If you’ve got your novel in a Word document, you can transform it into a MOBI file at no cost following these steps:

• Download and install Calibre
• Click the down arrow next to Add Books
• Choose Add Books From A Single Directory

• Navigate to your Word document and select it
• Click Open
• Your book will now be shown in the list and will already be selected
• Click Convert Books

• Choose Input format: DOCX
• Choose Output format: MOBI
• It is not necessary to change any other settings here
• Click Okay at the bottom

• Click Save to disk
• Navigate to your target Destination Folder

• Click Select Folder
• This will create a folder with the author’s last name, first name
• With the book title as a subfolder

• When emailing your book, it is only necessary to send the actual .MOBI file