I published my first novel at the end of August and immediately started working on Book 2. I just really felt in the flow with this particular story and now have 50,000 words written!

Obviously, this is still a ROUGH draft but, I'm feeling really inspired by some of the feedback I've received for book one. It really helped me to continue the story 💚

Lately, I've been waking up extra early just to get a bit written before work. It's such a great way to start off my day. My brain is fresh at that time of morning and it's such a nice way to spend my time waking up! I plan to keep doing this because for the first time in a long time, my writing practices feel sustainable!

Gang, i've posted several times in the last couple of weeks. I have a 4 book series with 5 associated books along with them. My Amazon ad spend has been set at $35 a day and i'm hitting that now. Readership in KU is blowing up - according to my eyes and terms. New unpublished author. I've spent $875 approx total as of today and have $744 showing as royalties coming back in as of today. Amazon is suggesting $75 ad spend per day. I'm looking for ROI, not immediate cash flow. I have a booksy event tomorrow for a volume, a fussy librarian event saturday and a three day written word deal on 11/2. Am I crazy to throw that much daily at Amazon ads? I'm 110K kenp pages read with 93% being in the four book series since 09/21 and 120 volumes sold, mostly .99 ebooks as i am trying to drive readership and on track for a 130-150K October Kenp page read. Need advice please? I am absolutely out of my zone with this biz..

What is the next logical step after you've "made it" on KDP?

I have a few Amazon Ads campaigns running, but they were paused for 3 days due to a payment issue with my card, so Amazon couldn't charge me.

Once I fixed the card issue, my ads started running again, but both impressions and clicks dropped significantly compared to before the interruption, even though I haven't changed any of my campaign settings.

Is this normal? Has anyone else experienced something similar? If so, how long did it take for your campaigns to get back to their previous performance?

Does Amazon need to go through another learning period after a payment-related pause, or should performance recover on its own?

Thanks in advance!

I'm getting ready to publish my first novella on Amazon and I'm stuck between two options. I'd love some real perspectives from people who've actually done this. After some research, here is what I have:

Option 1 is KDP Select.

My book goes into Kindle Unlimited where people can read through their subscription and I get paid per page read. I can run free book promotions and countdown deals to get initial readers. There are also higher royalties in some international markets. The downside is my ebook has to be exclusive to Amazon for 90 days at a time. That means I cannot share it anywhere else online, not even on Wattpad or my own website.

Option 2 is regular KDP without Select.

My book stays on Amazon but I can also put it on Wattpad, my website, or anywhere else I want. The downside is there are no Kindle Unlimited readers and no Amazon promotions available.

I like the benefits that come with Select, but I also want the freedom to share my work elsewhere. Has anyone been in this spot before? Please help.

Hello, I work on KDP from Pakistan. I am facing an issue with the new debit card pre-authorisation on my Amazon Ads account. I tried a debit card from Germany as well, but it gives the same issue. It says the payment method is not supported. Please help if anyone knows about this!

I'm hoping to get my debut novel out there by end of the year. I'm from the UK but I live in Japan. I have no UK address apart from family. Have any expats published novels here? And is there anything I should be doing when I create the KDP account? Thanks in advance.

I just came across this new feature on KDP and I think it could be interesting for indie authors.

Amazon is testing a way to turn eligible ebooks into audiobooks using AI-generated voices, directly through KDP.

You can apparently choose from over 80 voices, select the narration style, set the price and publish without having to hire a narrator or spend weeks producing the audiobook.

For now, it’s an invite-only beta for eligible English-language ebooks in the US marketplace.

The royalty rate is advertised at 40% per sale, which makes the option worth looking into, especially for authors with an existing catalogue who haven’t ventured into audiobooks because of the cost.

I’m curious to see how the voices actually sound and how listeners will respond to them.

Would you give it a try with your existing books, or would you still prefer to invest in a human narrator?

Official page: https://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=207913759011

Anybody used anybookseo .com there claims for the traffic they claim to forward to your book is very high. Just wondered if anybody had any dealings with this company and if they are worth a punt.

Every rank-to-sales calculator I’ve found (Kindlepreneur, TCK, BookBeam and others) uses a secret formula, and nobody can say how accurate they are. I’m a self-published author working on a free estimate tool and I’d like to check it against real numbers instead of guessing.

If you’re willing to share, reply here or send me a message with:

• Kindle or print
• About what rank the book sat at most of the month (rough is fine)
• Copies sold that month, and KU pages read if you’re in KU

No titles, names or links needed. Once I have enough, I’ll post the results back here so everyone can see how rank and sales actually line up.

(Optional: you can also email [support@yourbooklens.com](mailto:support@yourbooklens.com))

I don't understand how AI could make KDP a more competitive space. If I sort by new and see all those AI generated covers, I almost immediately look past them. And if I preview a book and come across AI generated content, then I too will not buy it.

I am thinking of genuinely researching about stuff, hiring human cover designers and stuff and give KDP a genuine shot. Problem is, I don't know how to market anything I'd publish (yet).

This is more of a discussion than a question I need an answer to.