Prime customers
  • Bound to exclusivity period
Resources



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Software
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