On the Inspector , you can change the device you want to preview your eBook in. The options are:. You can now navigate through your eBook to view what it will look like on the different devices. After you have chosen the theme, click the Select button. This does not publish your eBook to Kindle Direct Publishing, but creates the. Click the OK button on this window to first save your file. Once your file is properly formatted and converted, you can self-publish your book to KDP. Before you open the Kindle Direct Publishing site, be sure you have all the necessary files and information needed to complete the process.
Have the above available in a text file, then you can just copy and paste when you upload your information and files. It takes a few minutes to fill in your details and upload your files. After you log in to your KDP account, the main dashboard will display. If this is your first Kindle eBook, the dashboard will be empty. NOTE: Open your text file where you have all your book details then you can just copy and paste your information. If this is the first edition, you can leave this blank.
These are the terms keywords prospective buyers will use to find your eBook in the Kindle Store. You can enter up to 7 keywords — double keyword phrases count as 1 keyword, e. Amazon defines a browse category as the section of the Kindle store where users can browse to your book.
If this is your first time self-publishing on KDP, I highly recommend that you read the Help icon message on the next window. Since having a professional, quality book cover is extremely important, especially as a self-published author, you should seriously consider hiring a professional book cover designer. Click the Save changes and continue button. If you created your. The second part to publishing your book on KDP, is focused on your author rights and the pricing of your book, as well as a few other logistics.
You can decide if you want to enroll in the KDP Select program after you weigh some of the pros and cons. You have the option to select only certain territories to sell your book in, but I advise you to choose Worldwide rights why leave money on the table, right? Amazon recently rolled out its new service, KDP Pricing Support , which at the time of writing this article, is in beta.
However, you can check to see what other books similar to yours are priced at. On your dashboard, you will see that the status of your eBook is now In Review , and you cannot access your book details. It will take about 12 hours if your book is in English to be live in the Kindle store about 48 hours for non-English books. After everything is uploaded to KDP, you will receive an email confirming that your book is available in the Kindle Store. The next step is to go forth and start optimizing your Amazon Author Central Page.
I suggest reading the mail, and even check out the links within the mail. The goal of many writers is to land on the New York Times bestseller lists. Being a bestselling author can mean future Do NOT quote these numbers or assume they will directly match your specific book sales.
For several important reasons:. If you maintained that level for consecutive days x 30 , you still only sell 3, total units in a month. Therefore, there is NO reason to brag or get depressed about your Amazon sales ranking. The only authors selling a ton of books on Amazon are those with rankings less than who maintain that level for several months. Those are the icons of the industry with major publishers and massive resources behind their book campaigns.
As another example, I consulted on a backlist book that consistently maintained an Amazon sales ranking of less than , which is amazingly rare. Yet, it typically sold only 2, — 3, copies per week. If you tell people your book is a 1 bestseller on Amazon, it means absolutely nothing. Any author who makes such a claim smacks of desperation and a lack of ethics. Any author can mount a marketing campaign that temporarily spikes a book to 1 in an obscure Amazon category for a brief period of time — maybe one day or two.
But, that spike is a fleeting moment, which quickly drops off. If a book gets to 1, you could use my chart above and guess that it sold , , or even 1, copies in one day. Then, what about the next day when the ranking quickly falls off to , 2,, or 5,?
Sales are back to modest amounts of 50 — per day. Amazon now has their own official bestseller list called Amazon Charts. What if I told you that I was the fastest runner in my neighborhood? Would you even care?
Likewise, authors who claim to hit 1 on Amazon look foolish, because they take an unverified number and make a big deal out of it. These arbitrary categories are a distant cousin of the main Amazon Top sales ranking list. Are we so desperate for accolades that we resort to making up random awards with no basis in fact or actual sales data?!
By the way, online piracy in Russia is still legal which does play a part in the ebook industry. The market has seen difficult years with low sales and big publishing chains closing down. However, reading is still really popular where writers and intellectuals hold an important public role. However other alternatives seem to be more popular than readers from these big three. We suspect the market is going to be even more attractive for readers and publishers in the coming years.
The main challenge, just like in previous years, will be piracy. Publishing Perspectives shared how manufacturers were not interested in investing in secure ereading devices along with legally operating ebook stores -- piracy is the norm. Amazon, Apple, and are present in Brazil, so we can have a fair picture of the Latin American market.
In the Brazilian government decided to distribute digital textbooks to public school teachers and students. They bought over , tablets , making Amazon one of its approved platforms along with its local platform Saraiva. The content was made available for university students free of charge. This resulted in an increased interest in the Brazilian market from big names including Wiley and Springer.
But according to Publishers Weekly , there is hope for the ebook market. See All Stores. After Amazon launched in , it became one of the most popular platforms along with China Mobile, China Unicom, and In this market, publishers have to manage fixed prices for ebooks and CEB, China's domestic ebook format. The country has a high percentage of readers reading fiction on device apps.
In terms of content, the market is ruled by Shanda Literature, a platform for amateur writers. The Chinese ebook market is booming, and young people are driving this growth. According to China Daily , the number of Chinese readers increased by nearly 30 million in And the majority of these readers were born in the s and s.
Forbes Although sales in physical bookstores dropped a bit, it appears that heavy discounts was an important factor in driving online book sales in The data reflect the buying habits of Chinese book consumers. And according to the data, offering discounted prices is a sales tactic to consider. Reach hard-to-access markets, including China and many more! Sign Up For Free! The now year-old Kindle was the first widely available and affordable ebook reader with easy click-to-buy options. Instead of converting and transferring files, consumers can simply buy from the app and enjoy easy reading across all devices.
Great as it sounds, ebook readers are becoming a dying breed. In the US, the number of readers using a dedicated ebook reader has remained the same from Those reading on tablets, smartphones, or laptops grew a lot.
People would rather shop from their devices where there is the convenience of getting access to music, movies, tv shows, or original audio series on their devices. The issue with syncing different formats and devices is no longer there with built-in apps, neither unique features. There's the issue of catalog size though, where millions of books are available from Kindle, Google Play or iBooks.
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