Top 10 KDP Questions Asked

How Do I Upload Low & Medium Content Books To KDP

• This part is really pretty easy if you have done your research, collected your keywords and have a title and everything else all ready. Please see this FAQ we have on this process.

Why Did KDP Reject My Book?

This can happen when things are not to KDP guidelines or possibly you did not select the same settings in KDP that you did in Book Bolt.

• For KDP rejection emails, with explanations on what needs to be done, please read this article from the troubleshooting section.
• If you have Cover or Interior Issues, please see these articles as well from the troubleshooting section.
• If you go to the FAQ and scroll down to the KDP Rejection section, you will see a few articles there as well. 

I Keep Trying To Upload on KDP & I keep Getting Errors, Why?

• One reason can be a slow internet connection. It will just time out due to taking so long because of the slow speed and or gives an error message. You can type into google "speed test" and run it to see how your speed is, and the upload speed is key. If you are under 5 MPS and especially under 3, and your PDF is a fair size, this will cause it to fail. Also keep in mind, you can have a fast upload speed, but there could be internet issues between you and the Amazon servers.
• Another reason you can get errors, is when you download a project, you can not upload that file. You need to extract the files from the zip file. 2 files will be zipped up inside it. One is the cover PDF and the other is the interior PDF. If you are unsure how to unzip, please watch this video. 

I Made A Spelling Mistake On The Title / Sub-Title / Author Name on KDP or How Do I Update My Cover, Interior, Categories or Keywords on KDP?

• For spelling mistakes or Typo's on your title, sub-title or author name you can log in to your KDP account, click contact us at the bottom of the page and ask them to correct it for you. They generally will do this for you. Please see this article for more information.
• You can update your actual cover or interior if you need to with minor changes at anytime. Just find your book in the bookshelf and click "Edit Print Book Contents" and upload your pdf, then click save, and save and publish.
• If you need to update your description, categories or keywords you can do this anytime by going to your bookshelf, find your book and click "Edit Print Book Details", once done, click save, save and then save and publish.
• Once your book is published and besides for spelling mistakes or typos's you can not edit the Title, Sub-Title, Author Name, Trim Size, Bleed or No Bleed, Glossy or Matte.

My Book Has Been in Review for Days, Is This Normal?

• Yes it can be, in the end you just need to be patient and go back to creating more books. For more information, please read this FAQ.

I See People Getting Their KDP Account Shut Down Sometimes, Why?

• It can happen, and it is not that many really, it is such a low percentage, very very low. When you see a post sometimes in a group, or on YouTube or articles online, that may seem a lot, but there is a million people making books. But, the amount is really no different than 3 months ago, 6 months ago, a year ago, 3 years, 5 years etc. You can search google about bans, and you will see articles back to 2014 that Amazon or KDP is on a ban kick. Please read this article about bans.

Why Does KDP Says I Have the Wrong File Format When Uploading My Book (How to Unzip Files)?

There is usually only one reason you will get this message and it is because you did not unzip the file you downloaded from the studio.

• To read more about this and how to colve it, see this article in the FAQ.

How do I get the Look Inside (or Read Sample) feature on my low content book?

• You can't, they stopped it early 2022. Please see this article for more details.

Does KDP Offer Spiral and Other Types of Books Besides Paperback & Hardcover Books?

• No sorry, KDP only offers Paperback & Hardcover Books. Please see this article we have on spiral bound books on KDP?

Is There a Way to See How Much I Will Make on a Book before Publishing It?

Yes you can, this is something you should figure out before actually publishing. Part of the whole research process would be looking at the top sellers pricing as you should think about pricing your book lower until you get some sales and reviews. Please see this article.

Usefull KDP Links:

Kindle Create If you write novels and such, have a pdf, this will convert to epub format or other types

Expanded Distribution Read about what Expanded Distribution is

Keywords Gives the run down on keywords