# Guides Practical guides to making a book and publishing it on Amazon KDP. ## Make a book - [How to publish a picture book on KDP](https://kdpbookai.com/guides/publish-a-picture-book-on-kdp): From a story idea to print files: page count, trim size, color paper, bleed, price and the upload itself. - [How to make a coloring book for KDP](https://kdpbookai.com/guides/make-a-coloring-book-for-kdp): Line weight by age, page count, paper, the low-content question and what to check before upload. - [Format your own novel for a KDP paperback](https://kdpbookai.com/guides/format-a-novel-for-kdp-paperback): Turn a finished manuscript into a print-ready interior: trim size, margins, chapters and front matter. - [Publishing a hardcover on KDP](https://kdpbookai.com/guides/kdp-hardcover): Sizes, page counts, paper, print cost and the cover differences you need to know before adding a hardcover. - [How to make a sudoku book for KDP](https://kdpbookai.com/guides/make-a-sudoku-book-for-kdp): Clue counts by difficulty, unique solutions, answer pages, page count and the low-content question. - [How to make a word search book for KDP](https://kdpbookai.com/guides/make-a-word-search-book-for-kdp): Themes, grid size, word lists, difficulty, answer pages and print settings for a word search book. - [How to make a kids activity book for KDP](https://kdpbookai.com/guides/make-a-kids-activity-book-for-kdp): Mazes, dot-to-dot and matching games: the mix, difficulty, answers and print settings for an activity book. - [How to make a journal or notebook for KDP](https://kdpbookai.com/guides/make-a-journal-for-kdp): Guided and gratitude journals versus blank notebooks, the low-content choice, paper and size. - [How to make a comic or manga for KDP](https://kdpbookai.com/guides/make-a-comic-book-for-kdp): Script first, then panels: sizes, color or black and white, reading direction and the AI question for comics. ## KDP rules - [AI disclosure on KDP: what to answer](https://kdpbookai.com/guides/ai-disclosure-on-kdp): KDP asks about AI-generated text, images and translations. When the answer is yes, and when it is not. - [Low-content books on KDP](https://kdpbookai.com/guides/kdp-low-content-books): What counts as low-content, what changes when you tick the box, and which books do not qualify. - [KDP keywords: how to fill the seven boxes](https://kdpbookai.com/guides/kdp-keywords): KDP gives you 7 keyword boxes. What to put in them and which words waste a box. - [Choosing KDP categories](https://kdpbookai.com/guides/kdp-categories): How many categories you get, how reading age limits them and how to choose. - [KDP title and description rules](https://kdpbookai.com/guides/kdp-title-and-description-rules): Length limits and what KDP does not allow in your title, subtitle and description. - [KDP weekly title limits](https://kdpbookai.com/guides/kdp-weekly-title-limits): How many new titles KDP lets you create and submit each week, and when the count resets. - [Languages KDP supports, by format](https://kdpbookai.com/guides/kdp-supported-languages): Which languages work for ebooks, paperbacks and hardcovers, and the ones limited to one format. - [Common reasons KDP rejects a book, and how to fix them](https://kdpbookai.com/guides/common-kdp-rejections): The problems KDP flags most in files and listings, in plain words, with what to do about each. - [Planning a series release around KDP's weekly limits](https://kdpbookai.com/guides/plan-a-kdp-series-release): How the weekly title limit affects a series, a release plan you can follow, and sequels and translations. ## Pricing - [How to price a paperback on KDP](https://kdpbookai.com/guides/price-a-paperback-on-kdp): How print cost, royalty rate and the minimum price fit together, with a worked example. - [Kindle ebook pricing: 35% or 70%](https://kdpbookai.com/guides/price-an-ebook-on-kdp): Which price range earns 70%, what the delivery fee is and when 35% is the only option. - [KDP print cost, explained](https://kdpbookai.com/guides/kdp-print-cost-explained): How KDP works out what your paperback costs to print: the fixed part, the per-page part and the large-trim rate. - [KDP expanded distribution: what it pays and who qualifies](https://kdpbookai.com/guides/kdp-expanded-distribution): The royalty rate, a worked example, the trim sizes that qualify and what to check before you turn it on. ## Print files - [Bleed on KDP, explained](https://kdpbookai.com/guides/kdp-bleed-explained): What bleed is, how much to add, and the one rule that catches most people out. - [KDP margins and gutter by page count](https://kdpbookai.com/guides/kdp-margins-and-gutter): The minimum outside margins and the inside gutter, which grows with the page count. - [KDP paperback cover file requirements](https://kdpbookai.com/guides/kdp-cover-file-requirements): Resolution, file rules, the barcode area and when spine text is allowed. - [Choosing paper and ink on KDP](https://kdpbookai.com/guides/kdp-paper-and-ink): The five interior options, what each costs to print, how thick each makes the spine and which formats offer them. - [How to choose a trim size on KDP](https://kdpbookai.com/guides/choose-a-kdp-trim-size): Common sizes by genre, why large trims cost more and which sizes can go into expanded distribution. - [KDP spine width, and when you can put text on it](https://kdpbookai.com/guides/kdp-spine-width): How to work out the spine from your page count and paper, the page count for spine text and how far text stays from the folds. - [How to work out the full cover size for KDP](https://kdpbookai.com/guides/kdp-cover-size): A worked example: back, spine and front plus bleed for a 6 × 9 in paperback, and how a hardcover differs. - [The barcode area on a KDP cover](https://kdpbookai.com/guides/kdp-barcode-area): Where KDP puts the barcode, how much room to leave and what to do if you have your own. --- Page: https://kdpbookai.com/guides · Checked 2026-11-09 Independent product. 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