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Guide to How To Self-Publish a Book on Amazon

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Amazon being the world famous platform for aspiring authors and passionate readers is developing new features in order to give whatever the customer desires are. Among many other features, the Kindle Direct Publishing best known as KDP is quite trendy. This is the platform where authors can self publish their book without the burden of approaching a publishing agent. Now the main problem is that many authors don’t know the right way of publishing their work on Amazon. So, today you will get to know a step by step guide to how to self-publish a book on Amazon. KDP or KDP Select There are basically two things you have to choose before publishing your book. We have already discussed KDP and KDP Select in detail, but in short will describe it again. Both platforms showcase your work with millions of readers all around the world. They both provide 70% royalties of the book priced between $2.99-$9.99. But a major difference between them is that through KDP Select one has to give exclusivity

Amazon Advertising for KDP Authors in 2021

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It can be said that advertising is the most effective marketing tool in today’s world where people can reach a wide number of audiences. Product searches is one the important marketing tools among various others. Nowadays authors spend a lot of money on advertising through Amazon, as it is indeed the biggest bookstore in the world. Surprisingly people search for any product more on amazon rather than google.  Kindle Direct Publishing backs up the authors with advertising through AMS. Advertising through Amazon is one of the best things authors can get as people open it with a mood to buy something and not just to chit-chat. But all these advertisements go in vain if it is not carried in a proper way. Like one spends a lot of money but does not get results because of carelessness.  In order to have a successful advertisement these points need to be remembered, like: What are the bids you are making? Who are your target audience? Is the cover of your book effective or not? And various ot

PITFALLS OF AMAZON KDP

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The journey from being a writer to that of getting your book published is quite craggy. But there are people willing to get their name published as an author which is now very easily fulfilled by the biggest platform like Amazon. With the introduction of Kindle books in 2007 by Amazon, it actually transformed the whole publishing world. E-books indeed took the reading world into a whole new tangent where the readers don’t worry about various paperbacks. Instead, they can start their eBooks wherever they want to and have pleasure time reading it.  Most of the Indie authors directly opt for Kindle Direct Publishing. It allows independency and the authors can create their own account within hours unlike the tradition of going to the publishing house to get your book published. But with the flourishing market of eBooks which has brought authors from all over the world to opt for Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing, there are not all things amazing in KDP, with great opportunities comes great p

How to Sell More Books with Amazon Ads Automation for KDP Authors?

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An author's main aim is to get their work acknowledged and read by a wide number of audiences.  Amazon being the largest and best platform to get one’s book published is indeed a great achievement.  But then what? Obviously, one has to familiarize their book among the reader’s world with the automation of Ads processes. If you are a KDP author and new to this self-publishing world then you must get aware of the various ways of Amazon Ads automation in order to sell more books. Now the main question comes forth as: What is Amazon Marketing Services? Advertising is the key element to get one’s product noticeable. Amazon Marketing Services which were launched in 2012, can be used to advertise any product whether it be books or clothes. They offer effective tools which help authors stand out against their competitors by bringing in a lot of traffic.  AMS offers the authors to tailor their Amazon Ads with targeted audiences where the probable customers will be able to see it.  Through P