How to Self Publish a Children’s Book on Amazon in 5 Minutes

About this video

The finale of Dale’s children’s book series repeats his timed KDP walkthrough, publishing a children’s book in five minutes. Preparation: metadata ready, covers finished, HTML-formatted description, formatted interiors, and a KDP account with tax and banking set up. For the ebook he enters title, subtitle, series, author and permitted contributors, pastes the description, verifies copyright, inserts the seven keywords researched earlier in the series, picks two relevant categories, and — specific to children’s books — sets the age and grade ranges from his research. He declines DRM, noting it hinders sharing across devices, uploads the MOBI file produced by the Kindle Kids Book Creator, adds the JPEG cover, and re-checks the previewer. He enrols in KDP Select, explaining the ebook then cannot be published elsewhere, keeps worldwide territories, and prices just below the dollar. The paperback follows immediately so metadata carries over; he advises tweaking the description for print features and using print-specific keywords, takes the free KDP ISBN, chooses 5×8 trim with no bleed, uploads a PDF interior and PDF cover, approves the previewer, and adds expanded distribution, noting some trim sizes are excluded and royalties drop there. Both editions typically appear within one to three days, he says.

Key takeaways

• Children’s books require deliberate age and grade range settings in KDP
• Build the ebook file in Kindle Kids Book Creator, then reuse metadata for print
• Use no bleed for normal interiors; PDF is required for the print cover
• Tweak description and keywords for the print edition instead of copying blindly
• Expanded distribution is unavailable for some trim sizes and pays less

Episode details: published June 18, 2020 · 7:58 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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