You can upload image files in JPG, TIF, PNG, or PPM format.You can upload a PDF of your illustrated children’s book.GETTING STARTEDīefore you open the Kindle Kids’ Book Creator, you’ll want to get your materials together. However, as a general rule, it’s wise to write down the location where you save it on your computer so that you can always find it, just in case. It added itself to my start menu and also appears on my desktop. I just had to check boxes for what to install (I selected everything) and agree to the terms of use. I downloaded the tool without any problems. If switching browsers doesn’t resolve your functionality issue, visit the KDP help pages and look for the Contact Us button to explain your problem to KDP support. Mozilla FireFox instead of Internet Explorer). If you have any problems with functionality, first I would try using a different web browser (e.g. Click the Learn More link for additional options (and to read the FAQ’s).For the PC, you need Windows Vista, 7 or later.It’s available for both Windows and Mac.
Visit the KDP Kids page to download the new Kindle Kids’ Book Creator tool. Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) has a new page just for kids, called KDP Kids. You might as well enjoy the benefits of KDP Select, since the output format only works with Kindle anyway. For $9.99, you can read unlimited Kindle e-books from 600,000 participating titles, which is a great value for bedtime stories, chapter books, early readers, and homework resources. This may also increase parent participation in Kindle Unlimited. (Although Paperwhite comes up as an option in the previewer, I checked on a book published this way and it wasn’t available on the Paperwhite.)īetter and easier formatting will attract more children’s authors to create illustrated Kindle e-books.īetter-formatted children’s Kindle e-books will attract more parents and educators to the Kindle children’s market. You see the pattern here? These devices all support color. It’s designed to work on Kindle Fire tablets, iPads, cell phones, and Android Kindle apps.It respects the concept of a page, which is so important for children’s books, while still making the text readable on small devices.As I’ll show you, it’s really EASY to use.Pop-up text makes it much easier to read illustrated children’s books on small devices, such as cell phones.Kindle Kids’ Book Creator solves a major hurdle in creating Kindle e-books: If your book reads more like a novel or chapter book where many pages have just text, I recommend creating a reflowable e-book instead.įirst, I will tell you a little bit about the tool, and then I will show you how to use it.If all (or most) of your book consist of illustrations, and some (or all) of the pages also have text, this tool provides an EASY way to create pop-up text for Kindle devices (and apps).It’s called the Kindle Kids’ Book Creator. A recent update added the option to format paperback books for KDP Print.KDP Kids features a new FREE, easy-to-use tool for designing illustrated children’s books. Kindle Create is Amazon’s preferred tool for producing books to be sold on its site, and this includes print books as well. In fact, Kindle Create is what I used to make Kindle editions of the two workbooks I have in the Kindle Store. That was a while ago, however. Kindle Create has been capable of making KPR format ebooks for several years now. Files created in Kindle Textbook Creator (.kcb format) can be opened in Kindle Create, so you can seamlessly transition to the latest software.įor those not familiar with these apps, Kindle Textbook Creator was Amazon’s original tool for making the PDF-ish Kindle ebook format known as Kindle Print Replica while Kindle Create was developed to make reflowable Kindle ebooks. Kindle Create offers the same features as Kindle Textbook Creator and will continue receiving software updates. We recommend that you switch to Kindle Create for your next Print Replica eBook. Thousands of authors have used Kindle Create to prepare Print Replica textbooks with the same ease of use that Kindle Textbook Creator offered. This is a part of our ongoing effort to simplify tool choices for authors so that any type of book can be created using a single tool. Kindle Textbook Creator is now part of Kindle Create. I just got an email from Amazon informing me that they have retired Kindle Textbook Creator in favor of Kindle Create.
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