Course: Self-Publish Your Book on Amazon KDP
Dream of seeing your book published? In my Amazon KDP Self-Publishing course, I’ll teach you everything you need to know about setting up your book on Amazon KDP so readers can buy your book on the world’s largest marketplace: Amazon.
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Introduction
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Setting Up Your Book on Amazon KDP
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Lesson 1: Getting to Know Your Amazon KDP Dashboard
Your dashboard is the home base for everything related to your book, your Amazon ads, and more.
In this video, I’ll walk you through where to find everything on your dash.
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Lesson 2: How to Design an Eye-Catching Book Cover
Your book cover is half of the battle when it comes to marketing. Here are some things to think about when it comes to file types you’ll need for your book cover and things to think about when working with a designer on your book cover (or if you’re designing it yourself)
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Lesson 3: Setting up Your Book Interiors
Ever wondered how to design the interior of your book and what files you’ll need to upload to Amazon KDP? Here’s everything you need to know about your book interiors!
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Lesson 4: Amazon KDP Listing Setup
Your book listing is a critical part of your book’s success.
In this lesson, I walk you through what it looks like to approach this part of your book setup.
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Lesson 5: Setting Up Your Audiobook with Amazon Audible
I get so many questions from my clients when it comes to how to set up their audiobook on Amazon’s audible platform.
In this lesson, I’ll share with you how to find voiceover artists on Amazon’s ACX platform, what to think about with your audiobook, how to produce your audiobook with the help of AI, and much more!
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Book Launch Calendar & BONUS: Book Marketing Tips
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Lesson 1: Self-Publishing Timeline (BONUS: Downloadable Timeline)
How long will you need to self-publish your book on Amazon KDP? Answers to this and more in this lesson about building your book’s timeline for publishing!
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Lesson 2: Using Pubby to Get Book Reviews
Getting book reviews is a critical step to book marketing 101. In this video, I discuss one of my favorite tools for getting book reviews.
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Lesson 3: Using Podmatch to Get on Podcasts
Getting on podcasts is a great way to promote your book. Learn how in this lesson.
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Conclusion and Next Steps
Meet Your Instructor
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Meet Your Instructor ✳
Amy’s book, Six-Figure Freelance Writer
Meet Your Instructor: Bestselling Author and Book Expert Amy Suto
Amy Suto began her career as a Hollywood TV writer before hitting the road and becoming a digital nomad and freelance writer, which was the subject of her nonfiction book Six-Figure Freelance Writer: A Holistic Guide on Finding Freedom in Freelance. Amy’s debut work of fiction is The Nomad Detective: Volume I, which also marks the start of the book series following Detective Violet Chase. Amy runs a Substack newsletter called From the Desk of Amy Suto (which was recently given the Substack Bestseller award!) about how to carve your path as a working writer. When she's not writing, Amy travels the world and works remotely from cafes in Cusco, Peru—or is learning how to be a samurai at a dojo in Kyoto, Japan.
What You’ll Learn in My Self-Publishing for Amazon KDP Course
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Understand all of the best practices of how to set your book up for success on the Amazon KDP platform.
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Identify key dates, timelines, and other critical milestones for the self-publishing process.
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I’ll share some of my favorite book marketing tools — and the best ways to use these tools! — to help you get reviews and guest on podcasts to further share your book with your readers.
Course FAQ
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This course is for anyone who has a book that they are ready to self-publish on Amazon via the Amazon KDP platform.
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This course will discuss…
How to set up your book on Amazon KDP
What files you’ll need to upload on Amazon KDP
How to produce an audiobook using Amazon’s ACX Platform
How to create a Book Self-Publishing Timeline to set your book up for success
Plus: some bonus book marketing tools and strategies to help improve your book’s chances at reaching readers
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No, this course focuses specifically on the Amazon KDP setup portion of self-publishing, however there are a few bonus lessons that touch on my favorite tools for book marketing to help get you started.
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Need more help with your book beyond the course? Want to hire some additional help for your book? Feel free to contact me and share the details of your project and I’ll see if myself and my team can help you.