Create a PDF for Amazon KDP in Procreate
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ย. 2024
- In this video, I'll show you how to take your finished JPGs of your book pages, and create a PDF for Amazon KDP in Procreate on the iPad. If you haven't created your book pages yet, you can check out my other videos for how to do that :)
Lesson 1: Single Page Layout in Procreate
• Children's Book Page L...
Lesson 2: 2-Page Spread in Procreate
• Children's Book SPREAD...
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Heather what do u do? If you run out of layers in the middle of this dragging process. Please help
Hi! I wish I knew this when I created the video, but you can actually combine all the images into a PDF using just the iPad itself and not procreate! So just have each of your pages saved out as a PDF, then:
- Open the Files app.
- Go to the place where your PDFs are saved.
- Select the three dots at the top right.
- Press Select.
- Choose all the pages in your book.
- Press the three dots at the bottom right.
- Tap Create PDF.
I hope that helps!
Love the video series! But how did you get your jpegs to be in the file folder. I need to look in that. It was impressive how you selected all Jpegs to import them to procreate
Thanks!! If you watch the first two videos in the series, I show you how to lay out each page and then save it as a jpg. Make sure you do save as image, then they all just go into the same folder on your iPad.
Heather, you have provided a great service to all of us children's book authors! I have a problem: KDP told me that my interior trim size is not big enough and gave me the dimensions. Of course, I thought it was correct. How do I change ALL 36 canvases to the proper trim size?
Oh I got your email and replied there, but the way I would personally do it is with Photoshop Actions (run a resize action on all images). I never resize anything in Procreate because (unfortunately) Procreate is horrible at resizing, things always end up blurry. Photoshop is the way to go for resizing.
Hi, Heather. Very beneficial series. One thing though, the video #4 you mentioned about making cover page in procreate is missing. It is showing that this video is unavailable/hidden. Would be even more beneficial if that also is available, please 😊❤️
Hi! Video #4 about making the cover in procreate will be my next one in the series! Sorry, I should have been more clear when I said that!! It will be coming probably next week!
Great tutorial series, very easy to follow.
Thank you, so glad you like it!
You are a life saver Heather! Your videos are so informative and very easy to follow!!
Yay I'm so glad! Thank you for the kind words!!
thank you, great video! Would there be any difference in saving as .png rather than .jpg
Hi! PNG file format wasn't really made for print. You wouldn't be able to save as CMYK. If you want to go with RGB and see if it prints ok you could try it, and then if you have issues convert it.
@@HeatherCashArt thank you Heather!
Amazing tutorial thank you
You're so very welcome ☺️
!! Thank you SO MUCH! Thanks to you I saw exactly what I needed to do and it was immeasurably helpful 😊
Yay!!!! ❤️
At 2:14, if the layers are not in page order when you imported your files, you can just drag each layer to put it in order, right?
Yes!
Thanks a lot. I did exactly as you described. 🥰 the only problem is when I try to upload my manuscript, it fails after 10-15 minutes.
I tried many times and it still doesn’t work.
Also I have noticed, when I transform the images from procreate and save it as pdf ( as you have described) and again when I reopen the pdf in procreate, the dimension (WxH) changed a little bit. Like instead of being 11x8,5 it became 10,5 x 8. Could it be the problem reason? And why does it happen?
Thank you very much
Hi! I believe Procreate actually has some issues importing PDFs.
If yours is failing when uploading, I would usually suggest making sure your PDF is flattened but I think if you're following the video then it should already be flattened.
Can you email me your PDF so I can take a look? heather@heathercash.com
Thanks!
Sure. Thank you very much. You are an angel. 🥰
Is it free to get your book published?
To publish on Amazon KDP? Yes, as in, it's no upfront cost. They take $$ out of the sale for printing costs and profit.
I downloaded a CMYK pdf of my pages directly from canva, is this ready to upload or do I need to do it using procreate?
It is ready to upload! Just make sure you select "flatten" when exporting.
@@HeatherCashArt Awesome, thank you
Another awesome one!
Thank you so much!!!
the pages are downloaded backwards? why is the first page on the bottom?
Yes that is just the way procreate does it. Then when you export to PDF it will be in the right order in the PDF.
@@HeatherCashArt thank you for your info.. thats a big difference or the book will be a backwards mess lol. So how can you check to make sure it was downloade correctly to kdp?
@@waitforollie yes, first of all you can look at the pdf after it is created by opening it in previewer. But yes also when you upload it to kdp you're able to see a preview.
@@HeatherCashArt thank you so much.
Do you make separate pages for the children book
Hi Heather
I got an email from Amazon to add a height of 0.125" and a weight of 0.25" to several pages of my book, even though I had added them before.
do you have a solution for this?
Thanks before
Usually it actually means that you have your text too close to the edges or you have a white strip near the edge of the page.
Look at the last sentence of the error message - it's easy to miss in that big block of text. It will tell you which pages have the error (which pages have text too close to margin etc)
@@HeatherCashArt it is written, see example pages 4-6. What does wrong mean other than that page?
@@lamavi6450 ok so pages 4-6 have something wrong with them, your text on those pages is probably too close to the edge of the page. If you want to send me your PDF for me to look at, you can email me at heather@heathercash.com.
@@HeatherCashArt ah thank you I'll send the pdf:)
THANKYOU!!!! i was about to bash my head into my iPad
Ha ha! So glad to help!!
Hi Heather, can Amazon generate/publish a paperback version of your KDP book or does it have to be produced by your own independently from Amazon?
Hi! I'm not sure I completely understand the question but basically you create the PDF yourself and then upload to Amazon, and then Amazon will produce the paperback book for you.
my files simply wont pass over from files to procreate. I can select them and i can move them over to procreate canvas but noting happens, no importing nothing
Instead of drag and drop, can you go into procreate and open them from there?
Thankyou Heather. I have learnt from videos and your very clear and understandable
You're very welcome! Thank you for your kind words ❤️
What dpi should this PDF be? 300 dpi or 72dpi ?
300dpi 🙂
Excellent! Thank you!
Thanks a bunch! You answered a question I had. ❤️
Yay!!
Great vid
So grateful for your videos!!
Aw, thank you so much!!! ❤️❤️❤️
Hello Heather! I tried uploading my book to Amazon KDP(153 pages) and it won't pass. Amazon sends me an email saying I have to change the margins of the book and make the size 6.125" x 9.25 instead of 9" x 6". Do you have any advice?
Hi! Is the printed size of your book 9x6? Is it a picture book with images that go all the way to the edge? If so, then you'd need to add that extra width and height to account for bleed.
Also, check out this video if you aren't familiar with what bleed is 🙂
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I read that this is what I have to do, but can I do it directly in Procreate? And if so, is there anu way I can change all the 150 pages at once? And not change every individual artwork?
Hi I'm curious why I have to make jpegs and then convert them to pdf..can't I just create my book on procreate within a margin guideline and then save it as a pdf and upload it to kdp? Thanx in advance
Hi! You can do that but the reason I convert to JPG first is just to flatten the artwork so that it's easy to combine all of them into a single PDF later. If you're creating your combined PDF in Procreate (where each page of the book is a page in the PDF), then each layer in Procreate will be a single page of the book. So you'd have to end up flattening your layers. Does that make sense?
@@HeatherCashArt uh lol maybe I'm new at this so I'll try to figure it out..idk what flattening means haha
@@italianartist it just means that instead of having all the layers like you do when you draw in procreate, it is just a simple image file without layers. (Do you use layers in procreate?)
Hi Heather, i dont know why after i have saved the PDF on one drive, it doesnt work. I can see the thumbnail on my ipad but it is not "openable" and it doesnt appear on my KDP upload screen. can you help please ?
Hi! Can you email me the file? I'll take a look! heather@heathercash.com
@@HeatherCashArt hi Heather, i wish i can. just it is not going appearing on the one drive, so i cant even send it via we transfer. It is 156MB i think....
@@yup2602 can you try uploading it to Google drive instead?
Thank you, Heather. This video series was perfect for me: because of it I started working on my very first picture book 11 days ago. Today (Sunday) I only have to do the text, which I will write on the images while in my favorite restaurant. And in the later afternoon I will go to my favorite bar and create the files and do the upload. I am so proud that I started and finished (!) something. Lots of appreciation from Germany!
Yay! That's awesome - I'm so glad my videos helped you! That sounds so fun, working in your favorite restaurant and favorite bar 🙂 I'd love to see your book once it's finished!
It’s called „Ich wohne in der Stadt und mag meine Nachbarn“ (I live in a City and I like my neighbors). So far it’s only in German, but I’m working on an English translation next week 😅
@@lars7282 I just looked it up, the cover looks awesome! Are you going to enable Look Inside the Book? Did you do the illustrations yourself?
Thank you so much, Heather. I did. all by myself. I did the text last bc I like the drawing part more. 😅 Look inside the book works for the ebook, but for the paperback I hope it’s enabled in ten days? Thanks to your video I have an eye on that!
@@lars7282 oh yeah that's right it does take some time to enable.
Wow great job! I can tell just from the cover that the illustrations are going to be awesome! Great job! You are so talented ❤️ I can't wait to see the inside!! And the English version 🙃
At 300 dpi, Procreate says that allows me 26 layers but my book is 38 pages, so will all 38 pages still load in as 38 layers? Will the method in your video still work? If not, what’s the alternative? Can a person upload two separate pdf files to KDP?
Hi! Unfortunately this method won't work then - I would recommend downloading Adobe Acrobat. If you don't have the Adobe products, it does cost something, but you could just use the trial version or just pay for one month. It's really easy to use, you just create a PDF from multiple files and just select the files. I don't think I made a video for that one yet but if you email me I can make you a quick video. Another alternative is Photoshop, which I did make a video for. Hope that helps!
I had the same problem, and I just made 2 PDFs and combined them in the files app.
@@aimenpatel Was it the native files app that comes with the iPad? If so, that's awesome!
@@HeatherCashArt Yup! In the files app, when you download PDFs and select them, like in the video, the 3 dots will give an option to “creat PDF”
@@aimenpatel nice!! Thanks for the tip!