- You probably already knew you're allowed two category
choices when you first publish your book.
But were you aware you could have more
than what Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing offers
in the book setup?
Also, quite a few categories are 100% inaccessible
from your KDP dashboard.
And if you don't take advantage,
then you could inhibit the overall long-term
growth of your publications.
That's okay, because today I'm going
to show you how to choose a category
on Amazon and what inside information you may have missed
that greatly benefits your self-publishing business.
Stay tuned.
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Before we jump into things, I'd love
to know what is your greatest struggle
in choosing a category on Amazon?
Leave your thoughts and questions
in the comments below and I'll take time
to answer as many as I can.
As many of you may know, when you publish
a book on Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing,
you can add your book to two categories,
also known as browse paths, in Amazon insider lingo.
These two categories determine how your book
is organized and found in the Amazon store.
Now, these categories will appear
in the Sales Page of your book in the Product Details
once it has had at least one sale or borrow.
Based on the keywords and categories,
Amazon's algorithm determines
a third complementing category, rounding out
your total browse pass to three in Product Details.
But, what if their choices don't
properly reflect your content?
Furthermore, if you dig a little deeper
in the Amazon Kindle Store, you'd find
some categories that are not available
in your KDP Dashboard.
I've heard from a number of online resources
and rumors that Amazon has over 19,000 browse paths,
and are continually adding new categories regularly.
So why do they limit a book to simply three categories?
However, don't be quick to judge
the outward appearance of the Amazon product details.
According to Amazon, each book is able
to have up to 10 browse paths.
Wow.
Even though you only see three categories
in the product details, your book could
be listed in seven additional categories.
This is important because
if you have significant book sales,
you could appear in up to 10 categories,
which oddly enough, represent the best-sellers lists.
Find the right categories or newly-launched browse paths,
you could very well establish your book
as number one best-seller without much work at all.
And your book could even become
a number one best-selling book
in a total of 10 categories, thereby increasing
your book's exposure and searchability.
This is particularly enticing
for anyone first releasing a book,
because if you top a best-sellers list
in a given category, then you will definitely top
another listing known as Hot New Releases.
Hot New Releases is a sub-category
of a given browse path that shows
the highest-performing books released
in the last 30 days.
So assuming you have a substantial amount
of sales in the first 30 days
and you have your book listed
in 10 browse paths, you literally
double your book's exposure and increase
the likelihood for purchasing.
Bam.
Now all you have to do is find
the browse paths best-suited for your book.
Simply watch my video, Profitable Kindle Niches:
What Are the Most Profitable Categories
in Kindle Publishing to get
a complete step-by-step walkthrough.
Once you have up to 10 categories,
log in to your KDP account and scroll down
to the bottom of the page.
Click the Contact Us hyperlink
and you'll be redirected to their inquiry page.
Select Book Details, and then Categories And Keywords.
Insert any title in the subject line
and then get rid of the text in the content box.
Ask them to add your book to the following categories.
Copy and paste the full browse paths into the box.
If you have 10 category requests,
then ask they remove categories you don't want on your book.
Keep in mind, you aren't married
to these categories and can always go back
and change them any time you want.
However, be selective about how
often you change out your categories.
Since there's a little bit of a delay
in fulfilling your request in changes to take on the site,
it's hard to measure the effectiveness of a category.
I try to keep a book on a category
for at least 30 to 90 days before switching out
to another browse path.
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Now get out there and put 10 categories on your books
you savvy self-publisher, you.
Till later, this has been Self-Publishing with Dale
and I'll see you guys soon.
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