Amazon Kindle Guideline

Amazon Kindle Publishing Guidelines

How to make books available for the Kindle platform

version 2012.2

This document describes the primary ways publishers, authors, and conversion houses can make their content available on the Amazon Kindle platform. This document includes guidelines and suggestions to ensure a smooth conversion and publication process. Copyright © 2012 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

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Publishing on Kindle: Guidelines for Publishers

1 Getting Started ............................................................................................................................ 7 2 Paths to Getting Your Content on Kindle ................................................................................. 7 2.1 Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing Platform ....................................................................... 7 2.2 Creating Kindle Books In-House Using Kindle Publisher Tools .......................................... 7

2.2.1 Kindle Plugin for Adobe InDesign ..................................................................................................................... 7 2.2.2 KindleGen ........................................................................................................................................................ 7 2.2.3 Kindle Previewer Software ............................................................................................................................. 10

2.3 Third-Party Conversion Services ....................................................................................... 11 3 General Formatting Guidelines ............................................................................................... 11 3.1 Text Guidelines .................................................................................................................. 12

3.1.1 Text Guideline #1: Normal Text Must Use Defaults...