KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing)

[MJR]

Greetings to All,

Looking for someone that has experience with KDP.

Just started looking into KDP, does anyone know if KDP will do center-staple books/booklets or do they only do the glue binding (not sure what that is called, maybe Perfect Binding).

Thanks,

[kenmcd]

Take a look at the KDP Help FAQ pages.
Should answer all your questions.
https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/GSJULX3WGP36HQ3R

 

[MJR]

Thanks @LibreTraining, I have checked out many areas within KDP but found nothing related to center-staple binding.  Have put in an email to KDP.

[kenmcd]

They only do the glued "perfect binding" style. Stack the pages, glue, wrap with a cover.
They do not do saddle stitch (center staple).
Saddle stitch is only good for a limited number of pages (a small booklet).
It quickly gets unwieldy with a large number of pages such as in a normal book.
Many local shops can do saddle stitched booklets for you.
Even some of the big copy machines can do it fully automated.

You can still sell your booklets on Amazon.

 

[MJR]

Thanks @LibreTraining, greatly appreciated.

I kind of thought that KDP would only do "perfect binding".

Yes, Amazon would be a choice, just not sure how that would work.