How to proof and download a KDP-ready puzzle book interior

Step by step

1. 1Click Full Size Preview Final Book to see every page at full size.
2. 2Flip facing pages with the arrow keys, jump with a thumbnail, and zoom in on small print.
3. 3Free accounts preview the first 6 puzzles, stamped SAMPLE (preview only).
4. 4Click Free: first 10 pages + cover, enter your email, and download two unbranded files for a test print.
5. 5On the Publisher plan, click Build full interior to download the complete, watermark-free interior PDF.
6. 6Read the KDP check: trim, page count, margins, bleed, fonts, file size and a content review.
7. 7Wait for Book ready.
8. 8Save the book: Save to account, Download a .ppbook file, or Open file to reopen one.

Transcript

Episode eight: proof your book, then download it. Open the full-size preview. Read every page before Amazon does. Flip with the arrow keys: facing pages, like the printed book. Jump with a thumbnail, and zoom in on the small print. A free account sees the first six puzzles here, stamped sample. Next, the free download. Enter your email, and you get the first ten pages and the full-wrap cover. This part's sped up. Two files, both unbranded. Print a page at a hundred percent, and check it with a ruler. The full interior needs the Publisher plan. With it, click Build the full interior. All one hundred puzzles go into one PDF, the manuscript K-D-P asks for. A hundred and twenty-eight pages. The K-D-P check covers what Amazon looks at, before you upload. The page count. An inside margin wide enough for your page count. No ink past the trim. Embedded fonts. A trademark scan. All ticks? You're ready to upload. Save it three ways. Save to account, to open it on any computer. Download, for a backup file of your own. And Open file, to bring it back with every lock and edit. The preview, the free pages and saving are all free. A K-D-P-ready interior, and it passed the check. Next up, episode nine: designing your full-wrap cover.

Chapter by chapter

0:04 Flip through the full-size preview

Open Full Size Preview Final Book: facing pages, thumbnails and zoom; free users see the first 6 puzzles, stamped SAMPLE.

0:22 Get the first 10 pages and the cover free

Enter your email to download the first 10 pages and the full-wrap cover, unbranded — perfect for a test print.

0:38 Build the full interior (Publisher)

On the Publisher plan, Build full interior downloads the complete, watermark-free interior PDF.

0:54 Read the KDP check

Trim, page count, margins, bleed, fonts, file size and a content scan — all ticks means ready to upload.

1:09 Save your book three ways

Save to account, Download a .ppbook backup file, or Open file to reopen one with its locks and edits.

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.