Format your Kindle book with HTML

FORMAT YOUR KINDLE BOOK WITH HTML is an easy-to-follow guide on how to publish a Kindle book. This guide contains detailed instructions on how to format your Kindle book using HTML. A ready-made HTML template for a complete Kindle book is also provided. You may customize and utilize the HTML template to jump-start the formatting of your very own book.

Kindle Desktop Publishing makes it possible for anyone to publish a book. However, when you self-publish a Kindle book, you are not only responsible for the quality of the book content, but also for a professional presentation of that content. Microsoft Word is commonly used by first time self-publishers to compose Kindle books. Unfortunately, the quality of formatting you can achieve for your Kindle book with Microsoft Word is inadequate. Misplaced line and page breaks, and poorly indented paragraphs, lists, and images are all too common in Kindle books formatted with Word. Fortunately, a Kindle book can be composed as an HTML document. All you need is a plain-old text editor and a Web browser. HTML turns out to be an excellent choice for formatting a Kindle book because of the following reasons.

- HTML provides a more reliable and predictable way to format and display your book consistently across all Kindle devices and applications. This alone is a good reason to choose HTML over Word as a tool of choice for formatting your next Kindle book.

- An HTML-formatted Kindle book has a smaller download size than the same book formatted with Word.

- There are countless free and commercial HTML authoring tools available.

- HTML is easy to learn and use for Kindle book formatting purposes. Contrary to popular belief, a mastery of HTML is not required. You only need to know a small subset of HTML tags to format your Kindle book.

FORMAT YOUR KINDLE BOOK WITH HTML covers the following topics.

I. HTML Basics: Even if you have never worked with HTML before, this book covers just enough HTML information necessary to effectively utilize HTML for Kindle book publishing purposes.

II. Create your first Kindle book: A step-by-step tutorial on the mechanics of composing, and formatting a minimal Kindle book with HTML is provided. The book explains how to create an active table of contents using HTML links. Productivity tools, troubleshooting ideas, and book submission steps are also discussed.

III. HTML template for a Kindle book: A ready-made HTML template for a complete Kindle book is included and explained. A book based on this template may contain several sections such as a Title Page, Copyright Notice, Dedication, Table of Contents, Preface, Chapters, Bibliography, Appendices, Notes, and Glossary. The template applies enhanced styling to the content of your book with less typing on your part.

IV. Tips and best practices: A detailed checklist of do's and don'ts when it comes to formatting a Kindle book with HTML.

V. HTML Tags Reference: A handy HTML tags reference is provided to quickly lookup the formatting you wish to apply to your book content. Each formatting option is clearly explained with a working example.

After reading this book, you will be able to successfully format your Kindle book using HTML!