Answers.Body: <p>Not trying to discourage you from trying this, but you might find that starting with a WORD document takes up MUCH more time than you thought due to the complexity of setting it up, which is why I write in Markdown and convert that directly to EPUB with software I wrote.You really should try <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiWjeyfwITNAhXM7YMKHdBZCdIQFggdMAA&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2FSigil-Ebook%2FSigil%2Freleases&amp;usg=AFQjCNGItxEGhmGaNO9ciKOgBT_xKdxxEg&amp;sig2=EZmKp8YamtWs5RiSTnHA_w" rel="nofollow">Sigil</a> (free) or <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiZhL-pwITNAhUB74MKHXAlBokQFggdMAA&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalibre-ebook.com%2Fdownload&amp;usg=AFQjCNFOjiu3uPxUr_Ma7CNlrFI3UYqJxQ&amp;sig2=WS-w3Ov_YM8QRdasLJY5ng" rel="nofollow">Calibre</a> (free), they are both free, can make an EPUB, which you can then upload to Amazon, Smashwords, or somewhere else.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Agreed, I would add that it's best to design an epub first and then use that as your source to convert into a kindle file (using Kindle Previewer or Calibre).
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Answers.Body: <p>This is not free software: Vellum. However, I used it for my <a href="https://www.albertcory.io" rel="nofollow noreferrer">book</a>, and I liked it just fine. It knows all about front matter and back matter, even/odd pages, half-titles, and all that publishing stuff, and creates PDFs and EPUBs.</p>
  <p>I'm not going to trash free software, but if you're willing to shell out a few bucks, try Vellum.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <h2>Video Guide</h2>
  
  <p><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/D11DaJc5EYS.mp4" rel="nofollow">https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/D11DaJc5EYS.mp4</a></p>
  
  <h2>Step 1: Prepare</h2>
  
  <p>Prepare your manuscript in Microsoft Word or a similar program. KDP supports many formats, but these produce the most consistent results when converted for reading on Kindle devices and apps:
  Word (DOC / DOCX)
  HTML
  Mobi
  ePub
  See our Simplified Formatting Guide for more details.</p>
  
  <p>KDP also supports illustrated books like comics or children's books. Learn more about KDP tools for illustrated and chapter books.</p>
  
  <p>Once you upload your manuscript, we'll automatically convert your book for Kindle. To learn more about preparing your book, you can download our official Building Your Book for Kindle guide, or browse our Help topics in the left-hand navigation bar. If you want help formatting your manuscript, you can also contact a professional conversion service.</p>
  
  <p>Tip: Professional editing services are available for titles written in English.</p>
  
  <h2>Step 2: Publish</h2>
  
  <p>Sign in to KDP with your Amazon account or email address.
  Enter the required title information (book title, author name, categories, etc.).
  Use our Cover Creator tool to create your book cover, or upload your own.
  Verify your rights and territories.
  Set your prices and publish.
  Once your book is live, KDP will show you detailed reports to help you track sales and earned royalties.</p>
  
  <h2>Step 3: Promote</h2>
  
  <p>Check out our merchandising tools. We list your book on Amazon websites to help suggest purchases for customers under page sections like "More Items to Consider…," "Customers with Similar Searches Purchased…," "Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought…," and "Shopping Cart Recommendations."
  Enroll your book in KDP Select to earn higher royalties, reach new readers through Kindle Unlimited (Abonnement Kindle in France) and the Kindle Owners' Lending Library and to promote your book with Kindle Countdown Deals or Free Book Promotions.
  Make your books available in as many formats as possible (print, Kindle, audio). This maximizes web exposure in search results and helps boost our automation and personalization algorithms.
  Claim your author page on both Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk. Readers respond well to short, interesting author bios and clear photographs of the author (not their books). Make sure to link all your books to your page.
  Get active on social media and blogs but don't limit yourself to promoting your books all the time. Your readers want to know about you as a person.
  Consider adding a message in your book asking readers to leave reviews if they enjoyed it. You could also include a Q&amp;A with yourself to give readers more information on you. We will automatically provide a link for reviews, but sometimes a personal message can have a big impact.
  If you have more than one book available, you can include the first chapter of your next book at the end of your current book to whet the reader's appetite. Before you do this, make sure the next book is available for purchase or pre-order.</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://kdp.amazon.com/help?topicId=A2VHRJZXET0TWT" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Amazon.com makes it hard to publish an ebook for free. Generally the lowest price you can set it for is 99 cents. There is a trick to force Amazon to lower the price to zero by uploading to smashwords, which will then distribute to the major ebook stores (Apple, BN, etc) and then pricing those channels to zero. Then notify Amazon.com about the lowest price, which they will generally price match. This works, but sometimes not reliably. </p>
  
  <p>This is another reason to upload first to smashwords. Also, smashwords let you create coupon codes which - if you want -- can be set to free. Also, you can set smashwords price to free as well (though it won't distribute to Amazon as a free item). </p>
  
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Body: <p>I have an e-book I want to publish free, ideally I want it published on Amazon 
  but happy to follow the trail to get that done. Can anyone tell me the steps needed to achieve this.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Follow the help topic from https://kdp.amazon.com/
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Comments.Text: You can also publish it on [Smashwords.com](http://www.smashwords.com), it's free. They have a different method of making and uploading ebooks than Amazon.
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Tags: <ebook-readers><publishing>
Title: How do I upload an ebook
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ThreadText: # How do I upload an ebook
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-05-19)
  
  I have an e-username_0 I want to publish username_0, ideally I want it published on Amazon
  but happy to follow the trail to get that done. Can anyone tell me the steps needed to achieve this.
  
  **Tags:** ebook-readers, publishing
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Follow the help topic from https://kdp.amazon.com/  
  > **username_2**: You can also publish it on [Smashwords.com](http://www.smashwords.com), it's username_0. They have a different method of making and uploading ebooks than Amazon.  
  
  ---
  
  ## 4 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2016-05-31. Score: 2
  
  Not trying to discourage you from trying this, but you might find that starting with a WORD document takes up MUCH more time than you thought due to the complexity of setting it up, which is why I write in Markdown and convert that directly to EPUB with software I wrote.You really should try [Sigil](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiWjeyfwITNAhXM7YMKHdBZCdIQFggdMAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2FSigil-Ebook%2FSigil%2Freleases&usg=AFQjCNGItxEGhmGaNO9ciKOgBT_xKdxxEg&sig2=EZmKp8YamtWs5RiSTnHA_w) (username_0) or [Calibre](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiZhL-pwITNAhUB74MKHXAlBokQFggdMAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalibre-ebook.com%2Fdownload&usg=AFQjCNFOjiu3uPxUr_Ma7CNlrFI3UYqJxQ&sig2=WS-w3Ov_YM8QRdasLJY5ng) (username_0), they are both username_0, can make an EPUB, which you can then upload to Amazon, Smashwords, or somewhere else.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_3**: Agreed, I would add that it's best to design an epub first and then use that as your source to convert into a kindle file (using Kindle Previewer or Calibre).  
  
  ---
  
  ### Answer by username_4 on 2021-10-01. Score: 1
  
  This is not username_0 software: Vellum. However, I used it for my [username_0](https://www.albertcory.io), and I liked it just fine. It knows all about front matter and back matter, even/odd pages, half-titles, and all that publishing stuff, and creates PDFs and EPUBs.
  
  I'm not going to trash username_0 software, but if you're willing to shell out a few bucks, try Vellum.
  
  
  ---
  
  ### Answer by username_5 on 2016-05-28. Score: 0
  
  ## Video Guide
  
  <https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/D11DaJc5EYS.mp4>
  
  ## Step 1: Prepare
  
  Prepare your manuscript in Microsoft Word or a similar program. KDP supports many formats, but these produce the most consistent results when converted for reading on Kindle devices and apps:
  Word (DOC / DOCX)
  HTML
  Mobi
  ePub
  See our Simplified Formatting Guide for more details.
  
  KDP also supports illustrated books like comics or children's books. Learn more about KDP tools for illustrated and chapter books.
  
  Once you upload your manuscript, we'll automatically convert your username_0 for Kindle. To learn more about preparing your username_0, you can download our official Building Your username_0 for Kindle guide, or browse our Help topics in the left-hand navigation bar. If you want help formatting your manuscript, you can also contact a professional conversion service.
  
  Tip: Professional editing services are available for titles written in English.
  
  ## Step 2: Publish
  
  Sign in to KDP with your Amazon account or email address.
  Enter the required title information (username_0 title, author name, categories, etc.).
  Use our Cover Creator tool to create your username_0 cover, or upload your own.
  Verify your rights and territories.
  Set your prices and publish.
  Once your username_0 is live, KDP will show you detailed reports to help you track sales and earned royalties.
  
  ## Step 3: Promote
  
  Check out our merchandising tools. We list your username_0 on Amazon websites to help suggest purchases for customers under page sections like "More Items to Consider…," "Customers with Similar Searches Purchased…," "Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought…," and "Shopping Cart Recommendations."
  Enroll your username_0 in KDP Select to earn higher royalties, reach new readers through Kindle Unlimited (Abonnement Kindle in France) and the Kindle Owners' Lending Library and to promote your username_0 with Kindle Countdown Deals or username_0Promotions.
  Make your books available in as many formats as possible (print, Kindle, audio). This maximizes web exposure in search results and helps boost our automation and personalization algorithms.
  Claim your author page on both Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk. Readers respond well to short, interesting author bios and clear photographs of the author (not their books). Make sure to link all your books to your page.
  Get active on social media and blogs but don't limit yourself to promoting your books all the time. Your readers want to know about you as a person.
  Consider adding a message in your username_0 asking readers to leave reviews if they enjoyed it. You could also include a Q&A with yourself to give readers more information on you. We will automatically provide a link for reviews, but sometimes a personal message can have a big impact.
  If you have more than one username_0 available, you can include the first chapter of your next username_0 at the end of your current username_0 to whet the reader's appetite. Before you do this, make sure the next username_0 is available for purchase or pre-order.
  
  [Source](https://kdp.amazon.com/help?topicId=A2VHRJZXET0TWT)
  
  
  ---
  
  ### Answer by username_3 on 2016-07-03. Score: 0
  
  Amazon.com makes it hard to publish an ebook for username_0. Generally the lowest price you can set it for is 99 cents. There is a trick to force Amazon to lower the price to zero by uploading to smashwords, which will then distribute to the major ebook stores (Apple, BN, etc) and then pricing those channels to zero. Then notify Amazon.com about the lowest price, which they will generally price match. This works, but sometimes not reliably.
  
  This is another reason to upload first to smashwords. Also, smashwords let you create coupon codes which - if you want -- can be set to username_0. Also, you can set smashwords price to username_0 as well (though it won't distribute to Amazon as a username_0 item).
  
  
  ---
  
  