Godmother:
How important is a clickable Table of Content in KDP publishing?

I write my books on my phone as its more convenient for me (I can write on the go) , then do my TOC on a system before uploading via my phone.

My laptop got spoilt and I'm yet to collect it from the repairer. I've written three books that are just laying there and I'm thinking of publishing them without making the TOC clickable, but wonder if this will negatively impact my sales.

Has anyone tried publishing this way?

Cc

Eliok

TOC is important because of the kindle version. People skim through your book faster with them.
Paperback doesn't have to be clickable.

craigkoel1989:
Reasons why many of us get tired of kdp publishing is that we try to make our book perfect and at the end we see no sales
If you are starting kdp publish even if your book is not perfect
Eventually you will learn from our mistake
Sometimes customers can be very funny, the book you spent most time may not sell but books that you published in a hurry will actually be your best seller which will amaze you

yeah. NP sales happen to all writers. There's some book that sell once in a while. Just give the best. Learn more. Look for more topics

eliok:
TOC is important because of the kindle version. People skim through your book faster with them.
Paperback doesn't have to be clickable.

Thanks. Guess I'll wait till I collect my laptop tomorrow before uploading. In the meantime, I'll just start with another book.

Godmother:


Thanks. Guess I'll wait till I collect my laptop tomorrow before uploading. In the meantime, I'll just start with another book.

I like your writing spirit.....Can I pm you?

You are losing money by making your table of contents clickable especially if you are in kdp select, I removed all the clickable table content from my Kindle book and my Kemp read tripled because if your table of content is clickable customers can go to the exact page they want and will count as 1 Kemp read but without it they will scroll to the place and if the place they want is on page 50 you will have 50 Kemp read

craigkoel1989:
You are losing money by making your table of contents clickable especially if you are in kdp select, I removed all the clickable table content from my Kindle book and my Kemp read tripled because if your table of content is clickable customers can go to the exact page they want and will count as 1 Kemp read but without it they will scroll to the place and if the place they want is on page 50 you will have 50 Kemp read

you are mistakenly wrong. i put table of content clickable and add a link to the last page. i label the link free bonus .
when you click on the link which should be in page 5. it will lead you to the bonus page on page 167. that's a clean 167 kenp FYI.
thanks . i know becos the book will show the keep read boost. i then link back from page 167 to page 5 . using the word return to previous page.

jerome263:


I like your writing spirit.....Can I pm you?

Thanks. Sure, you can pm.

Godmother:


Thanks. Sure, you can pm.

Thanks

Godmother:


Thanks. Guess I'll wait till I collect my laptop tomorrow before uploading. In the meantime, I'll just start with another book.

What's the average word count of your books ma'am?

eliok:
you are mistakenly wrong. i put table of content clickable and add a link to the last page. i label the link free bonus .
when you click on the link which should be in page 5. it will lead you to the bonus page on page 167. that's a clean 167 kenp FYI.
thanks . i know becos the book will show the keep read boost. i then link back from page 167 to page 5 . using the word return to previous page.

Can u pls teach me how to do this

craigkoel1989:
Reasons why many of us get tired of kdp publishing is that we try to make our book perfect and at the end we see no sales
If you are starting kdp publish even if your book is not perfect
Eventually you will learn from our mistake
Sometimes customers can be very funny, the book you spent most time may not sell but books that you published in a hurry will actually be your best seller which will amaze you

true!!! I 100% agree with u.. perfection is a serious problem in this business and worst among all is that perfection work together with time. The more u are trying to make that book perfect the more time you waste..
And again, in this Kdp publishing there is no body can garantee you that a certain keywords will make a massive sale .. the only way you know whether a book will sale is 4 u to keep publishing.

Finally come to realized that in this Kdp publishing biz quantity is sometimes far better than quality and both have a direct relationship with Time.
Have seen people that just started this business go to Google and collect information and publishéd up to 20books and they are making a good sales
Than someone that wasted his time to make 5 quality books..
Keep Publishing, atleast make your reasonable and meet up some few level of standard..

ufotty2001:
Finally come to realized that in this Kdp publishing biz quantity is sometimes far better than quality and both have a direct relationship with Time.
Have seen people that just started this business go to Google and collect information and publishéd up to 20books and they are making a good sales
Than someone that wasted his time to make 5 quality books..
Keep Publishing, atleast make your reasonable and meet up some few level of standard..

seriously bro you just nailed it oo.. waste no time on one book oo... you are actually voicing what I do and it's helping me...

ufotty2001:
Finally come to realized that in this Kdp publishing biz quantity is sometimes far better than quality and both have a direct relationship with Time.
Have seen people that just started this business go to Google and collect information and publishéd up to 20books and they are making a good sales
Than someone that wasted his time to make 5 quality books..
Keep Publishing, atleast make your reasonable and meet up some few level of standard..

Fat lie. Perfection will always pay off. My best earning book is as a result of perfection. What's the essence of publishing a book if u can't earn from it for life. I've seen books published by Nigerians in less competitive niches with lots of nasty reviews. The use of English in a book will always tell where the writer is from. If you must publish, make it count. Publish a book that will keep generating sales every month. I was doing keyword research a few days ago and I saw a niche with less competition and so much reviews. Most books on the first page had an average of 2.0 rating. Buyers complained and clearly stated that they weren't English natives. I'll publish in that niche and here is what I'll do:
I'll create good content around the topic and then hire an editor to do justice. Design a good cover and write an excellent description. That book will sell for life. Not everyone is a writer. Churning out books in their numbers to meet a target won't do it. You'll keep publishing books every week. If you have to publish a book then endeavour to stand out.
Americans are starting to publish on Amazon, you can't compete with them if your book is bad. Most people from their Author pages, you'd know that they're not Americans. You must no be an American to make it. I've seen $7k a Month here in Nigeria. Those people are on the same kdp. What's different? They know what works.


Kdp is not a numbers game. You can publish 30 books and make $1k and I'll beat that with 3.

The part most people have problems is in keyword research.. when you find a winning keyword, you will know it. Take your time to get this step right. It takes me days to find one. I was using publisher rocket but right now every research goes to Amazon. It has accurate results. You see a keyword on rocket, it tells u that u can make $10k in sales in a month and u write it instanta and then struggle for sales.

The only thing you need is Amazon search expander and DC Amazon quick view. The first will show you other things people are searching for under that keyword and the latter will show the bsr of every book on each page. Check competition and bsr.

I go for keywords with less than 500 results and less than 50k bsr. If u want to sell more books go for keywords with less than 10k bsr. I mean all books on first page have less than 10k bsr. I've seen someone doing 40 paperbacks a day. It's all about keyword research. When you find it, take your time to do it. Get a good cover and then allow your reports page to speak.

ThothHermes:
What's the average word count of your books ma'am?

I do 5- 10k words.

Lolo24:
The part most people have problems is in keyword research.. when you find a winning keyword, you will know it. Take your time to get this step right. It takes me days to find one. I was using publisher rocket but right now every research goes to Amazon. It has accurate results. You see a keyword on rocket, it tells u that u can make $10k in sales in a month and u write it instanta and then struggle for sales.

The only thing you need is Amazon search expander and DC Amazon quick view. The first will show you other things people are searching for under that keyword and the latter will show the bsr of every book on each page. Check competition and bsr.

I go for keywords with less than 500 results and less than 50k bsr. If u want to sell more books go for keywords with less than 10k bsr. I mean all books on first page have less than 10k bsr. I've seen someone doing 40 paperbacks a day. It's all about keyword research. When you find it, take your time to do it. Get a good cover and then allow your reports page to speak.

Let me ask you sir, is it possible to see a keyword that all the books there are below 10k BSR and low competitiveness of 500

Godmother:


I do 5- 10k words.

8k words (30 pages) on laptop, how pages will it be on kindle?

ufotty2001:

Let me ask you sir, is it possible to see a keyword that all the books there are below 10k BSR and low competitiveness of 500

Yes. They're lots of them. Keywords you'd never think of. In fact the business niche has loads, cookbooks too.

craigkoel1989:
You are losing money by making your table of contents clickable especially if you are in kdp select, I removed all the clickable table content from my Kindle book and my Kemp read tripled because if your table of content is clickable customers can go to the exact page they want and will count as 1 Kemp read but without it they will scroll to the place and if the place they want is on page 50 you will have 50 Kemp read

you have a point here oo

Godmother:


I do 5- 10k words.

Oh thanks. Do you format and design yourself?

Lolo24:


Yes. They're lots of them. Keywords you'd never think off. In fact the business niche has loads, air cookbooks too.

Do you believe you niching down.. ??

ufotty2001:
Finally come to realized that in this Kdp publishing biz quantity is sometimes far better than quality and both have a direct relationship with Time.
Have seen people that just started this business go to Google and collect information and publishéd up to 20books and they are making a good sales
Than someone that wasted his time to make 5 quality books..
Keep Publishing, atleast make your reasonable and meet up some few level of standard..

Your assumption is wrong. Stop encouraging low quality books.

Think about this KDP stuff as a long term thing. The low quality books may get sales for a start but negative feedbacks from buyers will eventually kill it. Everything boils down to keyword research. Do your keyword right, write quality books and rip the benefits forever!

The reason many people continue to struggle in this business is cos of this mindset of yours.

Lolo24:


Don't mind the idiot o. Pay people who have made it in kdp to teach you. What should've taken you 6 months to learn on your own you will in a month. I paid for Kindle mentorship in Oct and in Jan, I had my first 1k. If you can't pay for mentorship, buy profitable keywords from pros. Eliok and helioshay render such services. I've used helioshay's keyword book and I'm making sales. Pay to learn what you don't know. I'm not offering mentorship I'm just telling u. The idiot advising u has been running helter skelter on nairaland kdp threads since Jesus knows when. He hasn't made something good. If u want to excel pay someone to teach u. Lots of people here make a lot of money from this stuff.

Hi bro, please can you help me with the Helioshay keyword book that you use? Thank you sir.

After the poor sales resulting from a stop in Paperback shipping things are looking up again, and sales has been good. All Glory to God
Writers and KDP hustlers keep publishing and worry less about get rich Keywords.
As you roll on you will stumble on what works perfectly for you and fits into your skill set. Just keep creating quality content. That is one thing you will never regret.
Account termination is real in this business. I know because besides publishing over 40 books of mine in 2 accounts, I offer book cover design and formatting so I interact with so many Publishers. I have seen many making some immediate gains from plagiarised content or copyright images and after some months or years a report is made and their account is terminated.
* Always confirm the nature of license for images used by your Designer
* Only allow up to 10% plagiarism in your books were Dictionary or Bible quotations are at the core of your book; otherwise 0% is the ideal. I have achieved this even for a cookbook that I outsourced. Think of it, uploading a book with over 50% plagiarism is saying that more than 50% of your book belongs to someone else meanwhile you clicked/ told Amazon at time of Publishing that you own copyright to the work. A recipe for account termination.
* You are creating a timeless content that becomes yours and your heirs for life, so quality shouldn't be spared nor mediocrity accepted in any form. However at the end the choices are yours to make and live with. Yes some prefer instant success that is short lived instead of a long spanning success that takes time to achieve.
Shalom

Godmother:


Thanks. Guess I'll wait till I collect my laptop tomorrow before uploading. In the meantime, I'll just start with another book.

ok

All4good:
After the poor sales resulting from a stop in Paperback shipping things are looking up again, and sales has been good. All Glory to God
Writers and KDP hustlers keep publishing and worry less about get rich Keywords.
As you roll on you will stumble on what works perfectly for you and fits into your skill set. Just keep creating quality content. That is one thing you will never regret.
Account termination is real in this business. I know because besides publishing over 40 books of mine in 2 accounts, I offer book cover design and formatting so I interact with so many Publishers. I have seen many making some immediate gains from plagiarised content or copyright images and after some months or years a report is made and their account is terminated.
* Always confirm the nature of license for images used by your Designer
* Only allow up to 10% plagiarism in your books were Dictionary or Bible quotations are at the core of your book; otherwise 0% is the ideal. I have achieved this even for a cookbook that I outsourced. Think of it, uploading a book with over 50% plagiarism is saying that more than 50% of your book belongs to someone else meanwhile you clicked/ told Amazon at time of Publishing that you own copyright to the work. A recipe for account termination.
* You are creating a timeless content that becomes yours and your heirs for life, so quality shouldn't be spared nor mediocrity accepted in any form. However at the end the choices are yours to make and live with. Yes some prefer instant success that is short lived instead of a long spanning success that takes time to achieve.
Shalom

Its only a matter of time before Kdp bans Nigerians with this mindset. You have two accts and you encourage people to churn out books. Some people will create 2 just like u. Abi draft2digital is no longer permitting Nigerian accts. Soon it will be kdp

Lolo24:


The only thing you need is Amazon search expander and DC Amazon quick view. The first will show you other things people are searching for under that keyword and the latter will show the bsr of every book on each page. Check competition and bsr.

I go for keywords with less than 500 results and less than 50k bsr. If u want to sell more books go for keywords with less than 10k bsr.

Bookmark: Keywords Research Methodology

Lolo24:


Its only a matter of time before Kdp bans Nigerians with this mindset. You have two accts and you encourage people to churn out books. Some people will create 2 just like u. Abi draft2digital is no longer permitting Nigerian accts. Soon it will be kdp

Do your research, you can send CS an enquiry. It's not against Amazon T&C.

Lolo24:
The part most people have problems is in keyword research.. when you find a winning keyword, you will know it. Take your time to get this step right. It takes me days to find one. I was using publisher rocket but right now every research goes to Amazon. It has accurate results. You see a keyword on rocket, it tells u that u can make $10k in sales in a month and u write it instanta and then struggle for sales.

The only thing you need is Amazon search expander and DC Amazon quick view. The first will show you other things people are searching for under that keyword and the latter will show the bsr of every book on each page. Check competition and bsr.

I go for keywords with less than *500 results and less than 50k bsr* If u want to sell more books go for keywords with less than 10k bsr. I mean all books on first page have less than 10k bsr. I've seen someone doing 40 paperbacks a day. It's all about keyword research. When you find it, take your time to do it. Get a good cover and then allow your reports page to speak.

please I need clarification on the statement you made about you going for keywords with less than 500 results and less than 50k best seller rating..

my question precisely is: what you mean by keywords with 500 results... do you mean, the topics (niche). for example typing Fitness and then it pops out 500 results is that what you mean? I thought that the more the numbers of results... 10k above you get more exposure to make more sales ...?

emperorsversion:


please I need clarification on the statement you made about you going for keywords with less than 500 results and less than 50k best seller rating..

my question precisely is: what you mean by keywords with 500 results... do you mean, the topics (niche). for example typing Fitness and then it pops out 500 results is that what you mean? I thought that the more the numbers of results... 10k above you get more exposure to make more sales ...?

haaaaaaaaaa!

Lolo24:


Its only a matter of time before Kdp bans Nigerians with this mindset. You have two accts and you encourage people to churn out books. Some people will create 2 just like u. Abi draft2digital is no longer permitting Nigerian accts. Soon it will be kdp

Is it true that Draft2digital has banned Nigerians from using it's platform? I just wanna confirm something