mk82:

Yes, use the same price since they are all eBook platforms.

wakacome:
how many books have you written?

mk82:

Assume that any number you see under the KU/KOLL
Units or KENP Read column is pages read.
From my calculation, each page read gives $0.0058. This means you need about 172 pages read to get $1.
(Don't start dancing yet.)

wakacome:
I know this question is not for me,amazon has changed their way of paying authors that had their books borrowed under the kindle unlimited or kindle owners lending library they now pay authors according to how many pages of their book that were read,the kenp read is used to measure how many pages of your book that someone or people have read......with this new system you cannot know how many times your book was read or borrowed but you can only know your total pages of book read......

ribechi:


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ribechi:


Talking about niches, i will also advice you on what niche is best for you with little or no competition and with the appropriate keyword to use. For your Kindle ebook to rank high in Amazon Kindle Search Query, you need to have an optimized keyword for that category you have posted your ebook so that when such searches are made, your book will come up and not just coming up, it will rank high.

To protect everyone's niche, I shall be sending your niche report to your email.

Time of Delivery: Within 24hrs
Cost of Service: Absolutely Free
No of Niches per person: Two (2) Niches (This is to reduce the work load for me).

mk82:

Assume that any number you see under the KU/KOLL
Units or KENP Read column is pages read.
From my calculation, each page read gives $0.0058. This means you need about 172 pages read to get $1.
(Don't start dancing yet.)

mk82:

Read the tutorial at the link below:
http://selfpublishtoday.com/author-central-tutorial/

mk82:


Use a different pen mane. One person (author) is not expected to be an expert in everything. There is no limit to the number of pen names you can have.

mk82:


There are over 3.3 million books on Amazon KDP now. For a book by an unknown author to sell, you have to conduct deep research to find very good keywords and then set promotion for a few days. Sometimes, with the right keywords, you don't even need free promotions to get sales.

twosquare:
different strokes for different folks....I will say let go of Smashword and embrace Draft2Digital. Visit www.draft2digital.com, it is better than than Smashwords and a player in digital publishing too. Their royalties payout is monthly. I use it too. If you are tired of Amazon, you can check it out. They distribute to:

iBooks
Barnes & Noble
Kobo
Page Foundry
Scribd
Tolino
and CreateSpace!


What I love most in Draft2Digital is their automatic conversion tool...they will help you to convert your book to epub, pdf and mobi and format it to the possible best.

mk82:


Smashwords is good. It gives your books exposure to other markets that Amazon does not cover, like iBooks, Barnes & Noble and Kobo. However, you should not expect to make money on the level of Amazon. Amazon is the king of online publishing.I know some people who get about 20% of their income from smashwords. The best thing to do is to pick your books that are no longer getting good sales or borrows on kdp and publish them on smashwords. You have to remove them from KDP select and wait for the current enrollment period to expire.
You will have to learn how to format for smashwords. The necessary guides are on their website. Smashwords pays through PayPal and payment is every 3 months.

flexygenius:
pls i also have interest in kindle books publishing pls can i register as a nigerian?

mk82:


For the second question, visit the following page http://selfpublishtoday.com/author-central-tutorial/. The tutorial is good.

twosquare:
okay. can i also receive payment into the account while i wait for the card?

Sarahn:



They have included it.
Just got my bank account added.

Haven't withdrawn yet.
Cos I am too chicken to try...

twosquare:
Has anyone tried the new feature introduced by payoneer maybe it works? Transferring directly to local bank account. Anyone, mk82?

mk82:


When your book is enrolled in KDP select, you have the chance of getting paid for borrows on KU/KOLL which is usually about $2 each. You also have the chance of promoting it again when it stops getting sales (if you still have promotion days left). The only reason for removing your books from KDP select is if you want to publish it on alternative platforms like Smashwords.

Bestlyf:
Mk82, I just discovered that kindle keeps your book automatically enrolled in Kdp select until you uncheck the selection. Now my question is: whats the upside and/or downside of keeping your books enrolled in kdp select every 3 months? What if I discontinue my enrollment after the first 3 months?

mk82:

There's nothing that stops you from promoting the book. I've had books that got up to 3 sales or borrows before the day I set for promotion.

The only risk is that the buyer may return the book if he sees it on free promo. However, it's better to take the risk of one returned book and promote your book to the 100s and sometimes 1000s of potential buyers that will see it during the promotion.

mk82:


If you are a Nigerian living in Nigeria, there is nothing you can do about the 30% withholding tax. Nigeria does not have a tax treaty with America, Canada, Australia and other countries that collect 30% withholding tax. We only avoid tax in UK and other European marketplaces.
Getting an EIN tax ID is only useful for those from countries that have tax treaty with America.

My advice is to keep working hard and publish as many good books as you can. That is what I've been doing the past 2.5 years. When you make a lot of sales, you will still have a good income even with 30% tax.

Meanwhile thanks to everyone who has been keeping this thread active in my absence.

wakacome:
I have just done some free 5 days promotion of my book through kdp select so please how can I check the number of free downloads I have gotten from the book?thanks.