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Uploading book to kindle

by Undercovercash
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I have been trying to upload my book to kindle so that I can preview it. It is a word file and is saved in rich text format, but it takes like hours before it uploads so that I can preview it. Is this normal?

the file is about 28 mb.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mbullard
    That's a pretty large file for a kindle book but it shouldn't take hours. Can you compress it a little bit? also, it is the .doc file format and not .docx, right?
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  • Profile picture of the author ColinT
    I`ve uploaded many books to kindle and never had a problem, usually only takes a minute or two no matter what the format as kindle formats the file as it uploads
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    • Profile picture of the author Steve B
      Undercover:

      Amazon has a free download called the Kindle Previewer. Have you tried that? It allows anyone (PC or MAC) to preview their kindle masterpiece to see how it looks before they publish it.

      If you need it, go to Amazon's "Kindle Publishing Programs" --->then click on "Download Kindle Previewer 1.61" at the very bottom of the page.

      Maybe this will speed things up for you.

      Good luck,

      Steve
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  • Profile picture of the author aaaa33030
    Maybe your computer is slow or you can check out the amazon kindle community forum for answers to uploading your kindle ebook
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  • Profile picture of the author jacktackett
    There is also a program called Mobipocket ebook creator that can help format your book for kindle and other ereader platforms - check out:
    Mobipocket eBook Creator

    Best of luck,
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    • Profile picture of the author chemo38
      Undercover,

      Do what I did...Go to Fiverr and pay somebody to do it for you. $5 eliminates a LOT of stress.

      chemo38
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  • Profile picture of the author Rich Struck
    Try using Calibre to convert it to epub and see if that works.
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  • Profile picture of the author Teravel
    This is cut/paste from the Kindle Direct Publishing page on Amazon.
    Supported Formats


    Kindle Direct Publishing lets you upload and convert your final draft from several formats. For best results, we recommend that you upload in DOC (.doc) or PRC (.prc) format. Be sure to read through the format you are using to upload below prior to publishing your work with KDP.
    To learn more about the recommended PRC format, we suggest reading through our Simplified Guide to Building a Kindle Book. This guide walks you through editing a .doc in word, saving the file in a format accepted using Mobipocket Creator, and converting for optimum usability with KDP.
    We accept the following formats:
    I hope that helps you as much as it did me. OpenOffice seems to be the best option as it can create Doc, Text, and PDF without any extra programs.
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