How to Format Your Book for KDP in 10 Minutes | Ebook, Paperback & Hardcover

About this video

In this sponsored walkthrough of Dibbly Create, Dale shows formatting a book for ebook, paperback and hardcover output for platforms including Amazon KDP, Ingram Spark, Publish Drive and Lulu. He warns you must currently copy and paste chapters into sections or write within Dibbly, as DocX importing is still being worked on. He uses the built-in Kip chat to get niche-specific typography and layout recommendations for elements such as the title page, table of contents, headers and footers, chapter headings, paragraphs and headings, then saves those settings for reference. In Book Layout Studio he picks a template, then builds front matter: upload a cover image (with an option to deselect including it in the paperback), add a title page, and add a table of contents. He then sets headers and footers, chapter headings and numbering, chapter ornaments, paragraph style (drop caps or small caps, indented or spaced paragraphs), heading levels one to five, and quote style. For print, page settings let chapters start on any page, a right (odd-numbered) page or a left (even-numbered) page, and he recommends leaving the default margins alone. After moving and formatting back matter such as About the Author, appendix and email opt-in, he exports an EPUB and proofs it on devices including Kindle for desktop and Send to Kindle on his phone, then exports a print-ready PDF for paperback or hardcover after choosing the trim size, ending with two publish-ready files.

Key takeaways

• Dibbly Create formats one project for ebook, paperback and hardcover
• Use Kip chat for niche-specific font, size and layout recommendations
• Build cover page, title page and table of contents in front matter first
• Leave default print margins alone unless an upload error requires tweaking
• Export and proof both files: EPUB on e-readers and a print-ready PDF for print

Episode details: published December 22, 2025 · 8:15 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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