Every author publishing a Kindle eBook eventually hits this decision screen: enroll in KDP Select, or don’t. It’s one of the most debated choices in self-publishing, and the honest answer..

Every author publishing a paperback or hardcover on Amazon hits the same fork in the road: take the free ISBN KDP offers, or buy your own. The choice sounds minor,..

Trim size, bleed, and paper type are three separate decisions that all quietly affect each other, change one, and your spine width, your printing cost, and even your eligible page..

Your file uploaded without errors, but that only means KDP’s automated checks didn’t catch anything obvious it doesn’t mean your book is actually ready to print. The KDP Print Previewer..

The digital previewer looks fine. The cover looks fine on your monitor. Everything checks out on screen, so it’s tempting to just hit publish. Don’t skip this step. A KDP..

Adding a hardcover edition alongside your paperback sounds like a simple checkbox on Amazon KDP, but the two formats work differently in several ways that affect your setup, your pricing,..

Hardcover covers on Amazon KDP aren’t just a thicker version of your paperback wrap. A KDP hardcover case cover is a structurally different file, built to wrap around a rigid..

You’ve published your eBook, paperback, and hardcover, and instead of one clean product page with a format switcher, you’ve got three separate listings scattered across Amazon. KDP editions not linking..

If you’re adding a hardcover edition to your book on Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing platform, one of the first questions you’ll run into is the ISBN. It sounds like a..