Video: Updating book details

To update book details:

1. Go to your Bookshelf.
2. Click the ellipsis button ("…") under KINDLE EBOOK ACTIONS or PAPERBACK ACTIONS next to the book you want to update.
3. Choose Edit eBook details or Edit paperback details. This will take you to the Details page.
4. Edit your details.
5. Click Save and Continue. This takes you to the Content page.
6. Click Save and Continue. This takes you to the Pricing page.
7. Click the publish button at the bottom of the page.

If you update your book details (e.g., title, description, categories), manuscript and cover files, or publishing and territory rights, we'll review your book again to ensure it meets our guidelines. Learn more about timelines for updates to published books.

Note: Books on your bookshelf have a particular status assigned to them, which reflects where they are in the publishing cycle. Some of these statuses allow you to make changes to your book, and others don't. Learn more about your book status.

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Details you can edit after publishing

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 use 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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Details you can't 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's considered a new edition and should be published as a new book.

eBook

You won't be able to change: 

• Digital Rights Management (DRM)
• Publication date: The Kindle Store automatically enters the date you first published your book through KDP
• Title and/or Author name: If you make changes to your main title and/or author name after publication, your eBook will be considered as a new book, you will need to upload a new submission. 

To improve the shopping and reading experience for customers, if you significantly change your book title or author name when submitting it as a new book, you're required to include the following disclaimer at the top of the description field: "Previously published as [book title] by [author name]." Significant changes to both book title and author name aren't allowed.

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 book.

• Language
• Book title
• Subtitle
• Edition number
• Primary author name
• ISBN
• Imprint name
• Publication date
• Ink and paper type
• Trim size

To improve the shopping and reading experience for customers, if you significantly change your paperback's title or author name when submitting it as a new book, you're required to include the following disclaimer at the top of the description field: "Previously published as [book title] by [author name]." Significant changes to both book title and author name aren't allowed.