Your Kindle Notes For:
Building Your Book for Kindle
Kindle Direct Publishing
Last accessed on Tuesday March 1, 2016
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line" indents (for paragraphs) in Word: o Click on the "Page Layout" tab at the top of the screen
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set your paragraph spacing in Word as follows: o With your Word document open, click on the "Page Layout" tab at the top of the screen o In the "Paragraph" section of this tab, locate the section entitled "Indent" o Next to the word "After", you can enter a value for your preferred space after a paragraph (in the example below, Word will allow a 10 point space after a paragraph, before the next paragraph).
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Insert page breaks between chapters: Enter a page break at the end of every chapter to prevent the text from running together on Kindle. To insert a page break in Word: o Click "Insert" at the top of the screen in Word o Click "Page Break
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Images should be inserted in JPEG (or .jpg) format with center alignment (don't copy and
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paste from another source).
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Headers, such as title and chapter, and footers, such as page number, will not display on Kindle as intended; avoid using them.
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avoid utilizing font size to add emphasis.
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"References" tab at the top and find "Table of Contents
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uncheck the box that says "Show Page Numbers" (since this is an e-book and page numbers don't apply)
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o Set the "Show levels" box to 1
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3. Set a bookmark so Kindle can find your Table of Contents
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"Guide Items.
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o Highlight the words "Table of Contents" in your document
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o Click on the "Insert" tab
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o Select "Bookmark"
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"Bookmark name
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o Click "
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make sure your table of contents updates, click anywhere in your table of contents and hit the F9 key; this will add any new chapter headings and delete any removed ones.
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When you upload your book, you will be asked to upload an image for your book cover.
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• a .jpg or .tif(f) file
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• at least 1000 pixels on the longest side
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• ideal image height/width ratio is 1.6 (example: 1000 x 1600)
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Microsoft Paint,
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artwork that you own or public domain artwork]
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fonts [you can use public domain or purchased fonts]
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• Save your manuscript as a "Filtered HTML document" on your computer at a location you can easily find (such as your desktop).
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"Save as type:" select "Web Page, Filtered.
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"removing office tags," click "
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