How to Self-Publish a Book on Amazon,

What’s inside:

• Why self-publish on Amazon (speed and control, briefly — this book doesn’t repeat the business/niche strategy from your other KDP title)
• What you’ll need before starting (manuscript, bank info, tax interview, cover file) and a format comparison (ebook vs. paperback vs. hardcover)
• KDP account setup, step by step
• A full 12-step click-by-click walkthrough following the actual KDP dashboard in order: Starting a New Title → Book Details → Author Profile & Contributors → Categories & Keywords → Ebook File Upload → Print File Upload → Cover Upload → Online Previewer & Proof Copy → Territories & Rights → Pricing & Royalties → Reviewing & Submitting → After You Hit Publish — each with a real example, a common obstacle + fix, and a pro tip
• Common submission errors and exactly how to fix each one
• Fiction-specific and nonfiction-specific publishing considerations
• Making updates after publishing, a complete pre-publish checklist, a real case study (including one rejection and how it was resolved), toolkit, FAQ, and a 14-day roadmap

A few technical notes from the build: this session’s sandbox came up fresh without the PDF renderer installed, so I had to reinstall WeasyPrint mid-build — caught immediately, no impact on the final file. All pages passed the full QA pass: exactly 30 pages, no overflow bugs, no year mentions, and consistent page-fill density throughout.