1. Standard Reflowable Kindle eBooks

For most authors, this is still the main publishing path. Reflowable Kindle books are intended for titles such as novels, memoirs, narrative nonfiction, how-to books, local history, and genealogy writing. In this format, the text can adapt to the reader’s screen and settings rather than being locked to a single rigid page design.

Amazon’s current KDP documentation lists DOC/DOCX, EPUB, and KPF among the central supported manuscript formats for Kindle eBooks. For ordinary text-heavy projects, this remains the safest recommendation.

2. Word-to-Kindle Workflow for Beginners

One of the easiest entry paths is still to write the manuscript in Microsoft Word or a similar word processor, save the file as DOCX, and then either upload it to KDP directly or bring it into Kindle Create for cleanup, chapter styling, and export.

This remains especially useful for first-time authors, for writers who prefer not to build EPUB files manually, and for projects that may later be adapted to both eBook and print workflows.

3. Kindle Create and the KPF Workflow

Kindle Create remains Amazon’s own primary tool for preparing Kindle-ready content. Amazon’s current help pages continue to position KPF as a core format created through Kindle Create, and KDP notes that using KPF helps an eBook format well across Kindle devices.

For many publishers, this is the practical middle ground between uploading a plain DOCX file and building a custom EPUB by hand.

4. Direct EPUB Workflow for Advanced Users

More advanced publishers can still create or export a clean EPUB file using third-party software and upload it directly to KDP. This path is useful for people who already work with publishing software, understand HTML/CSS, or want more control over internal formatting than a basic word-processor workflow usually provides.

Amazon’s current support pages continue to list EPUB among accepted eBook manuscript formats, while the larger Kindle Publishing Guidelines still describe a more technical, publisher-oriented workflow.

5. Fixed-Layout Comics, Manga, and Children’s Books

Some Kindle projects need the page art and text placement to remain visually fixed. That includes many comics, manga, illustrated children’s books, and image-heavy titles. Amazon’s current Kindle Create guidance says publishers can import PDF, PNG, or JPEG files into Kindle Create for comic and kids’ eBooks, and then add Guided View panels.

Amazon also still documents fixed-layout options such as text pop-ups and image pop-ups / virtual panels.

6. Print Replica for Complex Page Design

Some books are too dependent on exact formatting to work well as normal reflowable Kindle books. For those, Amazon still provides Print Replica, created from a PDF in Kindle Create.

Amazon’s current Print Replica help page explains that these eBooks preserve the formatting and layout of the print edition, but also notes an important tradeoff: readers cannot resize the text, and support is more limited than for standard Kindle eBooks.

7. Interactive Print Replica Content

Kindle Create remains one of the few current Amazon-supported routes for richer Kindle content that can include more than static text and images. Amazon’s current Kindle Create documentation still describes support for adding multimedia and linked elements in certain workflows, making this a niche but still relevant option for some educational or instructional projects.

Because device and app compatibility can vary over time, publishers should verify current support in Amazon’s help pages before building a project around interactive features.

8. Custom and Professional Kindle Production

Not everyone uses Word or Kindle Create alone. Amazon still maintains a broader technical framework through its Kindle Publishing Guidelines and its Paths to Getting Your Content on Kindle documentation.

This is the lane for technically inclined publishers, service providers, and teams that want tighter control over structure, navigation, markup, accessibility, or production workflows.

9. Important Changes That Make Older Kindle Pages Go Stale

Two updates matter a great deal when repairing older Kindle-related webpages. First, Amazon’s current KDP help pages say that MOBI is no longer accepted for new uploads; the final step in that transition took effect on March 18, 2025. That means older tutorials centered on MOBI conversion are now outdated for current publishing work.

Second, Amazon’s Kindle Vella Update FAQ says Kindle Vella was wound down effective February 26, 2025. Amazon also states there that authors are encouraged to republish Vella stories as regular eBooks.

10. Cover Images and Current KDP Tools Still Matter

Manuscript format is only part of the process. Amazon also maintains current guidance for cover preparation and other production tools. Their official Cover Image Guidelines and broader KDP Tools and Resources pages are better long-term references than many older blog posts.

11. Quick Summary for Visitors

• Use reflowable eBooks for most ordinary books.
• Use DOCX, EPUB, or KPF as the mainstream current formats.
• Use Kindle Create when you want Amazon’s own workflow.
• Use fixed-layout / Guided View for comics, manga, and illustrated children’s books.
• Use Print Replica when the page design must stay locked to the print layout.
• Do not build new workflows around MOBI.
• Do not point visitors toward Kindle Vella as a current serial-publishing option.