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KDP Book Builder course · Episode 5 of 10

How to plan and write a KDP puzzle book with AI

Episode 5: describe the book you want and let AI plan every section, or have it write one section's word lists — then review and edit everything before it prints.

1:37 · Prefer the animated version with sound and chapters?

Step by step

  1. 1AI tools come with the Publisher plan, which includes 150 AI credits a month.
  2. 2Open Start here and find Or describe the book you want.
  3. 3Write one paragraph: who the book is for and what goes inside. Set how many puzzles.
  4. 4Click Plan it with AI · 1 credit. It replaces the book in the composer but keeps your cover.
  5. 5Wait about 25 seconds while it plans the sections, word lists, large print and introduction.
  6. 6To fill one section, click Write with AI, say what it's about, then click Write it · 1 credit.
  7. 7Read and edit every word it wrote, then build the outline to see the real pages.
  8. 8If the AI doesn't answer, nothing is charged.
  9. 9When you upload to KDP, tell Amazon if AI wrote any of your text or images.

Transcript, chapter by chapter

0:04 Where the AI lives
AI comes with the Publisher plan (150 credits a month); 1 credit per writing job, and the violet Write with AI button sits on each section.
0:13 Describe the book you want
In Start here, write one paragraph in Or describe the book you want and set how many puzzles.
0:32 Plan it with AI
Plan it with AI · 1 credit plans the title, sections, word lists, large print and introduction — it replaces the book but keeps your cover.
0:41 Write one section with AI
Write with AI on a section writes that section's word lists for 1 credit, as plain text you can edit.
0:57 Review and edit everything
Read and change every word, then build the outline to see the AI's plan as real pages.
1:16 If it fails, and KDP's AI question
If the AI doesn't answer, nothing is charged; when you upload, tell KDP if AI wrote any text or images.

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