How To Use Kindle Create

Getting Started with Kindle Create

Use Kindle Create (PC or Mac) to turn your completed manuscript, of whatever trim size, into a beautiful book. Y'all can make three types of books with Kindle Create: reflowable, interactive print replica, and comics with Guided View. Learn more about the book formats available in Kindle Create.

Download Kindle Create

(Windows 8 or later)

(macOS 10.14 or later)

Requirements and supported features

Arrangement requirements

RAM - viii GB recommended, 4 GB minimum
Processor - 1.2 GHz minimum, two GHz recommended
Windows 8.1 (64-bit) or later for PC (64-flake) running on Intel or AMD CPUs
macOS 10.fourteen (64-chip) or later for Mac

Supported languages

Kindle Create user interface is available in Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.
The tool supports eBooks written in Dutch, English language, French, High german, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Malayalam, Marāthi, Portuguese, Castilian, and Tamil. Print books are not available in Gujarati, Hindi, Malayalam, Marāthi, or Tamil.

Supported features

This chart summarizes what Kindle Create does well and what we're working on to brand the tool even ameliorate. Learn more than most book types and pre-release features.

Book type	Supported	Unsupported	Pre-release (beta)
All	Built-in previewer that shows reading feel on tablets, phones, and E-readers	Publishing outside of Kindle Encompass formatting
Reflowable books	Four high-quality themes to customize your book's expect and experience Image features similar bleed, chapter starting time, and total-folio images Automatic detection of chapters and simple tabular array of contents creation Insert, edit or delete hyperlinks Typesetting for your book so it reads well on tablets, phones, or E-readers	Editing of tables, lists, footnotes, and certain paragraphs with complex formatting Image captions	Insertion of images with bleed to eBooks based on a DOC(X) file Grooming of a text-heavy eBook and paperback with the same manuscript file
Print Replica eBooks	Option to add together interactive content, such as audio, video, images, and hyperlinks
Comic eBooks	Preparation of graphic books with Guided View panels from a PDF or multiple JPEG files Automatic console and mask colour detection Build a Table of Contents Add together, delete, reorganize, and replace pages Set pages as facing pages then that readers can see them side past side when reading on landscape orientation on enabled devices

Install Kindle Create

Follow the step-past-step guide to install Kindle Create either on your Mac or PC.

Windows	MacOS
Click the Download Now button. A confirmation box appears. Click Save File. You will be prompted to salve the installer to your Downloads folder, just you tin can change the location. Click Save. Open your Downloads binder (or the location y'all saved the installer to) and double-click the installer file. The installation wizard opens. Review the License Agreement and click I Hold. You will be prompted to install Kindle Create in a default location, but you tin change the location. Click Install. You will receive a success message when installation is complete. The Run Kindle Create box is checked by default, but you can alter this. Click Terminate.	Click the Download At present button. Download begins. Click the Bear witness Downloads button. Double-click the installer file. The installation wizard opens. Click Continue. Review the License Agreement, click Continue, and so click Agree. Yous will be prompted to install Kindle Create in a default location, but you can change the location. Click Continue and and then click Install. You will receive a success message when installation is complete. Click Shut.

Windows

MacOS

Click the Download Now button. A confirmation box appears. Click Save File.
You will be prompted to salve the installer to your Downloads folder, just you tin can change the location. Click Save.
Open your Downloads binder (or the location y'all saved the installer to) and double-click the installer file. The installation wizard opens. Review the License Agreement and click I Hold.
You will be prompted to install Kindle Create in a default location, but you tin change the location. Click Install.
You will receive a success message when installation is complete. The Run Kindle Create box is checked by default, but you can alter this. Click Terminate.

Click the Download At present button. Download begins. Click the Bear witness Downloads button.
Double-click the installer file. The installation wizard opens. Click Continue.
Review the License Agreement, click Continue, and so click Agree.
Yous will be prompted to install Kindle Create in a default location, but you can change the location. Click Continue and and then click Install.
You will receive a success message when installation is complete. Click Shut.

After installation, you tin can launch Kindle Create by selecting Windows key > Amazon > Kindle Create (Windows) or Launchpad > Kindle Create (Mac).

Get started with the Kindle Create tutorial

Examination out Kindle Create on a sample file. Run into what you tin do with the tool and how to use it to prepare your own eBooks. Become to the tutorial.

Choose your volume type

This chart describes the book formats bachelor in Kindle Create. Simply ane format tin can exist used for each Kindle book.

If your book is	Apply this type of source file	To build this type of eBook	Detailed instructions hither
Text-heavy book, such equally a novel, essay, or memoir	Physician or DOCX	Your DOC(x) file is converted into a "reflowable" eBook. Reflowable eBooks allow the reader to resize text and are available on all Kindle devices and free Kindle reading applications. You lot tin can also submit it as a impress book and select the trim size on KDP. You lot tin can use Kindle Create to: Format your text with styles and themes Build a table of contents Add or edit text Add, delete, resize, and/or align images Edit your eBook at a later on date Preview your eBook and create a file to publish to KDP Publish on KDP every bit a print book of whatever trim size (print preview with headers and page numbering is available later on uploading on KDP)	Gear up Reflowable Books with Kindle Create
Book with lots of images and complex formatting, such equally a textbook, travel volume, or cookbook	PDF	Your PDF is converted into a Impress Replica eBook. Impress Replica eBooks maintain the look of their print editions and offer many of the advantages of standard Kindle eBooks, but they do non permit the reader to resize text and are merely Fire Tablets Kindle Burn down HDX 8.9'' Kindle Fire HDX Kindle Fire Hard disk(2d Generation) Fire HDX 8.nine Tablet Fire HD 7 Tablet Burn Hard disk vi Tablet Kindle Fire HD viii.9" Kindle Burn HD(1st Generation) Kindle Fire(2d Generation) Kindle Burn(1st Generation) Burn HD 10 Fire HD 8 Burn down Complimentary Kindle Reading Apps Kindle for Android Phones Kindle for Android Tablets Kindle for iPhone Kindle for iPod Touch Kindle for iPad Kindle for Mac Kindle for PC available on certain devices. You can use Kindle Create to: Build a table of contents Add together interactive content, such as sound, video, images, and hyperlinks Edit your eBook at a later engagement Preview your eBook and create a file to publish to KDP	Fix Print Replica Books with Kindle Create
Comic or graphic novel of depression complexity	PDF	Your PDF is converted into a comic eBook. Comic eBooks include Guided View, which animates console-to-console movement with each swipe to give a articulate indication of how the story progresses across each folio. Yous can use Kindle Create to: Add Guided View panels Build a Table of Contents Add, delete, reorganize and supercede pages Set pages as facing pages and so they appear side-by-side when reading in landscape orientation on enabled devices Edit your eBook at a afterward date Preview your eBook and create a file to publish to KDP	Prepare Comic eBooks with Kindle Create

If your book is

Apply this type of source file

To build this type of eBook

Detailed instructions hither

Text-heavy book, such equally a novel, essay, or memoir

Physician or DOCX

Your DOC(x) file is converted into a "reflowable" eBook. Reflowable eBooks allow the reader to resize text and are available on all Kindle devices and free Kindle reading applications. You lot tin can also submit it as a impress book and select the trim size on KDP.

You lot tin can use Kindle Create to:

Format your text with styles and themes
Build a table of contents
Add or edit text
Add, delete, resize, and/or align images
Edit your eBook at a later on date
Preview your eBook and create a file to publish to KDP
Publish on KDP every bit a print book of whatever trim size (print preview with headers and page numbering is available later on uploading on KDP)

Gear up Reflowable Books with Kindle Create

Book with lots of images and complex formatting, such equally a textbook, travel volume, or cookbook

PDF

Your PDF is converted into a Impress Replica eBook. Impress Replica eBooks maintain the look of their print editions and offer many of the advantages of standard Kindle eBooks, but they do non permit the reader to resize text and are merely available on certain devices.

You can use Kindle Create to:

Build a table of contents
Add together interactive content, such as sound, video, images, and hyperlinks
Edit your eBook at a later engagement
Preview your eBook and create a file to publish to KDP

Fix Print Replica Books with Kindle Create

Comic or graphic novel of depression complexity

PDF

Your PDF is converted into a comic eBook. Comic eBooks include Guided View, which animates console-to-console movement with each swipe to give a articulate indication of how the story progresses across each folio.

Yous can use Kindle Create to:

Add Guided View panels
Build a Table of Contents
Add, delete, reorganize and supercede pages
Set pages as facing pages and so they appear side-by-side when reading in landscape orientation on enabled devices
Edit your eBook at a afterward date
Preview your eBook and create a file to publish to KDP

Prepare Comic eBooks with Kindle Create

Having trouble importing a file?

When you import a file into Kindle Create, you lot may run into fault messages that end you before you outset editing. Use the troubleshooting tips below.

Error message	Troubleshooting steps
Invalid source file	If you have a different version of the file that you tin can open, attempt importing that version. If y'all can open the file only Kindle Create cannot, please contact us.
Password-protected file	Make sure the file doesn't require a password to open it. In the editing software (e.yard., Microsoft Word) y'all used to open the file, remove the password requirement from the file.
Empty file	The file you're trying to upload doesn't appear to have any content in it. Brand sure you lot're uploading the consummate version of your manuscript that's ready to set up for publishing.
Corrupt file	Something happened to the file that makes it impossible for Kindle Create (and perhaps other programs) to open up it. Here is what we recommend so you tin can import your file: Open up your file in Microsoft Word. Click the File tab. Click Save Equally. Choose a file location. In the File name box, enter a new proper name for the file. In the Save every bit type list, click the file format and Word 97-2003 (*.doc). Salvage your file import it into Kindle Create. If y'all nevertheless see an fault message after following the troubleshooting higher up, please contact us.
Unsupported file format	The file yous're attempting to open up is non in a format Kindle Create supports. If you lot open your file in Microsoft Word and Adobe software, amongst others, you can save it in 1 of the formats that Kindle Create supports: Medico, DOCX, PDF.
Generic error	Refer to the data below for troubleshooting generic fault messages.
When importing the file, Kindle Create had an error it couldn't solve. Try importing the file one more fourth dimension or saving a different version and importing information technology again. If that doesn't work, contact usa.	You might be importing your file from an external source such as a pen drive, an external hard disk, or a cloud bulldoze. Here is what we recommend so you lot can import your file: Download the file to your desktop. If needed, rename the file so yous tin easily locate it. Import the file from your desktop to Kindle Create. If you still see an error message later on following the troubleshooting to a higher place, please contact united states of america.
When importing the file, Kindle Create had an fault it couldn't solve. Try importing the file one more than fourth dimension or saving a unlike version and importing it once more. If that doesn't work, contact united states.	If you file contains special characters on the proper noun y'all will receive this message. To resolve this outcome please rename the file without special characters. Special characters can be quotes, assertion marks, pound symbols, percent symbols, asterisk, parenthesis, brackets, questions marks, and more.
When importing the file, Kindle Create had an mistake it couldn't solve. Endeavour importing the file one more fourth dimension or saving a dissimilar version and importing it again. If that doesn't work, contact u.s..	You might exist using styles. Styles in Microsoft Discussion are the ones used as "Heading one," "Heading 2," "Heading iii," instead of "Normal." Hither is what we recommend and so you can import your file: On your file, go to the page where you applied the styles. From the Home tab, under Styles, select Normal. Then go to the Insert tab, and under the Text department, select Drop Cap. From the dropdown menu, select Drop Cap Options. Click Dropped, cull your font, lines to driblet, and the distance from the text. Click Ok. Save your file and try once again to import it into Kindle Create. If you nonetheless see an error bulletin subsequently following the troubleshooting to a higher place, please contact us.
When importing the file, Kindle Create had an error it couldn't solve. Try importing the file 1 more than time or saving a different version and importing it again. If that doesn't work, contact the states.	Your file might have a table embedded on it. Tables, lists, and footnotes cannot be edited in Kindle Create. Here is what we recommend and then you can import your file: Open your file in Microsoft Give-and-take. Press F5 on your keyboard. A dialog box volition open, from the Go to tab select Table. Click Previous or Next, accordingly. If you see a symbol with four arrows, this ways that a tabular array is on your certificate. At present, y'all need to replace the table with a text box. So first, right click on the four pointer symbol and click on Delete Table. Then go to the Insert tab and click on Text box. Salvage your file and import it into Kindle Create. If y'all still see an error bulletin later following the troubleshooting above, please contact us.

If you endeavor to download the tool and your figurer flags it as harmful, cheque your anti-virus software or firewall settings. You may need to add kdp.amazon.com to your list of trusted sites. Or, if your web browser displays a security warning, set it to allow downloads from kdp.amazon.com. Make sure your anti-virus and spyware software are upwards to date.

Notation: All KDP tools and software downloads go through a review process that includes virus and spyware scanning. If your download is flagged as harmful, you lot may need to contact your anti-virus software publisher to report the issue. In this case, we would also appreciate more than information well-nigh where you saw this message so nosotros can investigate. Contact us and tell united states of america the operating organisation and anti-virus software you're using.

Having trouble exporting a file?

When y'all consign a file from Kindle Create, you may see mistake messages that will non allow yous to save your file. Use the troubleshooting tips below.

Create a new folder on your desktop, you lot can proper noun this binder "Book" for example.
Open the KCB file in Kindle Create, and from the File tab click on Save Project As and save the book with a different file proper noun, for example "Booktest" into the binder created in step 1.
Now click the Generate button and again change the file name to "Booktest" and relieve information technology into the folder created in footstep 1.

Pre-release features (beta)

With Early on Access, you can choose to try pre-release (beta) features and provide feedback. Our electric current pre-release features are:

Preparing eBooks in Indian languages (Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Marathi, or Gujarati)

To try pre-release features, select Aid > Settings > Early Admission (Windows) or Kindle Create > Preferences > Early Access (Mac) and then check the Enable Beta Features box. Kindle Create restarts to complete the procedure.

To contact us about your experience with this beta, select Help > Provide Feedback.

Update books prepared with Kindle Create

When you relieve your project, Kindle Create stores a piece of work file (in KCB format) and other resources in the folder y'all cull. We recommend saving and bankroll upwardly this folder (including the KCB file), which y'all need to update to your book.

To update your book, open Kindle Create and click Open an Existing File and choose the relevant KCB file. Yous can also select the file from the Recents column or from File > Open Recent.

When you click Generate, Kindle Create produces a publishable file (KPF) you tin can submit to KDP. The KPF file is just used for publishing. The KCB file is used for updates.

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