Guides

Guides to getting a book ready for print, one decision at a time, with the figures the printer asks for, where they come from and when they were checked.

• Formatting a paperback for Amazon KDPThe trim size, the page count, the margins and bleed, fonts and images, the PDF, the cover, the ISBN and the price, in the order you meet them.

The KDP paperback margin calculator works out the figures for your own book. Kernsetzer, the app, sets the margins, the gutter and the bleed by itself. Sign up for the beta.