Kindle Sales Calculator Easily convert Amazon and Kindle’s best seller rank to daily sales! Learn how many kindle eBooks a writer is selling by entering their Kindle Best Seller Rank: There are a couple of Kindle sales calculators out there. All of them claim to be based on thousands of writers’ sales experience. All of them […]
KDP category browser Quickly find the KDP categories matching the Kindle and Amazon book categories! The main issue with KDP publishing platform I think all self-published writers agree that the “Select Browse Category” feature on the KDP publishing platform is an absolute nightmare. It is not user friendly, far from intuitive and has a design […]
A number of marketers and self-published writers overlook the power of a Kindle category to thrust their book to success…or burry it deep within Amazon’s shelves! Choose an overcrowded category with a fierce competition and you sentence your book into oblivion. But not before spending thousands of dollars on ineffective book promotion and SEO techniques. […]
You cannot read online articles about self publishing without coming across a blog or two claiming to hold the secret to help you become a successful indie writer on Kindle. I am not writing to dispute the efficiency of their tools nor to cast doubt on their shrewd tricks, far from it. I just would […]
As an indie writer I must say that I dread more what happens after I hit the “publish” button rather than tedious writing process leading up to it. Leaving aside all the Kindle SEO headache that starts with choosing the correct title, subtitle and writing an enticing description, I would like to focus on one […]
Diving into the self publishing world was definitely one of the best decisions of my life. Kindle publishing helped me realize a dream I did not knew I had in the first place: publishing books about computer security. Looking back on that particular moment of self doubt and apprehension, I remember being torn by loads […]
A writer’s first obsession is to find an idea to write about. Not any idea mind you. Depending on the kind of writer you are, you may be simply looking for original ideas on any topic. Maybe you are only searching for ideas in specific niche Amazon categories (vampires, time management, etc.). However, all these […]
There are over 5000 Kindle categories in the Amazon Kindle->eBooks store. When readers browse through these categories, they only get to view the first 100 ebooks listed in them. Amazon simply hides the rest away. Your goal is not only to make it to the Amazon Kindle bestseller list (top 100), but to position your […]
Since the launch of the Audiobook Creation Exchange (ACX) service in 2011– an Amazon service to easily record and publish audiobooks – Many blogs have been encouraging indie writers to get into the audiobook business. The main argument being that it’s an free source of additional income and new readership, since ACX takes care of […]
Promoting your book can quickly become your main source of expenses. We are talking about hundreds or thousands of dollars! It is thus imperative to publish your book in niche Kindle categories presenting the least amount of resistence. Promoting your book to outrank Stephen King’s books can require a good deal of money. Outranking unknown […]