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you finally finished your book now it's
time to upload it to Amazon though the
process to uploading your book can be
kind of confusing and it's really
important and there are some key steps
that you need to know to ensure that
your book does well on the Amazon
website if you miss them or you don't
put the right effort into these steps
your book might have some problems but
by the end of this video I'll have shown
you all the things that you need to know
to confidently upload your book to KP
and give your book the best chance on
Amazon I'm Zach damanti for Kindle
let's get into it the first thing you'll
need to do is sign into your Amazon KDP
account with an existing Amazon account
if you don't already have an Amazon
account make sure to create one before
moving on the next screen is going to be
the user agreement make sure to fully
read through this before selecting agree
upon agreeing you will be prompted with
this screen and may notice that not all
your account information is complete
make sure to fill in the rest of that
necessary information or else Amazon May
not allow you to publish your books
after uploading for this video we will
be going through the exact steps to
creating a Kindle ebook however when
you're ready to upload your paperback
and hard cover files make sure to select
the proper one here luckily most of the
steps will discuss here are the same
there as well but also once you have the
ebook uploaded you can add a paperback
or hardback for that book in your
dashboard here's an example from my own
dashboard you could see the ebook for
garden the garden is already uploaded
and and in order to add a paperback or a
hard cover I can start the process by
clicking one of them here the process
for uploading the other editions is
virtually identical and you'll have no
problem uploading those ones once you
have your ebook one in there on the
Kindle ebook details screen we'll have a
few things to fill out first we select
the language our book is in under book
title we will type in our book title and
subtitle if there is one the series
section is only necessary if your book
is a part of a series if this does not
apply to you leave it blank if this does
apply here you can see an example from
my stone and Sky series where we add the
series and then add the book number for
where it falls in the series addition
number is only used if you are uploading
another rendition of a previously
published book under author make sure to
type in your name or pin name as you
would like it to appear when it comes to
contributors this includes any other
authors editors illustrators or anyone
else that you may want to highlight for
helping out with the book for
description you would enter in your
book's description however if you just
copy and paste your words into this your
book description will look like a giant
block of text and that's not good
instead you need to make sure you break
up your paragraphs and bold or italicize
as needed to do this you need to be able
to use special HTML coding to make your
book description look better with larger
words bold italics bullets and more but
wait Zach I don't know how how to write
HTML code don't worry I've got you
covered there's actually a free tool on
kindlepreneur decom that will allow you
to put your book description into it
then you can highlight sections and
click formatting buttons to make it look
exactly how you want when you're
finished just click to get your code and
paste it into this box this is pretty
cool because it helps you see exactly
what your book description will look
like before you publish it plus there's
an optional free AI feature you can use
and it will try to help you improve your
book description as well but that's up
to you and don't worry I've got a link
for that in the description below or you
can Google book description generator
and choose the one by kindlepreneur
publishing rights is where you will
select whether or not you own the book
or if it's in the public domain most of
the time you will choose the first
option which is where you own the
publishing rights the keyword section is
where things get a little nerve-wracking
because the keywords you select are so
incredibly important here you have the
ability to tell Amazon exactly what
phrases you'd like your book to show up
for on their store when someone searches
for your book most authors make the
mistake of coming to this section and
just typing in random words that they
think will work however doing this will
hurt your book's chances of success no
matter how much thought you put into
these words therefore you should take
the time to research what words or
phrases will be best for your book the
best way to do something like this is a
software like publisher rocket it will
not only show you what words or phrases
people type into Amazon when buying a
book but also how many people type it in
and how much money other books are
making and not to mention with Rocket's
new reverse Asin feature you can also
check on what keywords your comparable
titles have been using to rank this
feature is super cool and will help you
narrow down your search for the perfect
keywords so don't gloss over this step
you really want to make sure you have
the right keywords the next thing we
come to is categories now we recently
did a video where we did a deep dive on
categories and how to select the best
ones for your book and I'll make sure to
link that one at the end of this video
for you but for now let me give you a
quick rundown you need to select up to
three categories your book should be
placed within in the past Amazon would
allow you to submit requests and add
your book into 10 categories in total
but sadly this is no longer the case so
we need to be very particular with the
three we choose now selecting categories
may seem easy just pick three categories
that your book fits in and there you go
well not exactly there are actually a
couple of things you need to consider
and pitfalls you may want to watch out
for first you want to find categories
that give you the best chance of hitting
bestseller with over 14,000 categories
you can find categories that fit your
book but might only need three sales in
order to be a bestseller instead of a
thousand if you'd like to learn how to
figure this out check out the article on kindlepreneur
kindlepreneur
docomo categories which I've got Linked
In the description below but the second
thing is you you want to stay away from
Ghost categories ghost categories are
category strings your book can be placed
under but aren't findable for Shoppers
without a direct link and this
inevitably makes your book nearly
impossible to find if you select ghost
categories Shoppers can't find your book
through the category system and you
can't be a best seller no matter how
many copies you sell what's worse is
that 25% of the categories listed are
actually ghost categories yikes let's
avoid those at all costs in order to do
this you need to try to find the
category through the Amazon store
category tree if you can't then it's a
ghost the much easier way is to use
publisher Rockets category feature not
only will it show you how many sales a
book needs to make in order to be number
one in a category it will also show you
which categories are ghosts and thus
which ones to avoid now back to our
Kindle ebook Details page after we
select our categories we come to the age
and grade range section this is mainly
for authors who are publishing
children's books make sure to select the
proper age range if this applies to you
and finally you need to select pre-order
status make sure to select the option
that fits your needs when it comes to
your release date and whether or not you
want readers to be able to pre-order
your book which for the record we highly
recommend why not get orders on your
book before it even comes out once you
complete this page make sure to hit save
and continue and we're on to the next
page Kindle ebook content Page look at
that we're cruising along and that first
page might have seemed like a lot lot
but it's really the toughest part on
this page we're going to be uploading
our actual files under the manuscript
section you select yes or no for the
digital WR management section if you're
unsure as to what that is and need a bit
more information hover over the blue
text here and in the Amazon description
will appear I typically choose no in
this section we will also be uploading
our manuscript by selecting the upload
ebook manuscript button here find where
your manuscript is located on your
computer and select choose for it to
start uploading this could be a simple
Google or Microsoft Word document that's
been converted to an UB file or one
created with professional formatting
software like attakus with attakus you
can actually format and create some
really nice ebooks I'll drop a link for
that in the description below in the
Kindle ebook cover section we have two
options to select from the first is to
use kp's cover creator to create your
own book cover or we can upload our own
cover although the cover creator gets
the job done there are limitations and
your books cover is one of the most
important features for your book so you
want to make sure to take your time and
create something that stands out now I
highly recommend uploading your own and
using a professional Creator from
elsewhere you'll have much more freedom
and be able to create a unique cover
that you can be really happy about and
hopefully it'll draw the right readers
to your book Kindle ebook previewer
gives us the option to launch the
previewer and see what our book looks
like on a Kindle or through the Kindle
app make sure to to use this tool when
uploading to check yourself and ensure
there are no outstanding errors when
uploading your book the ISBN number is
where you're going to type in your
book's ISBN number if you aren't sure
where to get your ISBN make sure to
check out the resources down below so
you can get yours squared away once
you're done here make sure to hit save
and continue and we're on to the last
page Kindle ebook pricing if you don't
know what KDP select is I recommend you
learn a little bit more about it before
choosing whether you want to enroll your
book in it or not I've enrolled books
and I've chosen not to there are pros
and cons to choosing either way and
it'll be really important for you to
choose which one makes the most sense
for your goals territories is where you
will select which territories you want
your distribution rights to be held the
royalty and pricing section is very
important and may require some research
to ensure that you are pricing your book
properly you can also use the KDP
pricing support service here you can see
what other books similar to yours have
been sold for in the past and make a
judge call from there as another option
you can see what the typical price point
is for books in your genre in Publisher
rocket to get a good idea select the
royalty plan you wish to use and type in
your book's price here if there is some
account information missing at any point
during your upload process you will see
a warning sign here go back and correct
or fill in that information before
publishing then hit submit for pre-order
or publish and that's it you did it you
nailed it with all that done it can take
up to 72 hours for Amazon to publish
your book live but it also could be up
sooner make sure to check your email
Amazon will contact you when your book
is ready and published be sure to check
your book's Amazon page once it goes
live to ensure that there are no
mistakes and everything is in order if
everything is correct you're good to go
now that might have seemed like a lot
but if you followed along and took all
the steps you're better off than a
majority of authors who don't know
anything about keywords or categories or
even ghosts for that matter and you've
already got a competitive of Advantage
I'll see you in the next video and until
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