Select the ‘Add Books’ button and select the HTML file we created earlier.ģ. In the main screen, we can see previous books listed ie Chronovisor etc 2. The steps look complicated, but they’re not – honest! 1. Mobi is and eBook formatKDP will definitely be happy with. For best quality, your image would be 1563 pixels on the shortest side and 2500 pixels on the longest sideįourth – using Calibre to create your eBookHere are the steps for taking the HTML file and creating ‘Mobi’ format file.A minimum of 625 pixels on the shortest side and 1000 pixels on the longest side.tif(f)Requirements for the size of your cover art have an ideal height/width ration of 1.6, this means: If it doesn’t like it, it will throw a tantrum!Here are the guidelines for artwork Direct Publishing accepts two types of files for cover images: JPEG, or. Calibre will happily use whatever you give it, but Amazon later getsyou to upload the artwork separately as well. Third – check your book cover artKDP has some tough rules on image size and format! It’s worth checking your artwork before using itin Calibre to create your eBook. Ignore that directory when we use Calibre, we’ll just need to know where the html file is. Note: you will now have a single html file and a directory called _files. Choose the directory and select the name for the saved HTML (or leave it matching the name of the Word document). From the ‘Save as type’ dropdown menu, select the ‘Web Page’ option.ģ. Select ‘Save As’ -> ‘Other Formats’ option from the main menu (Office Button icon in the top left of Word). Don’t worry, that’s simply anotherformat, and it’s easy to output from Word.Here are the steps to output to HTML 1. Now, although Calibre can convert Word direct to Kindle eBook format, I still had problems withformatting, so I save the Word document as an HTML file first. (We’ll use Calibre to sort all that out).
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Second, there’s ‘KindlePreviewer’ which you can use to check how perfect your creation is, before uploading it to yourAmazon KDP account.Download and install Calibre from here using the instructionshere and install Kindle Previewer from here - check your Word documentChange the name of your Word document to something simple eg Chronovisor.docYour document should simply contain the chapter headings and text, with the format set up theformat as you want it (font, alignment, paragraph spacing etc).It should also contain the title, your name, dedications, copyright statements etc.It should not contain the book cover art or a table of contents. First, there’s ‘Calibre’ which we’ll use to takethe Word document and convert it to the format needed for Kindle.
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If not, it’s free, and there are very easy instructionsonline to get you started – download and install some toolsYou need two (free) tools that are quite easy to use. This guide guarantees you have aneasier ride getting your book published on Kindle as an eBook, but it does not guarantee sales!But, Amazon says you can upload Word files directly here ?Yes, but it has a caveat saying ‘some files which contain complex formatting may not convert well’and I had problems, so I found this method is better for me (see earlier note on freaky formatting).I assume you have a KDP account set up already. This is not necessarily the only or bestmethod, but it works for me without any freaky layout irritations.
IntroductionHere are some notes to help you get your book from Word format into the format needed forupload to your Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) account. 11Sixth – create new book in KDP and upload.
5Fourth – using Calibre to create your eBook. 2First – download and install some tools.
Idiots Guide to Converting WordDocument to Kindle eBook FormatIntroduction.
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