How to make a journal or notebook for KDP

Journals come in two kinds on KDP, and the difference changes how you publish them.

Two kinds

• Guided and gratitude journals have a different prompt on every page. They are content, so publish them with an ISBN. In kdpbookai they have 60–250 and 60–250 pages.
• Notebooks, planners and logbooks repeat the same page. These can be low-content books. In kdpbookai: Planner and Logbook, Lined Notebook, Sketchbook, Password Book.

The low-content choice

A low-content book can be published without an ISBN, and KDP's free ISBN is not offered for it. Read low-content books before you decide.

Writing the prompts

Each page of a guided journal needs its own question, with no repeats. kdpbookai writes as many prompts as the book has pages, numbers them and drops repeats; a gratitude page has three numbered lines, the day's question and a line for a small win.

Paper and size

kdpbookai starts journals on cream paper at 6 × 9 in; 5.5 × 8.5 in is the smaller choice. Journals in kdpbookai can also be made as a hardcover.