Converting from MS Word to Mobi Using Kindle Create ~ Harmony Kent

Reblogged from Story Empire:

Hello SErs! Harmony here. Do you struggle to convert your manuscript into a Kindle file? Are you spending lots of money on conversion? Then read on.

As some of you will know already, Kindle have brought out new free software to help its KDP authors convert their manuscripts into mobi files for Kindle. Today, I thought I’d take a quick run through of what it does and doesn’t do.

[Note: I have the Mac version, so screenshots may look a little different if you have a PC version]

Here’s a quick 4 minute video showing how to use the basics …

You can import your Word file and make it look pretty with ease. You can add chapter title and first line fonts, styles, etc. You can also import a PDF and work from that to preserve text and image placement, etc. For novels, I would recommend working from your original Word document.

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6 Responses to Converting from MS Word to Mobi Using Kindle Create ~ Harmony Kent

Gee says:

January 27, 2019 at 01:01

Could I use Pages on my Mac and upload it to this convertor?

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- harmonykent says:
  
  January 27, 2019 at 11:42
  
  I think only Word just now. I’ll try when I’m next on my computer and will let you know for sure 😊
  
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  - Gee says:
    
    January 29, 2019 at 02:16
    
    Thanks for getting back to me. I used Scrivener but I’d like something less convoluted.
    
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- harmonykent says:
  
  January 28, 2019 at 11:39
  
  Hi Gee, Kindle Create only opens a doc or doc.ex file, which means MS Word only.
  
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harmonykent says:

January 27, 2019 at 11:43

Thanks for the reblog, Sue 😊

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- Sue Vincent says:
  
  January 28, 2019 at 17:51
  
  My pleasure, Harmony.
  
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