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Start PublishingPrepare your book for Kindle Direct Publishing with support for publishing files, metadata, categories, keywords, digital and print editions, upload review and technical preparation.
Publishing through KDP involves more than uploading a manuscript. Your interior file, cover, trim size, metadata, book description, categories, keywords, pricing and preview all need to work together. We help organize those moving parts into a clear publishing workflow.
Bring together your publishing files, book information and platform setup so the title can move confidently toward release.
Guidance through the publishing setup required to prepare your book for Kindle Direct Publishing.
Prepare manuscript and cover files around the selected paperback, hardcover, or Kindle publishing format.
Organize title information, book description, categories, keywords, contributor details and publishing metadata.
Support for uploading, reviewing, correcting and preparing the book listing before final publication.
Publishing specifications vary by format. Each edition requires files prepared around its own production requirements.
Digital manuscript and cover preparation for Kindle reading devices and apps.
Print-ready interior and full cover-wrap preparation around the final trim size, bleed and page count.
Production preparation for supported hardcover editions with appropriate cover and interior specifications.
Before publication, each part of the book listing and production package should be reviewed together.
Print-ready or digital manuscript prepared for the selected publishing format.
Front cover or complete print wrap prepared around platform specifications.
Reader-focused description prepared for the book’s online detail page.
Relevant discoverability terms selected around genre, subject and readership.
Appropriate publishing categories selected to position the book accurately.
List-price planning based on edition, printing requirements and publishing goals.
Each stage is reviewed before the book moves forward, helping reduce avoidable technical issues during publishing.
Review the current publishing stage, confirm required files and resolve issues before progressing to the next step.
Review the current publishing stage, confirm required files and resolve issues before progressing to the next step.
Review the current publishing stage, confirm required files and resolve issues before progressing to the next step.
Review the current publishing stage, confirm required files and resolve issues before progressing to the next step.
Review the current publishing stage, confirm required files and resolve issues before progressing to the next step.
Review the current publishing stage, confirm required files and resolve issues before progressing to the next step.
Final scope depends on the number of editions, current condition of your files, formatting requirements and the amount of publishing support required.
For authors who already have finished book files and need support preparing one edition for KDP.
For authors preparing coordinated Kindle and print editions with professional publishing support.
For authors who need broader production support before the book is prepared for release through KDP.
Your proposal should confirm supported editions, production files, account responsibilities, metadata, upload support and final publishing requirements.