Amazon Book Categories
Posted in Book Marketing & Promotion Book Production

How to See Your Book Categories

Dave Chesson over at Kindlepreneur just published this video. It’s under 4 minutes and has some key information in it….

Beginner's Guide to Amazon's Paperback Distribution
Posted in Book Production

A Beginners Guide to Amazon’s Paperback Expanded Distribution

Before you set up your paperback on Amazon KDP, make sure you understand the impact and implications of selecting the Expanded Distribution Option.

How to rank your books higher on amazon
Posted in Book Marketing & Promotion

How to Rank your Books higher on Amazon with Publisher Rocket

Guest blogger Dave Chesson shares three major ways Rocket will help you get more exposure on Amazon and sell more books!

Competitive Analysis Prompts to research your book idea
Posted in How to Write and Self-Publish a Travel Guide

Competitive Analysis Prompts to research your book idea

Here’s a list of prompts you can use to assess each element of your competitive research. This will help you evaluate the viability of your book idea.

How to research your ebook competition on Amazon
Posted in How to Write and Self-Publish a Travel Guide

Research your eBook Competition on Amazon

Step-by-step instructions for using Amazon to manually research and assess the competition for your guide book. This is a budget conscious way to complete a competitive analysis.

Beginner's guide to the pros and cons of fixed vs. flowable ebook formats
Posted in Book Production How to Write and Self-Publish a Travel Guide Self-Publishing Advice

A Beginners guide to the pros and cons of flowable vs. fixed ebook file formats

The impact of flowable vs. fixed layout text layouts in your ebook. The pros and cons of choosing the optimal ebook file format for your content. Fixed vs. Flowable.

Author Copies IngramSpark Amazon KDP
Posted in Author Resources Book Marketing & Promotion Book Production

How and why to order author copies from Amazon KDP and IngramSpark

Both Amazon and IngramSpark let authors buy copies of their book at a reduced cost, so you can sell them direct, donate them or give them away to friends or for book marketing.

Podcast How to Self-Publish a Travel Book Show with host Jay Artale-Episode 8
Posted in Book Marketing & Promotion Podcast: How Travel Writers Self-Publish

How Travel Writers Self-Publish Podcast Ep#8: How to Research your Travel Book idea using Amazon

Listen to our latest 20 minute podcast to find out how to Research your Travel Book idea using Amazon, and pinpoint the research elements you need to focus on.

Which amazon KDP royalty rate should I choose?
Posted in Book Design Book Production How to Write and Self-Publish a Travel Guide

Which Amazon KDP ebook royalty rate should I choose?

Take the guesswork out of whether you should include images in your Amazon KDP ebook. Here’s a way to calculate the financial implications of choosing the 70% vs 35% royalty rate.

7 easy steps for making the most of Amazon Kindle
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7 easy steps for making the most of Amazon Kindle

Have you already published your books on Amazon? Then here’s a list of 7 easy steps for making the most of your presence on Kindle.

Dan Blank Podcast Reaching Readers
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5 Tips from Dan Blank about Reaching Readers

Here’s 5 Tips from Dan Blank about Reaching Readers to inspire you to put your own personal plan together to increase your readership.