Next thing is ensuring that you have no clickable hyperlinks in your book.

Ensure the image indentation is set to the neutral point in the ruler.

Step two is ensuring that any images are no wider than 12cm, 10cm is best for me in terms of width, so that image fits well on the page and doesn’t exceed the border when printing. So you can see straightaway that the book size shrinks and the content still fits pretty well, and that’s step number one complete.

Type in ‘ 6’ in the top section and ‘ 9’ at the bottom (if your laptop is in centimeters like mine, type in 15,24 and 22,86).

Click on Layout > Size> go all the way to the bottom and click More Paper Sizes.

Hold the CTRL + A to highlight the entire book.

So that’s the first thing we’re going to do. The most popular and most used page size for a printed book is the 6 x 9. We will start with the most important thing which is changing the book page size. (By the way the screenshots are in Italian but you will still be able to follow me) Book Size: IMPORTANT: First thing, make sure you copy the kindle word document so that you can format a new document and have the original kindle version saved. If you are not currently getting your content produced by, you will still be able to follow these steps and format your book correctly for Createspace! This post is going to teach you to take that file, make a few changes and upload it to ready for printing!

Now, if you work with us at, you will know that all our books are delivered fully formatted and edited according to what looks best and fits best for the Kindle device. If you’re not already publishing paperback versions of your book, you need to start now! Paperbacks make up more than 70-80% of my income so you also must get your books on. This is a fantastic platform for us publishers, as it allows us to quickly and effortlessly turn our eBook into a paperback and generate additional income from one asset. They allow you to publish books, CDs and other products and have them printed on-demand (when someone makes an order.

If you didn’t know, is an on-demand printing service owned by. I am back with another video/blog post for you guys! Sharing some quick tips and tricks to make your publishing business progress! In this blog post + video, I will be showing you how to quickly and effortlessly format your book for ( The video is at the end of this page).

Kindle direct publishing guidelines