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@Hitch...

"A last note, which slowsmile did not mention, for the love of your own sanity, do NOT EDIT in Kindle Create. People don't realize that there's no way to extract or save or export an updated Word file from KC, but there isn't. "

Really Hitch? Then what is the purpose of the Kindle Create app? The main purpose of KC is to allow the user to finish-off and improve his/her ebook with better-looking interior styling than you would get if you uploaded a Word doc direct to Amazon. To do that you have to edit your ebook in KC. Right? This particularly applies to both reflowable ebooks and paperbacks created using KC. Fixed format is exempt here because it is another beast altogether that I will mention later.

And everybody seems to think that you must always find a way to export your Word doc or go back to your original Word doc if you have to either update or change your published reflowable ebook or paperback book if you use Kindle Create. Which is utterly wrong and complete bunkum.

In Kindle Create, when you've finished your ebook/book you MUST ALWAYS save it twice. First you should save all your KC work to the KC Project Folder on your computer. Then you should also save it as KPF file for Amazon upload. You already know all about the KPF file.

But hey what's this KC project folder all about?? The project folder contains your project file(*.kcb file) which contains ALL the edits from your original Word doc as well as ALL the edits from using Kindle Create. And if you click on that saved *.kcb file -- Hey Presto! -- it will automatically open in Kindle Create and you can then resume where you left off editing your project in Kindle Create. This applies only when you create reflowable ebooks and paperbacks using Kindle Create.

The whole point of having a project folder and project file is to be able to save ALL your work and then be able to resume or update your work later. Heck, I don't know why so many people -- especially on the Kindle Community Forum -- fail to see this and just don't get it. This ain't rocket science for goodness sake. I mean I'm pretty sure any Scrivener, Jutoh or even AWP users will know exactly what I'm talking about with KC because those apps also use the Project Folder -> Project File way of saving whole, complete projects created using those apps.

The only time you will ever have to go back to your original Word doc for any changes or updates after publishing is when you publish a Fixed Format ebook using KC. And the reason for that is because all inbound PDF pages are all automatically converted into page images in KC -- which you can't edit in KC anyway.