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Amazon's KDP consistently rejects my PDF generated from Apple Pages

I have spent 2 years writing and many weeks formatting and proofing my memoir in Pages, with photos and a great layout. It looks wonderful and should be all ready to go.


I've exported the file to PDF to upload to Amazon's KDP for a **paperback book** (not a Kindle).


But KDP/Amazon consistently rejects my Pages-generated PDF. After banging my head against the wall for several days, I still have no idea how to get around this.


KDP/Amazon support says it requires embedded fonts and images, but Pages doesn't seem to embed them. Could this be my problem? If so, how do I solve it?


Has anyone else had this problem? Can anyone help me get this done? Please!


Thanks in advance!


MacBook Pro. 14” 2021 - OS Monterey 12.6.7


MacBook Pro 14″

Posted on Sep 26, 2023 8:51 PM

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VikingOSX
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Posted on Sep 27, 2023 5:22 AM

Pages will embed a subset of the font used in the document in the exported PDF, but not the entire font set. The images will be in the PDF.


As a test, if you have access to MS Word 16.31 or later, open that resulting PDF with Word, let it convert it to a .docx. On the Word Preferences/Settings : Save panel, select Embed fonts in the file. Then save that .docx.


Next, with the .docx still open, File menu : Save As… PDF and give it a different name than the input PDF. Try the ⦿ Best for electronic distribution option instead of Best for printing.


From a PDF Metadata standpoint, the Creator will now be Microsoft Word and not Pages.


Upload this new PDF to Amazon and see if it resolves the KDP issues.

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VikingOSX
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Sep 27, 2023 5:22 AM in response to authormarks

Pages will embed a subset of the font used in the document in the exported PDF, but not the entire font set. The images will be in the PDF.


As a test, if you have access to MS Word 16.31 or later, open that resulting PDF with Word, let it convert it to a .docx. On the Word Preferences/Settings : Save panel, select Embed fonts in the file. Then save that .docx.


Next, with the .docx still open, File menu : Save As… PDF and give it a different name than the input PDF. Try the ⦿ Best for electronic distribution option instead of Best for printing.


From a PDF Metadata standpoint, the Creator will now be Microsoft Word and not Pages.


Upload this new PDF to Amazon and see if it resolves the KDP issues.

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