![]() ![]() I typed ^p in the Find field and deleted everything from the Replace field. I continued to hit Replace until there were no matches found. I put two spaces in the Find field and one space in the Replace field. I used the Replace tool in Word to remove: Yet at the same time, it’s important to have identical content for both.) (It’s also available in paperback, so ultimately I needed one file for Kindle and a totally different file for print. I began the Kindle formatting with a simple plain text version of the book. You’ll find specific directions for how to quickly implement some formatting tricks toward the end. I’ll also describe a few improvements that can be made rather quickly beyond Word to Kindle formatting, showing my recent book as an example. Then I’ll introduce a book to serve as an example of my Kindle formatting, and I’ll discuss a few design issues. If you already know how to format a Word document for Kindle, you can skip the first sections below (though you never know when you may learn something you didn’t know before). I’ll begin with some basic Word formatting for Kindle. One designer’s ‘better’ is another designer’s ‘worse.’ □ CONTENTS I’ll describe a few design choices along the way, and a few features of Kindle design that I’ve come to regard as ‘better.’ But remember, when it comes to style, ‘better’ is just an opinion. It has some features that I feel are better. This book has a different look and style compared to my other e-books. Plus, the more books you design for Kindle, the more your eye for the design of digital books changes. ![]() Some things have stayed the same, but much has changed. What worked well for Kindle in 2009 or 2012, for example, may not be quite the same in 2015. So this article and the book itself serving as an example can help you see firsthand how to implement those features on Kindle. If you’re self-publishing a novel or nonfiction book, even though it’s somewhat different from a word scramble book, it involves many of the same formatting features. We’ll explore some of these in this article. After all, this article isn’t about word scrambles it’s about formatting Kindle e-books.įormatting a puzzle book or a workbook for Kindle poses several formatting challenges. But even if you don’t like the book, you can still check out the free sample to explore the features and how they were made. It’s a fun little book (by fun, I mean it involves puzzles-word scrambles, but not the usual variety: these have a Romance theme). (Or the whole book, free if you have Kindle Unlimited just 99 cents to buy.) You can also check out the free sample if you have a Kindle to see how it turned out. This way, you can see an actual example of the formatting in action. The next part is tedious, but absolutely necessary.I just published a new Kindle e-book and it occurred to me that it might be helpful to show on my blog how I formatted it. Your manuscript is now properly formatted for Kindle, but you're not finished yet. Set: Alignment: Left Outline Level: Body Text highlighted, choose: FORMAT - PARAGRAPH - INDENTS & SPACING Therefore, space between lines and paragraphs must be pre-formatted in order to give your reader the best experience. The lines of text are undifferentiated, as are the paragraphs. Books uploaded without special e-book formatting are tiring to the eye. If you have experience reading books on your device, you may have noticed that some books have formatting that is easier to follow and less tiring to read than others. TOP 1" Bottom 1" LEFT 1.25 RIGHT 1.25 GUTTER 0 HEADER 0.5 Footer 0.5 Next, (with your entire ms.still highlighted) go to FORMAT - DOCUMENT - MARGINS and make certain these are your settings: and INSERT - BREAK - PAGE BREAK at the end of each chapter. ![]() I treated CHAPTER HEADINGS simply by using Arial 12, upper case and bold.įirst, make a copy of your manuscript and give it a new name: example, mybookforkindle.doc(x). I chose Garamond for the front page (title and author) just to give it a somewhat different look, but used Arial 12 throughout the remaining manuscript and am happy with the result. I prefer a larger, sans serif font, and chose Arial for all my e-books. ![]() If you present in any other font, KDP will change your text to its default font: Times New Roman. Kindle devices, as least at the time of this writing (fall 2016), recognize only three fonts: Garamond, Arial, and Times New Roman. And because it has a narrow range of formatting artistry, you should save most of your imagination for your paper book. PREPARING YOUR MANUSCRIPT FOR AMAZON KDP FONTĪlthough tablets are small miracles of technology, Kindle is apparently a fairly simple miracle. ![]()
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