A Kindle book can be formatted using HTML. Simply put, a Kindle book is composed as an HTML document. All you need is a plain-old text editor and a Web browser. HTML turns out to be an excellent choice for formatting a Kindle book because of the following reasons.
- HTML provides a reliable and predictable way to format and display your book consistently across all Kindle devices and applications. This alone is a good enough reason to choose HTML over Microsoft Word as a tool of choice for formatting your next Kindle book.
- An HTML-formatted Kindle book has a smaller download size than the same book formatted with Word.
- There are countless free and commercial HTML authoring tools available.
- HTML is easy to learn and use for Kindle book formatting purposes. Contrary to popular belief, a mastery of HTML is not required. You only need to know a small subset of HTML tags to format your Kindle book.
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