How KDPBuilder works, step by step
Short, honest articles about what each screen does, what costs credits, and what to do when something looks stuck. Inside the app, the same articles open from the “Learn more” links next to each step.
Getting started
Accounts, credits, book types and creating your first project.
Getting started & how credits work
Create your account, understand what credits pay for, and what is always free.
Read articleChoosing the right book type
What each book type produces, which ones support ebooks, and where the credits go.
Read articleCreating a project: type, details and trim size
The three-step new-book wizard, trim sizes, hardcover rules and Quick Start.
Read articleBuilding the book
The six phases from Book Plan to Publish & Export.
Phase 1 — Book Plan
Market discovery: the platform researches your idea and proposes a positioning before any writing.
Read articlePhase 2 — Outline & Book DNA (the Blueprint)
Generate the blueprint, edit it for free, and know when regenerating is worth it.
Read articlePhase 3 — Write the Manuscript
Draft chapters one at a time or all at once, and what to do when a chapter fails.
Read articlePhase 4 — Edit & Quality
Deep Edit passes, quality checks, and why page-based books skip this phase.
Read articleCreating a low-content journal or planner
How the page plan becomes pages for gratitude journals, planners and logbooks — page counts, daily prompts, weekly resets and a cover title that prints well.
Read articleBest practices for a book that sells
Habits that save credits and produce cleaner, more publishable books.
Read articleDesign & editing
Covers, interiors, the Manuscript Editor and the Design Studios.
Publishing & export
Getting print-ready files and uploading them to Amazon KDP.
Troubleshooting & glossary
When something looks stuck or wrong, and what the publishing terms mean.
Still stuck?
Inside any project, the Studio assistant answers questions about your own book and knows these articles. For account, billing or a book that will not finish, contact support and include the book title.