Kindle Direct Publishing For Absolute Beginners: A Guide to Publishing Kindle E-Books for Beginners

“Kindle Direct Publishing for Absolute Beginners is a jewel to anyone who is about to publish or is thinking of publishing an e-book,” says Bil Howard of ReadersFavorite.com. “Sally goes a step further than most books on electronic publishing by including some marketing techniques and methods of increasing sales of your book.”This book was last updated in June 2023 to reflect changes at Amazon KDP and in e-publishing generally. Sally Jenkins is a prize-winning short story writer and many of her articles on creative writing have appeared in the UK press. She has successfully published several e-books including collections of her short stories and articles. Kindle Direct Publishing for Absolute Beginners pulls together Sally’s e-publishing experience into a concise and easy to follow guide. Starting with the definition of an e-book and deciding what to write, through to running KDP Select promotions - Sally’s advice is sensible, friendly and easy to follow. Kindle Direct Publishing for Absolute Beginners gives the novice self-publisher a basic introduction to the following topics (with links to more in-depth articles):What to Write - E-publishing is more flexible than traditional publishingBefore You Publish - Tips to make a manuscript the best it can beTitle - Use it to make your book discoverable on AmazonFront and End Matter - How to start and finish an e-bookFormatting - Sally recommends Mark Coker’s ‘Smashwords Style Guide’ and adds a few tips of her ownThe Cover - Three ways to generate an e-book coverTax - Information for UK authors on the tax payable on Amazon royaltiesRoyalties and Pricing - The choices facing an authorKDP Select - Advantages and disadvantagesCreating the Product Description - Writing the book’s ‘blurb’KDP Keywords & Categories - Help people find your bookKindle Pre-Order - Generating a pre-publication ‘buzz’Getting Started with KDP - Entering tax and bank informationUploading a Book to KDP - Publishing your bookA+ Content – What is it?Ad Campaigns - A brief overview of paid advertising on AmazonSales Reports - How to view your worldwide sales figuresCreate an Amazon Author Page - Tell the world about yourselfObtaining Reviews - Encouraging others to endorse your bookKDP Select Free Days - Run a ‘Free Days’ campaignKDP Countdown Deals - Run a ‘Countdown Deals’ campaignWriting a Series of E-Books - Keep the readers coming back for moreWhat to Do When the Books Don’t Sell - Re-ignite your e-book salesCreate a Mailing List - Keep in touch with your readersPublishing a Paperback through Amazon KDP – Tips from Sally’s experience of paperback publishingCreating a Box Set - Definition of a box set and the benefits of publishing in this way.What the reviewers said about ‘A Writer on Writing’ - Sally’s collection of creative writing “A Writer on Writing is highly recommended for all write