How to add puzzle sections to a KDP puzzle book

Step by step

1. 1Look at the Sections counter — under 18 puzzles it turns red, because KDP rejects interiors under 24 pages.
2. 2Click Add section; the warning goes away once you have enough puzzles.
3. 3Open the type menu — 18 puzzle types in two groups — and choose one, like Sudoku.
4. 4Type a count and choose Easy → Hard so puzzles start gentle and finish tough.
5. 5On a word section, pick My own words… instead of a library theme.
6. 6Type # and a title, then the words; start each new list after a blank line — each list becomes one puzzle.
7. 7Add another section, or remove one with the bin.
8. 8Build the outline: each list is its own page with its own title.

Transcript

Episode four: add your puzzle sections. A section is one puzzle type. Ten is too few. K-D-P needs twenty-four pages, so that's at least eighteen puzzles. The most is a hundred and twenty. Add a section, and the warning's gone: twenty puzzles is enough. Now pick its type. There are eighteen, in two groups: word and themed puzzles, and logic and number puzzles. This one's Sudoku. Type how many you want. Then the difficulty. Easy to hard starts gentle and gets tougher by the end. The book has forty puzzles now. Pick a ready-made theme, or use your own words. Start a list with a hash sign and a title, and that names the page. A blank line starts the next puzzle, so three lists make three puzzles. With the Publisher plan, AI can write them too. It's in beta. Add as many sections as you like, in any mix. The bin removes one, though the last section always stays. Build the outline to check. There's your list, with your title on top. Each list gets its own page. And the first six puzzles preview free. There they are: your puzzles, in your own words. Next up, episode five: planning and writing your book with AI.

Chapter by chapter

0:04 Read the counter: 18 to 120 puzzles

KDP rejects interiors under 24 pages, so a book needs at least 18 puzzles; the cap is 120.

0:14 Add a section and pick a type

Add section, then choose from 18 puzzle types in two groups.

0:27 Set the count and difficulty

Type how many puzzles, and choose Easy → Hard for a gentle-to-tough ramp.

0:37 Pick a theme, or use your own words

Use a theme, or My own words… — each list after a blank line becomes its own puzzle, and # Title names the page.

0:56 Add more or remove one

Add as many sections as you like; the bin removes one (the last section always stays).

1:05 See your sections in the book

Build the outline: every list prints on its own page under its own title.

Parts marked Publisher (the full interior PDF, the cover print files and the AI tools, in beta) need a KDP Publisher plan; building, previewing and the first 10 pages plus cover are free. Everything else shown is free. See the plans.