Independent authors and publishers can also now use Kindle Direct Publishing to make their books available in Amazon.fr's Kindle Store.

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This book walks you through, screen by screen, how to get going with Kindle Direct Publishing, in addition to explaining the myriad of file formats.

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And thanks to Kindle Direct Publishing, thousands of self-published authors have also been given an outlet to share their work with the millions of Kindle readers worldwide.

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