[Mika]

Kindle Direct Publishing, or KDP in short, is a self-publishing platform from Amazon, where writers can publish their original books as ebooks or paperbacks and make money. There are a lot of self-publishing platforms, however, KDP is simply the best. You can not only earn upto 70 percent royalties but also sell through Amazon, which controls 64 percent of book sales worldwide.

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Can You Actually Make Money by Publishing on KDP?

Yes, you can make money by publishing on KDP and selling via Amazon. However, money does not come easily, you will have to work hard to generate sales. Publishing on KDP is free. If you have a manuscript ready, you can publish your book in less than 5 minutes. Generating your first sale is a hard nut to crack though. If sales begin to pick up, you will make money in your sleep.

How to Generate Sales for your Amazon Book?

If you are thinking about publishing on KDP, the first thing you need to know is how to sell your Amazon books.
A simple answer is to reach out to your friends and family. Request your friends and family to buy your books and leave positive reviews. If you manage to get some sales and positive reviews, your book will appear in the trending section of your chosen category. This will encourage the buyers to check your book.

Friends and family can help you gain early traction, however, that’s not enough. You need more sales. In order to generate more sales, you can offer your book for free for a limited time. The idea is to top the list of trending books and also get more positive reviews. Giving your book for free for a limited time will help your book gain exposure.

How to Promote Your Amazon Book

If you are a first-time author, it is really difficult to generate sales. That’s why you need to promote and market your book through paid promotion. You can advertise your book on Amazon, Facebook, or any other platform of your choice.

Advertising on Amazon

When you are advertising on Amazon, you can choose to advertise on Amazon.com or any other Amazon marketplace of your choice (Amazon UK, Amazon India, etc.) Amazon offers various types of ads, such as Sponsored Products, Lockscreen Ads, etc. When you choose Sponsored Product ads, your book will appear when the customers make a search using your targeted keywords. Lockscreen ads are targeted towards the users who use Kindle E-readers or Fire Tablets. The best thing about Amazon ads is you pay only when the customers click on your ads. You can choose your pay-per-click rate and daily budget.

Advertising on Facebook

Facebook ads are effective only when you choose the right demography. You will have to target your ads towards the people who are interested in the topic of your books. If you have never used Facebook ads, experiment with a $1 daily budget for 7 days.

Conclusion

You can publish in any genre, including erotica. However, your books need to be original, and never published on other platforms.

[Netherrealmer]

Erotica is the easiest way to get published but remember when it comes to writing erotica.... Target a female audience because men don't read porn, they watch porn. Women on the other hand wanted to use their imagination and they want build up.

[Mika]

I have never tried my hands-on creative writing. However, if I choose to write I will of course never choose erotica.

[Netherrealmer]

Paying an influencer to promote your book can be good too but you will have to pay the influencer lots of cash.

[Mika]

I would rather consider running ads instead of contacting an influencer for promotion.

[Netherrealmer]

If your book started to have some sort of success , having it translated to other highly spoken languages will also be a good tactic. Your translator though should be a young person so the translation will appeal to a younger audience. An older translator might use oldspeak.

[Mika]

Publishing books in multiple languages can help authors. I also believe that publishing books in multiple formats like ebooks, paperbacks, audiobooks can also help.

[Sincerem]

KBP is an excellent site for publishers to publish their E-books and earn money in a passive way. I'm not an eBook writer, if not, i would've utilized KDP to make money from my writing skills.

[Lilia]

Erotica is the easiest way to get published but remember when it comes to writing erotica.... Target a female audience because men don't read porn, they watch porn. Women on the other hand wanted to use their imagination and they want build up.

Lol but nice analysis

-- 24 May 2021, 14:33 --

Thanks for this, I'm working on my first e recipe book, this write-up here will guide me on how to sell on Amazon

[Mika]

Thanks for this, I'm working on my first e recipe book, this write-up here will guide me on how to sell on Amazon

If you are publishing recipe book, make sure to add photographs of the finished dish in your book.

[mrki444]

Paying an influencer to promote your book can be good too but you will have to pay the influencer lots of cash.

Depends on influencer. Some don't ask almost anything since they need good material for channel. Those are rare and often not popular but still you can get some affect from them and audience.

[Mika]

Some don't ask almost anything since they need good material for channel

I think this breed is rare. Most of the influencers are always looking for income opportunities.

[Sincerem]

Because the income matters a lot, but we must justify for it before earning it.

[Mika]

Because the income matters a lot, but we must justify for it before earning it.

That's really true. However, when you are publishing on KDP, you don't spend money, every thing is free. You can sell if you reach to friends and family who are willing to help you succeed.

[kennysplash]

Yeah, but one has to be a seasoned writer. It is not some paid to post forum, I am not much of a writer.

[Mika]

Yes, it is not a paid t post forum where you can create one liner post and make money. However, you don't need to be a seasoned writer. All you should know is how to write engaging book and market your book well

[crestcapital]

You have passed a vital information but I do not think I can sign up on amazon . It doesn't accept applicants from my area, I have even applied for their affiliate programs severally but my applications were declined

[Mika]

Affiliate program (called amazon associate) is different from kindle direct publishing. Ty signing up and see if you can be accepted.

[Sincerem]

Even if i try it now, Amazon will still block me, I'm not just moved to start with amazon associate.

[bestwriter]

In my case I have a goal to write and have topics to write on but not the will yet The more I wait the more will my desire to write slip away Sad but ture