As I format authors’ books for Kindle and help them get their ebooks on Amazon, I’ve noticed that authors have a lot of expectations with Kindle that are just not possible.
Here are just a few things authors need to know about the process of getting your book on Kindle:
1) Let go of perfection. The optimal formatting you’ve come to expect from print, simply isn’t possible on Kindle. There is no way to get that book to look perfect on every device or screen size. The technology doesn’t support it.
2) Text doesn’t wrap around graphics. You’re better off without them.
3) Use heading styles for your chapter headings and subheads.
4) Don’t use spaces to indent your paragraphs.
5) Don’t mess with multiple fonts, they’re not going to convert well, if at all.
6) Download the free ebook, Building Your Book for Kindle, and read it. It will save you a lot of time and hair-pulling by you and whoever formats your book.
If you’d like me to help you format your book for Kindle and get it up on Amazon under the best categories, send me an email (marnie@marniepehrson.com) with the specs on your book and I’ll give you a quote.
About Marnie Pehrson Kuhns
Marnie Pehrson Kuhns is a Certified SimplyAlign Practitioner™ who uses music and creativity to mentor you past barriers, fears and doubts to discover, create, align with, and deliver your soul’s song (the mission, message or purpose you are on this earth to live). Marnie is a best-selling author with 31 fiction and nonfiction titles. If you'd like Marnie and her husband Dave to work with you personally on Your Great Reinvention, get a FREE 20-minute strategy session with Marnie here.
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