Language | Typo | Should be |
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Hindi | तेर | तेरी |
Gujarati | લગ્ર | લગ્ન |
Marathi | जकिंता | जिंकता |
Malayalam | എനന | എന്ന |
Tamil | இறுக்கிற | இருக்கிற |
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Contact UsTroubleshooting File Conversion Errors
To see common issues that affect eBook quality, see the Guide to Kindle Content Quality. For more specific details on how to make eBooks available for Kindle devices and apps, see the Amazon Kindle Publishing Guidelines.
- Wrong language selected while setting up the title. For example, a book written in Hindi is listed as being in English under the language selection dropdown.
- Book has less than 45% Indian-language content.
- ASCII content: Book created using ASCII characters/codes (a set of digital codes representing letters, numerals, and other symbols, widely used as a standard format in the transfer of text between computers) are not supported in Kindle. If there are unsupported codes/characters are used in the source file/doc in spite of changing the fonts, then the content would be seen as below:
Sî™%_·ð˜Üæ_Ïßÿ _ÀAuI3
Or
If you can't convert the ASCII content, Amazon has a list of certified vendors who may be able to help. Please embed the fonts along with the .doc(x) file you submit. Microsoft Word doesn't embed the font file by default. For more information about how to do this, visit this Microsoft Support page. If you completed an ASCII to Unicode conversion, include the actual ASCII font file used to successfully complete conversion.
- Auto-translated Content: Automatic translation tools usually do not produce acceptable results unless a fluent speaker carefully reviews the results. Here’s an example of a typical quality issue from an automatic translation:
का चयन करें… colTwo colun1,
तालिका Truncate विवरण
- Full reflowable book taken as image: Your eBook should consist primarily of text, not scanned pages from a physical book. Your readers won't be able to change text size in the scans. Here's an example:
- Missing open/closed quotations (" ")
- Missing punctuation
- Missing explanations for footnote references
- Images should be in .JPEG and .PNG format only.
- Content inside the image should be legible.
- Images should not be too small in normal view. Check them in Kindle Previewer.
- Images should not be pixelated.
- Single images should not be split into multiple images.
- Split large tables into parts, re-using the table header across each version. The maximum size is 5 columns and 50 rows.
- Do not include images within tables.
- Do not include sub-tables within tables.
Error message | Issue | Recommended fix |
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Your chosen book language differs from the language in your uploaded file. Please update the language information and resubmit your manuscript. |
Your file's contents are in a different language than the language you chose when entering your book details. |
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Republishing an old title in an Indian language which was suppressed earlier when KDP did not support the language. |
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The fonts in your uploaded file are not Unicode compliant. |
Our system is unable to read text in 8-bit proprietary ASCII fonts in your language. |
The regional language fonts used in your document are likely not Unicode (a standard for representing characters as integers) compliant. They could be 8-bit proprietary ASCII fonts. ASCII is a set of digital codes for letters, numbers, and other symbols used in the transfer of text between computers. Unicode is standardized for regional languages; ASCII is not. Our system is Unicode-compliant, and it is unable to read ASCII fonts. To fix this, convert your document into Unicode and try to resubmit it. There are tools available to type directly in Unicode as well. If you need professional assistance to convert the manuscript into Unicode, choose one of these conversion services. |
Unicode format which has encoding error. |
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Language tag is different from the content in the sections/pages with content in multiple languages. Please update each section's language tag to match your chosen book language and resubmit. |
Language selection for bilingual books. |
If more than 60% of the content inside the book is in English, select the book language as English from the dropdown menu in your Bookshelf. This error appears if less than half of your book's content is in the language you choose. |
Issue | Recommended Fix |
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Content type |
Please upload a reflowable source file. Reflowable books provide the best reading experience since they automatically resize to fit the reader's screen. |
Data tables with more than 50 rows or 5 columns |
We don't support tables larger than this. Please split larger tables into smaller ones. |
Empty lists |
Remove any empty lists from your file and replace them with blank lines. |
Images with wrapped text not set as "inline" |
Insert the image again and change your document settings from "Wrap Text" to "Inline with Text." |
Text scanned as images |
Do not upload reflowable text as scanned images. Wherever possible, type all the text in your manuscript. |
Conversion time-out error |
Sometimes network or connectivity issues may lead to conversion failure when uploading files. Please try resubmitting the file. |
Wrapped text not set as "Inline With Text" around new or blank lines |
Change your document settings from "Wrap Text" to "Inline with Text." |
Wrapped text in tables not set as "Inline with Text" |
Remove wrapped text from your tables. |
Images not in JPG or PNG |
Please ensure that your images are all in .JPEG and .PNG format. |
Fully transcripted books |
Content should be created using the regional language, we don't support books created using English or foreign language script. Example: Hindi book transcripted using English words. |
Corrupted source |
Corrupted source might be due to following reason: A format could have been renamed to another format and uploaded. To avoid this, please upload the file in this format: titlename.doc / titlename.epub / titlename.docx. |
Comic or image books |
Full document should be created only using images with 0% reflowable content. |
Fixed-format HTML tag |
We do not support the "Fixed Layout" tag in Open Packaging Format files (.opf). |
Images mis-aligned |
Make sure to set the alignment in Microsoft Word instead of dragging an image. |
Text mis-aligned |
Use Microsoft Word's alignment settings to correct alignment errors. |
Images that should be on multiple pages are packed onto one page |
Place a page break in between images to put each one on a separate page. |
Letters or other characters appear as empty boxes or other unrecognizable symbols |
Documents converted from PDF files using OCR software often cause characters not being displayed properly. Do not use OCR software to convert PDF files into Word files. |