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 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 […]
Amazon has defined 31 major Kindle categories. Obviously they are organized alphabeticaly, which is very practical for readers. Not so much for self published writers trying to find the most profitable kindle categories to increase their income! What if we messed with this natural and arbitrary order? Let’s rank these categories differently, hopefully you will […]
In the previous case study, we looked at kindle best seller lists in the Historical Fiction theme. We had plenty of Amazon book categories to choose from. But what about writing on a subject so damn narrow that there are only 3 or 4 obvious choices? I actually went through this same issue myself not […]
In your adventurous journey as an indie author, you surely faced the delicate question of choosing kindle categories where to publish your ebook. There are more than 10 000 categories on Amazon alone, so it is far from a straightforward choice. Especially since, this crucial decision will directly affect your ebook’s visibility and thus its sales performance! […]
If your book does not make it to the front page of Amazon book categories, it is as good as dead. The math is pretty clear. In nearly 64% of the 10 000 categories tracked by Kindle Ranger, books ranking below the 50th position (front page) sell less than 1 book a day. That’s a lousy […]