It does help to be aware that it will happen. But it doesn’t help us to ask this question to ourselves. It’s sort of crazy: If you don’t change your interior or cover files, why does KDP even look at them? They were good enough the first time. When you republish your book, KDP reviews your interior and cover files. Unfortunately, if you change your list price, change your keywords, change your categories, or even edit your description at KDP, you must republish your book in order for the changes to take effect. THE COVER WAS REJECTED BECAUSE THE SPINE TEXT WAS TOO LARGE If you happen to encounter one of the following issues, you might try my suggestion or you might contact KDP for help. It should be a seamless transition, and for most authors it is.īut when millions of CreateSpace books move to KDP in a short time span, a few unfortunate authors are bound to experience one or more issues. The guidelines for interior and cover formatting are nearly identical. The books are printed in the same facilities used by CreateSpace.
Your royalties remain the same (except for royalties in Europe for books under 100 pages).
Your books remain available for sale at Amazon and other distribution channels. SOLUTIONS TO COMMON ISSUES WITH KDP PRINTįor most authors using CreateSpace, the transition to Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) is smooth.Ī simple three-step process helps you make the transition.