
Publish your own books and line journals using Kindle Direct Publishing; create covers in Canva, interior pages in Canva and Book Vault, then sell on Amazon.
Explore Kindle Direct Publishing options for paperback and hardback formats on Amazon, including matte and glossy finishes, diverse sizes, color interiors, and page count guidelines.
Learn to create a lined journal in Canva by setting custom page sizes, aligning and duplicating lines, managing margins and bleed, and exporting a print-ready pdf for beginners.
Create a customized line journal with Book Bolt using page templates, graphs, and text, customize cover and interior, then export in RGB or CMYK for Kindle Direct Publishing.
Learn to create a print-ready book cover in Canva without pro elements, using custom inches, bleed and margin guides, spine alignment, and save as a pdf for Kindle Direct Publishing.
Explore Book Bolt Studio to design paperback covers and interiors, choose sizes, apply bleed, center the title, select images, and tailor fonts for Kindle Direct Publishing.
Learn how to upload and publish a paperback on Kindle Direct Publishing, including setting title and subtitle, author, description, keywords, categories, pricing, and viewing your bookshelf and royalties.
Reflect on mastering self-publishing basics, improve covers, and design diverse interiors for novels or children's books with illustrations; keep learning and apply new skills.
Wanting to publish your first book and have it for sale on Amazon?
This self-publishing course will cover everything you need to know and do to publish your first journal (lined page book) with Kindle Direct Publishing. Your book will then be for sale on Amazon!
If you have an idea for a children's book, a recipe book, a novel or a book of poetry, the basics are all the same. This course will give you the foundation you will need to continue on your publishing journey.
In this course you will:
Learn the book options available with Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing
Create pages for a lined journal using Canva
Create pages for a lined journal using Book Bolt
Create a book cover using Canva
Create a book cover using Book Bolt
Upload your book cover and interior pages to Kindle Direct Publishing on Amazon
When you have completed this course, your book will be for sale on Amazon!
You will have assignments throughout the course. You will complete your book cover and I hope you will share it in the gallery with the other students. You will also create the lined journal. Please be sure to share that as well in the gallery!
This course is all about creating and encouraging others as you go.
When you have completed the course, you will hear, "Congratulations on your first book!!" It will be the first of many I am sure!