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Self-Publishing with KDP: Categories & Keywords Research

Self-Publishing with Kindle Direct Pubplishing: Categories & Keywords Research // Last year I did a step by step tutorial on how to upload your book to Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing. In that video I promised to do a full video tutorial on how to research categories and keywords for your book when self-publishing. Today I wanted to finally give you that tutorial and show you what I do to research categories and keywords for my books when I upload them to self-publish on Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing.
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Mandi Lynn published her first novel when she was seventeen. The author of multiple books, Mandi spends her days continuing to write and creating KZread videos to help other writers achieve their dreams of seeing their books published. Mandi is the owner of Stone Ridge Books, a company that works to help authors bring their books to life through cover design and digital book marketing. She is also the creator of The Book Launch Planner, a planner designed to help authors publish and market their books. When she’s not creating, you can find Mandi exploring her backyard or getting lost in the woods.
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  • @MandiLynnWrites
    @MandiLynnWrites Жыл бұрын

    Try out Publisher Rocket to do keyword and category research when you're self-publishing your book on Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing: bit.ly/3AadWPI

  • @philipstrumolo8057

    @philipstrumolo8057

    Жыл бұрын

    Key words in the book blurb...awesome! Publisher Rocker looks really helpful. Thanks! Gerard Dneza Author of the Edward Mendez, P. I. series

  • @essambehslines6323
    @essambehslines63233 ай бұрын

    This was more than helpful. Thanks alot appreciate ❤❤

  • @JoMcRell
    @JoMcRell3 ай бұрын

    Good tips, Mandi! Helped me decide if Publisher Rocket was worth it for me. Thanks!

  • @johnshelton7525
    @johnshelton75257 ай бұрын

    Unlike some of your competitors U are just the right mix of excitement for your graft plus solid information

  • @mhappleton765
    @mhappleton765 Жыл бұрын

    Once again you have proven super helpful. You are god send for the rest of us.

  • @jenlowry
    @jenlowry8 ай бұрын

    Thanks for sharing! I just bought KDP Rocket, and this has been very helpful!

  • @philipstrumolo8057
    @philipstrumolo8057 Жыл бұрын

    Key words in the book blurb. Great idea. And Publisher Rocket look totally cool. Thanks, Gerard Denca Author of the Edward Mendez, P. I. series

  • @bookpassion
    @bookpassion Жыл бұрын

    Great video, thank you for the in-depth view of Publisher Rocket, very helpful!

  • @anupampandey1652
    @anupampandey1652 Жыл бұрын

    Nice and quite informative. Mt two books published on Amazon. 1. Frugality: Being Mindful of Your Expenses. 2. Nanu's stories for Amaaya Happy Reading!

  • @faerierosepress4133
    @faerierosepress4133 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you, Mandi! This was super helpful.

  • @glenrockymeyers4136
    @glenrockymeyers4136 Жыл бұрын

    Good Informative research, Mandi! I am about to publish six books at the same time, over 3,300 pages and 1.3 million words. Suffice it to say I have been working for years on this project. Thanks.

  • @salustianoberrios405

    @salustianoberrios405

    10 ай бұрын

    How can I find your work?

  • @shawneebarnes4009
    @shawneebarnes4009 Жыл бұрын

    Love your channel. It has been very helpful. I would like a video on copyrights. Thanks.

  • @MyDesignDoctor
    @MyDesignDoctor11 ай бұрын

    Well detailed. Thank you

  • @mlbullbooks
    @mlbullbooks Жыл бұрын

    Very good tutorial about how to use this software. :) I've heard about it and intend to get it myself.

  • @MandiLynnWrites

    @MandiLynnWrites

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @antoniodossantos5960
    @antoniodossantos5960 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Mandy 🌎

  • @philipstrumolo8057
    @philipstrumolo8057 Жыл бұрын

    Key words in the book blurb...awesome! Publisher Rocker looks awesome and quite helpful. Thanks! Gerard Denza Author of the Edward Mendez, P. I. series.

  • @MandiLynnWrites

    @MandiLynnWrites

    Жыл бұрын

    Such a great tool!

  • @destresswithyoga
    @destresswithyoga Жыл бұрын

    ❤. Great stuff!

  • @JoseCarrillo-es7kl
    @JoseCarrillo-es7kl8 күн бұрын

    Great info, Mandi. I have seen many videos on Keywords, most dealing with low content where you are trying to find a good opportunity to compete. But what if you don't have Publisher Rocket? So, regarding novels, Keywords with a low search number and good BSR could have many great reviews, 1000s, which would make it harder to compete. Does the rule of having a low number of reviews apply that much to novels? Say your Keywords have a search number of 61, 13 books on the first page with a My question is: Does the number of reviews matter that much for novels? After all, you are not trying to find a new niche to compete in; you are competing against the best in the Novel business. Your thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated! After watching your video, it makes sense to get Publisher Rocket once I can afford it. Thank you very much!!! Jose

  • @supernaturalwriter
    @supernaturalwriter Жыл бұрын

    This is so helpful. I hadn't even considered keyword searches for my title. My old title would have brought up history books along with it >_

  • @MandiLynnWrites

    @MandiLynnWrites

    Жыл бұрын

    Exactly! That's why doing the little extra research can be a game changer for how your book shows up on Amazon!

  • @2dogbull
    @2dogbull3 ай бұрын

    Thank you, Mandi. for your video presentation. My 12 eBooks are not represented in the 3 categories. I am a master's level rehabilitation counselor. My eBooks focus on empowering and enhancing the lives of individuals living with the impact of brain injuries. The only category representative of what speak about is Self-help, but not really? What can I do about this to get a more representative of the information that I write about MK? Thank you for your help. Have a super day. Craig

  • @knowthesystem202
    @knowthesystem2027 ай бұрын

    I noticed that Amazon does not seem to like "Kindle Unlimited" in its keywords. (You had that in your examples.) Do you still use that?

  • @dragonbleu17
    @dragonbleu174 ай бұрын

    🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

  • @WinnieLavery
    @WinnieLavery5 ай бұрын

    do you upload the keywords before you upload the entire book to kdp?

  • @nikkik2648
    @nikkik2648 Жыл бұрын

    Hey Mandi, just curious if your keywords and categories for ebook paperback and hardback have to be the same or if you can make them different to see which performs better?

  • @MandiLynnWrites

    @MandiLynnWrites

    Жыл бұрын

    They can sometimes be similar, but I always choose based on data that I find in Publisher Rocket

  • @lindaraedisch4195
    @lindaraedisch4195 Жыл бұрын

    When I'm shopping for a particular title on amazon, a lot of books that AREN'T that book, but might be similar, pop up. Does this mean that we can use the titles of other books as keywords, or is that considered misleading? (Love your channel! I'm throwing myself into self publishing as hard as I used to throw myself into querying, and your videos are a huge help!)

  • @MandiLynnWrites

    @MandiLynnWrites

    Жыл бұрын

    Those books that you see are sponsored ads, so authors pay to have their book placed at the top of search for particular terms. I wouldn't use titles of other books as keywords, as I think you may get in trouble from Amazon for that. You can however use titles of other books when you're doing paid ads on Amazon.

  • @lindaraedisch4195

    @lindaraedisch4195

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MandiLynnWrites Okay, thanks!

  • @akashsarkarbd
    @akashsarkarbd Жыл бұрын

    Hello sir I saw your youtube channel and understand you are a KZreadr. Very nice video on your channel, I really enjoyed it. Total 27600+ subscribers and a Total of 200+ Upload videos of your channel. But I noticed one thing your channel has no subscribers and no video views. You need to optimize your channel and do video SEO to reach your target audience. Otherwise, if you upload videos to your channel throughout the year, none of your videos will get viral views. If your channel is optimized a little and if the videos are SEO then your channel will rank very fast and your channel will grow.

  • @The_Open_Book
    @The_Open_Book Жыл бұрын

    I'm considering getting this (and I'll use your affiliate link) but do you know if they ever have sales? Like, Black Friday 20% off or something? I'd appreciate it if you let me know (if you know lol) if they ever do, I'd like to wait and save what little money I can

  • @MandiLynnWrites

    @MandiLynnWrites

    Жыл бұрын

    I think last year there was a Black Friday sale, but I think that's usually the only time it's on sale from what I can remember.

  • @melikasha
    @melikasha5 ай бұрын

    Does a poetry book should have keywords?

  • @MandiLynnWrites

    @MandiLynnWrites

    4 ай бұрын

    I'd recommend keywords for any book

  • @stevecerretani
    @stevecerretani Жыл бұрын

    Not helpful When I save my Word document (manuscript) as a pdf, the format gets all messed up. Why?

  • @MandiLynnWrites

    @MandiLynnWrites

    Жыл бұрын

    Well this is a video on finding keywords and categories for your book. If you want to learn about formatting watch one of the many videos on my KZread channel

  • @nikkik2648

    @nikkik2648

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@MandiLynnWritesyou probably have to embed the fonts

  • @johnmacgregor324
    @johnmacgregor32411 ай бұрын

    It's not at all clear to me why you'd want categories where it's easier to hit #1 when, the easier it is to reach #1, the less sales there are. Isn't there a trade-off?