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A Newbies Guide to Kindle Kids' Book Creator Minute Help Guides

Publisher Marketing: So you've written an illustrated children's book. Congratulations! Now you're looking to publish your work on Amazon's Kindle Store. Congratulations again -Amazon's Kindle Store is the leading provider of ebook content, and publishing your work through Kindle is one of the best ways to be sure it connects with as many young readers as possible. If you're wondering what the back end of all of this interactivity looks like, we regret to say that it's not pretty. We know you've spent months or maybe even years polishing your story and your illustrations, and the prospect of spending even more time coding (or maybe even learning) the HTML and CSS for the Kindle format standards and testing your work probably sounds like a slog. And it was - until Amazon released its kids' book publishing tool, Kindle Kids' Book Creator. Kindle Kids' Book Creator makes importing and publishing your illustrated children's story on the Kindle Store fast and painless. In this guide, we'll show you how to install and use Kindle Kids' Book Creator to get your work out there for readers to discover and enjoy. We'll walk you through the process of formatting and publishing your children's book using Kindle Kids' Book Creator step by step, with plenty of tips, tricks and screenshots along the way. In Part 1, we'll walk you through the process of downloading the software and give you some insight into file formats and basic navigation. In Part 2 (the main attraction!), we'll show you how to create a Kindle kids' book from start to finish. We'll also discuss how to add base and pop-up text and edit the book's CSS and HTML. Then, in Part 3 we'll give you an overview of publishing your work on the Kindle Store. In Part 4, we'll show you how to find help if you get stuck. We think you'll find that publishing through Amazon is a snap, and all that time saved will free you up to focus on creating and marketing your work. So without further delay, let's start creating kids' books for Kindle!