KDP puzzle book maker
kdp_puzzle_bookRead-onlyIdempotent
A ready-to-upload KDP paperback puzzle book: interior PDF, wrap cover, signed file check, previews and listing notes. Cost: 500 credits per call. Output: a file (application/zip) returned inline, at most 1 MiB. ZIP: interior.pdf, cover.pdf, check-report.pdf/.json, preview/*.png, listing.txt, README.txt
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| mix | No | Variety books only: the kinds of puzzle, in book order (default: wordsearch, sudoku, cryptogram, maze). Kids kinds only (kidssudoku, kidswordsearch, kidsmaze) make an activity book for kids; they do not mix with the others. Levels easy, medium or hard. | |
| kind | Yes | sudoku, wordsearch, maze, cryptogram, wordscramble, numbersearch, kakuro, fillin, killersudoku, calcudoku, futoshiki, nonogram, skyscrapers, logicgrid, crossword, numberfill, samuraisudoku, jigsawsudoku, kidssudoku (sudoku for kids), kidswordsearch (word search for kids) or kidsmaze (mazes for kids); variety for a book of several kinds (see mix) | |
| seed | No | Rebuild an earlier book exactly; omit for a new one | |
| trim | No | 8.5x11 | |
| count | Yes | Number of puzzles. The fewest allowed fill KDP's 24-page minimum; the most are 400 sudoku (300 at hard or expert), 150 word searches, 200 mazes, 300 cryptograms, 55 word scrambles (40 at easy or hard), 150 number searches, 150 kakuro (100 at hard), 150 fill ins, 150 killer sudoku (120 at hard), 150 calcudoku, 200 futoshiki, 120 nonograms (no picture twice), 200 skyscrapers, 100 logic grids, 100 crosswords (no answer twice), 150 number fill ins, 150 samurai sudoku (75 at hard), 300 jigsaw sudoku (200 at hard), 300 sudoku for kids, 100 word searches for kids, 200 mazes for kids, 150 puzzles in a variety book (shared evenly by its kinds, at least 4 of each, none past its own maximum) | |
| level | Yes | easy, medium, hard (and expert for sudoku and mazes). For kidssudoku the level picks the grid: easy 4x4, medium 6x6, hard 9x9, mixed all three in that order. For kidswordsearch it picks the grid and the word count: easy 8x8 with 8 words across and down, medium 10x10 with 10, hard 12x12 with 12 in all eight directions. For kidsmaze it picks the size in squares: easy 6x7, medium 8x10, hard 11x13, mixed all three in that order | |
| paper | No | white | |
| title | No | ||
| author | No | ||
| themes | No | Word search, word scramble, fill in or crossword themes to use, in order (default: the everyday themes, shuffled; the Christmas and winter ones only by name) | |
| subtitle | No | ||
| cover_color | No | The cover's color, so a series can look like no one else's. Default: the kind's own (sudoku navy, word search forest, maze terracotta, ...). | |
| large_print | No | Every text read while solving at 16 pt or more. Nonograms need room: in large print, easy on 7x10 or larger and medium on 8.5x11 or 8.27x11.69 (no hard); in regular print, hard on 7x10 or larger. Logic grids: in large print (a spread a puzzle), easy on 7x10 or larger, medium and hard on 8x10 or larger; in regular print, hard on 7x10 or larger. Crosswords in large print (a spread a puzzle) on 7x10 or larger. Samurai sudoku in large print on 8.5x11 or 8.27x11.69, in regular print on 7x10 or larger | |
| cover_layout | No | Where the title sits on the front cover: puzzle_top (default: a puzzle from the book above the title), title_top (the title above the puzzle) or title_card (the puzzle across the whole front, the title on a card). |