Uploading book to kindle

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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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  • 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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    • You might want to check out the WSO section and find one of the many products in there about creating Kindle books. In the past few months, there have been a LOT of 'em offered.

      Wally
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  • 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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    • 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
  • Maybe your computer is slow or you can check out the amazon kindle community forum for answers to uploading your kindle ebook
  • 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,
    --Jack
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    • Undercover,

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

      chemo38
  • Try using Calibre to convert it to epub and see if that works.
  • This is cut/paste from the Kindle Direct Publishing page on Amazon.
    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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    Uploading book to kindle

    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.