The Complete Guide To Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing For Beginners

By Arthur Lancelot

The Complete Guide To Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing For Beginners

 

Are you trying to find a real home business that you can run totally online with hardly any prior experience?

 

In such case, "The Complete Guide To Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing For Beginners:" is the book for you!

 

Being turned down by literary agencies or publishers is a thing of the past. 

 

This is due to the fact that Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing, the industry leader in digital book publishing, now allows you to independently publish your book as an eBook, print book, and hardcover book. 

 

With the help of this book, you will discover and develop the fundamental abilities you need to quickly realize your dream of self-publishing.

 

You may use Amazon's technology to generate fiction and non-fiction Kindle ebooks as well as physical books with just a computer and an internet connection.

 

A simple approach to get really passive income is through self-publishing. A book just needs to be uploaded once to start earning money from it in perpetuity. 

 

Additionally, it is possible to write books that will continue to be popular for a long time without being an acclaimed author or designer. 
 

Anyone may start earning money through Amazon KDP by selling books, including fiction and non-fiction as well as planners and diaries!
 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Arthur Lancelot
• Release date: Sep 23, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223203025

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Introduction

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elcome to The Complete Guide to Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing for Dummies - the ultimate practical guide for beginners who want to create, publish and sell their own books on Amazon. In this comprehensive guide, you will learn everything you need to know about the Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing platform, from conducting market research and creating a business, to opening an account, formatting your book, designing a cover, publishing your book, and promoting it for maximum exposure. Whether you are a first-time author or an experienced writer, this guide will help you navigate the world of self-publishing and create a successful passive income stream. So, get ready to turn your passion for writing into a profitable business with this practical guide to Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing.

chapter 1

Kindle & Kindle Publishing demestifying

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o what exactly is the Kindle? The Kindle is a revolutionary electronic- paper media reader that provides a sharp, high-resolution screen that looks and reads like real paper. Other companies have tried to enter the digital media reader market in the past with limited success. What makes Amazon’s Kindle different is its ease of use, instantly accessible content and its real book like look and feel. It's like a book with a small computer wrapped around it.

Kindle has become huge over the last few years. Everywhere you go you see people holding their Kindle's and being engrossed in their reading... and it has become equally as popular as an online business model. People from all around the world have written books and turned themselves into published authors - and in this report we're going to discuss why it's become so popular and how you can join them too.

Whether you're on a train, bus or sitting in the park you're always seeing people reading their Kindle. Quite honestly it is MASSIVE - and it's probably only going to get even more so over the next few years.

But why has it become so popular?

When the idea of e-readers first came about many people scoffed at the concept and said that they wouldn't take off because people would always prefer reading from a traditional book. They argued that part of the reading experience is turning the pages and seeing lots of books on your shelves at home.

Perhaps a key reason for Kindle's popularity is that you can store an entire library of books on one small, portable device. It doesn't matter whether you've got 2 books or 100 books stored on your Kindle - it'll still take up exactly the same amount of space in your bag, meaning that you can take your entire book collection with you wherever you go.

Along a similar line is that with a Kindle you can purchase a book at the touch of a button. Let's say you are browsing the internet one day and come across a new book that you really want to read. Before the days of Kindle you would have to order it and wait for it to be delivered - or you would need to pop to the shops and pick up yourself a copy. With a Kindle you can purchase the book at a touch of a button and have it sitting on your device just a minute later.

Of course there ARE some disadvantages to Kindle...

Books with lots of images, for example, can be better when you've got a hard copy, however in recent years Kindle has come up with their Fire devices to combat this somewhat. These Kindle's are now fully functioning tablet computers that compete with devices such as Apple's iPad, thus introducing Kindle to a whole new audience and expanding the possibilities considerably.

With Amazon Kindle, what you will be doing is providing content in the form of digital books and reports to the millions of current and future Kindle users. You'll earn a commission when one of your digital books is bought and downloaded by a Kindle user. And the best part is, once you do the work to get your books uploaded to your Kindle store, they'll be there indefinitely -- earning you commissions for years to come.

In this book, you're going to learn how you can partner with one of the giants of Internet commerce, Amazon, to sell digital content to their growing Kindle User base.

Amazon KDP has been widely used in the publishing industry.

Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing has simplified the process of self-publishing for writers, making it possible for them to do so with a single click.

For authors who have found conventional publication to be difficult, the accessibility of KDP has led to its meteoric rise in popularity.

But, if you want to handle everything properly, from book formatting to book launch, it might be a very daunting procedure.

In this chapter, you'll learn the fundamentals of book formatting so that you can upload your files to Amazon's KDP and begin the publishing process.

If you follow the steps in this KDP chapter, your book will be live in the Kindle Store and ready for purchase by the time your readers finish it.

Self-publishing your book for sale as an eBook or print-on-demand book is possible using Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Amazon's online book publishing platform. It's a frontrunner in the self-publishing book industry and often considered to be the best of the bunch.

At now, Amazon KDP controls a staggering eighty percent or more of the global eBook market.

With the advent of Amazon KDP in 2007, today's aspiring authors have more options than ever before for getting their work published.

In reality, the past decade or two has seen a dramatic increase in the number of remote writing assignments available to authors of all genres. Because of this boom, more people are turning to self-publishing as a means of getting their works into the hands of readers.

Both conventional publishing houses and independent publishers are available to authors. Many authors balance the greater royalty rates on KDP and the simplicity of self-publishing in comparison to the competitive hoops they would have to go through to have their work published traditionally.

How does KDP Publishing work?

Let's say you're an author who has recently published their first novel. You're interested in having it published, but you have no idea how to go about it. Here's when a service like Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing might be useful.

You no longer need a conventional publishing house in order to reach Amazon's vast audience with your books. With KDP, writers can publish their works in both digital and physical formats without worrying about upfront fees or ordering inventory. As an added bonus, KDP allows writers to keep all rights to their books, which is not the case with most conventional publishers.

Amazon's KDP is a fantastic option for authors who are eager to see their works in print. You may put your book for sale without having to pay anything until it really sells. Curious as to how? We plan to discuss it shortly.

Authors can self-publish their works in eBook and paperback formats through KDP Publishing.

The Kindle store allows authors to directly upload their book files, making them available for instant download by customers.

KDP Publishing uses print-on-demand technology to create paperback copies of books as they are ordered, with the author receiving a cut of the royalties after deducting the printing costs.

First things first: get those book files up on Amazon KDP.

Submit it to the KDP platform, as the second step.

Third, once a customer buys your eBook, they can immediately download it to their computer or mobile device.

Fourth, if your book is available in paperback format, readers may buy it and have it printed and sent to them by using print-on-demand technology via the Amazon KDP platform.

Fifthly, income from book sales made via the KDP program will be paid to you by Amazon.

What kind of content to publish using Amazon’s KDP?