Hi YouTube! Author Stefanie Newell and this is The Life Of A Writer channel. Today's
video - How To Upload A Book To Amazon. You recently finished writing your manuscript
and now you're ready to take the final step and become a published author? In today's
video, I will walk you step-by-step through the process of publishing your book.
Step #1 is to sign in to Amazon Kindle Publishing, using your existing Amazon account. Otherwise
you can create an account to get started.
Next.... you will see Amazon's Terms and Conditions. Make sure to read them before
agreeing in the lower right hand corner.
By agreeing to Amazon's terms and conditions, it will bring you to this screen, which upon
entering will issue the warning, that your information is incomplete. My recommendation
is to complete this step first, as Amazon will not allow you to publish a book, until
you enter the country/region you live in and the requested tax information.
For the sake of this video, we're going to create a Kindle e-book. But when you're
choosing, make sure to choose the Kindle e-book or paperback option.
On the Kindle e-book details screen, you'll first choose your e-book's primary language.
In the book title section, you'll type your title (and subtitle if appropriate).
Here's a tip: whenever you see words that are blue, this means that these are clickable
links. Click these to learn more about the topic.
The series section only applies to authors writing a series.
The edition number is for authors making changes to a previously published version.
Of course... you are the author! So you will enter your name or pen name in the author
section.
And contributors include the illustrator, editor, or a photographer you'd like to
credit.
Your book's description, keywords and category (also known as genre) should be researched
in advance. So make sure to grab my PDF - 5 Must Know Secrets Before Publishing To Amazon.
Publishing rights means that you own the copyright.
In most cases, you will choose this option.
In the keywords section, type the keyword or keyword phrases that you previously researched
for your book.
In the category section, select the appropriate category that relates to your book and press
save.
The age and grade sections are usually for authors who write for children.
Choose whether you want your book available for pre-order or to release it now. Then hit
save and continue.
Now this brings you to the Kindle e-book content page. This is where you're going to upload
your manuscript.
In the digital rights management section, you can choose yes or no. Again hover over
this section to learn more about the topic, but I always choose no.
In this section, you also want to upload your manuscript. Clicking Upload eBook manuscript,
will take you to your computer. Find your manuscript file on your computer and then
press Choose. Your manuscript will upload.
The next step is to upload your Kindle e-book cover. You have two choices here. You can
either select a cover from your computer that was designed by a graphic designer, (which
I highly recommend) or you can use the cover creator and create your own book cover.
Again grab my PDF to learn why this is such an important step!
The Kindle e-book preview launches a preview of your book. This allows you to preview what
your book looks like on a Kindle device or on the Kindle app.
Make sure to use this tool as it helps to point out any flaws in formatting!
Amazon assigns ASINs for all e-books published to their platform, so the ISBN section is
optional for Kindle e-books.
Once you hit save, be patient. It's going to take a few minutes to
It's going to take a few minutes to convert your files to Kindle format.
And this brings you to your last and final page, the Kindle e-book pricing page. If you're
not familiar with KDP select, I encourage you to hover over the How do I enroll? link
to learn more. For the most part, I usually enroll my book in KDP select.
For the territories section, select the territory for which you hold distribution rights. If
you need additional information on what this means, again, hover over the blue link to
learn more.
The royalty and pricing section is another very important section. So make sure to do
research to determine the pricing for your book or use the KDP Pricing Support (Beta),
which allows you to see what books (like yours) have sold for in the past.
Select a royalty plan and set your Kindle book's price. In this section, is where
you'll learn how much your book will make per copy. I encourage you to take a few minutes
to review this section.
The matchbook option gives customers who've previously purchased your book, the option
to purchase your Kindle book for $2.99 or less. This is a great option and encourages
people to buy both the Kindle and paperback versions of your book.
Book lending allows readers to lend their copy to friends and family.
If you've not yet set up your account information, you will get a warning that says your account
information is incomplete.
Complete all steps and then publish your Kindle e-book.
And this is how to upload a book to Amazon! It can take up to 72 hours for your title
to be available for purchase on Amazon. In most cases, your book will be available much
sooner!
Make sure to check your email regularly! You will receive an email that says your book
is published and available on Amazon.
Be sure to go on your book's page and confirm that everything looks in order. Make sure
that your formatting is correct and that there are no typos!
If everything looks good, congratulations you're a published author!
Check out my playlist How To Publish A Book On Amazon for more tips on how to publish
your book to Amazon!