# KDP series courses

**1. Register KDP account** **2. How to create picture books on ReadKidz and export images** When we are making picture books at ReadKidz, we must pay attention to the following points to prevent the review from failing when listing on KDP! Firstly, on the picture book creation page, we need to click the three small dots in the upper right corner of the page to **open the bleed line and margin line**! Design and layout the picture book within the specified range!

What are the bleed line and margin line, and what should we pay attention to? The red line outside is the bleed line.

The red lines inside are margin lines.

① Bleed Line ： * **Definition** : The additional printing area beyond the actual cutting size of the printed material * **Function** : Prevent white edges from appearing during cutting * **Standard** : usually set to 3-5 millimeters * **Importance** : Ensure that the image or background color extends into the bleed area to avoid white edges after trimming

② Margin Line ： * **Definition** : The safe distance between the main content and the page edge * **Function** : Ensure that the content is not too close to the page edge and cut off * **Standard** : The inner margin is generally 10-15 millimeters, and the outer margin is 8-12 millimeters * **Consideration factors** : binding method, size of the book, etc

After designing and laying out according to the above requirements, we can proceed with the image export! There are certain requirements for the image download format! If you use other image editing software for the layout design of illustrations, please make sure to upload it to the platform for image replacement! Until you no longer need to modify any images or text! Finally, **please convert the image download format to PDF**!

**3.How to use Canva to make a cover** If you are not satisfied with the cover or end page created using the image editor on the ReadKidz platform, you can click on the "**Create Picture Book**" page, click on the three small dots in the upper left corner of the cover image, and download the picture! **Note: When downloading the picture, if you do not need subtitles, please be sure to delete all content on the screen except for the picture!**

① Download the image, open **Canva** for creation, of course, you can also use a better image editing software if you have one!

② According to the size of the cover image, **create a corresponding canvas size in Canva**!

③ Then **upload** the cover image to the material library, **drag or click to add the image to the canvas**!

④ Right-click the image as needed, click "**Suitable for Background**", and quickly cover the entire canvas with the image!

⑤ On the left side of the canvas navigation bar, there are corresponding texts and a material library. Design and layout according to your needs, of course, you can also click on design, enter the corresponding design content in the search input, and **find design layouts for reference**!

Or you can also **go to Amazon to find some children's picture books that you like for reference for your cover**, but you cannot copy directly!

⑥ Edit the image and then **export it for download**! **Please note that the size of the cover and endpage images should not exceed 5MB**! ⅰ. Click the "**publish**" button in the upper right corner of the screen

ⅱ. Click to **download**!

ⅲ. Click to download, you can **choose JPG or PNG format**, then click to download! Please note: the download and save location of the image is the browser system's save location. If you need to save it in a specified location, **please go to the browser settings background to change the download and save location**!

**4. How to use the KDP editor for layout and packaging** ① We searched for "**Kindle Create**" on the browser, which is a software specifically designed by Amazon for creating books! Click to enter the official "Kindle Create"!

② **Select the version to use** based on your computer configuration and download the installation!

③ After installation is complete, we open "**Kindle Create**" and select "**Create New Project**"!

④ Click to **enter the next step** for children's books!

⑤ Enter "**Book Title**", "**Author**", "**Publisher**", and click Next!

⑥ Page setting is **set to flip from right to left**, **horizontal page view is selected to display double pages**, click to select file!

⑦ **Select PDF format**, click the previously downloaded image in PDF format! Wait for the system to format!

⑧ Click to continue to the layout page! **Click the upper right corner to save**!

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