Kindle Create #AtoZChallenge2021

Publishing with Amazon.com

When CreateSpace moved to Amazon, I was in the process of publishing a standalone novel. Not wanting to deal with the new process at that late stage, I rushed publication through CreateSpace before the deadline. But with my sixth Pepper Bibeau mystery, this old dog had to learn some new tricks.

Are you ready to publish your novel as an eBook on Amazon.com? To get started with using Kindle Create to prepare your eBook for publication on Amazon, download the Kindle Create program to your computer desktop from this link: Getting Started with Kindle Create (amazon.com)

To prepare your manuscript on Kindle Create for publication, first save your document as a Word doc or docx file (not pdf or any other format.) Then upload the document containing only the story chapters. The program will format the Table of Contents for you. Later you will add “front matter” such as copyright page, dedication, etc.; and “back matter” such as acknowledgments, author info, etc.

The process sounds easy now that I have gone through it. But I tend to “do” rather than “read instructions and then do” so it was a bit of a struggle in the beginning for me. If you follow directions and start by practicing with a sample document - the program supplies samples or you can practice with your own document - all might go smoother for you.

Bottom line: Kindle Create works well for publishing an eBook to Amazon.com. If you haven’t set up your free account yet on Amazon, here is the link to kindle direct publishing to set it up: Self Publishing | Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing

Have you published an eBook using Kindle Create?

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