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Amazon Eliminates Two Promotional Options

Sending emails to users, Amazon announced that Kindle Matchbook and Amazon Giveaway are shutting down.

First, Amazon Giveaway is shutting down, which allowed authors to run giveaways similar to Goodreads Giveaways.

Amazon alerted users:

After careful consideration, Amazon Giveaway is retiring. Thank you for participating in the program. Our records show that you have credits from previous eBook giveaways. These credits can be used to create new giveaways until October 10, 2019 and customers can enter giveaways until October 17, 2019. You can also download any remaining eBook credits as Kindle claim codes from the Amazon Giveaway dashboard. Claim

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SPR2019-10-03T07:00:58+02:00October 3rd, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: Amazon News and Tips|

3 Things You Should Consider When Selecting Amazon Keywords

Deciding to publish your book is a milestone in any author’s career, says Dave Chesson from Kindlepreneur. And for many self-publishers that is achieved through Amazon KDP. Amazon’s marketplace is the largest available outlet on Earth for all book sales — from eBook to print and traditionally published to self-published.

This is why it is all the more vital that you really consider how to market your book there. It’s a competitive battleground that, when leveraged properly, can yield great results. And this all starts with choosing the right keywords for your book.

But what exactly are Amazon keywords? […]

Dave Chesson2020-02-08T15:58:12+02:00June 14th, 2019|Categories: Member Blog|Tags: Amazon News and Tips, Dave Chesson Articles|

Jeff Bezos to Study Kindle Ebooks to Learn the Secrets of the Universe

Seattle, Washington, April 1st, 2019 – Today Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos revealed that he is going to study all Kindle ebooks to finally answer life’s enduring mysteries. The idea came to him when watching the second season of the Netflix series, “The OA.” In the series, a tech billionaire creates a game to lure in gamers in order to study their dreams, which seem to have repeated patterns that reveal mystical secrets, so he can then…not sure, it’s entertaining, but kind of confusing.

“First off,” Bezos said from his home in Medina, WA, “You should only have an Amazon Prime […]

SPR2019-04-02T04:45:07+02:00April 1st, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: Amazon News and Tips|

Six Reasons Why Amazon is Not Banning Indie Authors

There has been a lot of panic recently with horror stories about Amazon banning indie authors en masse for promoting their books. Here’s why that’s fake news.

1. Amazon is a business that wants to make money.

There are millions of books on Kindle, something like 7 million. Around 10% of Amazon’s total book stock. There’s no way Amazon wants to ban indie authors from Amazon, who must account for at least a quarter of those books, just by pure common sense.

2. Getting reviews and promotion for your book is not going to get you banned.

If you do […]

Cate Baum2020-02-20T13:31:33+02:00October 18th, 2018|Categories: Features|Tags: Amazon News and Tips, Book Promotion Articles, Book Reviews|

How To Switch From CreateSpace to KDP Paperback

CreateSpace will be closed down in about two weeks, so now is the time to switch to KDP Paperback. Here’s a rundown of each scenario to publish your paperback.

1. If you already have a CreateSpace Paperback and a Kindle eBook

All you have to do is go to this page and move your books over:

https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/createspace-transfer

2. If you have only a CreateSpace Paperback

You may feel wary of going over to KDP, but it’s exactly the same, and may help you sell more books. Here’s what to do:

Log in to your CreateSpace account at https://www.createspace.com/Login.do and read

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Cate Baum2020-02-21T05:43:20+02:00October 14th, 2018|Categories: Features|Tags: Amazon News and Tips|

Mythbusting The Amazon Algorithm Part V: Amazon Categories and Keywords

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Cate Baum2019-12-16T08:36:19+02:00October 2nd, 2018|Categories: Features|Tags: Amazon Algorithm Tips for Authors, Amazon News and Tips, Book Promotion Articles, Mythbusting Amazon For Authors|

CreateSpace and KDP Print are Merging

It’s finally underway: after launching KDP Print in 2016 and announcing the phase-out of CreateSpace, Amazon’s Print-on-Demand wing is now retiring. If you currently have books are on CreateSpace, they will be automatically moved to KDP Print in the coming weeks. From KDP:

In a few weeks, we’ll automatically move all accounts to KDP. If you’d like to get a head start, you can move your entire catalog yourself in a few steps. To ensure a quality experience, we’ll enable the ability to move your CreateSpace books to KDP in phases, so authors may see it at different times.

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SPR2020-02-21T04:32:33+02:00August 30th, 2018|Categories: News|Tags: Amazon News and Tips|

GDPR – How it Affects Authors in 2018 – With FREE Privacy Policy Template

If you’ve been relying on a mailing list to sell books online, or you sell books from your website, you need to know about the GDPR, a new law that comes into effect on May 25, 2018 that protects people online from spam and unwanted data sharing. It affects anyone who is located, does business, or makes contacts in the EU region, which is basically this area shown in the image (click image for interactive version at Nations Online), and carries hefty fines if you do not follow the rules.