Apple Books
Apple's store for ebooks, open to independent authors through Apple Books for Authors.
Writer mode
Publish your edition
A finalized edition is ready for stores. Here is how to publish it on Amazon KDP, step by step, and what to check on other stores.
Amazon KDP, step by step
A plain guide to publishing a finalized edition of your writer mode novel on Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP). Each step links to Amazon's own help page, which always has the latest details.
Before you start
Finalize an edition in the Writer Studio and download its files: the EPUB, the Kindle ebook cover and, for a paperback, the KDP interior and cover. The Publish tab tells you what KDP publishes in your book's language.
Create your KDP account
Sign in at kdp.amazon.com with your Amazon account, or create one.
Add your tax and payment details
KDP asks for your tax information and the bank account where it pays your royalties. Complete both before you publish.
Create a Kindle ebook
On your KDP Bookshelf, choose to create a new Kindle ebook.
Enter the book details
Use the title, subtitle and author name exactly as they appear on your edition's title page. Do not list Novelist as author, contributor or publisher: the co-creation credit lives inside the book. For a series, add the series name.
The launch kit in the Writer Studio can suggest a description, keywords and categories: check them against KDP's rules before you use them.
Answer the AI content question
KDP asks whether your book contains AI-generated content: answer yes. For the text, choose the option that matches how much you edited it; the authorship figures in the Publish tab can help you decide. The cover and any illustrations made by Novelist are AI-generated.
Upload your files and preview the book
Upload the edition's EPUB as the manuscript and the Kindle ebook cover as the cover. Check every page in the previewer, and keep the co-creation credit pages.
Choose rights, prices and royalties
Choose where the book is sold, the royalty plan and the price. Novelist never sells your book, so you can enroll it in KDP Select if you wish.
Publish
Publish the book. Amazon reviews it before it goes on sale; KDP's help explains how long that takes.
Add a paperback (optional)
From the same title, create a paperback: choose the 6 × 9 in (15.24 × 22.86 cm) trim size, no bleed and white paper, then upload the KDP interior and cover from your edition. You can order a proof copy to see it in print first.
After publishing
Keep the co-creation credits in every version you upload. When you finalize a new edition, upload its files to replace the old ones.
Amazon updates its pages, prices and rules from time to time. When this guide and Amazon's page disagree, follow Amazon's page.
Links checked on October 30, 2026
Other stores
Each store has its own rules on AI-generated books, and some do not accept them. Read them on the store's own site before you publish.
Kobo Writing Life
Kobo's self-publishing platform for ebooks sold in the Kobo store.
Draft2Digital
A distributor that sends your ebook and paperback to many stores and libraries from one account.
IngramSpark
Print and ebook distribution to bookshops and libraries through Ingram's catalog.