There have been some good changes at createspace and kindle

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I haven't seen anyone mention this so I thought I would.

I uploaded my latest book to createspace today. I used their cover creator tool as I always do.
On submission of the book I was asked if I wanted to publish the book on kindle.
I accepted this option and watched the magic happen as my book was instantly made into a kindle version.

This has solved three problems for me.
1. I do not need to reformat the book for kindle.
2. I do not need to create a cover for the kindle edition. The createspace cover is moved over to kdp automatically.
3. I do not need to manually link the two versions. This is now automatic.
This saved me a whole afternoon in time, and made the process of submitting a book very simple.

More time for writing!

KenJ
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  • Thank you for sharing this amazing changes with us, I also noticed last month when I was Uploading a cover design for a client that it now accepts .JPG format not only a PDF as before.
  • Awesome update KenJ. Thanks.

    Any idea if you can still remove from createspace for a time if you are using KDP select using the method you have mentioned?
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    • You can continue to market your book at createspace and still join the kdp select program.

      KenJ
  • I've seen that before but never used it because I didn't trust them to format it properly.

    Did the formatting look ok on all kindle versions?

    Did it make a clickable TOC and remove the page numbers from the pages and TOC?
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    • Hi Lee
      The page numbers were removed and I have checked on an old standard kindle and a new kindle fire. Everything looks fine.
      I did not have anything click-able in my book so I cannot confirm that.
      KenJ
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  • That is really awesome Ken! I'm glad that you let us know that. That is supremely useful information!
  • I've helped a few people who did have formatting issues when they tried to format their Kindle book using Createspace. It definitely was not the optimum so I wouldn't recommend it for the Kindle.
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