I just did this! I have just as of august 31st published my first book on amazon for kindle. It was much easier than i thought. here are the steps i used.
1. set up a KDP {kindle direct publishing} account.
2. open your manuscript in microsoft open office. Edit. this step was long for me...i had a lot of spelling errors and i always forget that i in reference to self is a capital letter...
3. save as HTML format.{its in the save as menu}
4 reopen in open office as html document that you just saved, using the insert and format tabs create your page breaks and mark your paragraphs.
5 follow the instructions on KDP upload your book, {make sure to download the previewer as it does the preview job the best. preview your entire book looking for odd breaks and weird line placement}when your happy with the way it looks. save and publish when you've chosen your price and regions for availability
6.} wait about 10-12 hours and viola published.
i HAVE MAD 2 SALES so far hoping for more!
you can find my book here.
http://www.amazon.com/Of-Shade-and-Shad ... and+Shadow
hope that helped!
