CreateSpace Merging with KDP Print: Problem Solved?

About this video

Dale revisits the CreateSpace-to-KDP Print merge a couple of months after it was announced. His first attempt early on was unsuccessful, and the rollout was, in his words, rife with issues and hassles, but he reports that things now appear largely ironed out. He walks through his second attempt live: logging into CreateSpace, linking his existing account, starting the move, and getting a ’transfer complete’ message — he calls the process ’that stinking simple,’ though he notes it took most of the day for all his books to fully appear in his KDP Print account, leaving his CreateSpace account completely empty. He explains he deliberately merged before peak season rather than risk problems around Thanksgiving and Black Friday in quarter four. Known issues he flags: some covers not propagating properly inside the KDP dashboard (though the books look fine in the Amazon store), and metadata needing fixes after the move. A key upside he highlights is keywords: CreateSpace offered five keyword slots of up to 25 characters each, while KDP Print offers seven slots of up to 50 characters each, which can make books more discoverable. He recommends other authors merge sooner rather than later so any problems surface before a busy selling season, and asks viewers to share their own migration experiences in the comments.

Key takeaways

• Dale’s second attempt at the CreateSpace-to-KDP Print merge succeeded smoothly after his first early attempt failed; the transfer itself was quick, though books took most of the day to fully populate his KDP account.
• Merge before peak season: he deliberately moved ahead of Thanksgiving/Black Friday so any issues would not land in the middle of quarter four.
• Expect post-move cleanup: some covers did not display properly in the KDP dashboard (even though the books looked fine in the Amazon store) and some metadata needed updating.
• Keyword capacity expands in the move: CreateSpace allowed five keyword slots of up to 25 characters each, while KDP Print allows seven slots of up to 50 characters each, improving discoverability.
• His CreateSpace account ended up completely empty after the transfer, with not a single publication left behind.

Episode details: published November 13, 2018 · 5:09 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Dale L. Roberts’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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