Checklist for Commercial 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. Publishing

Zip up My Documents/KEP/KEP TITLE-1/TITLE.html. If there are images, add images/ to TITLE.zip.
Create TITLE_cover.jpg.
Create a blurb and save as TITLE_Blurb.txt (4,000 characters maximum).
Create TITLE_Keywords.txt , add a list of keywords appropriate to your book’s content, the more the better, aim for a dozen.
Sign in at DTP, click “Add new item”.
1. Enter Product Details:
fill in Title,
fill in Description copying Blurb.txt,
add Publisher and date,
select Categories,
fill in Authors,
fill in Search Keywords copying Keywords.txt,
upload Product Image (TITLE_cover.jpg),
Save entries.
2. Upload and Preview Book:
upload TITLE.zip & proof read the book in Preview Mode.
3. Enter Price:
fill in price and Save.

Click “Publish”.

DTP will display “Publishing [TITLE].Your content is being published. It will be live in 12 to 72 hours.” Visit the Kindle Store in 12 to 72 hours to search for the catalog listing of your title. Proof read your entries (title, author, publisher, etc.) in the book’s product page. Your description will be added to the product page in 3 to 10 working days. Proof read the description when it is added.