Publishing Your Novel on Kindle

YEARS AGO, WHEN I WAS COMPOSING THIS BLOG, I PROMISED TO GIVE ADVICE ON MARKETING THAT BOOK YOU HAVE SPENT SO MANY HOURS OF BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS TO PRODUCE.  I NEVER DELIVERED.
THIS IS THE FIRST OF WHAT WILL HOPEFULLY BE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO MAKE AMENDS....

Can an old dog learn new tricks?
Well, I have blogged enough on the eBook revolution (see WORLD OF THE WRITTEN WORD), and marveled at the success of so many so-called "Indie" writers ... so, I thought, why not try it myself, just to see how it works?...

Well, here is what I have (hopefully) established in post #1:
To publish on Kindle you need: a book, a cover, and a blurb. And all of these can be created at no cost at all.
Right now, we are looking at the book -- the manuscript, which might be original, or might be a revision of a published novel. Whatever the origin of the word document, it has to be cleaned up of manual formatting....

Your document is ready ... almost
But how about a last check?
You might want to bring up show/hide to check that you have removed all manual formatting except for the "new paragraph" sign that shows where you have hit enter. Otherwise there will be dots to show spacing between words, which should be single....