Kindle Create review

Kindle Create is Amazon's free formatter for books published through Kindle Direct Publishing, and it covers more book types than many paid tools. Reflowable mode suits novels, essays, poetry and memoirs, with a one-click table of contents, designed themes and the option to generate print and digital files from one project. A Comics and Kids' mode adds guided view, image pop-ups and facing pages, and Print Replica keeps a fixed layout for textbooks and cookbooks while letting you embed video, audio and web links. Amazon lists EPUB export for reflowable books, and its FAQ addresses why the app does not produce MOBI files. The trade-off is focus: Kindle Create is built around KDP and its .kpf format, so authors selling widely on Kobo or Apple Books get more from Reedsy Studio, Atticus or Vellum. Styling choices are also simpler than in the paid formatters. For an author whose sales are mostly on Amazon, it is free and does the job well.

Who it is for

Authors publishing mainly on Amazon KDP who want a free formatter that works directly with KDP.

Price

Free download for PC and Mac.

Free download for PC Free download for Mac
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 11, 2026.

Key features

• One-click table of contents that identifies chapters
• Professionally designed themes for reflowable books
• Create once and generate print and digital files
• Guided view for comics and kids' books
• Video, audio and web links in Print Replica ebooks

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Free for Windows and Mac
• Strength: Built for KDP, the platform it publishes to
• Strength: Handles fixed layouts for textbooks, cookbooks and comics as well as novels
• Weakness: Built around Amazon's own .kpf file rather than files for every store
• Weakness: No MOBI output, which Amazon addresses in its FAQ
• Weakness: Fewer styling options than Vellum or Atticus

Key facts

• Price: Free
• Platforms: Windows and Mac
• Book types: Reflowable, comics and kids', Print Replica
• Also exports: EPUB for reflowable books

Where it ranks

Kindle Create is No. 5 in our Best Ebook Creation Software verdict.