{"id":69177,"date":"2022-02-07T11:03:20","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T10:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.derekhaines.ch\/sandbox\/?p=69177"},"modified":"2026-02-12T17:20:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T16:20:23","slug":"how-to-add-video-in-ebooks-when-publishing-with-kdp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.derekhaines.ch\/sandbox\/how-to-add-video-in-ebooks-when-publishing-with-kdp\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Add Video In Ebooks When Publishing With KDP"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Can you include video in ebooks? Yes, you can.<\/p>\n

There are many ways you can add video to ebooks. If you want to include a lot of videos, you will be creating an interactive ebook.<\/p>\n

But this type of ebook, or flipbook, is not suitable for self-publishing on Amazon.<\/p>\n

If you want to add videos to an ebook when self-publishing on Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), you can do it. But there are some limitations.<\/p>\n

Interactive ebook or Kindle ebook?<\/h2>\n

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Many online platforms specialize in publishing interactive or enhanced ebooks.<\/p>\n

Some are free or free to try, but most are by subscription.<\/p>\n

You can create interactive ebooks that include more than videos with these services.<\/p>\n

You can add images, audio, quizzes, calculators, or games.<\/p>\n

While you can create stunning ebooks or flipbooks, it’s not easy to sell these types of ebooks.<\/p>\n

For years, there has been a lot of talk about interactive ebooks being the future of ebooks.<\/p>\n

But as yet, this hasn’t happened.<\/p>\n

For most authors, the best place to sell ebooks is on Amazon.<\/p>\n

But adding videos in ebooks with KDP is quite restricted.<\/p>\n

You can do it, but you need to understand what works and what doesn’t.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Kindle Editions and KDP<\/h3>\n

Occasionally, you might find ebooks from the Kindle Store that are Kindle Editions.<\/p>\n

Here’s an example of an ebook by Stephen King that includes audio and video.<\/p>\n

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However, it’s not easy to search for these ebooks.<\/p>\n

But you can try this link to take you to the list.<\/p>\n

While it looks promising if you want to add a video to your ebooks, there are restrictions.<\/p>\n

The KDP support page about video content says this:<\/p>\n

Supported devices.<\/strong> Kindle Edition with Audio\/Video content is available on Fire tablets (2nd generation and later), iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. <\/em><\/p>\n

Audio and video content is not supported on Kindle E-reader devices (customers can read the book, but any audio or video is replaced with a message that it is not supported on this device).<\/em><\/p>\n

A later entry is where the bad news is for KDP self-publishers.<\/p>\n

Kindle Direct Publishing.<\/strong> KDP doesn’t currently accept Kindle Edition with Audio\/Video content. This format does not currently support Enhanced Typesetting.<\/em><\/p>\n

From this, you can see that publishing Kindle ebooks with audiovisual content is only available to large publishers and Amazon imprints.<\/p>\n

But there is a way you can include a video if you use KDP.<\/p>\n