How to Promote Yourself on Amazon Kindle - WritersLife.org
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Hello again is Peter here again from a
writer's life and coming up today how to
promote yourself on Amazon Kindle Amazon
is one of the most popular marketplaces
for buying books whether they be fiction
or nonfiction or even scholarly texts in
fact almost any book in any genre can be
found on Amazon and it's a great place
to find exciting new reading material at
a bargain price one of the wonderful
things about Amazon is that it has an
easy self-publishing facility where
authors from all over the world who have
all different kinds of interests and
experience can get their books up on the
site for sale and available to download
onto a Kindle if you decide to go down
this route the next step is
understanding how to promote yourself on
Amazon Kindle to ensure you sell as many
books as possible the success of your
book largely depends on how much time
and effort you're willing to put in to
promote it however if you are just
starting out here are some things that
every author should do first populate
keyword search if people can't find your
book how are they going to buy it
populating the keyword search will
improve the likelihood of your book
showing up in search results use words
that apply to your book's title or topic
get some good reviews nothing improves
the success of sales like good word of
mouth if you can encourage customers who
bought your book to leave some positive
feedback this could have a considerable
impact on sales they don't even have to
have bought your book via Amazon
directly as long as they have an account
they are welcome to leave feedback next
and author page will give your readers
information about you here you can write
your own bio put up a picture and link
to social media and your website if you
have one people with interesting
engage the reader and therefore make
them more likely to buy next
understanding reviewer ranking your
reviews are moved by Amazon based on how
well Amazon thinks they were written and
how helpful they will be to other
perspective customers if you want a good
review move to the top of your review
list rather than a neutral or on
flattering one you need to get this
voted as the most helpful and relevant
so do bear this in mind next create a
great cover when you upload your book to
Amazon you can choose from a selection
of pre-designed covers for your book a
personal cover however one that has been
designed specifically for your book will
make it look far more professional and
it's likely to spot much more interest
and next self promotion put a link to
your book wherever you can social media
on your website at the bottom of your
email on business cards etc any chance
you have to remind people they can buy
your book and where to buy it
is another potential sale there are also
plenty of forums online way to promote
your book for free so make sure these
take advantage of all these to maximize
your sale potential next do a deal
you can offer a discount or a period of
time where people can buy your book for
free and having this kind of promotion
can see a huge increase in the number of
books being bought even though you won't
be making any money while doing so it
still increases your chance of being
talked about so getting your book out
there and read by as many people as
the most important thing remember it's
all about quality hard work and
make sure your book is the best version
it can be so proofread and edit before
you put it up for sale then be as
creative and ingenious as you like in
marketing and promoting your book in
every way possible we're lucky to be in
a world where there are so many
opportunities to do listen so take
advantage of them you never know and
just might catch on and don't forget if
you're struggling to write or finish
your book all three writers toolkit can
help with it you'll learn how to
overcome procrastination stay organized
get focused find time to write and
finally get your book published to get
access now while it's still available
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