How to Format an ebook for Kindle Self-Publishing With Microsoft Word - In Less Than 10 Mins

About this video

A short, basic tutorial on formatting an ebook for Amazon Kindle, aimed at writers who would otherwise pay a freelancer — the creator says Fiverr formatting can cost $50-$70 or more per book, while doing it yourself takes a couple of minutes. Working through an example manuscript, he shows: turning on show/hide to reveal stray spaces; deleting extra spaces and using Insert > Page Break so each new section truly starts on a new page; styling the title and subtitle consistently; setting every chapter title to Heading 1 (optionally Heading 2/3 for subsections) and modifying the Heading 1 style once — he uses double-spaced, 16pt bold — so it applies automatically; and justifying the body text. The table of contents is done last: delete any existing one, then insert a custom TOC via References, using hyperlinks instead of page numbers because it is a Kindle ebook, and deleting entries the TOC wrongly picks up (like the title and copyright page) if desired. Finally, he shows hyperlinking in-text phrases such as a ’leave a review’ prompt to the Amazon review page so readers can click straight through.

Key takeaways

• Use Insert > Page Break instead of pressing return/adding spaces — extra spaces do not reliably start a new page on Kindle
• Style every chapter title as Heading 1 (Heading 2/3 for subsections) and modify that style once so formatting is automatic and consistent
• Justify the body text and build the table of contents last, after all chapter headings are set
• In the custom table of contents, select ‘use hyperlinks instead of page numbers’ because Kindle ebooks have no fixed page numbers
• Hyperlink in-book calls to action, such as a review request, directly to the Amazon review page to make it one click for readers

Episode details: published December 25, 2019 · 10:51 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Sean Dollwet’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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