While your paperback can be anywhere from 24 to 828 pages, your hardcover must be between 55 and 550 pages. Check your page count, margins, and imagesĪnother difference between Amazon’s paperback and hardcover specifications is the page count. Learn how Reedsy can help you craft a beautiful book.Ģ. Basically, it’ll take care of almost all your formatting needs! To learn more about its features, check out our post on the Reedsy Book Editor. Reedsy’s tool will automatically fix common formatting hiccups such as widows and orphans (those awkward lone words that overhang a paragraph). You can export your book in a range of sizes (including the Amazon compatible 5.5 x 8.5”, and industry-standard 6 x 9”) with the click of a button. If you do need to change the trim size to qualify, don’t worry! The Reedsy Book Editor can do that for free. Two Murakami short story collections: one in paperback, one in hardcover Create your print-ready file for free with the Reedsy Book Editor While Amazon offers 16 trim size options for paperback books, they currently only have five available for hardcover:Ĭonventionally, hardcover editions are larger than their paperback counterparts, so you’ll likely need to return to your word processor, formatting software, or book designer, and resize your book file accordingly. Luckily, the interior part is pretty simple to prepare! Know your trim sizes To meet Amazon’s specifications, you’ll need to make some changes to your book’s interior and cover.

Sadly, you can’t just click a button and instantly convert your paperback into to a beautiful hardcover. If that’s the case, here’s everything you need to know about preparing your book for a hardcover edition on KDP: 1. With hardcover sales rising year on year, you might be keen to dip your toe into this undeniably cool book format. But in late 2021, Kindle Direct Publishing finally launched its hardcover print-on-demand service (first via a private beta).

Naturally, using a middleman would all but decimate an author’s royalties on any Amazon sales. In the past, the only way to sell a self-published hardback on Amazon was to publish it via IngramSpark.

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