Are you planning to write a book? Are you looking for a good place where you can publish this book? Then what better option is there other than amazon kindle? If you are an author and are looking for a self-publishing option, then amazon author is the best option. It has less hassle than you go through when you publish a book through a publishing house. Moreover, posting your book on amazon Kindle is cheaper in comparison to getting its prints. In simple terms, you don’t directly have to pay for the book publishing, but amazon will keep some amount from the profit you will make on your book.
But now the questions arise: what is KDP, and how can you use it to publish your book? Well, continue reading to find out.
What is KDP?
Amazon’s book publishing platform is called Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP). You can publish a book online yourself using this platform. The readers can buy the book as an eBook or print-on-demand book. It now controls the self-publishing book market and is one of the leading self-publishing businesses. It is a significant player in the publishing sector. As of now, it controls at least 80% of the eBook market.
Thanks to the 2007 debut of Amazon KDP, authors today must make a crucial choice regarding how to publish their work.
In truth, authors have profited from an explosion in career flexibility thanks to the development of remote writing jobs over the past ten years. The number of print books, self-published books, and other publications has increased as a result of this expansion. Traditional publishing or self-publishing are the two options available to authors for book publication. Many authors take into account the greater royalty payments on KDP when comparing the benefits of traditional publishing vs self-publishing. Publishing via KDP is also simpler. It’s because there aren’t any hurdles to jump through in order to compete.
How to Publish a Book on Amazon KDP:
Now that you know what KDP is let’s focus on how you can publish a book on there as well!
1. Create an amazon Kindle direct publishing account (KDP) account:
The first thing you need to do before you begin publishing your book is to create an account on amazon. However, if you already have one, then you don’t need to make an account. Just sign into the KDP system. Accept the terms of use then you will see your amazon author dashboard.
2. Add a new Kindle eBook :
Now go to the dashboard and click “add a new title”. There will be no aforementioned title there because it is your first boom. Just click the book “+ Kindle eBook ” and post your book there. However, make sure that you choose or save it as a daft at the bottom of the page.
3. Set Your Primary Language
The next step is to choose your primary language on amazon. This primary language will show in which language the book is written. This will also help you to gain followers in the long term.
4. Enter your book title and subtitle
What’s the most important thing that a book has? A title, of course! You need to add a title. This way, you will give the readers something to judge the book by. The title will be the first thing they will see, so make sure it is interesting.
5. Enter the Author’s name
The readers must know who wrote the book they are reading. That’s why after you are done with adding a book title, add in the Author’s name. You can add your own name if you want. Or else you can add your pen name too. Whichever name you are comfortable using. If there are more than one people who wrote the book, then add the name of the Author in the Author’s name and the name of the rest of the authors in the contributor’s box.
6. Write your book description.
Whenever someone visits your book, they will read the description before they buy it. The description is there to give a glimpse of the product. This helps the readers to know what they are buying.
So, start writing a brief description of your book. However, make sure that you write it within 4000 characters only. Because that’s the only amount that Amazon allows, this book description is like your book’s sales pitch, so make sure that it is worth reading.
7. Verify your publishing rights
It is important that you must select the button that says that you own the rights and have the necessary publishing writing. Amazon has really strict policies that can cost you. So make sure you don’t try to plagiarize someone else’s content.
8. Choose your keywords
When writing a normal paperback book, you don’t need to worry about seo. However, that is not the case with eBooks. Seo is a very important part of marketing your book. This will help your book on reaching the right audience. That way, you can make sure you think about some relevant popular keywords to your book and add those in the boxes. These keywords mean that you want your boom to come up when you write those words in the search box.
For example, if you want Harry Potter to show up on the feed, then you would write “magic books”, “children’s books”, “English book”, and “story books.”
9. Choose two categories for your book.
Once you are done with adding the keywords, it’s time that you think up some categories and add those in too. Choose the categories in which you think your books fit perfectly. Add those categories to the category box.
For example, let’s take Harry potter; what categories would you put? You can put “magic, fantasy, thriller etc. as categories.
10. Choose the right age range:
There are certain books that are only suitable to be read by a certain age group. Certain scenes in your books or the writing style of your books determine the age group. So, if your book has an explicit scene or abuse or any other thing that is unsuitable for young kids, then you need to add an age group.
11. Choose your book release option.
Now that you are done with the basics, it’s time that you choose a release option for your book. No matter how popular you are, you need to have a marketing plan before you publish. And your marketing needs to be even stronger if you are publishing a non-fiction book.
Before you decide when to publish your book, make a plan for a comprehensive launch. You can continue inputting the details for your book by selecting “Save and Continue”, regardless of the release date you decide on for the time being. Just keep in mind to come back to this and determine your precise publication date before you release your book.
12. Select DRM rights
Make sure DRM is turned on.
Digital Rights Management prohibits copies of your book from being made and distributed for free.
People can still use Amazon Kindle’s lending feature to temporarily lend the book to friends even when DRM is enabled. Simply said, they cannot steal it.
13. Upload your book
Regardless of the choices offered (such as pdf or doc files), convert your eBook into a properly structured epub file before uploading it.
Always utilize the most recent amazon Kindle format to ensure that your book looks great on all e-readers. Although formatting a book is difficult, doing it well is essential if you want it to appear professional. And compared to other eBook retailers, Amazon requires a slightly different format for eBooks.
14. Upload your book cover
Books are often judged by their covers. Whether you like it or not, this is unquestionably true, and much marketing data supports it.
You must professionally do the cover design of your book if you want it to sell.
Avoid creating your own book covers. If you don’t know what you’re doing, even something as simple as the cover typeface might damage your cover.
Hire a qualified cover designer and book editing services if you want to be taken seriously as a published author.
15. Save to draft until you’re ready
Until you’re prepared to pick a publication date and launch your book, select “Save as Draft.”
I can’t emphasize enough how crucial it is to consider every facet of your book’s promotion before publication. That extends past your book’s design, pricing, and promotion strategy.
Additionally, it has your author branding.
You must set up your Amazon Author page with your author photo and bio as soon as your book becomes online. You should also include any blurbs on the detail page for your book.
Prepare those at once.
Finally, listen to your instincts. Your instinct will let you know if anything isn’t ready, regardless of how impatient you are to see your book on the amazon Kindle store.
Conclusion:
Writing is one skill, but publishing is a completely different skill. Although it may be tempting, you would be better off throwing away all the effort you put into writing it if you rushed your manuscript to market.
You come across as unprofessional if you publish a book that appears unprofessional. Better off not writing anything at all. The best thing you’ve ever done for yourself and your profession, though, is maybe releasing that book if you take your time and do it well.
