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Word scramble books for KDP, ready to upload
Each page is one theme: a list of words with their letters mixed up and a box for every letter. Pick the level, the number of puzzles and the trim size, and the themes if you like. You get the interior PDF with every answer, the full wrap cover with the spine sized to the page count, and a signed check of both files against KDP’s paperback specs. One price for any word scramble book: 500 credits, from $3.30 in the big pack.
The sample book, as delivered
How every puzzle is checked
- The right letters. A second program confirms that every mixed-up word uses exactly the letters of its answer, no more and no fewer, and that at most a third of them stay in their places.
- Never a real word. A mixed-up word is never the answer itself and never another common English word, so no line looks as if it was left unmixed.
- One answer from the lists. No answer’s letters spell another word from our theme lists, so two words of a theme never share their letters. Words whose letters also spell another English word (ACES and CASE) are used only when a theme runs short of others, and the theme at the top of the page tells them apart.
- No word twice anywhere in a book, and full answers at the back.
What you choose
| Level | Easy (10 words of 4 or 5 letters a page), medium (10 words of 6 or 7 letters) or hard (7 words of 8 to 12 letters) |
|---|---|
| Puzzles | 17 to 55 on 8.5 × 11 in (up to 40 at easy and hard), one to a page: no word repeats in a book, so the word lists set the maximum |
| Themes | 103 themes, from Birds and Flowers to Castles and Knights, in turn; or pick your own, including 60 Christmas and winter themes |
| Large print | On by default: mixed-up letters of 18 to 20 pt and bigger boxes |
| Trim size | 6 × 9, 7 × 10, 8 × 10, 8.5 × 11 in or A4; white or cream paper |
| Title and author | Your title, subtitle and name or imprint, printed on the cover, the spine and the title page |
Questions
Can I make a Christmas word scramble book?
Yes. Open “Subtitle, author, themes, seed” in the form and tick Christmas and winter themes. Those 60 themes alone hold about 18 medium or 26 hard puzzles without repeating a word; add other themes for a longer book. If the themes you pick run short, the book maker says how many puzzles they hold.
Why at most 55 puzzles?
No word appears twice in one book, and each puzzle keeps to a single theme, so the theme lists set the limit. For more puzzles, make a second volume: a new seed draws other words.
Will KDP accept the files?
Each book passes our check against KDP’s published paperback specs before you can download it: page size, page count, embedded fonts, margins and gutter for the page count, cover size and spine. If KDP still rejects the files within 30 days, the book’s 500 credits go back to your key.
What goes in the listing?
listing.txt in the ZIP has a title, subtitle, description, seven keyword ideas and the print options to pick on KDP. The preview folder has six images of real pages for your listing.
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