Checklist for Noncommercial Kindle Editions

Note: capitalized words are stand-ins for your names.

1. Folder Setup

In a computer’s My Documents folder, create a new folder named KEP, or whatever you like. I use KEP as the abbreviation for Kindle Edition Project. If you are building several books, consider a folder hierarchy like My Documents/KEP/KEP TITLE-1/.
Create a sub folder named “images”, or whatever you like, if there are images in the book’s text.
Create a sub folder named “docs”, or whatever you like, and move the extracted files from Checklist_&_Templates.zip to it.
Go to My Documents/KEB/KEB TITLE-1/docs/ and rename Template_for_Book_Plan.html to TITLE_Book_Plan.html.
Rename the appropriate tag skeleton template to TITLE.html

2, Tools Setup

Run your browser.
Run your text editor.
Run your spell checker.

3. Book Building

In your browser open:
My Documents/KEP/KEP TITLE-1/docs/Bookbuilding_List_for_Noncommercial_Kindle_Editions.html (this list),
My Documents/KEP/KEP TITLE-1/TITLE.html, and
My Documents/KEP/KEP TITLE-1TITLE_Book_Plan.html.
In your browsers Bookmarks create a folder KEP and bookmark the above files so you can open them individually or as a group.

In your text editor, open:
My Documents/KEP/KEP TITLE-1/TITLE.html and
My Documents/KEP/KEP TITLE-1TITLE_Book_Plan.html.
Modify both as needed.

4. Proof Reading

After adding your content to the tag skeleton and building the book’s front matter:
in your spell checker, check My Documents/KEP/KEP TITLE-1/TITLE.html for misspellings,
in your browser, proof read My Documents/KEP/KEP TITLE-1/TITLE.html checking punctuation, grammar, syntax, and layout.
in your browser, validate your HTML.

5. Package and Send

Zip up My Documents/KEP/KEP TITLE-1/TITLE.html. If there are images, add images/ to TITLE.zip.
eMail TITLE.zip to USER-ID@kindle.com