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Romance novel formatting


Format your romance novel for KDP.

5x8 in – Acceptable alternatives: 5.06x7.81 in or 5.25x8 in. All are KDP-approved trim sizes.

What we get right for romance novel

Scene-break ornaments

Glyph dividers between scenes (rose, heart, fleuron — your call). Consistent every chapter. Reflowable on Kindle, centred on print.

Drop caps that work

Three-line raised drop cap opens every chapter. Built to render cleanly across Kindle, Paperwhite, Fire, iOS Books and Kobo — not just print — and tested on-device, since reflowable drop caps can vary by reader.

Series branding consistency

Series title, book number and author logo carried through every interior. Book two matches book one exactly. Box sets reuse the same masters.

Sensual content + Kindle Unlimited

We don’t censor — but we flag layout choices (heavy italics blocks, excessive caps) that can cause rendering or quality-review issues on Kindle.

Author page + back-matter

“Also by” page, mailing-list CTA, review request, sneak-peek of book two. The back-matter that turns a one-time reader into a series reader.

Front-matter discipline

Dedication, content warning (if any), epigraph, copyright — laid out the way trad romance imprints do it, not the way Word defaults.

Pricing

Standard formatting packages apply:

  • Print PDF only – £69
  • Print PDF + Kindle EPUB – £119
  • Complete Package (Print PDF + Kindle EPUB + ePub) – £179

All packages include 2 free revision rounds. Rush turnaround (+£29) available.

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Robert Prime — Founder of publishing.co.uk

About the Author

Robert Prime

Robert Prime is a best-selling self-published author, veteran eCommerce strategist, and the founder of publishing.co.uk. With over 25 years of experience in digital business he brings a battle-tested perspective to the publishing industry. After experiencing firsthand the archaic, headache-inducing process of formatting a KDP-compliant book for his own best-seller, Google. Panic. Repeat., Robert built publishing.co.uk to solve the problem for other authors. He is also a co-owner of the LoveReading.co.uk network (the UK’s leading book discovery platforms), founder of the Amazon growth agency MrPrime.com, and a member of the Forbes Business Council.