How to Get Books Ready for Kindle Upload on Amazon
Amazon runs a service called Kindle Direct Publishing that allows independent authors to sell their books as ebooks on the Kindle Store. Before you can publish a Kindle book, you must get it ready for upload into the Kindle Direct Publishing system and ensure that it was been formatted correctly. Amazon recommends writing your book in the Microsoft Word program and then using MobiPocket Creator to convert your book into a format that is compatible with the Kindle platform.
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Open your manuscript file in the Microsoft Word application.
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Look over the content of your Word document and ensure each page is displayed properly. Insert a page break after every chapter to make sure Kindle platforms know when to begin a new section. Also, don't forget to add a title page and copyright page to the front of your manuscript and a bibliography and acknowledgements section to the end of the manuscript.
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Go to the "File" menu at the top of the window and choose the "Save as Web Page" option.
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Set the file type drop-down menu to "Web Page, Filtered (*HTM & *HTML)" and then save the manuscript to your desktop.
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Go to Mobipocket.com and download the Mobipocket Creator 4.2 application.
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Launch Mobipocket Creator and click on the "HTML Document" link in the "Import from an Existing File" section.
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Highlight the HTML file you exported from Word and then press the "Import" button.
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Go to the "Cover Image" tab and click on the "Add a Cover Image" button. Then choose the image file you want to use as your ebook's cover and press "Update."
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Go to the "Build" tab and click on the "Build" button to convert your manuscript file into the PRC format. When you are ready to publish your ebook, you can upload the PRC file into the Amazon Direct Publishing system.
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