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Version 2025.1 of the Amazon Kindle Publishing Guidelines is now available. This is the first update since 2019.

Listed changes are:

• Updated following sections as Amazon supports enhanced typesetting for all conversion formats.
  • 3. Comparing formats
  • 11 Creating Fixed-Layout Books with Text Pop-Ups
  • 12 Creating Fixed-Layout Books with Image Pop-Ups or Virtual Panels
  • 13 Creating Fixed-Layout Books Without Pop-Ups
• Removed the following sections as Amazon restricting MOBI format ingestions and following tools are deprecated
  • 2.2.1 KindleGen
  • 2.2.3 Kindle Comic Creator
  • 2.2.4 Kindle Kids' Book Creator
  • 20.1 KindleGen Command
• Updated 2.1.1 Kindle Create support Children’s book conversion by providing Guided View experience
• Updated 2.2.1 Kindle previewer can be used to validate your file for publishing errors
• Revised 4.1 Cover Image specifications and the checklist for better rendering on Kindle
• Revised 4.2 Internal Content Cover Image checklist for better rendering on Kindle
• Revised 5.1 HTML TOC Guidelines best practice and checklist for better customer experience
• Revised 5.2 NCX Guidelines checklist for better customer experience
• Revised 9 QA Standards checklist to ensure accessibility and for better customer experience
• Revised 10.3.1 Heading Alignment and Justification for better customer experience
• Revised 10.3.5, Margin and Padding Formatting checklist for better rendering on Kindle
• Updated 10.4.1 Use of Supported Input Formats
• Revised 10.4.2, Image Size and Quality Standards checklist for better rendering on Kindle
• Updated 10.4.6 PNG for Line-Art and Text for better rendering on Kindle
• Added 17.2.1 Workarounds to avoid frequent conversion failures