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How to make a sudoku book for KDP

Clue counts by difficulty, unique solutions, answer pages, page count and the low-content question.

Checked November 9, 2026Plain text version

A sudoku book lives or dies on one thing: every puzzle must have exactly one solution. A puzzle with two answers feels broken to anyone who solves it.

Difficulty

Fewer starting numbers make a harder puzzle. kdpbookai aims for these clue counts:

LevelClues
Easy40
Medium32
Hard26

The book runs from easy to hard in three sections, so the reader warms up first.

One solution, checked

Each grid starts full and numbers are removed one at a time. After every removal a solver checks that only one solution is left; if not, the number goes back.

Answers

Put the answers at the back, several to a page, numbered like the puzzles. kdpbookai prints six answers to a page.

Print settings

Sudoku books in kdpbookai have 50–400 pages on 8.5 × 11 in, 8 × 10 in, 7 × 10 in, black ink on white paper. The cover has no picture: a solid color, the title and a small sample grid.

Is it low-content?

KDP's note: "Coloring and puzzle books are generally not low-content." So publish with an ISBN. See low-content books.

Sources

KDP help pages, checked November 7, 2026. KDP changes its rules without notice; the linked page has the final word.

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