How to get your Book on Amazon

How to Get Your Book on Amazon

A Beginner’s Guide to Publishing Your Own Book with Kindle Direct Publishing

You wrote the book. Congratulations. Now what?

Getting a book published on Amazon can seem complicated, especially when you encounter manuscripts, formatting, covers, trim sizes, margins, bleed, keywords, categories, pricing, and KDP's sometimes confusing warnings.

How to Get Your Book on Amazon breaks the process down into manageable steps for the first-time author.

Robert H. Fetner shares lessons learned from actually going through the publishing process, including manuscript preparation, cover creation, KDP formatting, dealing with Amazon's rejections, pricing, publishing, and what to do after your book goes live.

You'll also learn about:

• Preparing your manuscript
• Creating an effective cover
• Understanding trim size, margins, and bleed
• Writing your Amazon description
• Choosing keywords and categories
• Kindle vs. paperback
• Using the KDP Previewer
• Fixing common KDP problems
• Marketing your book without spending a fortune
• Common beginner mistakes
• A practical KDP Publishing Checklist

This isn't about making publishing sound complicated. It's about breaking the job into steps, solving problems as they appear, and getting your book out into the world.

If you've written a book but aren't sure what to do next, this guide is for you.