Guides on Kindle ebook files: EPUB, DOCX and KPF, a table of contents that works, and the checks to run in Kindle Previewer before you upload. If you would rather hand it over, our ebook formatting service is $99 for up to 80,000 words in 7 business days. The Kindle Previewer screenshots come with it.
Ebook formatting
Kindle Create builds chapters from page breaks and the headings it detects. A missed heading, an extra page break or a stray drag in the Contents pane puts chapters out of order. Each one has a fix inside the tool.
Ebook formatting
A KPF is the Kindle Package Format file that Kindle Create exports for KDP. KDP says it "is only used for publishing", so you do not convert it.
Ebook formatting
Eight checks before you upload, from Heading 1 chapter titles and working contents links to keeping the cover out of the file and the images real.
Ebook formatting
Give every chapter title the Heading 1 style, insert pictures as images, leave the cover out, and add a contents page from Insert. Then download a Word file.
Ebook formatting
Two separate contents lists can break: the page inside the book and the Kindle chapter menu. Both come from Heading 1 chapter titles. Rebuild, then check in Previewer.
Ebook formatting
Start with the file: Word for mostly text, KPF from Kindle Create if you sell only on Kindle, or EPUB if you sell elsewhere. Style every chapter title as a heading.
Ebook formatting
Kindle Previewer is a free Amazon desktop app. Open your EPUB, change device, orientation and font size, click every contents link, and flip the whole book.
Ebook formatting
Ebook vs paperback formatting comes down to one thing: a paperback has fixed pages and an ebook does not.
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