Kindle Publishing
What you'll learn
- Learn how to dissect the elements that make up a bestselling book in your niche or genre
- Learn how to choose the best two categories for your book
- Learn how to discover the keyword phrases that readers are searching for in your niche or genre
- Learn how to write compelling copy for your book's description
- Learn how to publish a book to the Amazon Kindle Store
Requirements
- If you intend to publish an eBook to the Amazon Kindle Store, then you will need to have a well written, professionally edited and correctly formatted book
- You will also need a professional looking cover that works well in the genre or niche you are writing in.
- I recommend that you purchase a copy of the writing tool, Scrivener, but it is not a requirement of the course
Description
In this Kindle Publishing course for self-published authors, I will show you the steps you need to take in order to successfully publish your book on Amazon, through Kindle Direct Publishing.
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You will learn how to Research the elements that make up a bestselling book in your niche or genre and then how to Write effective copy that will hook readers and entice them to buy your book.
You will learn step-by-step how to actually publish your ebook through KDP and also whether or not you should place your book exclusively within KDP Select.
Research the Bestselling Authors and Books in Your Particular Niche or Genre
Are there certain authors in your niche or genre that seem to be amongst the bestsellers, time and time again?
Perhaps they have a huge following or just write incredible books, but the chances are that there are a number of things that you can learn from both them and their books.
In the section on Researching, you will discover:
- How to dissect the elements that make up a bestselling book in your niche or genre
- How to mirror what the bestselling authors do to create a description that sells
- How to choose the best two sub-categories for your book
- How to research keyword phrases for your book, WITHOUT having to pay for expensive software
Write Compelling Copy that Will Sell Your Book on its Amazon's Sales Page
You may well have written your book, but that doesn't mean you still don't have some more writing to do. This particular type of writing is totally different to the creative writing you have been doing up until this point. And requires a totally different skill set.
In the section on Copywriting, you will learn:
- How to write a good title for your book
- What your sub-title should incorporate
- What your book’s tagline should try to achieve
- How to write a description for your book that will pique the reader’s interest
An Over-the-shoulder Look At How To Publish a Book on the Amazon Kindle Store
Once you have researched the ideal categories and keywords for your book and have also written the perfect copy, the next stage is of course to actually go onto KDP and publish your book.
And I thought the best way to show you how to do this was to take you step-by-step through the Kindle Publishing process.
In the section on Publishing To KDP, you will learn
- How to enter your book details
- How to expand on the book description you have written and create a description for your Amazon Sales Page
- How to set up your book’s pricing
- How to incorporate your keyword phrases
- How to use HTML so that your book stands out from the crowd
Is Exclusivity the Correct Choice For You?
Before you click on that Publish button, you still have a very important decision to make, namely whether to place your book exclusively with KDP Select.
And in the section on Selecting, you will find out:
- The advantages of KDP Select
- The disadvantages of KDP Select
- And when an author should or should not go exclusive
At the end of each section of the course, I have included:
- a Quiz - to test your knowledge of what you have just learned
- a PDF - with links to the resources and tools mentioned in the section, as well as some further reading on the topic.
- a Task Sheet - which sets out a number of tasks for you to complete in order to practice what you have learned.
And by completing the quizzes, the extra reading material and the tasks I have set, I believe you will take even more from the course than if you just sit and watch it, so I highly recommend that you do so.
By the end of this Kindle Publishing course, you will have all the elements correctly in place to successfully publish your ebook on Amazon.
Who this course is for:
- Authors who have yet to publish a book
- Authors who have already published books, but who would like to sell more books on the Amazon Kindle Store
- Anyone with an interest in self-publishing
- Authors who want an over-the-shoulder look at Kindle publishing
Instructor
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Having worked as a marketing manager in London during the nineties, where he also completed his Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing, David decided to leave the rat race in 2000, head east and forge a new career as an online marketer. It was during this time that he published his first book.
As a British ex-pat living in Slovakia, David has set up online businesses and written non-fiction books in a number of different niches, most notably freelance translating, ESL and all things Slovak. He also taught Business English to Slovak companies and private individuals and lectured at universities and other educational institutions, where he developed his passion for teaching.
In the last few years, from his mountain home in the heart of Europe, David has primarily focused on print on demand and self-publishing, during which time he has created over 5,000 designs and published over 1,000 books. In addition to this, David has taught online courses to over 50,000 students, mainly in the print on demand and self-publishing niches, and is currently half-way through writing his first series of YA fiction novels.