Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing guides, tips, and best practices.
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How to order KDP author copies and proof copies, what they cost per copy in the UK and US, which Amazon store to order from, and how long to allow before a launch or event.
A plain-English walkthrough of every KDP report — Dashboard, Orders, KENP, Promotions, Pre-orders, Month-to-Date, Prior Month's Royalties, Royalties Estimator and Payments — with update cadences checked at Amazon's help pages.
Is KDP Select worth it? How KDP Select and Kindle Unlimited work, the 90-day ebook exclusivity rule, how page reads are paid, free promotions and Countdown Deals, and when going wide suits you better.
KDP manuscript upload failed? The nine file errors behind most rejected paperbacks, why KDP covers get rejected, and how to fix each one before you resubmit.
Format your book in Microsoft Word for KDP: trim size, mirror margins, styles, section breaks, page numbers, a print PDF and a clean Kindle file.
KDP rejected your file for text outside margins? Get exact gutter and outside margin settings by page count and trim size, with and without bleed.
