newReal:
let the author's name be at the bottom.
change the image to a picture of a couple.
and just leave it as: How To Save Your Marriage. it will enrouse the reader's curiosity.

akpan aniefiok: Hey frndz, have been trying to check my sales, but it nt showing the recent sales, i mean the month to dat report.only shows dec 31st to 2nd jan

akpan aniefiok: Hey frndz, have been trying to check my sales, but it nt showing the recent sales, i mean the month to dat report.only shows dec 31st to 2nd jan

akpan aniefiok: Hey frndz, have been trying to check my sales, but it nt showing the recent sales, i mean the month to dat report.only shows dec 31st to 2nd jan

Bestlyf: @mk82, is there any explanation for why kindle sets a different price, which is usually higher from what one set for his book? Like you set $2.99 and kindle set thiers for $4.99

Ima-obong:
Hello Oga Mk, what is going on. The site seems to have gone banana.

Ima-obong:
Hello Oga Mk, what is going on. The site seems to have gone banana.

mk82:
I think many people fell along the way when nairaland went down. However, I've been answering a lot of emails. We lost a lot of information to the crash. The thread was on page 30 that week.

onlineresource: Those of you asking for kindle software...
You don't need any software to write your book
Just write your book in microsoft and when saving it
Make use of the 97-2000 doc.
Remember its doc and not docx that you will be saving on...

About cover for your kindle book.
Well since what am writing are low price I just simply use microsoft to and create a table with the border thinkened in black and simply paste a catchy image in the centre and the name of your book at the top.
You authors name below the image and if you have any sub topic u can fix it either at the top of the image or below the image...

And when saving the image, make sure u save as a web page and simply use a screen capture software to copy what u have created into jpeg...

That was what I did that made my book to be accepted and it was formatted well when I previewed it...

Over to you mk82, make I learn more from you

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Olamarkjoel: please what line spacing can i use? is it 1.5? I want to know more about the formating. Thanks

Olamarkjoel: please what line spacing can i use? is it 1.5? I want to know more about the formating. Thanks

CosmicJames: Like I earlier said, my first book should have being live by tomorow but somehow, Amazon pause the publication saying they needed info from me.

I don't really understand how they mean and the right action to take now.
Here is the mail I received from them and I quote

"During a review of your KDP submission, we found content in your book that is freely available on the web.  Before we can publish your book, you need to take one of the following actions within five days:

1.      If you hold the publishing rights for all of the content in this book, resubmit your book for publishing following the instructions provided below.
2.      If the book is in the public domain, please confirm the initial publication date of the work and the author’s date of death. We will contact you if we need additional information.
3.      If you do not hold rights for all of the content in this book, please remove the book following the instructions provided below.

If you publish books for which you do not hold the electronic publishing rights, your account may be terminated or you may lose access to optional KDP services. If your account is terminated, all of the books you have uploaded through KDP will be removed from the Kindle store and you will not be permitted to open new KDP accounts.

Regards,

Kindle Direct Publishing"

Honestly, this is discouraging as it is my first time
@ Boss MK82 what should I do now, which action I should take? Thanks in advance

mk82:
First, go to page 5 and read my post on "HOW TO AVOID PLAGIARISM".
Your book failed the plagiarism test. If it is a recipe book, you can reply them that you own all the rights. But this claim will be difficult to make for other niches. You may have to unpublish the book.
Next time, make sure you properly rewrite any material you are using and also test with copyscape.

CosmicJames:

Boss, I really appreciate you for you speedy reply. Thank you very much. You just revived my spirit in KDP. I waso fast losing interest in this whole thing.
I get the point. I will keep to ur advice.

About unpublishing the book?
If I unpublish it now, rewrite it accordingly as in adding/removing some of the contents to make it unique without changing the cover and title and publish it later, will they still have issues with this particular book?

The reason I'm asking this question is because I want to remove the book and then follow that instruction you gave on page 5.

Once again, thank you for the good work you are doing and that you are it for us free of charge.

CosmicJames:
Boss, I really appreciate you for you speedy reply. Thank you very much. You just revived my spirit in KDP. I waso fast losing interest in this whole thing.
I get the point. I will keep to ur advice.
About unpublishing the book?
If I unpublish it now, rewrite it accordingly as in adding/removing some of the contents to make it unique without changing the cover and title and publish it later, will they still have issues with this particular book?
The reason I'm asking this question is because I want to remove the book and then follow that instruction you gave on page 5.
Once again, thank you for the good work you are doing and that you are it for us free of charge.

ecomerceguru:
What you have to do is make necessary changes, pass it through copyscape and when you are satisfied with the outcome. Re-upload it and re-publish. If it pass copyscape, kDP reviewers would surely accept it. Nice, seeing this thread back. It has always been a source of my Motivation and inspiration. Kudos to MK82!

mk82: HOW TO AVOID PLAGIARISM
One of the main problems you have to overcome when creating Kindle ebooks is that of copied content. This is a challenge whether you are outsourcing or writing your books by yourself. Amazon does not accept content that is freely available on the internet. If you submit copied content, you'll be warned and a repeat may lead to the account being blocked.
This is a real concern if you are writing nonfiction.
Because:
-You cannot creat facts
- You must get material from already existing sources.

Here are my suggestions:
1. Get your materials from multiple sources -eBooks, physical books & reputable websites.
2. Ensure that every sentence and paragraph is properly rewritten. Even if you are writing recipes, d order of the ingredients can be changed and the directions written in your own words.
3. If you are modelling a particular successful book, make sure you do not use the exact format and presentation.eg your chapters and subchapters should have different titles.
4. Finally, Check the finished work with copyscape and correct any duplicate content detected. I personally use the premium copyscape account.

mk82:
If you can't write, you can find people to write for you on freelance websites like elance n odesk. I am a good writer but I also outsource books because I can't do all d work by myself.

mk82:
RESEARCH: METHOD TO NARROW DOWN A NICHE
-Go to Google, type Amazon bestsellers. Click on the amazon bestseller's link
-At amazon bestsellers, click on kindle store on the left side (do not use d search box at d top)
-at kindle store, click on kindle ebooks below it
-under kindle ebooks, u will see many categories. click on anyone dat u want and it will open subcategories. choose any subcategory and click until their is no more subs.
- At this point, start checking the 100 books that are listed for dat sub-subcategory.
-right click any of the listed books and check d product details. It should have amazon sales rank below 20,000.
-determine d keyword of dat book. For instance, it could be a book on anger management.
-now open amazon on anoda tab and go to kindle ebooks.use d search box to search for the keyword 'anger management'. when d results open,select 'new and popular' on d right side.
-Open about 10 of d books to check their product details. their should be at least 5 to 7 books with amazon sales rank around 10k,20k,30k,40k. there should be many odas below 100k.
-this shows money is circulating in dat niche.
if these criteria are not satisfied, go to the bestseller's page and start over. Avoid niches with many celebrity authors or those dat require professional qualifications.