# Google Docs

Google Docs is Google's free browser-based word processor for drafting and sharing manuscripts, with comments, suggestions and EPUB, DOCX and PDF downloads.

- Canonical page: https://kdp123.com/t/google-docs/
- Official site: https://workspace.google.com/products/docs/
- Categories: Writing & Formatting
- Price: Free (Free with a Google account; Google Workspace plans add business features.)
- Platforms: web, ios, android
- Outputs KDP-ready files: No
- Touches your KDP account: No
- Official Amazon product: No
- Last checked: 2026-11-09

## Summary

Google Docs is free with a Google account and is good for drafting and for collaborating with editors and beta readers through comments and suggested edits. It can download DOCX or EPUB for a Kindle ebook, but its page setup offers only preset paper sizes with no custom trim, mirrored margins or bleed, so it cannot produce a 6x9 or 5x8 print interior without an add-on. Gemini AI drafting is built in on some plans; text it generates must be disclosed to KDP as AI-generated.

## Pros

- Free, with real-time collaboration and suggestion mode
- Downloads DOCX and EPUB

## Cons

- No custom page sizes for KDP trim sizes
- EPUB export is basic and needs checking in Kindle Previewer

## Alternatives

- [Microsoft Word](https://kdp123.com/t/microsoft-word/)
- [Scrivener](https://kdp123.com/t/scrivener/)
- [Dabble](https://kdp123.com/t/dabble/)
- [Atticus](https://kdp123.com/t/atticus/)

## Sources

- https://workspace.google.com/products/docs/
- https://support.google.com/docs/answer/10296604
- https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/GVBQ3CMEQW3W2VL6