If you’ve carried any research on self-publishing, then you may have heard of Amazon KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing). Amazon holds a lion’s share of the eBook market, and this makes it a go-to platform for many publishers and authors. Surely, Amazon is a platform that you’d love to have your eBook available on. But what is KDP, and how can you take maximum advantage of it? In this article, we will share some important facts about KDP.
What is KDP?
KDP is a tool that authors and publishers can use to publish their eBooks online for free. If you publish your eBook through KDP, it will be available to Amazon’s Kindle users. KDP is packed with several useful features, including sales tracking and free file conversion.
The self-publishing interface on this tool is easy to use. As soon as you log into the KDP dashboard, you will be prompted to create a New Title.
Is it Possible to Use KDP for Content Published on other Platforms?
As long as you own the rights to your eBook, it doesn’t matter if it has been published elsewhere. You can still use KDP. If your book has an ISBN from a different publisher, ensure that it maintains the same author name, title, and binding type on KDP to continue using the existing ISBN. If you make any alteration to the details of your book, then you will be required to make your book a new edition with a new ISBN.
Note: If you enroll your eBook in KDP select, you won’t be able to sell it on other platforms. That is because KDP select is exclusive to Amazon.
Supported Languages
KDP offers support for multiple languages. You can upload your books in any of the languages listed below.
| Languages | Ebook | Paperback |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | ✅ | ✅ |
| Alsatian | ✅ | ✅ |
| Arabic | ✅ | ❌ |
| Basque | ✅ | ✅ |
| Bokmål Norwegian | ✅ | ✅ |
| Breton | ✅ | ✅ |
| Catalan | ✅ | ✅ |
| Chinese (Traditional) | ✅ | ❌ |
| Cornish | ✅ | ✅ |
| Corsican | ✅ | ✅ |
| Danish | ✅ | ✅ |
| Dutch/Flemish | ✅ | ✅ |
| Eastern Frisian | ✅ | ✅ |
| English | ✅ | ✅ |
| Finnish | ✅ | ✅ |
| French | ✅ | ✅ |
| Frisian | ✅ | ✅ |
| Galician | ✅ | ✅ |
| German | ✅ | ✅ |
| Gujarati | ✅ | ❌ |
| Hebrew | ❌ | ✅ |
| Hindi | ✅ | ❌ |
| Icelandic | ✅ | ✅ |
| Irish | ✅ | ✅ |
| Italian | ✅ | ✅ |
| Japanese | ✅ | ❌ |
| Latin | ❌ | ✅ |
| Luxembourgish | ✅ | ✅ |
| Marathi | ✅ | ❌ |
| Malayalam | ✅ | ❌ |
| Manx | ✅ | ✅ |
| Northern Frisian | ✅ | ✅ |
| Norwegian | ✅ | ✅ |
| Nynorsk Norwegian | ✅ | ✅ |
| Portuguese | ✅ | ✅ |
| Provençal | ✅ | ✅ |
| Romansh | ✅ | ✅ |
| Scots | ✅ | ✅ |
| Scottish Gaelic | ✅ | ✅ |
| Spanish | ✅ | ✅ |
| Swedish | ✅ | ✅ |
| Tamil | ✅ | ❌ |
| Welsh | ✅ | ✅ |
| Yiddish | ❌ | ✅ |
Tips for Uploading eBooks:
- Uploading your content in an eBook-only language means you cannot convert it into a paperback book.
- If your eBook content is uploaded in an unsupported language, it will display poorly on Kindle devices, and this will lead to its removal from sale.
- Choose the language in your Bookshelf that fits the language of your content to avoid any file rejection problem.
Tips for paperbacks:
- If you upload your content in a paperback-only language, you won’t have the option to convert it into a Kindle eBook.
Are you looking to self-publish your book? If yes, KDP is definitely one of the best tools for you. If you need help with marketing your eBook, you should enroll it in KDP Select. Alongside a wider reach, this option will give you access to use promotional tools and a wider reach. But these benefits come at the cost of exclusivity.
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Is there any plan to Russian and Ukrainian on KDP? What about Chinese traditional on KDP paperback? Also absent, is Swahili spoken by about 200 million people