Format Your Own Book in Canva for Amazon KDP - Interior & Cover Made Easy

Описание: You don’t need a designer to publish your book.

In this beginner-friendly tutorial, I’ll show you how to format your own book in Canva for print and Amazon KDP — including both the interior layout and the book cover.

If you can use Canva, you can do this.

In this complete step-by-step guide, you’ll learn how to:

✔ Format your book interior in Canva
✔ Set the correct trim size, margins, gutter, and bleed
✔ Design clean, professional chapter pages and body text
✔ Add page numbers and headers properly
✔ Export a print-ready interior PDF for KDP
✔ Design your book cover in Canva
✔ Use the Amazon KDP cover calculator correctly
✔ Export a KDP-approved cover PDF ready for publishing

This video is perfect for:
• First-time authors
• Self-publishers using Amazon KDP
• Anyone who wants to format their own book without hiring a designer

By the end of this video, you’ll have a fully formatted interior and a print-ready cover, ready to upload directly to Amazon KDP — done by you.

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Time Stamp
00:00 Intro – You Can Format Your Own Book in Canva
03:05 Two Common Canva Book Formatting Scenarios
09:00 Understanding Margins (Major Canva Mistake)
13:00 Page Numbering & Consistency Issues Explained
16:30 Setting Up a New Book Document in Canva
18:10 Choosing the Correct Book Size (Dimensions)
21:20 Turning On Margins, Bleed & Rulers
24:10 Creating a Safe Text Area Like a Pro
26:40 Running Headers & Page Numbers in Canva
29:50 Using Dynamic Page Numbers
32:10 Bringing Text Into Canva Properly
35:30 Fixing Justification & Spacing Issues
39:10 Font Choice, Font Size & Line Spacing
43:20 Handling Text Overflow Across Pages
47:00 Duplicating Pages for Consistency
50:20 Formatting Chapters in Canva
54:30 Styling Scriptures & Special Text
58:00 Creating Chapter Design Pages
01:06 Uploading Custom Design Assets
01:10 Preparing to Design the Book Cover
01:11 Using Amazon KDP Cover Calculator
01:14 Understanding Bleed, Spine & Safe Areas
01:17 Setting Cover Size Correctly in Canva
01:20 Importing KDP Cover Template
01:22 Identifying Front, Spine & Back Cover
01:40 Final Cover Check Using KDP Template
01:42 Exporting Interior for Print
01:44 Exporting Cover for Amazon KDP
01:46 Final Result Overview

KDP Cover Calculator
https://kdp.amazon.com/cover-calculator