KDP Publishing 11: Keep Paperback as a Separate Gate

Cover width depends on the manuscript’s actual page count and the print specifications selected for that edition.

What You Will Produce

• Objective: Connect the fixed print PDF, wrap-cover template, print specifications, Previewer disposition, and separate approval evidence.
• Action: Link PDF, template, Print Previewer, physical-risk review, and paperback approval in order.
• Evidence: A paperback check containing PDF hash, template basis, Previewer disposition, specification decisions, and a separate approver.

Paperback Is a Separate Production System

Freeze the print PDF and its actual page count before finalizing the wrap cover. Use the current cover template and the approved print specifications for that exact edition.

Paperback Has Its Own Approval Boundary

ISBN, distribution, price, Print Previewer findings, and physical production risks require their own evidence. Kindle approval cannot be reused as paperback approval.

Practice: Connect the Evidence Chain

Follow the order from print PDF to page count, template, cover, Previewer, physical-risk review, and approval. Mark any missing link and name the separate paperback approver.

Where This Fits in the Series

Closing Principle

Kindle and paperback may share a book identity, but they do not share a final submission approval.

References

• Amazon KDP Help

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