There are some e-books which also include two other sections “Why I wrote this book” and “Why you should read this book”. Most standard nonfiction books contain the following sections: In this blog post, I’m going to show you how to format your nonfiction book for Kindle in the following steps. So I can show you how to format your book quickly and easily. I have self-published 13 e-books so far and I formatted all of them. You also want to make sure that there aren’t huge chunks of white space and that the headings do not take up the entire screen. You want to make sure that your sentences do not run on and on, and that your paragraphs do not contain any strange-looking characters. It is essential that your book is formatted correctly because this will have an impact on your reader’s overall experience viewing your book on their mobile device. If you live in the US, go to, scroll to the bottom and click on the link “Self-Publish with Us”.Ĭlick on Sign Up and Create Your KDP Account.Įnter your contact details and bank account information so that you can earn royalties for your book sales.Īfter you have signed up on Amazon KDP, then you can start formatting your nonfiction book. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the link “Independently Publish with Us”. If you already have an account with Amazon, you can use your same login details to sign up with Kindle Direct Publishing. If you wrote your book in Microsoft Word, then it will be very easy to format your book for Kindle.įirst, if you have not signed up with Amazon KDP, you need to create a new account. What this means is that you will be able to upload your completed manuscript to KDP so that it can be published as a Kindle e-book. Today we will cover how to format your book to publish on Amazon KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing).

Last week we discussed the advantages and disadvantages of self-publishing on Amazon KDP and Draft2Digital.

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