Steps to Create and Sell Books in Amazon KDP Account

What is Amazon KDP? Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing is a platform that allows Authors and publishers to publish their books online for readers, it is one of the best online business models, and even beginners who started publishing new books online can use Amazon KPD no matter where they are. Therefore, knowing the steps to create an Amazon account is important.

Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) allows you to self-publish paperbacks, eBooks, and hardcover books for free and does not allow the creation of magazines, periodicals, calendars, or spiral-bound books.

It gives you direct access to your book on Amazon's websites and also allows you to create a detailed page for your book. Publishing with KDP gives you full rights to your book, which is not something traditional publishing allows.

With Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), you can self-publish your book on Amazon and start making money within 24 hours, rather than waiting months or even years to find an agent or a book deal and going through all of the traditional publishing steps to print a book. but Amazon helps you save more money by publishing on their site.

 

Self-publishing with Amazon KDP is, positively, 100% free.

An Amazon basic account is free; there are no fees associated with creating an account, and you can create your account with a mobile smartphone phone.

Steps to Create Amazon Account

• Visit the Amazon KPD in your browser.

• Enter your name.

• Enter your email address

• Enter and confirm the password to be used for the account.

• Press the create account button.

• Verify your email account used.

• Enter your mobile phone number.

Writing and self-publishing on Amazon KPD may sound impossible, but it is simpler than you think. With the help of the publishing tools provided by Amazon, self-publishing is easy with tools like Kindle, CreateSpace, and ACX.

Self-publishing is an easy and best way to get your content out to your readers globally as quickly as possible through digital, paperback, hardcover, audio CD, and downloadable audiobook formats.

 Some content types typically published using KDP include the following:

• Poetry.

• Book Series.

• Children's Books.

• Comics.

• Novels.

• Journals.

• Textbooks.

• Cookbooks.

For you to write and publish quality content on Amazon there are things you need to consider.

Questions to be consider

• Are you writing to educate your readers?

• Do you want to write to make a name for yourself?

• Is it to share a new idea globally?  

• Are you writing to make money alone?

Having known what the Amazon KDP is and how to set up the account, there are steps to be taken in Book Publishing.

Guide on how to self-publish your book  on Amazon:

1. Choose a book to write:

As mentioned above, you need to decide on the book to write and make sure it is formatted according to KDP formatting guidelines before uploading your book field.

2. Creating a keyword title for your book:

Requires thorough research on Amazon by using the keywords in your book title and book description to know the keywords your readers are using to reach the Amazon search bar.

3. Upload eBook manuscript:

Upload your book in kindle direct publishing format through an epub file and this is done after formatting your books. 

4. Create a book cover and upload your book cover:

To save time and money, you can purchase the book cover online from Canva or another website that was created by an artist.

5. Set up a KDP account:

After creating and formatting your book and ready to Upload you need to create a kindle Direct Publishing account or sign in if you have an existing account, then add your publisher information, payment information, and tax information.

 Conclusion: Creating an Amazon KDP  and selling books on the websites is very easy with the steps provided. If your network provider does not fail quickly, go through the guide and make use of the comment box provided for any difficulties encountered during these steps.