How to Format Picture Books for the Kindle

Kindle owners can keep a library of hundreds of titles on one Kindle.

Amazon's Kindle is a popular wireless reading device that allows readers to keep a virtual library of books. If you want to self-publish your picture book for the Kindle, you must ensure that Kindle viewers can see the picture book as you intended. The Kindle is an electronic reading device, which means it needs to be formatted differently than a regular paper picture book. The Kindle Direct Publishing platform provides want-to-be publishers with guidelines on how to format books for the Kindle.

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Instructions

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  Save your picture book in Microsoft Word DOC format. Don't save it as a DOCX because that file format doesn't transfer well to the Kindle.
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  Insert each picture into the document by clicking "Insert" and then clicking "picture." Don't cut ans paste pictures into your document.
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  Enter a page break at the end of every chapter, if you have chapters. To insert a page break, click "Insert" and then click "Page Break."
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  Delete any bullet points, special fonts, headers and footers from your book. These will not transfer to the Kindle.
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  Create a title page for your book. The title page is the first page and should have your book name followed by the author name on a separate line. Center the text and then insert a page break after the author name.