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Writing, Publishing, and Marketing are the three basic aspects you must pay attention to if you are interested in launching an independent/self-publishing career.

If you don't want to publish your books exclusively on Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing, then you can use Draft2Digital to go wide with them to get them distributed to iBooks, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Scribd, etc.

Using pen names as an independent author is a good strategy, most especially as a Nigerian author who publishes through International Book publishing platforms.

As a Nigerian writer/author who wants to publish books through Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing, you must write books that appeals to global audience and not local or Nigerian audience! This is because the target markets out there on Amazon are predominantly the Americans, Europeans, and Asians.

Being a writer is a source of joy and creativity just like being a published author is a source of fulfilment and pride. But in all, being an author whose books are selling is the climax.

Thanks to digital publishing and then Amazon KDP the largest digital publishing platform, an author can now easily monetize his/her content.

Not sure where to start in publishing your books? KDP's guides will help you at every step along the way.
https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G200635650?fbclid=IwAR3l8Ek72nhbO4Ko_0Om4tZoNzq9LSpalxlTQ86mGpxY61p_evHJ2DSuFcY

You can now increase the reach of your KDP published paperback books to a wider range of readers by enabling Expanded Distribution.

If you are just starting a publishing career, I advise you take it slowly and stage by stage too. There is really no good reason to go and produce paperbacks of your first book for either local distribution or international distribution through Amazon KDP. Doing that will overwhelm you and can lead to frustration if things did not favour you.

It is therefore important to first publish it as an eBook and if it picks up well in sales, you can then plan and produce a print version of it (paperback) later and if possible, hardcover edition of it.

There are some important things you have to do before hitting the publish button to ensure a successful launch of your book. Here are some of these things:
1. Research the best fit categories for the book again.
2. Research and gather good and appropriate keywords for the book.
3. Launch the book by using promo sites that do not require review and book them to promote the book on the first few days after hitting the publish button.

HOW TO BE A BEST SELLING AUTHOR

Someone asked me how he can be a "Best Selling" Author and this was my answer:
Write a great book, professionally edit it, professionally format it, design a professional cover for it, and promote it using AMS or any other paid book marketing services.
Guess what! If you can do these things, you will surely be glad you did.

One of the best success strategies of independent authors is "writing to market" that is writing in a genre or subgenre that is currently selling very well and not just writing what you love to write about. To find out these genre, study Amazon "best seller" list.

Still on writing: Let your book research ideas remain at that level and it should only act as a guide to you. Hence, never copy and paste any part of it into your book project.

If you are currently working on any book which you intend to publish through Amazon KDP, it will be advisable to publish it early January or in February. This is because there will be a lot of new Kindle users (those you just got their first Kindle) and hence there will be good chance of sales for even new authors as these set of buyers are more likely to try books from new authors.

Writing and publishing books through Amazon KDP is still one of the best forms of passive income!

Stevenbright:
Writing and publishing books through Amazon KDP is still one of the best forms of passive income!

i have a manuscript i want to publish on amazon. Do you provide such services?

Hydronium:
i have a manuscript i want to publish on amazon. Do you provide such services?

What service exactly?

Stevenbright:
What service exactly?

i have the fully edited manuscript. i need to publish it on amazon

Hydronium:
i have the fully edited manuscript. i need to publish it on amazon

You are the one who will create your KDP publishing account. I can guide you in any areas you need help to do that.

The services I render is in formatting your book manuscript to Amazon KDP publishing standard be it ebook (Kindle) edition or Paperback (print) edition

When delivered to you, you then go ahead to publish it in your KDP account.

Stevenbright:
You are the one who will create your KDP publishing account. I can guide you in any areas you need help to do that.

The services I render is in formatting your book manuscript to Amazon KDP publishing standard be it ebook (Kindle) edition or Paperback (print) edition

When delivered to you, you then go ahead to publish it in your KDP account.

I appreciate the information. May i enlist you for the formatting services?

Hydronium:
I appreciate the information. May i enlist you for the formatting services?

You are welcome.

O yes

Stevenbright:
You are welcome.

O yes

contact please

Hydronium:
contact please

It is on my signature