FYI - KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing) has HARDCOVERS now! Here's my first video testing them out: kzread.info/dash/bejne/gp9mlLWiiJa8cbA.html

@scotttovey

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like that's a clue to do an updated video on this topic.

@ser6124

5 ай бұрын

8😢​@@scotttovey😮😮

@scotttovey

5 ай бұрын

@@ser6124 With the exception of a couple of programming languages, I'm monolingual. You'll have to speak English if you want me to understand whatever that emoticon gibberish means.

Don't apologize for being too detailed! This is the ONLY video I have found that gives any level of detail. Most videos don't assume that I already have 5 books written, and give me details that are too basic

@creditmedic3017

2 жыл бұрын

Amen to that Kentex.......KDP was a "nightmare" until I spend lots of $$$ buying advice!!! lol.....This lady is "awesome"

@ve4043

2 жыл бұрын

Keep being detailed.

There is so much information in this video, even more than just about the companies you can publish to. Any beginner indie publisher should watch this!

@BethanyAtazadeh

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Sarah!

Your videos are so clean and clear. Thanks

Im so happy I came across your vid. So informative. Thank you!!

Incredibly helpful. Thank you!!

I needed this info. I needed the detail. Thank You!

Favourite video on the internet atm. THANK YOU1

Such a good video, so packed with information!

Bethany, thank you so much for this video. Self publishing is such a jungle, it's lovely to find someone like you to carry me through the complexities of ISBN's and various publishers. Plus I love your natural relaxed style of presenting a video.

Thanks so much for posting this video. I really enjoyed watching this and learning. Look forward to seeing more.

This video has been great! Thank you so much!

Great video. Thanks for the info about royalties.

Just wanted to say Thanks fo your videos! Really appreciate the first hand experience as a self-publisher.

Wow, this is an amazingly helpful video. I am so glad I stumbled upon it. Thank you so much.

This was very informative. Thank you for sharing.

I've looked into this for a bit and appreciate how you lay it out so plainly! Also I thank you for the publish and thrive info!!

@BethanyAtazadeh

3 жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it!

You do a good job. Clear and simple.

This is so helpful! I'm only on page 56 of my first novel, but I've been watching a few videos on self-publishing just so I know what's to come, and this is the most informative video I've seen!

Great Presentations. You are also Real and Engaging. Fun. Thanks so much for the Info!

Fantastic information. Thank you very much!

OMG Bethany you are such a lifesaver! I'm getting ready to re-publish my first novel and just got a look at my new cover and it dawned on me that I've never self-published before and I have no idea what to do. It seems like I would have realized that sooner right lol, but I thought my cover artist was going to take longer than she did and that I'd have more time to get the ball rolling but now that she's almost done I'm freaking out... And then you come along with this video and I remember the other videos you have about using KDP and other publishing stuff and now I feel like I might be alright... Sorry for the long comment, all of that was to say, thank God for you and your impeccable timing! Wonderful video and I can't wait to see the next one! Take care ❤❤

@BethanyAtazadeh

3 жыл бұрын

Yay! I’m so glad it was helpful! And congratulations on getting ready to publish, so exciting!

Great info. Thanks. Your ending was cute, too lol. Made me chuckle.

THANK YOU for this!! I’ve watched many videos about where to upload and sometimes they are confusing. This was really helpful! 🥰🥰🤗🤗

@BethanyAtazadeh

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thanks 4 this video, great info!!!!

You’re awesome! I do appreciate all the information!!

@BethanyAtazadeh

3 жыл бұрын

Yay thank you! So glad you like it!

This is great information! Thanks!

honey, I have been thinking of starting publishing my own books, and I was strolling through youtube videos when I came across your channel by accident and I love it! love the content and the level of real genuine information you are giving away, thank you for the info.

Enjoyed the help

Super informative. Thank you!

This is a great video! I cant wait to check out your other videos.

@BethanyAtazadeh

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! :)

Such a helpful video. Thank you! I’ve watched so many and this is the first one that made me feel ok about going with the free isbn on KDP. It was stressing me out. But the way you explained it has helped so much.

@BethanyAtazadeh

3 жыл бұрын

Yay! So glad it was helpful!

I really appreciate you going through all the details you are providing :)

@BethanyAtazadeh

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

this information is so relevant even today thank you so much

Subscribed! And I am so glad I found you. I started my writing/publishing journey in 2011, then had to take a break for life events...I am back now, serious and ready to go. However, I have found that all that I knew has updated and changed! Thank you for your videos, instructions, and encouragement.

@BethanyAtazadeh

3 жыл бұрын

So glad you like the videos!

Thank you so much for your explanation about ISBNs! I was getting totally stressed out in the exact way you described, and I'm so relieved now. Then you say "I'm sorry, I know I'm getting way too detailed," but all those details were so very useful. Thanks again!

I will be ready soon to publish my first book,your video was very helpful,thankyou kindly.

This is seriously THE best channel I've found on publishing, hands down. You have SO much knowledge! Thank you for sharing. And your dog is amazing sweetness which only adds to why I love your videos. God bless you... and your dog.

@BethanyAtazadeh

3 жыл бұрын

Yay, thank you so much!

wow this is well detailed and an insight

Great info overall, thorough with the links.

@BethanyAtazadeh

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Very positive and enthusiastic, enjoyed listening. Thank you.

@BethanyAtazadeh

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this. You have a wonderful style and I watched this a couple of weeks ago. I am focused on uploading the first of my new book series and can't wait to watch exactly what you recommend. Many thanks for your information, tips, and your lovely way of being... it resonates with my spirit. And when that happens I can hear, digest, and take action. Sending love and blessings to you!

@BethanyAtazadeh

2 жыл бұрын

Yay! Thank you, I appreciate that!

Wow the best video I've seen about self publishing so far. As a Brazilian I'm trying to find market in between English and Portuguese, while making my own book. Will marathon all your help videos. Thank you so much Bethany. Did lighted my day!

Thanks for fab info and details:)

Thank you for your encouraging videos. I just published my book on Amazon in print. Waiting for the Kindle version to go live. :-)

Thank you so much, Bethany! New subscriber! Your video is a Godsend! I am 100% new to self publishing. I love all the details 🙌🏾👏🏾 I think I will go with KDP for my ebooks, print books, and hard cover books.

@BethanyAtazadeh

2 жыл бұрын

Yay thank you!

This video was super helpful for me. Thank you so much!! :D

@BethanyAtazadeh

3 жыл бұрын

Yay! I’m so glad you enjoyed it! ☺️

Thank you for sharing quality information

I am impress with your wealth of knowledge about book publishing. Really informative. Thumbs up!

YESSS I'M EXCITED FOR THE AUDIO BOOK VIDEO

@BethanyAtazadeh

3 жыл бұрын

Woohoo!! I’m hoping to record it this week or the next yay!

@2010kalex

3 жыл бұрын

@@BethanyAtazadeh are you getting into the audio book space as well? I was thinking about doing it for my future books but idk if I have the voice for it or not lol

I was so lost 'til i saw this!! Thanks Bethany! Wow! Now I get it!

@BethanyAtazadeh

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

I just found your channel, and I love it!!! I am in the process of publishing my first children’s book. It’s being illustrated right now, so I am getting all the publishing information now. Thank you. 🙏😁

@BethanyAtazadeh

Жыл бұрын

Yay! So glad you like the videos!

i swear this is the best video. i keep coming back to watch this and now I'm finally publishing my first book and using all your videos to help me through the process.

@BethanyAtazadeh

2 жыл бұрын

Yay! Glad it was helpful!

Thank you for this information! I am nearing the final stages of publishing my first book. It's an epic fantasy. I'm ready :).

@BethanyAtazadeh

3 жыл бұрын

Yay so exciting, congratulations!

@stang6552

3 жыл бұрын

@@BethanyAtazadeh Thank you so much!

Brilliant bethany! Thanks so much for these amazing videos, I'm writing my second book as an indi author, and have my first on kdp so far but looking forward to uploading this weekend on draft2digital. Its just my ebook I can't upload yet as it's still on kdp select until June 👍

OMG Thank youuuu! I'm sooo overwhelmed with the ISBN and I stress myself. Thanks for mentioning that. :) Great informations.

Details welcome. This is helpful. Thank you

@BethanyAtazadeh

3 жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it! 😊

Thank you, Bethany. You clearly have you finger on the pulse of the writing community. Your presentation style and my watching style are a good match. The problem is that my material (non-fiction) includes a unique writing style where most sentences are broken down into shorter 3-7 word elements with lots of bolds and italics. I can do the setup but not sure where or how to market this product. Less than 70 pages. Hardcopy and epub.

Thank you, this is amazing!

I have found a treasure trove of information here. I am about to publish my second novel, the sequel to my first novel. And I am learning so much, and how to do it differently than the first time. Thank you so much!

@BethanyAtazadeh

2 жыл бұрын

So glad you liked the video, thank you!

Thanks for the isbn detail!

Amazing insight thank you so much! Thinking of self publishing my next novel that's not written yet because I've had a very bad experience with a mini publisher that was supposed to do all this for me. Which they did but then they completely neglected other aspects they promised. And seeing zero sales so I figured why am I staying with them. Would be wonderful to be fully self published! This video gives me hope to at even I can do it 💚💚💚

Thanks Bethany.That was informative. You have covered self publishing and covered KDP vs Draft2Digital vs Ingram Spark.A must watch if one is interested in self publishing

So helpful, thank you

Thank you for your very helpful video 😊

@BethanyAtazadeh

Жыл бұрын

So glad it's helpful!

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

I plan on going down the traditional route for my current project, but this was very interesting to watch. I'm open to Self Publishing another book down the road, so hopefully, KDP has the option to produce hardcovers by then, they seem like a great POD company to work with.

@BethanyAtazadeh

3 жыл бұрын

I hope they will!

Thank you for Keeping it detail

@BethanyAtazadeh

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!

I have six books in a series that were exclusive on KU. Now am diving into going wide. Been drowning in bits and pieces of data, but this video helped me take a deep breath and say...I got this. Thank you, ma'am!

@BethanyAtazadeh

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

It’s 3am here... Who needs sleep not me! You just uploaded a video sleep come second to your videos. Also I’m going to be writing in an hour because... work

Thanks for the excellent video, Bethany!

@robertcooper1952

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! I just wish that I could find someone who offers personal coaching on running Amazon ads, which is what I really need.

@BethanyAtazadeh

3 жыл бұрын

@@robertcooper1952 Check out Mark Dawson's courses, he teaches amazon ads better than anyone else I've seen and rocks them!

@robertcooper1952

3 жыл бұрын

@@BethanyAtazadeh Thank you, Bethany. I'll do that.

I've taken Sarra's Publish and Thrive course just this past August/September. I love everything about Sarra, I'm heavily involved in a lot of her platforms. :D

The details are important!

Nice I learned a lot

Thanks for the useful info. I have to watch again. My mother wrote a cookbook. Wonder if these companies work with this genre? Subscribed because I finally understand the process from your video. Hoping to learn more.

Bless you for your organization and charm :) KDP was awesome but Ingram Spark has been brutal so I'm switching to d2d.

@BethanyAtazadeh

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! And I have had terrible experiences with Ingramspark as well, Draft2Digital is a million times better for ebooks, KDP is a million times better for paperback, and I heard KDP is also beta testing hardcover so hopefully we won't need Ingramspark at all soon!

Don't worry about being too detailed...your tutorials are just what I need. I'm about to self-publish my first book on KDP. It's a minefield! Do you have to open a separate Amazon account to your personal one? Do you have to provide bank details (payment of royalties), before your book's published? Would it be best to open a separate bank account for this? So many questions!

Great video! You explained things very clearly and you didn't talk too fast like most people! Just to clarify, is draft2digital for ebooks only? Or do they make print versions too?

Informative video for authors and a beautiful woman. Thanks.

Amazing info. Thanks. We should all be writing more books. I'm ver the hump of my project. Do you have info on self publishing a series?

Thank you!

Thanks for video keep going 🤠 greeting from Morocco

Bethany, you and Penny are adorable and I love you! I love watching your videos and they help inspire me to keep working when I'm struggling with motivation. The closer I get to my publication date, the more I seem to procrastinate but your videos help me get my focus back! Love you!!

@BethanyAtazadeh

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Sydney, I really appreciate that and I'm so happy you like them! (And struggling with motivation nearing publication is totally normal, I've been there!)

I just went wide with my books (I only have one out, with another coming out). I used D2D to make the mobi file for KDP even before I went wide. I use D2D to distribute to Apple and the library services (and the smaller stores, as well as Scribid). I go direct to KDP, Kobo, BN, and Google Play. I just was let into D2D's print beta, and they just took the same document I uploaded for the e-book and formatted it for paperback. They don't do pre-orders :( but they don't charge a fee either.

@BethanyAtazadeh

3 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome, congratulations! I love D2D! And I’d heard about the print beta, so if it goes well then maybe it’s a matter of time before they set up preorders!

@ButterCookie1984

3 жыл бұрын

@@BethanyAtazadeh Bethany, I'd love (and perhaps others too) to see a video on this very topic, of all outlets to distribute our books, including library services. Until I saw this post, I had not even thought about libraries; only KDP and book stores.😎

@ButterCookie1984

3 жыл бұрын

James, until I saw this post, I had not even thought about libraries; only KDP and book stores. I am.glad that you have brought this to mind.

Thank you!!!!!

LOL, appreciate the detail. Self-published my first book on create space back in 2016 but wasn't able to follow through on promoting it due to an illness. Just finished the manuscript of the second edition -- appreciate the update on what's changed in 4 years.

This was great info. Have you done a video showing how you cartoon your lovely dog for the books. Would love to know how to do it :)

@BethanyAtazadeh

Жыл бұрын

I don’t think it would fill a video, but it was just some online program, I think it was called befunky or something like that haha

Thanks Bethany 🌎

first of all, GREAT video, very informative for newbies like myself. Loved what you had to say about D2D. This was news to me. Questions: If you buy your own ISBN number, you can then use it for both Amazon and IS, correct? If you edit and have to reupload to IS, is the cost the same or do they at least give you a discount?

This is useful information. I'm also signed up for your online course.

@BethanyAtazadeh

Жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoy it!

This is such great info. Thank you! I am a new author getting ready to launch my debut novel. Where can I get the upload dacument that you were using on this video?

Thank you 🌹🌹

Sounds like KDP is the application for me! ☺️ thank you☺️

@BethanyAtazadeh

2 жыл бұрын

Yay!

Hi Bethany, I love your content! I have to admit, I am glad I found this video but am only just stepping into self-publishing. For KDP.. the first information they ask for is your personal information, followed by your bank routing information so you can get paid on the royalties. Did you feel comfortable just going ahead with that step right away? I do understand the "tax interview" process but the first part is throwing me off. Thank you again for this video and looking forward to learning more! *subscribed!*

@BethanyAtazadeh

3 жыл бұрын

So glad it's helpful! I don't honestly remember, but I also don't think there's a way to sell books on KDP without doing it the way they require. That said, there were a couple steps you could skip til later if you really wanted to, but this is an Amazon owned company, so they've always been very legit as far as I can tell.

Thanks for the wonderful content, just what I need as a new author🤩🤩🤩 I am just wondering if you can upload ebook to draft digital and KDP at the same time with my own ISBN?

This help me so much. Wonderful explained I was going to use blurb. But I think these are 100% better. What does royalty mean? 😅

Your videos are really helpful, thanks! I'm inspired to write a novel! I will publish one soon, you get the inspiration credit of course! Also I have a question, how much time does it take for people to be able to buy it, when you just published it?

@mollysung4696

3 жыл бұрын

(How much does it cost on KDP paperpackage)

This video was so helpful! Particularly the point that even though Draft2Digital doesn't do paperback, since they distribute your ebook through amazon, your universal book link will technically link to your paperback as well. Is there anything in particular you need to do to make your ebook version that you upload to D2D and the paperback version that you upload to KDP are connected and listed on the same page? Like, is there a best practice of which one to upload first or anything?

Thank you .

Thanks!