How to Format your Book for Kindle with Microsoft Word (In just a few minutes!!)

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How to Format your Book for Kindle with Microsoft Word (In just a few minutes!!)

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Write Your Book with Naomi Nakashima

Күн бұрын

Want to learn how to format your book for Kindle? Maybe you’ve heard horror stories about how to format your eBook, or how to format for Kindle specifically. Formatting an eBook doesn’t have to be a nightmare. In fact, if you’re looking to save a bit of money self-publishing your book, I’ll show you how to format a book for Kindle using Microsoft Word. All it takes is a few minutes.
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@helpmenaomi 4 жыл бұрын

Have you written a behemoth? How big (or small) is your book?

@DrSuzanneDoyleMorrisinclusiq 4 жыл бұрын

My third book is currently sitting at 100 thousand words, and your video has come at just the right time! Great content and easy to follow, it's going to make the process much easier! Thank you.

@thinketh2408 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for video 👍

@thinketh2408 3 жыл бұрын

@@DrSuzanneDoyleMorrisinclusiq good

@kodivaris5 2 жыл бұрын

My book is 190,000 words. Help 😭😅

@patriciodasilva7902 2 жыл бұрын

I have a small how to book, only 11k words & 31 pages in word.

@Gustaiiv Ай бұрын

Finally! Someone who knows what she’s doing. Thank you.

@DavidDevoe-j7u 26 күн бұрын

Perfect - I work for a small rural newspaper publisher - I am completely new to Kindle (never even read a Kindle book) and your video is what I needed to talk further with the powers that be about the process thanks for clearing the smoke . David

@jasonreed1921 Жыл бұрын

I just spent the last 7 months writing my life story. With God as my co author. 7 months writing about an unique life. It's 32 chapters and 827 pages. A long 7 month creative writing session. Your video is helping me A LOT. Thanks

@silvereaglehere 6 ай бұрын

WOW Naomi, what a lot of great information, thanks so much for sharing. It will certainly help me in formatting my first e-book.

@CB-dk8my 4 жыл бұрын

Very helpful, thanks. I can see me watching this over and over again!

@CoachLewis 2 жыл бұрын

I found your instructions really easy to follow. I use styles often, and have found that assigning a shortcut key makes the process even faster.

@mrgineapig Жыл бұрын

Well done. Just right video for my first attempt at Kindle book. Thanks!

@Master_Blackthorne 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the instruction. I'm publishing my first book and it will really come in handy!

@wallet_wise_mom Жыл бұрын

Thanks a ton. This was the simplest and most informative of the zillion videos I have seen. Thanks again.

@DigitalDominationPtyLtdPerth 4 жыл бұрын

Great tips. I wish I found this video before I self-published my first book! Thank you!

@dawolff4815 2 жыл бұрын

This is a great video. You provided the perfect amount of detail and explanation so as to allow me to follow along and do everything you describe, while also understanding the why of what is being done. So many of these sorts of videos get bogged down in overly generalized discussions that go on and on. I have written my first 60,000 word erotica novel (does 60,000 words make a "novel"?), and you have helped me finalize it. I think it looks very professional now thanks to you. Thank you so much.

@BruceFrancis34120 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant approach to formatting. I teach doctoral students and will be recommending this approach to get them to use APA style. BRAVA!

@KCNwokoye Жыл бұрын

Thank you. You're a great teacher and the best so far on formatting for Kindle. This was really helpful!

@IceCream-hp7mm 2 жыл бұрын

Wow I can not tell you how many formatting ebook videos I watched before yours and nowhere did anyone else mention the TextEdit clean up tip. You are amazing!

@user-hp4gw9zm6t 6 ай бұрын

My favorite part too

@nazihanm 2 жыл бұрын

brilliant, expressive, lively, articulate... thanks Naomi :)

@VenturesAdventure Жыл бұрын

You impressed me. The way you covered up the topic and the way you expressed them! Splendid!

@SixFigureBusinessCoaching 4 жыл бұрын

I never thought about the best font to use in formating, great information.

@Tiffers963Hz 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! You’re very knowledgeable and we are lucky you have shared your wisdom with us. Thank you. 🙏🏽❤️

@helpmenaomi 2 жыл бұрын

So nice of you, thank you!

@felixfifeauthor Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this awesome video. It answered all my questions as I went, I followed it, and uploaded to KDP and everything looks perfect. Thanks sooo much

@johndupras5367 2 жыл бұрын

Nicely done, Naomi. Getting ready to dive into the self-publishing arena shortly with my first book. Thanks for all your tips!

@helpmenaomi 2 жыл бұрын

That's awesome!! I'm so glad. And you're so welcome - I'm glad you're finding them helpful.

@liona6185 4 жыл бұрын

TIL that there are people out there who collect fonts... I've watched about a dozen videos on formatting and yours is the clearest and most helpful.

@VeronicaDiPolo 4 жыл бұрын

This is great! Whenever I decide to publish a book I'll keep this in mind and rewatch your video!

@helpmenaomi 4 жыл бұрын

Yay! I can't wait to see what book you publish!

@mrgreenflicks 2 жыл бұрын

Perfect, thanks a lot - just what I needed.

@man-observing-world 4 жыл бұрын

Very well done, I've been typesetting print books for over 6 years, this tutorial has answered many questions I have about eBook formatting.

@natasavujic9536 3 жыл бұрын

The best teacher!

@ashishroy11 7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! you made my task of publishing my book on Kindle so easier!!

@coachwiggins8821 2 жыл бұрын

THANKS for your information Naomi!

@makemeroar Ай бұрын

SUCH a good video, told me exactly what I was after and it worked yay!

@folarinakingbemila4230 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for the lesson. It has helped me greatly.

@daisy231 Күн бұрын

Wow! What a helpful video! Thanks.

@pauliswaber5315 11 күн бұрын

I can't imagine a clearer description of how to produce an excellent kindle book.

@eb8182 Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for your help 🙏

@l.l.f7463 2 жыл бұрын

I've used your template, it worked like magic, THANK YOU!

@helpmenaomi 2 жыл бұрын

Oh yay! I am so glad to hear it, and you are So. Welcome!!

@artakaworks7821 2 жыл бұрын

Dude, this tutorial was so helpful! Amazing!!!

@p.j.4435 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video. So helpful and easy to follow!! Thank you so much

@helpmenaomi 4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@TheOldMayfieldPlace 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent information. I could have used this a few years ago when I published my first books. Thanks for the video.

@helpmenaomi 4 жыл бұрын

Alas, I have no TARDIS. But I am so glad you found value in the video now. Thank you!

@jeffreymarshall2875 3 жыл бұрын

I wish I had watched this prior to using Kindle Create. My book is very film script like with dialog and action instruction in addition to paragraphs. I determined it is faster to continue to edit almost each line in Create rather than start over. I don't make that mistake again. Thank you very much for your excellent video.

@BruceCassidy 3 жыл бұрын

Hey, thank you so much Naomi! I downloaded your template, populated it with my stuff, and the Kindle Previewer and my book is looking good for Kindle. There are a lot of things that you pointed out that I would have missed. Good on ya!

@helpmenaomi 3 жыл бұрын

That's great to hear! Thank you so much for coming back to let me know it worked, I appreciate that so much.

@danmarquez3971 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the very excellent tutorial!

@realspanish5535 2 ай бұрын

Super-helpful video! Thank you.

@KevinArmstrong 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Naomi. Simply the best and clearest tutorial I've come across. You're funny too! I have memoir of 90k words which stacks up at about 244 pages and I now have the confidence to do the formatting myself x

@helpmenaomi 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm so glad you found this helpful.

@over-50entrepreneur007 3 жыл бұрын

Very helpful. Thanks. Your presentation style is light, animated and quite engaging. I suspect it takes some practice to come off so inviting. My videos are more Hollywood because I can't do the natural thing you do. Keep up the good work!

@GoCloudArchitects 4 жыл бұрын

Super helpful. I never thought of using word for ebook publications. This is so much easier than the other methods like InDesign

@helpmenaomi 4 жыл бұрын

Oh I love InDesign! But yea, this method is much faster and easier (especially for beginners).

@liveperfectly2038 Жыл бұрын

I like that you used the word MINIMALIST. Nice, and thanks for that word. It is what my specialty - CONCISION - is all about.

@StephanieMcIntyre-mv4xx 3 ай бұрын

This was great! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!

@allstarpaws 2 жыл бұрын

This was great! Thank you for this as I get ready to update my book and fix my formatting :). Subscribed!

@helpmenaomi 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

@donwhelan9369 6 ай бұрын

Very nice. Easy to understand and follow. Thanks sis. I'm ready to tell the world my stories. Ha ha.

@KatePearl- 4 жыл бұрын

This is super helpful. I'm in a state of draft with my book right now, but I know where to come for the juice! Thank you!

@helpmenaomi 4 жыл бұрын

Oh yay!! Don't forget to let me know when your book comes out so I can go and check it out.

@EricaNernie 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Naomi. I like the way you teach! I've just finished a rough first draft of a non-fiction book (5,000 words). Writing and editing is easy for me (well, not easy, but I know what I'm doing), but it's this next step of formatting that is a challenge, and your video has been very helpful.. Thank you.

@helpmenaomi 2 жыл бұрын

Oh yay! I am so glad you found this helpful. And congratulations on finishing up your rough draft!

@antoniodossantos5960 Жыл бұрын

Thanks 🌎 Greetings from Colombia. The Venezuelan immigrant writer 🇻🇪

@kalenagy Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing.g8 layout. I actually was able to see what was missing from my book. The template did not open on my computer so i used it in goggle doc where it lost much of the formating but it wsa still very helpful.

@sparetimewithshanae6843 4 ай бұрын

Great video. Thanks much.

@joannesinspirations Жыл бұрын

YOU ARE VERY WELL (AND CLEARLY) SPOKEN. IT WAS A PLEASURE WATCHING YOUR VIDEO. I WILL RETURN TO IT FOR REFERENCE.

@helpmenaomi Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

@vicioustwist Жыл бұрын

Great video. Very helpful.

@davidstewart8796 2 жыл бұрын

most informative, much appreciated

@mariathompson3686 3 жыл бұрын

This is hugely helpful. Thank you!

@helpmenaomi 2 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

@Deanriley 2 жыл бұрын

So well done! Thank you.

@helpmenaomi 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@tripandashleyumbach1619 3 жыл бұрын

This is so well done. Thanks.

@helpmenaomi 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm so glad you found it helpful.

@megaru9903 2 жыл бұрын

Good information. Thanks

@bradodilo7252 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this.

@MarcyKMomBOSS 4 жыл бұрын

Wow I had no idea this was so easy!

@keithholden8589 Жыл бұрын

Excellent presentation

@steveshalot7714 7 ай бұрын

I have about 70 short (8-10K) e-books out on KINDLE using your method! Thank you! Now, I type my complete book in draft view, and use Calibri Bold for everything. Heading 1 for Chapter Titles (I just number chapters usually). I can go from finished draft to published e-book in less than 5 minutes! I like how I can catch extra spaces and paragraph spaces in Draft view. Now, I'm putting some of my e-book bundles into paperback format. For covers, I use CANVA PRO.

@LifestylesRecreated 4 жыл бұрын

You have just showed me so many functions in WORD that I didn't even know existed! I wish I would have seen this back in my office days, I have literally wasted hours trying to update documents created 5 years ago instead of creating new ones because I thought it would be 'quicker' LOL Definitely keeping these tips in mind for my own business going forward, thank you! 🙏

@helpmenaomi 4 жыл бұрын

Oh I've totally been there... 😂 I'm glad I can save you any future hours of work updating documents.

@LifestylesRecreated 4 жыл бұрын

@@helpmenaomi You can! Thanks again :)

@user-hp4gw9zm6t 6 ай бұрын

You are a life saver

@hassaniaslaili7666 Жыл бұрын

You are a star 👍🥰 thank you

@helpmenaomi Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome 😊

@EpicRealEstate 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@steveshalot7714 5 ай бұрын

Hi Naomi - Do you have a video for formatting a PAPERBACK ONLY on KDP? Your ebook video was fabulous! I'm looking for an easy-to-understand way to format a paperback. Thanks! and congrats on an excellent tutorial!

@helpmenaomi 5 ай бұрын

Hi! I don't have one yet, but I will record one for you today and give you the link as soon as I upload it!

@mtmoonan 3 жыл бұрын

thanks, you are an excellent teacher

@helpmenaomi 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😃

@mindinmotion4615 2 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!

@instalo9247 Жыл бұрын

You are loved, thanks, regards.

@helpmenaomi Жыл бұрын

You are so kind

@KitFennessy 2 ай бұрын

Wow! This is exactly right (write)! Many thanks Naomi; what you have should be bottled. Cheers Kit ///

@Metaphysicsgurl Жыл бұрын

this is wonderful

@clippet-hk Жыл бұрын

Very useful information on formatting for a novice like me. Thank you for sharing. Best wishes. (Far from a behemoth!)

@SuzanneOlsson 3 жыл бұрын

Wow...you rocked it! Thank You.

@helpmenaomi 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@rubenssza 3 жыл бұрын

Great Info, thank you!

@helpmenaomi 2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

@LucyGriffithsdotcom 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing a very helpful video...

@helpmenaomi 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@PlentyofPerni 4 жыл бұрын

You're amazing! :-) Thank you.

@helpmenaomi 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@VeryunOfficialTravelGuides 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this!

@helpmenaomi 2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

@justicepeaceindia893 4 жыл бұрын

Great work

@Albadri.1 Жыл бұрын

Great video

@profit1007 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@kimurimcreativecopywriting342 Жыл бұрын

Hi! Thank you for helping us format our kindle book, we really appreciate your help! You were so clear and easy to follow. Now we have another question, do you, by any chance have a video on how to format an Amazon paperback book? Ruth

@cmaauthor Жыл бұрын

Correctly explained. Hopefully, it will resolve my issue of error in uploading in kindle create.

@helpmenaomi Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you found it helpful! Let me know if you are still having issues; this video is a little out of date and I do need to update it.

@cmaauthor Жыл бұрын

@@helpmenaomi Yes. I will try & let you know. While uploading my file on kindle create, received message:error in source file.

@cmaauthor Жыл бұрын

I was trying. My book has tables. Those are not copied.

@robbiegarnz7732 2 жыл бұрын

Hey! Late to the party but my book will be about 600 plus pages. It’s a memoir so it should be entertaining!

@helpmenaomi 2 жыл бұрын

Sweet!

@rowlandbenjamin8593 Жыл бұрын

a great video. I write behemoths - Safe Stretch is 807 pages long and has thousands of images. It will take me quite a while but will use your ideas to turn them into ebooks. Thanks

@tombradford7035 2 жыл бұрын

Could you possibly show us how to create a Logical Table of Contents - ncx toc?

@helpmenaomi 2 жыл бұрын

YES! That's a great idea.

@andreasjkampe-buecher 3 жыл бұрын

that is what some pros say always, now I did run the sides through an simple editor, and copied it back in a new word page. Thank You. I´ve got Jutoh, but there is not enough explication in our language, perh. for later. So I could try to bring that up to amazon kindle.

@jamesevangelista6460 3 жыл бұрын

Wow this is the best easy to follow guide in formatting. Question, I have a non fiction book which requires footnotes on certain images. Will I just put it under the photo just like any document?

@helpmenaomi 3 жыл бұрын

Hi! Yes, just add them as a footnote. One thing to note is that Amazon will automatically reformat footnotes to be linked as endnotes (since page length isn't a thing on Kindle). So don't be surprised if you don't see them directly under your images in your Kindle. :)

@abgrunder 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, Naomi. This is immensely helpful! I'm just beginning to learn formatting and, watching this, it seems I've made a first big step (into this mysterious world of formatting). I especially like the "nuclear method" (formatting should start with an unformatted document: this I've heard, but how can you be absolutely sure, if it's been worked over many times? I had wondered. "Nuclear method" gave an answer). The Notepad in my PC allows only "Paste." Is there an alternative? For example, may Google docs work the same way? *I did some search after writing this question, and it seems converting a .doc file into a "txt" file maybe has the same effect? (Pardon me, I'm really all thumbs when it comes to computer skills). Any comment will be helpful and appreciated!

@laylaalden5193 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent explanation. I have a question: how should the end notes be treated?

@helpmenaomi 3 жыл бұрын

Great question! To insert endnotes, you have to start by inserting foot notes. In your main body content, place the cursor where you want the footnote link to appear. At the top of the window, in the References menu, click Insert Footnote. The cursor will jump to the footnote section at the bottom of the page. Enter your footnote text here. When you upload your book to KDP, your footnotes will be converted to endnotes automatically.

@carolerbph.d3567 4 жыл бұрын

Great video...

@helpmenaomi 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I appreciate you taking the time to watch.

@alvierirocca7699 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, You did great job explaining how to format your WORD document. How do you handle footnotes and endnotes? From what I understand Kindle will automatically convert footnotes to endnotes, but what if I want only footnotes? Thanks

@helpmenaomi 3 жыл бұрын

I am so sorry for the late reply here; I didn't see your comment right away. Kindle does convert your footnotes to endnotes, and there's really no way around that. But you can resolve the issue by placing links to your footnotes and back again (so, place a link within your text that will bring the reader to the correct endnote when they want to see it, then place a link within the endnote that brings them back to the original reference point when they are done). This way, a reader can view the endnotes within context as if they were footnotes without getting lost or having to scroll through a whole bunch of pages to get back to where they were.

@FCSchaefer 2 жыл бұрын

I'm an indie author and I always have to outsource formatting, I'm utterly lost when it comes to that part of the process.

@southernstylesoutherncharm3630 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Naomi, This video is so helpful. Thank you so much. I had been putting off formatting my book (my first book) because I was so unsure of how to complete this step. I do have one question though. How do I format bulleted lists? Is there anything special that I need to do to them? Thanks again for this awesome video! Kathy

@helpmenaomi 3 жыл бұрын

Hi! There is no special formatting for bulleted lists; indent a little more than the normal margin and you're fine.

@andresdelgadodarnalt5734 Жыл бұрын

Great video, easy to follow and offers great tips. Found it thorugh Google. Thank you, Naomi!

@ravindrajahagirdar2701 Жыл бұрын

Thx,Naomi. i am happy to have stumbled upon your video on formatting. you say anyone could do it.Well,I will try now. If I should need to consult you on any or some confusing points related to book formatting, how do I get in touch please ? Thank you

@helpmenaomi Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! If you need extra help you can always email me at naomi@ helpmenaomi .com and we can talk about my services.

@projectswithapurpose-lavel7637 Жыл бұрын

thank you for sharing, can you tell me the dimensions? The download was corrupted.

@debraschiman355 Жыл бұрын

Thank for the video. I Notepad I only have 'Paste', so installed Notepad++ In Notepad++ I still don't have 'paste and match formatting' but at least have 'Paste special' and under that 'paste HTML content' and 'paste rtf content'. Will 'paste rtf content' do the same job of cleaning up what I paste from Word?