Excellent video, Dave. I was a bit disconcerted when I initially went with KU because my ebook sales seemed to take a hit, but when I saw the number of "pages read" from those who downloaded it from KU, it changed my whole perception of it. Thanks for all you do!

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Yeah, it really seems to change the way we think about it.

Good advice, but it should be mentioned that you can leave KDP select after three months. A good idea might be to start off with select, and then move on to other platforms once you are comfortable with the basics.

wow! This was great. I learned a lot. You have me thinking of putting all my fiction books back in KDP Select! I'm going to take a look at my sales compared to Draft2Digital and make a decision. Awesome content :)

Great advice. I write both fiction and nonfiction so it makes it clear for me to put my fiction in KU but not my other books. Thanks

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome and glad to have helped!

I’m digging the new background layout. The back lighting really makes you pop. Well done!

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

haha...thanks. It's a bit of a work in progress. As for the backlighting, that's something I've wanted to do for a bit.

@DaleLRoberts

4 жыл бұрын

Kindlepreneur Brilliant placement. I dig the miniature tree. Nice coloring. Fills the space in a tasteful way.

@BizPros_Digital_Marketing

4 жыл бұрын

I love the content of the video and the video itself, what software do you use, Camtasia? Thanks!

@kennykenaz8340

3 жыл бұрын

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@sharonjohns1686

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Dale you're the best! Such a lovely helpful personality

Thank you. So professional and informative. I like how you give a suggested time stamp for people who may not need the information in the beginning; although, I watched the entire thing.

@Kindlepreneur

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

OMG! This was so helpful! Thank you. You're awesome Dave.

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

I was thinking your recommendation before you arrived at it. Awesome video. Thank you for this detailed analysis.

Thanks, Dave! Excellent points made and well thought-out. See you on the next video.

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks again, Dave. Very clear. Also, love the way you do your videos so that there is nothing distracting to take away from my (sometimes perhaps limited) focus.

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

Haha...thanks and I TOTALLY know what you mean. My editor and I work on scripting and a lot of edits to make sure it is to the point, and now distracting :)

Good clear explanation. thanks bro 👍

Thanks Dave for the insight. This is very helpful when determining whether or not to go KU. You make the publishing world a better place

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

Glad to help!

Thanks, Dave, you make some excellent points, backed up by research. So appreciate this.

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! It was a fun process and I hope to dig in a bit more in future videos as well.

Great pros and cons explained, Dave! Thanks!

Thanks for the advice! I've been in KU for a while and it def helps with my sales. Still a small fish in the big pond but now that I have 3 books out I'm ready to hit those ads and really see what they can do (Publisher Rocket is going to be a big help I'm sure 😉). Thanks for the video, I'll be digging into your others! (And since you like the genre, I write a bit of game lit mixed with portal fantasy myself.)

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

That's awesome and you bet. If you have an audiobook version of it, send me the link. I'm currently a audiobook only for fiction. Get my Gamelit fix while i workout...haha.

Thank you for all of this valuable info, Dave! (And you're sooo easy on the eyes, so there's that;)

Great video, Dave! Concise and well informed as usual. Thanks!

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

As a Kindle author, I have agonised over this question a lot. Well, after all this careful deliberation, I have decided to opt out of Kindle Select and go wide with Draft2Digital.

@Kindlepreneur

3 жыл бұрын

Glad to have helped!

Invaluable information, Dave! Clear, concise and on target! B&N are super smart to seek your help. Thank you!

@Kindlepreneur

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Can't thank you enough Dave...you're a fabulous teacher and I've learned heaps! 📚😀

@Kindlepreneur

3 жыл бұрын

Awe shucks :)

Very interesting and useful as ever Dave. I write non-fiction. Wouldn't enrollment in KU allow me to have my cake and eat it? That is, KU subscribers could choose my book over a paid one, but non-KU users would simply buy anyway if they could see the value from looking inside. I would not be bothered about not being able to use non-Amazon marketplaces. Plus I tend to buy a reasonable number of business books as well as fiction. I'm not sure I see any downside in going with KU in this circumstance, unless you think otherwise ...?

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

In truth, I say the most accurate statement is "it depends." There is value outside of Amazon, but only if authors put some sort of marketing effort towards it. As for KU, what my data shows on fiction vs nonfiction is: 1. Most readers buy into KU program for their fiction reading. 2. People who have KU will predominantly use it for fiction books in their genre 3. Slightly, but there is a higher percentage of Nonfiction books that get downloaded but aren't read in KU. I personally think it might be that people undervalue a KU nonfiction book. But don't do the same for Fiction - but this last part is my guess.

Thank you! I learned a lot from this video.

@Kindlepreneur

2 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it!

Hi, Wow! Thank you! That was excellent advise, KU for me then....KDP Select, it all came together after I watched your video! Thank you for all your hard work, Subscribed, Liked and Yes! I hit that bell. Have an Awesome Day!!

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

Great to hear and you too!

Great explanation

Terrific video, Dave, and very helpful. A topic my biz partner and I have been grappling with.

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic!

Useful vid. Need to a see a vid on which % royalty is really worth it.

@Kindlepreneur

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds good

@willbrink

3 жыл бұрын

@@Kindlepreneur BTW, using Publisher Rocket as we speak my my latest novella, The Last War Mage. I purchased it maybe 6 months ago, and used it to help optimize the stuff I had. This will be the first time I'm applying to a new book, so it's a great tool to have and I recommend it to others. Where I have had the least success is in finding what works in Amazon advertising, which is clearly as much art as science, but would also be a huge PITA to accomplish without Publisher Rocket.

@Kindlepreneur

3 жыл бұрын

@@willbrink That's awesome to hear. As for Amazon ads, yup - a balance between both.

Thanks, Dave. Cleared up some misconceptions I had. Question though: do some fiction genres do better in KU than others, and are there any genres where KU tends to be less viable than going wide?

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

Glad to have helped. As for your question, yes. Romance is almost a must, but I'd say most of them have a big advantage. As for genres that don't do well...memoirs, picture books, and that sort of thing. But most fiction genres seem to do better in KU.

@erikfromc

4 жыл бұрын

@@Kindlepreneur Awesome, thank you!

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

@@erikfromc No problem and glad to help.

@raynizzle143

4 жыл бұрын

@@Kindlepreneur This explains why my memoir doesn't sell a lot.

Another solid video!! Thank you! What’s the GU on your shirt!?

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! That means a lot. It's another company that I own and operate but unrelated to writing. I just love writing in that shirt. Super comfortable, and I love a light cover on my forearms and elbows because after 5+ hours of writing, without it, they can get chaffed.

This is a great description of the overall program.

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Thank you Dave. This was really helpful. The only pitfall of using Select is that it does not permit an author to use both the Countdown deal and Free Promotion in succession, for about three months.. As a young author, aged 18, I would be immensely grateful if you could clear one conundrum: are free promotions worth it? Many download the book but don't really read it, while those who purchase it happen to instinctively peruse it considering that they have invested in a product... Would like your opinion on this. Really appreciate your tireless efforts🙏🙂

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

The tactic isn't as effective as it used to be back in the day, but it is a way to drum up relevancy and popularity in the book again.

Thank you, I am a rookie and really needed this information.

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you, Dave. Much appreciated information.

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

Very welcome

Bravo, great video 👏👏👏

Excellent overview. Much appreciated.

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Outstanding informative video... Congrats! You got yourself a new subscriber!

@Kindlepreneur

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks and welcome

Thank you very much! This was crazy helpful

@Kindlepreneur

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

Btw, as a foreign author I faced that Barns and Nobles does not support my country. Very pity. They must work on it!

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

Bummer

what about if you think your book will be popular in a place like China? Would you stay with just Amazon or go to all the markets?

Dave. Is there a way to find out what genres work well in KDP and which don't? My understanding is that Romance, Fantasy, and Horror all seem to do well-others not so much. I write gritty Family Saga (not the cozies you'll usually find in Family Saga) I'm thinking that when I finish my WIP-a follow-up to my Saga book1-I might write something in a popular KDP genre and see how it works. What do you think?

Great advice, as usual, Dave. Thanks!

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

Such an informative and interesting video. Thanks for the info. 🙂

@Kindlepreneur

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you for the great information Dave. Any thoughts on poetry books and KU?

I agree with your fiction/nonfiction rule of thumb. In most cases. Great video, thanks.

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely...in most cases. I really wanted to say "it depends" but I also feel as though that is usually a copout when I do that. So I do my best to give some kind of guidance or Rule of Thumb.

Very concise! Thank you! KDP seems like a good fit for me.

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thanks Dave. Very helpful.

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

You bet

Interesting discussion. Your market share chart looks to be US only, however. By going into KDP Select, the author loses access to most international markets - this is Google Play's big potential advantage. I completely agree with your recommendation, however. My fiction generally goes into KDP Select (as it's aimed at US readers), my nonfiction goes wide - partly to access libraries.

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

True, the market share might be a slight different when including international markets in it, but overall., Amazon still takes a huge chunk. As for fiction/non-fiction...yup. Good call.

I've noticed nonfiction books don't get very many page reads. It's like the person goes right to what they want to know, and they're done. I lose a lot of money putting nonfiction in Select. It doesn't seem worth the other benefits.

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

Yup, which is why my rule of thumb at the end of the video is, it's good for fiction but not so much for fiction. That isn't to say a download won't happen for nonfiction, but that they aren't as ravenously read like fiction is. I don't do KU or KDP Select for any of my nonfiction books.

@Drathaar01

4 жыл бұрын

@@Kindlepreneur Yeah, I commented in the middle of the video. I heard you talk about nonfiction later. I almost edited my comment, but it was a little different so I let it stand.

Thank you and thank goodness for your expertise, information and resources, Dave! What do you think of the idea of starting with Select/KU and then, after the required 3 months, leaving to go wide?

Always good to remind oneself of KU etc - many thanks!

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

You bet!

Great video

Dave, could you put a list of all the stores where can I put my book for sell ( of course without upfront cost like on Amazon:) ) Please find out if there is possibility to sell both ebooks and paperbacks Great proposition for a video? ;)

@markjakob1217

4 жыл бұрын

I would see that as well

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

I'll look into that. But you could just use Draft2Digital who will automatically submit your book to those stores. I'll say this though, the amount of sales you get outside of Amazon, Barnes&Noble, iTunes and Kobo, is very very very small.

@damianzielinski71

4 жыл бұрын

@@Kindlepreneur so you think those 4 are enough for making money, I am right? I didn't know about draft2digital Thank for that Dave!

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

@@damianzielinski71 Yup

I think I'm gonna have to watch this five or six times, there's a lot to take in. One thing I couldn't decipher was whether KDP Select was appropriate for somebody producing a KDP Paperback, which is what I'm gonna have to do because the book is a children's book and contains quite a few illustrations.

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

Nope. Only for ebook

@aciddrive409

4 жыл бұрын

Kindlepreneur Thank you.

That's an instant sub. Thank you.

So helpful. Thanks!

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

What would you recommend for a children's picture book? Typically pic books are more popular as physical copies vs. eBooks. So would you enroll in KDP Select?

Thank you, Dave!

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome and glad you liked it.

Great video bro

I already have 7 books (essentially) permanently enrolled in Select. For my next one, I'll experiment and keep it out for at least the first three months. I want to see what going wide entails and also I want to be able to sell the book as a digital download on my site.

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome and sounds good! Be sure to give a bit of marketing effort on the other markets

@AntonisTsagaris

4 жыл бұрын

@@Kindlepreneur thanks Dave! I've been a huge fan for months, thanks for replying

Publishing e-book on Amazon kdp or on my website? Which one is best according to you...and what are pros and cons of both?

Thank you so much! Cheers

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

Hey, thank you for this video, really clear explanations! I have a question : can we send ARCs (from Kindle) while being enrolled in Kindle Unlimited? Is that okay with the exclusivity rule?

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

Yes you can and here is an explanation on exactly that: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hHiTvNiwcqq_cdI.html

Thanks so much! This was great information. Are there any differences when it comes to children's books? I'm in the process of re-launching a children's book series that was previously published for me by vanity publishers. I'm having difficulty in determining how best to use KDP's offerings. Any advice you can give would be greatly appreciated.

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

Hmmm..that's a great question. I would think that KU would be better for children's than not. Parents who are on KU would probably pick books based on them being 'free'

Really, really helpful. Thank you...Richard McKeown

@Kindlepreneur

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

How about memoirs? Though non-fiction they read more as a fiction book than a “how-to” non-fiction book?

brother what about paperback sales...how much royalty i will get in paperback in kdp select?

Great video, Dave - thank you! My first book launches next Thursday 😍🚀 I enrolled in KDP Select because I wanted to do a countdown deal during launch week. Then I discovered you have to have been enrolled for 30 days! Is there any way around this?

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome ! And as for your question, no. BUT in truth, the countdown deal is usually best when you're trying to re-drum up relevancy and popularity of your book. During your launch, you probably have the most visibility and excitement around it. Then when that starts to die off or wear off, then kick in the countdown deal to pick it back up :)

@sairsalou

4 жыл бұрын

Kindlepreneur fab! Thanks for taking the time to explain 🚀😊

@sairsalou

4 жыл бұрын

Update! My book launched on Thursday, hit #1 in three categories and has 46 five-star reviews! HUGE thanks to you and your amazing advice, Dave 🚀😊

A problem I have run into that I have only just become aware of is that, when I post a link to my books on Amazon.co.uk, those who press the link are taken to Amazon.com. These particular books are very much aimed at British people, but they are far less likely to order them from America. This is inexcusable idiocy and it has undoubtedly affected sales negatively.

@Kindlepreneur

3 жыл бұрын

Strange

if i enroll in kdp select, and promote the quotes from the books in social media ( to promote the book itself) , is it a violation of terms ?

Thank you for the video. Is excellent. A couple of brief questions. Can I rerelease an e-book on KDP select? What if the first time around it was on Ingram Spark as well as Amazon? And is KDP select for the International Market. I live in Australia.

Question: I've heard it is a good idea to use KDP select when your novel is first released and then change it to wide after the contract term is up. I believe that's three months? What do you think of that?

Thank you ,, im just starting up and ive got 4 live,, they keep asking me to do KDP and I really didn't know what to do. Thank You again , I do have a question but I will try to reach you on facebook.🙂

This is going to sound like a stupid question but . . . how do you know if you are enrolled in KDP select? I can't tell if I have.

@Kindlepreneur

3 жыл бұрын

It would be listed in your KDP dashboard.

Hi Dave. Great video. I am getting to self-publish a short story, 23,000 words. Will it be better to do wide distribution or KDP select? Thank you.

Hi Dave, another great video - thanks so much. I have a non-fiction book, and signed up for Kindle Select. I may not get as much traffic as fiction, but can't see the down side to having it. Is there a down side?

8:08 what program is he talking about?

So can people still purchase The Book While it's enrolled in KDP Select will I stay warm money from it

Hi Dave, recently released my debut novel. If I enrolled onto kdp select and kdp unlimited, is there any situation where I could end up owing Amazon money?

The problem I see 😞 there is the kenp read that one sucks I get a alot of pages read but the royalty I see is very very low 20 pages $0.07 😢 if i wasn't registered in kindle unlimited Maybe those people that read it would have bought it

Hi Dave, great video. Can an author be enrolled in KS and NOT be a part of KU? Thank you!

Really useful, cheers 👍

@Kindlepreneur

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped

Thank you!

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

Great class👍🏽

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you think so!

Dave great video but my book is in that middle ground so to speak so I am always left wondering in videos like this. My book is an adventure travel memoir from my African safari. It is nonfiction...but not really the type of non-fiction that you talk about. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Hello. Please can someone use Amazon's free ASIN for the ebook version and an ISBN for the paperback version of the same book ?

I had around ten books on KDP port and struggling for the last decade but of no avail. I have to "unpublished" two of my printed book versions, because not a single copy was rather "shown" to be sold, despite the fact that my 'Author Central' ranking show that my books gained the ranking, though not in terms money.

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

Oh wow

@YawerQazalbashAuthor

4 жыл бұрын

@@Kindlepreneur Are you really amazed, or in awe?

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

Yawer Qazalbash amazed that you had to do that.

@YawerQazalbashAuthor

4 жыл бұрын

@@Kindlepreneur Thanks. Sorry for the original post mistakes. However thanks again.

Tiimely video for me because I have just enrolled. Two questions: Someone said on a blog post that a particular reader must read through the whole book for it to count in KU, so individual pages or chapters don't count at all. Is this so? Secondly, if I signed up for Kindle Select am I automatically signed up for KU? One comment: another real perk for authors of book series is that, if KU readers enjoy your book enough, they will likely purchase the second in the series, which is not on KU. Thanks for being my trusted mentor, I reader all your posts.

@KatieBerryBooks

4 жыл бұрын

As I understand it, you get paid for every page read. If someone reads a quarter of your book during one month, you'd receive the royalty for those pages in your monthly royalty payment. If they read another quarter the next month, you'd receive payment for those pages as royalties for that month. If they never finish it, you still have received payment for all that they read. Pretty straightforward, I believe. Hope this helps.

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

Yup, exactly what @Katie Berry said. You get paid for pages, not completion of a book. Plus, to further that, say someone downloaded your book in 2017, but never read it. Then in 2020 they finally read a couple of pges, those pages count for you now. As for KDP Select and KU...you an enroll in KDP Select, but you can opt out of KU.

Thanks you and Dale are so helpful... I am confused when to build reviews, when to start ads to rank well or get bestseller. Do we do this and publish on Kdp program first or get reviews first?

@Kindlepreneur

3 жыл бұрын

Set up so that you can get reviews immediately upon launch. Then do you launch process, and once you're launch process is nearing completion, start ads.

Another Excellent video. I would like to know what would be your recommendation for a self language learning book. I wrote a book for learning Spanish but I not sure yet what to do. I will appreciate your opinion. Gracias :)

@Kindlepreneur

3 жыл бұрын

My guess would be no. Generally, nonfiction doesn't do as well under KU as does fiction.

I like, very good.

@Kindlepreneur

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Gotcha! No KDP Select for me. Thanks!

Dave, what if nothing does help, what does it mean? Thanks for the video!

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

Nothing helps to sell your book? Then it looks like there is a problem with the way the book is being presented - either not getting to your target market or something isn't appelaing enough about it.

@OlgaGOA

4 жыл бұрын

@@Kindlepreneur maybe because I do not promote it for money anymore. Lol. Or I didn't reach my own audience and where to find it? This is a big question.

SInce it's 70% of my income as a romance writer and I'm making 5K a month. I'd say yeah it's worth it. Romance readers read a TON.

@OlgaGOA

4 жыл бұрын

Greetings. How many books did you publish?

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

Yup!

I began four years ago and posted on a lot of sites with my Vanity books. What needs to be done to keep with Amazon and kindle only? One book in vanity is still under contract . Do I have to re publish once it is released? I did this with another just to get rid of priced ISBN by Vanity. How can I switch it over if I a have priced ISBN and want to keep it?

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

The key is the ebook can't be 'sold' or 'given away' anywhere else other than on Amazon. So, if the ebook is being sold somewhere else, you'd need to have that place remove it.

Hello Dave, Quick question. What if you change the meta details lets say to change the title and the book cover design. but of course the interior will be the same do you think it will bypass the kdp select exclusivity?

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

Not sure.

Thank you!!.. So if the book is now 3.99 on Kindle and I increase the price on Kindle to 6.99 for 2 days then decrease it after 2 days to 2.99... . Does that mean that during the promotion I will make 70% of the 2.99 or of the 6.99? Here's what amazon says. "Customers will see both the regular price and the promotional price on the book's detail page, as well as a countdown clock showing how much time is left at the promotional price. You'll also continue to earn your selected royalty rate on each sale during the promotion" . Please explain. Thank you so much !

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

Since 2.99 and 6.99 are inside Amazon's 70% royalty, you'd get 70%

Very detailed ! I have One question is the 70 percent option for authors in the regions or audience in the regions ?

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

70 percent is what you set it as.

Should we be doing Arc since it won't be verified.... Is it worth doing

@Kindlepreneur

3 жыл бұрын

It is worth doing because having reviews show up when you launch will hel pyou convert other people to buy. Furthermore, in my full guide on ARC launches article, I explain how you can set up a situation to turn it into a verified review.

Hi Dave...Is it worth adding my childrens story book to KDP as it's very much a picture book and from another post i see that you mention picture books not doing so well....Perhaps maybe i should diversify where i'm publishing over being exclusive to KDP?

@Kindlepreneur

3 жыл бұрын

You can add them, and still diversify as well.

I love the training but unfortuntely in these times the price is too high even with just a 2 payment plan.

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

Um, not sure what you're referring to. I don't have any paid training, and nothing that has 2 payment plans or things like that.

Would you advise children's picture book authors to choose KDP Select?

@Kindlepreneur

4 жыл бұрын

Generally speaking, yes.