victormap Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 First of all, greetings to everyone: Excuse my English, I know it's not very good, but I hope I can explain my problem. I am trying to publish a book in PDF format on Amazon KDP. I have the book written and laid out in Publisher, with the following settings for page size and margins. It is a book that only contains text, it does not contain images. My problem is that if I create the PDF file using Word, KDP parses and loads it correctly. But if I do the same with Affinity Publisher, there is no way it will load and parse the file correctly. No matter how much I adjust the margins of the document in Publisher, KDP does not interpret the file correctly. I have tried exporting it using different PDF formats (PDF/X-1, PDF 1.7, etc.), I have also tried exporting it by including the print marks in the PDF, but I always get the same result. KDP does not interpret the file correctly. I attach images with the page settings in Affinity Publisher, how the Affinity Publisher generated PDF looks like in Adobe Acrobat, and how it interprets the same KDP file when I upload it to your platform. Can anyone give me any idea what the problem is and how to solve it? Thank you very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 I don't know how Kindle needs their PDFs but I suspect you must use Single Page Export in Publisher. PaulEC, Wosven and victormap 3 Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulEC Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 23 minutes ago, Old Bruce said: I don't know how Kindle needs their PDFs but I suspect you must use Single Page Export in Publisher. Absolutely right! victormap 1 Quote Acer XC-895 : Core i5-10400 Hexa-core 2.90 GHz : 32GB RAM : Intel UHD Graphics 630 : Windows 10 Home Affinity Publisher 2 : Affinity Photo 2 : Affinity Designer 2 : (latest release versions) on desktop and iPad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victormap Posted January 21, 2022 Author Share Posted January 21, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Old Bruce said: I don't know how Kindle needs their PDFs but I suspect you must use Single Page Export in Publisher. Thank you very much. That was indeed the problem. I had been testing for a couple of days without finding the source of the problem. Thank you very much. Greetings from Spain Edited January 21, 2022 by victormap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold Venture Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Amazon usually prefers pages to be submitted as single pages, and not in the spread format. victormap 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victormap Posted January 24, 2022 Author Share Posted January 24, 2022 10 hours ago, Bold Venture said: Amazon usually prefers pages to be submitted as single pages, and not in the spread format. Yes, I have already realised that it is not very flexible with the format and characteristics of the documents uploaded to its platform. Thank you very much for your clarification. Greetings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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