KDP Formatting Issues on IOS Devices

[Brittany]

Hey, everyone! I'm trying to publish my Beauty and the Beast retelling, "Before Beauty," on KDP. I uploaded the Word file as an HTML File, just as the directions said to. It looks great until I preview it on the IOS devices. When I do that, the title on the title page and "About the Author" section lose their font size and left align. Do you have any idea as to if I can fix this, or is it an unfortunate casualty of the IOS devices reading the Kindle app? Thanks for your help! I'm trying to get this done ASAP before I go into labor with my baby girl. Lol.

[Ann, Supreme Overlord]

Hey Britney,

I always have a hard time with title page formatting, but usually it just shoves it to the top. I have no idea on IOS devices. I hate to be cliche, but have you Googled it?

Brittany wrote: "Hey, everyone! I'm trying to publish my Beauty and the Beast retelling, "Before Beauty," on KDP. I uploaded the Word file as an HTML File, just as the directions said to. It looks great until I pre..."

[Eva]

Here's an excerpt from the Amazon publishing FAQ page. I had a ton of struggles with formatting since I write in Pages on a Mac. I hope this helps, and good luck with your delivery.


9. Why doesn't the conversion look exactly like the Microsoft Word Document?
The initial formatting you've chosen in Word may be altered slightly to conform to Kindle device specifications. For optimum readability on the Kindle device, it is best to save your Word (.doc) file as "Web Page - filtered" or "HTML - filtered".

The wording in the "Save As" dialog changes between Microsoft Word versions, but the best results are usually achieved with "HTML filtered" or "Web Page - filtered", depending on what version of Word you're running on. Review your content in Word after you've saved it as HTML and make any necessary changes, saving it again. Then upload the HTML file in Amazon KDP.

If you cannot save your content as HTML, be aware that the conversion from .doc to Amazon KDP's format will inevitably lose some formatting information in the process. Microsoft's .doc format comes with a few quirks and not all file format details are well-documented.

Lists in Microsoft Word documents, especially nested lists with sub-categories, will not convert well.
If you change list numbering between numerals and letters (e.g. I, II, III, a, b, c, 2.1.3), the conversion may also provide less than satisfying results.
If you use tables of contents in your files, page numbers will not be updated correctly (since the text size and page 'numbers' in a reflowable format don't mean the same thing as in a fixed-display format). Make sure to use the standard Microsoft Word heading styles and Table of Contents insertion for best results.