![]() The link to the discussion thread is below.īottom line: If you want to make the best possible Kindle eBook from your InDesign file, the new Kindle Publishing Guidelines for InDesign is a must-read. If you want to use those features, you’ll need to export to EPUB first, then use other free software from Amazon (KindleGen or Kindle Previewer, links below) and third parties (such as Calibre) to convert the stand-alone EPUB to MOBI.īut remember, the Export to Kindle plug-in is still in beta, and you are most welcome to chime in to the Kindle Direct Publishing forums with your thoughts about its feature set and usability. Pub2ID data conversion software opens the document in a new InDesign file, saving graphic designers, printers and publishers the hours that would have been spent completely rebuilding the document. Double-click on the file to load it into your InDesign document. Adobe InDesign CS6 users can click Pub2ID > Convert MS Publisher Document and select the Microsoft Publisher file to be converted to InDesign. Next, choose 'File' > 'Place' from the top menu and locate your PSD file in the directory. If you're starting a new project, choose 'Document' from the list of options, and then click OK. For CS5.5 users that means the Export to Kindle plug-in ignores the Articles panel and Object Export Options settings. First, launch a new or existing InDesign project. InDesign’s own EPUB export can’t do that.Īlas, it’s the same plug-in for CS4 through CS5.5, so other than the special tricks added by the plug-in itself, it uses the lowest common denominator of CS4’s INDD > EPUB features for the heavy lifting. The QuarkXPress file will appear rebuilt in InDesign. Select the QuarkXPress file you wish to convert and click Open. The guidelines even suggest that you use the Keeps setting of “Start on Next Page” in a paragraph style so you don’t have to enter the break character manually, and the plug-in will follow through. Click the Markzware item on the InDesign Menu Bar then select Convert QuarkXPress Document from the Q2ID fly-out menu. The plug-in is smart enough to convert InDesign page breaks (the special character you insert from the File > Insert Break Character menu) to chapter breaks in the Kindle book it exports. The plug-in appears in the File menu as Export for Kindle and also in the Books panel menu, if you want to export an entire InDesign book (INDB) to Kindle format. Technically, the Amazon Kindle Publishing Guidelines for InDesign document is actually a how-to guide for using their free and recently updated Export to Kindle plug-in for InDesign, which works with CS4, CS5, and CS5.5. Of course it uses proper Paragraph Styles:Īnd even has a linked TOC (placed in the document, per their requirements) created from a TOC style: ![]() Holey moley it even uses Conditional Text (and discusses its use in the body of the paper): ![]() ![]() That’s cool, but what’s even cooler is that the new guidelines document itself is in InDesign?it’s an INDD file, saved in CS4 format? and was designed by the KP team as an example of a properly formatted (for Kindle export) InDesign file. It has detailed guidelines, with screenshots and clear instructions, on how to optimize your InDesign files for the Kindle file format (MOBI) prior to uploading to the Kindle store for sale. Amazon’s “Kindle Publishing Team” has quietly released a new document called the Amazon Kindle Publishing Guidelines for Kindle Plug-in for Adobe InDesign 0.93. ![]()
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