This book provides a comprehensive explanation of what is involved in writing , formatting, compiling, checking and publishing a Kindle book. All you need is a PC , Kindle for PC (free download), NotePad ++ (free download) and a Kindle Previewer(free download). This book is meant to be read on a PC with Kindle for PC. Using the other tools and starting with a basic explanation of how HTML tags work, there is a logical progression to using the Kindle Previewer to compile HTML files. OPF format files are explained. Techniques are presented to design covers for Kindle books without getting involved with PhotoShop, Gimp or other sophisticated tools. The advantage of Amazon Kindle Desktop publishing for first time authors is also discussed. Preface to the 1st Edition Chapter 1 Advantages of Amazon Kindle publishing for new authors Chapter 2 The basics - creating an HTML page body,html headers and Paragraphs Chapter 3 Creating a heading, bold and italic effects Chapter 4 Replicating chapters, line breaks and page breaks Chapter 5 Images and Hyperlinks Chapter 6 Final items to wrap up for the template Chapter 7 Modifying chapter headers to work with the table of contents Chapter 8 A real test of the constructed HTML template Chapter 9 Enabling the Kindle Table of Contents and the Kindle Direct Publishing Process Chapter 10 Create a cover for your Kindle book Chapter 11 Kindle Previewer Compilation errors Chapter 12 Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing
The focus of the book is to guide new authors to how to set up shop for long term involvment with Kindle Direct Publishing.