Amazon KDP

  • How to choose categories and keywords for your Kindle eBook

    As a writer in the world of self-publishing, you’re up against thousands of other books. It’s a super-competitive market, so your selling strategies need to be up to scratch to get the desired result. This includes making sure that Amazon’s algorithm rules are working for you. Think of Amazon as a search engine. You need…

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  • How to choose categories and keywords for your Kindle eBook

    As a writer in the world of self-publishing, you’re up against thousands of other books. It’s a super-competitive market, so your selling strategies need to be up to scratch to get the desired result. This includes making sure that Amazon’s algorithm rules are working for you. Think of Amazon as a search engine. You need…

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  • How to write a book

    How to write a book

    There can be many things stopping us writing the book we’ve always wanted to write. One of these is how to actually organise your time and sit down to write the book. So many people have some really great ideas for a book, but never reach the point of getting the words down on paper…

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  • How online review can help market your book

    To know for sure how book reviews influence sales is hard to gauge. There are many factors that may lead people to purchase a book: boredom, amount of free time to fill, how long it’s been since their last pay day, an impending long train journey… However, there’s one thing that’s universal – both you…

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  • Amazon KDP royalties and KENP: Everything you should know

    For authors with ebooks on Amazon, in your royalty report you may see up to three Amazon KDP lines for each ebook, each corresponding to the type of ebook sale: In this article, I will explain the Amazon ebook royalty type which causes the most confusion – KENP. When you publish an ebook exclusively through…

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  • How to Publish Hardback Books on Amazon: A Guide for Indie Authors

    Hardback books have always been popular. A 2019 poll on Goodreads revealed data to back this up: more than 40% of readers expressed a preference for hardback books over their paperback counterparts. Traditionally, indie authors didn’t have the option for hardback books via Amazon’s KDP print service. But this changed in 2021 when Amazon finally announced their…

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