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Originally Posted by slowsmile
I would certainly agree with you that preparing and uploading a PDF is probably the most common way of producing a print book on Amazon. However, as I've already pointed out, there are alot of people having trouble with uploading a PDF as seen on the Kindle Community Forum. And alot of these PDF upload problems produce errors with no error messages.
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They need to learn what they are doing wrong. Perhaps even order a proof copy from Lulu or 24bookprint.com which is a similar cost to ordering a proof from KDP. It can be cheaper to use 24bookprint.com if in Europe. Ingram spark is expensive as you pay up front just to create the proof.
Also they need to create the PDF themselves and preview on AT LEAST a full HD screen in Side by side true book mode.
They usually need to learn actual Wordprocessing skills, like styles. They need a different format with the ebook copy and pasted a chapter at a time and the images deleted and replaced. Then create the PDF.
Kindle Create is only creating the illusion that you don't need to learn anything. You DO need to learn some stuff about wordprocessing, or Layout, and ebooks and paper typesetting.
Otherwise better to pay someone, like in the old days.