![]() *You can use a Word doc, docx or a PDF file in Kindle Create. *Automatically detects and splits chapter heading styles according to heading layout. *Easily and manually allows you to create a TOC, add chapter subtitles and add separators to your Kindle ebook. *You can also restyle your ebook text just using point and click. *You can also directly edit your text in the app in Text View. *You can test your ebook in-app using their modified version of Kindle Previewer 3.8 Beta. *You can also use their Template to create your ebook from scratch. *Gives a reliable and quick conversion using Advanced Typesetting. *Kindle Create Help documentation is fairly thorough and easy to follow. *When I converted my Word doc without cover(its an old ebook on amazon now) to kbc - the total file size was 1.2 Mb. When I converted the same ebook as a pdf doc with cover to kbc - the total file size was 1.4 Mb. So this Kindle Create app has a converter that also uses efficient file compression.Formatting images for Kindle is a huge drag. The official KDP FAQs are laughably underdeveloped here, basically telling you that the four most common image types are supported (gee, thanks!) and not much else. Personally, I have completely redone the images in my textbook Game Theory 101: The Complete Textbook at least three times now, most recently because the way Kindle compresses images changed without any notice. Here are the most important time/money saving tips: I am writing this post to impart my knowledge on you. You will think you are doing everything right, then the Kindle uploader will find a way to completely screw you over. Your document size will suddenly explode. You will become unbelievably frustrated at some point. Accept it now, and understand you will likely have to do some experimentation to fix these problems later. mobi file extension) were created to display text. Images were very clearly an afterthought. However pretty your image looks on your computer screen, it is not going to look nearly as pretty once you have uploaded it. ![]() To compress file sizes, KDP evidently eliminates random lines of pixels from your images. If parts of your image contain lines that are only one or two pixels thick, those lines may magically disappear in the final version. ![]() In other words, make your images as blunt as possible. By extension, if your image contains words, be careful which font you use.You can’t control which lines disappear, but that will not matter much if no single line is crucial to the image as a whole. I originally used Cambria in many of my game theory payoff tables, but Cambria has a lot of numbers and letters with very thin lines.
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