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Explore the diminishing returns of Amazon KDP Select and whether it’s worth it for authors in 2024. Delve into the pros and cons of KDP Select enrollment, its impact on Kindle Unlimited earnings, and the effectiveness of free book promotions. Discover why authors are questioning the value of KDP Select amid changes in Kindle Edition Normalized Page Count (KENPC) and record-high KDP Select earnings.Amazon KDP Review 2024 – https://youtu.be/YQCOjWMygMk Sources: • KDP Global Fund Payouts [Updated March 2024] – https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/kdp-global-fund-payouts/• Digital Book Pricing Page – https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G200634500#70% • KDP Select Benefits – https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/GEZBMTMYGN9EBTLG • Book Promo Websites List – https://DaleLinks.com/BookPromos • Grumpy Gus Beats the Blues by Dale Lewis – https://geni.us/wbZt (affiliate link)• Sales Ranking – https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G201648140 • Amazon Literary Contests – https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G74JGNBF8A46LUEB • KDP Select All Stars Bonus – https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G201623400 • Royalties in Kindle Unlimited – https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G201541130 • A Smaller Slice of a Shrinking Kindle Select Pie – https://joesolari.com/a-smaller-slice-of-a-shrinking-kindle-select-pie/ • How Amazon KDP Select Is Broken | Joe Solari – https://youtu.be/VdKZNqMi8JE • Author Nation – https://www.authornation.live/ • Kobo Plus – https://www.kobo.com/us/en/plus • How does Kobo Plus pay? – https://kobowritinglife.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360059386091-How-does-Kobo-Plus-pay• Draft2Digital FAQ – https://www.draft2digital.com/faq/ • PublishDrive Book Distribution (list) – https://publishdrive.com/book-distribution-services.html Other KDP Alternatives for self publishing wide: • Apple Books for Authors Review – https://youtube.com/live/vW_DqJtKMHg • Barnes & Noble Press Review – https://youtube.com/live/VmraT-e4vm0 • Google Play Books Review – https://youtube.com/live/21KUI5uQi2k • Kobo Writing Life Review – https://youtube.com/live/rwwwP6Rn4_w • Draft2Digital Review – https://youtube.com/live/DNkqvPhxQ1U • Smashwords vs Draft2Digital vs PublishDrive – https://youtube.com/live/3_1FYEZa2Oc • Streetlib Review – https://youtube.com/live/KuTPstgMh2s • PublishDrive Review – https://youtube.com/live/k8kFXoUo-Uc 🔴 The Self-Publishing Hub – https://TheSelfPublishingHub.com🟣 Join Channel Memberships – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKv8xcrFntOERL7NUXgkypg/join 🔵Join my Discord community – http://dalelinks.com/discord🔥 Check out my podcast channel – https://www.youtube.com/@selfpubwithdale Where noted, some outbound links financially benefit the channel through affiliate programs. I only endorse programs, products, or services I use and can stand confidently behind. These links do not affect your purchase price and greatly helps to building and growing this channel. Thanks in advance for understanding!- Dale L. Roberts
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How to Choose a Niche for Self-Publishing Books:There are so many niches and genres to self publish in how do you know which one to focus on?In last weeks video I mentioned that one of the big mistakes I made early on was spreading myself over too many niches/genres.That really resonated with many of you because I got an overwhelming amount of comments and emails telling me they were in the same boat and how do I pick a genre or niche.So in today’s video, I’m going to show you a super simple method that I use to choose a nice or genre to self publish in.Here’s what info we’re going to capture:Niches/GenresInterest (favorite is 1, etc)Can I publish in it consistently (1 yes, 9 no)How frequently I can publish in it (weekly, monthly, quarterly, twice a year, yearly)Average BSR (20k-50k, 51k-100k, 10k-19k, 101k+Competition list ()Comp rankAverage reviews (#)Rank reviews#keithwheelerbooks #kdppublishing #selfpublishing ===========================================================🔽🔽 Let me know what you thought of the video in the comments below. 🔽🔽✅ Subscribe for more free YouTube tips: https://www.youtube.com/c/keithwheelerbooks?sub_confirmation=1👍 Gain perks and bonuses as a channel member:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcFfP0Px7cO3h6BCZUpXUQQ/join===========================================================✅ My Books & Merch: 🔥 My book on how to get book reviews: https://amzn.to/2Tvha97👕 My Author Merch: https://amzn.to/3B6RCoi💡 My Puzzle Book Domination Course: https://kwheelerbooks.com/pbcourse===========================================================✅ Tools and services, I use and recommend:🚀 The tool I use to find efficiently find profitable keywords, categories and niches:http://www.kwheelerbooks.com/rocket💰 The one-stop-shop for all things self-publishinghttp://www.kwheelerbooks.com/hub🖊️ Catch and eliminate grammatical issues and typos like, how to weite a book, using your FREE Grammarly account: https://kwheelerbooks.com/grammarly===========================================================✅ Recommended playlists:📚 How to Make a Children’s Picture Book in PowerPoint:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxYaxZXBOC3bD9qci46fB7VKyrFOCv369🥰 How to Make Puzzle Books: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQXBpVgkF_s&list=PLxYaxZXBOC3a5FHg1XJohOK9fUoRN6faP📓 No Content and Low Content Book Interiors:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxYaxZXBOC3YQgFl-WfRdOZ1vLxXLiKjm✍️ Tips for Authors:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxYaxZXBOC3YFBySoUoF-PcgXc07VZL64===========================================================🎥 My Video Gear and Team: ✅ Video Thumbnail Designer: https://kwheelerbooks.com/thumbs✅ Video Editor: https://kwheelerbooks.com/VideoEditor📷 Webcam: https://amzn.to/3guZEQc💡 Lighting: https://amzn.to/38gazsd🎤 Lavalier Microphone: https://amzn.to/2WpD9VU🎙️ Mounted Microphone with Arm and pop filter: https://amzn.to/3ymDrcR===========================================================Disclaimer: Some of these links go to one of my websites and some are affiliate links where I’ll earn a small commission if you make a purchase at no additional cost to you.===========================================================✅ For business inquiries contact me at kwheelerbooks@gmail.com✅ Let’s connect:Website – https://kwheelerbooks.comTwitter – @kwheelerbooksInstagram – /kwheelerbooks
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Self publishing books can be hard, but what if you could shave months even years off the learning curve to get you from publishing to profit a whole lot faster?Now if you’re new around here, my name is Keith Wheeler, I’m a 5-time International Bestselling Author. I’ve been self-publishing books for almost a decade and my passion is to help others, like you, go from publish to profit as quickly as possible.So, if you haven’t already, please consider subscribing to the channel and click that bell notification so you get alerted.Here are 5 Mistakes I made when I first started self-publishing books:1. Listening to “gurus” that have been out of the game for a while2. Trying to be perfect3. Spreading myself over too many genres4. Not knowing my audience5. Not setting realistic expectationsWhich of these mistakes was your favorite? Let me know in the comments.#KeithWheelerBooks #kdppublishing #selfpublishingtips ===========================================================🔽🔽 Let me know what you thought of the video in the comments below. 🔽🔽✅ Subscribe for more free YouTube tips: https://www.youtube.com/c/keithwheelerbooks?sub_confirmation=1👍 Gain perks and bonuses as a channel member:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcFfP0Px7cO3h6BCZUpXUQQ/join===========================================================✅ My Books & Merch: 🔥 My book on how to get book reviews: https://amzn.to/2Tvha97👕 My Author Merch: https://amzn.to/3B6RCoi💡 My Puzzle Book Domination Course: https://kwheelerbooks.com/pbcourse===========================================================✅ Tools and services, I use and recommend:🚀 The tool I use to find efficiently find profitable keywords, categories and niches:http://www.kwheelerbooks.com/rocket💰 The one-stop-shop for all things self-publishinghttp://www.kwheelerbooks.com/hub🖊️ Catch and eliminate grammatical issues and typos like, how to weite a book, using your FREE Grammarly account: https://kwheelerbooks.com/grammarly===========================================================✅ Recommended playlists:📚 How to Make a Children’s Picture Book in PowerPoint:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxYaxZXBOC3bD9qci46fB7VKyrFOCv369🥰 How to Make Puzzle Books: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQXBpVgkF_s&list=PLxYaxZXBOC3a5FHg1XJohOK9fUoRN6faP📓 No Content and Low Content Book Interiors:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxYaxZXBOC3YQgFl-WfRdOZ1vLxXLiKjm✍️ Tips for Authors:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxYaxZXBOC3YFBySoUoF-PcgXc07VZL64===========================================================🎥 My Video Gear and Team: ✅ Video Thumbnail Designer: https://kwheelerbooks.com/thumbs✅ Video Editor: https://kwheelerbooks.com/VideoEditor📷 Webcam: https://amzn.to/3guZEQc💡 Lighting: https://amzn.to/38gazsd🎤 Lavalier Microphone: https://amzn.to/2WpD9VU🎙️ Mounted Microphone with Arm and pop filter: https://amzn.to/3ymDrcR===========================================================Disclaimer: Some of these links go to one of my websites and some are affiliate links where I’ll earn a small commission if you make a purchase at no additional cost to you.===========================================================✅ For business inquiries contact me at kwheelerbooks@gmail.com✅ Let’s connect:Website – https://kwheelerbooks.comTwitter – @kwheelerbooksInstagram – /kwheelerbooks
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If you love self publishing books but you’re running into issues making your amazon ads profitable, then this video is for you!In this video, come along as I help Judy Sheer Watters review her current amazon kdp ads and I walk her through how to analyze those amazon ads.In addition, I’ll tell her what to do next. How to go from running amazon ads to making money with amazon ads!#KeithWheelerBooks #amazonadvertising #kdppublishing ===========================================================🔽🔽 Let me know what you thought of the video in the comments below. 🔽🔽✅ Subscribe for more free YouTube tips: https://www.youtube.com/c/keithwheelerbooks?sub_confirmation=1👍 Gain perks and bonuses as a channel member:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcFfP0Px7cO3h6BCZUpXUQQ/join===========================================================✅ My Books & Merch: 🔥 My book on how to get book reviews: https://amzn.to/2Tvha97👕 My Author Merch: https://amzn.to/3B6RCoi💡 My Puzzle Book Domination Course: https://kwheelerbooks.com/pbcourse===========================================================✅ Tools and services, I use and recommend:🚀 The tool I use to find efficiently find profitable keywords, categories and niches:http://www.kwheelerbooks.com/rocket💰 The one-stop-shop for all things self-publishinghttp://www.kwheelerbooks.com/hub🖊️ Catch and eliminate grammatical issues and typos like, how to weite a book, using your FREE Grammarly account: https://kwheelerbooks.com/grammarly===========================================================✅ Recommended playlists:📚 How to Make a Children’s Picture Book in PowerPoint:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxYaxZXBOC3bD9qci46fB7VKyrFOCv369🥰 How to Make Puzzle Books: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQXBpVgkF_s&list=PLxYaxZXBOC3a5FHg1XJohOK9fUoRN6faP📓 No Content and Low Content Book Interiors:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxYaxZXBOC3YQgFl-WfRdOZ1vLxXLiKjm✍️ Tips for Authors:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxYaxZXBOC3YFBySoUoF-PcgXc07VZL64===========================================================🎥 My Video Gear and Team: ✅ Video Thumbnail Designer: https://kwheelerbooks.com/thumbs✅ Video Editor: https://kwheelerbooks.com/VideoEditor📷 Webcam: https://amzn.to/3guZEQc💡 Lighting: https://amzn.to/38gazsd🎤 Lavalier Microphone: https://amzn.to/2WpD9VU🎙️ Mounted Microphone with Arm and pop filter: https://amzn.to/3ymDrcR===========================================================Disclaimer: Some of these links go to one of my websites and some are affiliate links where I’ll earn a small commission if you make a purchase at no additional cost to you.===========================================================✅ For business inquiries contact me at kwheelerbooks@gmail.com✅ Let’s connect:Website – https://kwheelerbooks.comTwitter – @kwheelerbooksInstagram – /kwheelerbooks
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I love self publishing books online. You can make a good living just publishing books on amazon and other online marketplaces. That said, I absolutely love selling books in person. Whether it’s an author signing, a craft fair, convention or other in person event, there are so many reasons why I love to sell books in person.In this video, I’m going to share with you 10 reasons why I love selling books in person.#keithwheelerbooks #kdppublishing #selfpublishing ===========================================================🔽🔽 Let me know what you thought of the video in the comments below. 🔽🔽✅ Subscribe for more free YouTube tips: https://www.youtube.com/c/keithwheelerbooks?sub_confirmation=1👍 Gain perks and bonuses as a channel member:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcFfP0Px7cO3h6BCZUpXUQQ/join===========================================================✅ My Books & Merch: 🔥 My book on how to get book reviews: https://amzn.to/2Tvha97👕 My Author Merch: https://amzn.to/3B6RCoi💡 My Puzzle Book Domination Course: https://kwheelerbooks.com/pbcourse===========================================================✅ Tools and services, I use and recommend:🚀 The tool I use to find efficiently find profitable keywords, categories and niches:http://www.kwheelerbooks.com/rocket💰 The one-stop-shop for all things self-publishinghttp://www.kwheelerbooks.com/hub🖊️ Catch and eliminate grammatical issues and typos like, how to weite a book, using your FREE Grammarly account: https://kwheelerbooks.com/grammarly===========================================================✅ Recommended playlists:📚 How to Make a Children’s Picture Book in PowerPoint:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxYaxZXBOC3bD9qci46fB7VKyrFOCv369🥰 How to Make Puzzle Books: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQXBpVgkF_s&list=PLxYaxZXBOC3a5FHg1XJohOK9fUoRN6faP📓 No Content and Low Content Book Interiors:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxYaxZXBOC3YQgFl-WfRdOZ1vLxXLiKjm✍️ Tips for Authors:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxYaxZXBOC3YFBySoUoF-PcgXc07VZL64===========================================================🎥 My Video Gear and Team: ✅ Video Thumbnail Designer: https://kwheelerbooks.com/thumbs✅ Video Editor: https://kwheelerbooks.com/VideoEditor📷 Webcam: https://amzn.to/3guZEQc💡 Lighting: https://amzn.to/38gazsd🎤 Lavalier Microphone: https://amzn.to/2WpD9VU🎙️ Mounted Microphone with Arm and pop filter: https://amzn.to/3ymDrcR===========================================================Disclaimer: Some of these links go to one of my websites and some are affiliate links where I’ll earn a small commission if you make a purchase at no additional cost to you.===========================================================✅ For business inquiries contact me at kwheelerbooks@gmail.com✅ Let’s connect:Website – https://kwheelerbooks.comTwitter – @kwheelerbooksInstagram – /kwheelerbooks