Paperback Ready is a Google Docs™ add-on for self-published authors. It lays out your manuscript as a real book interior and gives you the PDF Amazon KDP expects, without Word, without learning layout software, and without leaving Google Docs.
Every KDP trim size, the inside margin (gutter) KDP requires for your page count, chapters on a new page, running heads, page numbers, a table of contents, justified text with hyphenation, curly quotes and scene breaks.
Page size, margins, fonts fully embedded, minimum text size, even page count, blank pages, text inside the margins. You see what passes and what to fix before you upload.
Page count, exact cover size and spine width for your designer or Canva, the printing cost and your royalty at the price you choose.
Make a fresh PDF after every revision, for every book you write.
Free: the full book check, as often as you like, and your first print-ready PDF (once your book passes the KDP checks).Pro: $29 once, for life. Unlimited PDFs. Taxes are added at checkout where they apply.
Install Paperback Ready from the Google Workspace Marketplace.
Open your manuscript in Google Docs.
Extensions → Paperback Ready → Open Paperback Ready. If your Doc uses tabs, tick "Print every tab of the document" to include them all.
Click "Check my book", then "Create print-ready PDF". The PDF is saved to your Google Drive.
Your Doc is never changed, and your manuscript never leaves your Google account.
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