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title: "How to publish an eBook from a Word file | PubliWrite"
source: https://publiwrite.com/guides/publish-an-ebook
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# How to publish an eBook on PubliWrite

You can turn a Word file into an eBook readers can buy on PubliRead, and read in the browser or on Kindle or Kobo. This guide shows how to import your manuscript, design the cover, set your price and see what you earn on each sale, then submit it for review.

## Steps

1. On your dashboard, click New book and import your Word or PDF file.
2. Check the chapters, add them, and click Publish.
3. Choose Ebook, then add a description.
4. Design your cover with Design it here.
5. Set your price, check what you earn, and submit it for review.

## Chapters

- 0:00 [Intro](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8KdIaiRJTo&t=0s)
- 0:08 [Import your book](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8KdIaiRJTo&t=8s)
- 0:45 [Choose eBook](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8KdIaiRJTo&t=45s)
- 1:09 [Design your cover](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8KdIaiRJTo&t=69s)
- 1:40 [Price and submit](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8KdIaiRJTo&t=100s)

## Learn more

- [Earnings and plan rates](https://publiwrite.com/features/royalties)
- [Royalty calculator](https://publiwrite.com/royalty-calculator)
- [Global distribution](https://publiwrite.com/features/global-distribution)

Read the transcript

This eBook is on sale today. Readers can read it in the browser, or send it to their Kindle or Kobo. Start on your dashboard, and click New book. To bring in a book you've already written, choose Import a Word or PDF document. Give it a working title. Pick a genre or two. You can change these later. Then drop in your Word file. We split it into chapters for you. Click any chapter to check it before it goes in. Add the chapters, and your book opens in Creator Studio. When you're ready, click Publish. Choose Ebook. PDF is here too, if you'd rather. Then continue to setup. Each step saves as you go, so you can stop and come back. Add a description. It's the first thing readers see about your book. Next, the cover. Choose Design it here. No design skills needed. Pick a style. Each one is your book in a different look. Check the words on the cover. Your title is already there, so add your name. Change the colours if you like, then click Done. Now the price. Type it in, and you see exactly what you earn on each sale. On the free plan, you keep eighty per cent. Check everything on one page, then submit it for review. Our team checks it, usually within a couple of business days, and we email you when it's live. And here it is on PubliRead. Next in the series: designing your print cover. Click the video on screen to watch it.

Last updated 10 November 2026

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[How to design a paperback cover (back, spine and front) in PubliWrite](https://publiwrite.com/guides/design-a-paperback-cover)

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