{"id":1942,"date":"2017-04-07T04:13:19","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T04:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pickmyreader.com\/?p=1942"},"modified":"2018-02-04T08:59:21","modified_gmt":"2018-02-04T08:59:21","slug":"worried-length-kindle-book-read-discover-publishing-formatting-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pickmyreader.com\/worried-length-kindle-book-read-discover-publishing-formatting-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Worried About The Length of Your Kindle Book? \u2013 Some Helpful Publishing and Formatting Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"

Publishing a book on Kindle<\/a>\u00a0involves a number of steps not easily found or readily understood by new writers.<\/p>\n

If you’re trying to publish your first book, it can seem daunting and overwhelming. It needn’t be that way.<\/p>\n

Hopefully, today’s tips will help greatly smooth out this process for you.<\/p>\n

There are several methods by which you can create an acceptably formatted manuscript that Kindle will accept. Our focus is on those approaches that new authors can most easily implement.<\/p>\n

Cover<\/h2>\n

They say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. Sadly, many readers do!<\/p>\n

Once you’ve chosen your title, coming up with an attractive cover is essential.<\/p>\n

Kindle prefers .jpg images and their optimal size for the cover is 1600 x 2500 pixels. This file will be loaded into your Kindle account separately from your manuscript upload.<\/p>\n

If you’re stuck for ideas, head to\u00a0the Fiverr<\/a> website and pay someone to do it for you. After all, you’re a writer not a designer. For as little as $5, you’ll get that\u00a01600 x 2500 .jpg you need. Choose a good seller and you’ll get a bonus 3D version within the same package. Quality, royalty-free stock images that can slot into your book cover’s design can be included for an average of $10.<\/p>\n

So\u2026<\/p>\n

For $15, your Kindle cover is taken care of.<\/p>\n

Fonts<\/h2>\n

On the Kindle website<\/a>, they indicate that they’d like you to use Latin-1<\/strong> font for your main content.<\/p>\n

If, like many writers, you use Microsoft Word, this particular font is not available. So what do you do?<\/p>\n

Well, Georgia<\/strong>\u00a0is extremely close to Latin-1 and perfectly acceptable to Kindle. Since Word is their recommended application and\u00a0Georgia<\/strong> works well, that’s your type of font sorted out.<\/p>\n

The standard font size for your text should be 12-point. Headings can be 14, 16 or 18, but don’t make them bigger than 18 unless absolutely necessary.<\/p>\n

Uploading Your Manuscript<\/h2>\n

Before uploading your manuscript file, Kindle<\/a> asks you to conform to the following:<\/p>\n