You can change some book details after publishing. When updating book details that appear in your manuscript and on your cover, be sure to make the changes in your manuscript and cover too. Also, if you significantly change your book, it is considered a new edition and should be published as a new book. If you make minor changes, it's considered the same edition.
Note: If you participate in Author Central, changes to your main author name or description made through your KDP Bookshelf will update automatically on Author Central within 24 hours. However, if you make updates to your information in Author Central, you'll need to make updates in KDP. Also, your product detail pages will display the information stored in KDP any time you update or republish in KDP, so the information in your KDP account needs to be current.
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Update Your Book Details
Update Your Book Details
To update your book details:
If you updated a published book, it will be reviewed again. For information on timelines, including details on new publications and updates to published books, see our Help page.
- Sign in to kdp.amazon.com and go to your Bookshelf
- Click the ellipsis button ("…") under KINDLE EBOOK ACTIONS or PAPERBACK ACTIONS next to the book you want to update
- Select "Edit eBook Details" or "Edit Paperback Details." This will take you to the Details page
- Edit your details
- Click Save and Continue. This will take you to the Content page
- Click Save and Continue. This will take you to the Pricing page
- Click the publish button at the bottom of this page
Details you cannot edit after publishing
There are certain book details you won't be able to change after publishing. Which details you can change also depends on whether you published an eBook or a paperback. Regardless of format, if you significantly change your book, it is considered a new edition and should be published as a new book.
eBook
You cannot change the Digital Rights Management (DRM) setting you chose when you set up your eBook. You also cannot change the publication date after you publish your eBook. The Kindle Store will automatically enter the date you first published your book through KDP. If you make significant changes to your book content and want the publication date to reflect the date of the new version, you can resubmit your revised content as a new book. Updates to both your book title and author name are also considered significant changes. If you would like to republish your book by changing both the author name and the title name, it will need to be submitted as a new book and go through our standard review process.
Note: Your publication date isn't the same as your release date. You can change your release date if you want to make new books available for pre-order in Kindle Stores worldwide. Setting up a pre-order allows customers to order your book as early as 90 days before release date. Learn more about setting up a pre-order.
Note: Your publication date isn't the same as your release date. You can change your release date if you want to make new books available for pre-order in Kindle Stores worldwide. Setting up a pre-order allows customers to order your book as early as 90 days before release date. Learn more about setting up a pre-order.
Paperback
The paperback attributes listed below will be locked after publication because of ISBN requirements. They can't be updated unless you unpublish and republish your paperback as a new title.
- Language
- Book title
- Subtitle
- Edition number
- Primary author name
- ISBN
- Imprint name
- Publication date
- Ink & paper type
- Trim size
