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dayosaurus:
Thanks a lot..

My problem with payoneer is I have no form of official identification..

Wait.....
WHAT?
Stop messing with me.
There is no way you don't have any form of offical id unless you are a minor.
Else, life would be hard.
You won't have a bank account, a voters id, a student id without any official id.

FYI, an official id would be
A international passport
A driver's licence
A voter card.

It is rare to hear you have none. Then what did you use to open a bank account in nigeria

arbitrage:
Thank you for making value-adding critique on this thread. Aside the grammatical and typographical errors highlighted by that guy, don't you think your dislike for the "legal" jargon, CONJUGAL, in that blurb is because of your aversion for anything marital (family-like) and religious? As an asexual and atheistic personality (going by your signature), it may be natural for you to see CONJUGAL as a bias word that connotes or approves sex in only a conventional, man to woman, legalized or unionized Church-like marriage. But note that the writer may also have other Amazon visitors that are not asexual or atheistic in personalities, who will see the word conjugal as mere coital (from coitus) in meaning. So it is left for him to decide who is target market is. If he wants to win more money from both sides of personality fence, he can go ahead to find euphemism for the word. I think our backgrounds influence our stand/position here.

I never saw it that way. I should have thought of that.I guess our backgrounds do affect how we see things.
Nicely said.

dayosaurus:
On one's profile in kdp. Can I use my P.O Box address as my address, instead of where I currently reside cos I'm always on the move..

sarahn hamlak mk82??

Yes, you can put your p.o box.
You might want to contact them directly for that. Sometimes, they send cheques to your p.o box and sometimes to your home address.
But if you are accepting payment via payoneer, this should not be a problem.

Good Luck!

@myhoodlink
The actual expression is a little miss know it all.
Just because your book has sold 700 copies doesnot mean there is no room for improvement.

I apologize. I had no idea you thought I was running down your book. I did no such thing.
You asked for a review. I gave my opinion

That was the cheapest commodity on the planet.


I had wrongly miscalculated. If I had known that you would take my comment to heart and then misunderstand me, I probably won't have commented.

I have nothing to gain by slamming your book. It is my wish that Nlers here in KDP should be successful so that we can give those yahoo yahoo boys who soiled our online reputation,a big, fat, rich, middle finger with diamond ring.

My sincerest, most heartfelt apologies. Maybe I am being onesided. I am only human afterall.





@Zico0
It is a deal! Good luck with your book. Seriously, I never understand a word you say. The Philosophy category fits you well.

INDESTRUCTABLEX:
Via the US Payment option, right?
In your take, what is the ideal number of pages you would go for?

Of course.
Well, it depends on the genre. Check similar books and copy what they do.
But in my two-cented opinion,
I won't really say pages, rather words. 10, 000 words is the minimum and I will price it at .99 cents. In my experience, 5000 words is about 15 pages, so 10k is about 30 pages. I would advise at least 20,000 words and price 2.99. The idea is give readers the impression that they are getting value at such a price. This can attract readership with the right marketing.

@ResourceMan
I am most flattered by your comment. One good turn deserves another. MK helped me out, and this newbie is simply trying to repay a favour that she is eternally grateful for.

@Zico0
A free promotion is different from sales. I have downloaded lots of free books but never read them. Really, people just download cos it is free.
It is a different matter when it comes to sales.

I'll tell you what:
I will give the links to my kindle books if your book ranks under #20,000 i.e sells 1copy per day every day with that cover and description. And I then realize that you are the God of luck and I humbly request to be your follower.
And I guess I will owe you an apology. Please take my ecovers as a peace offering.
You would have found yourself a hungry market who would buy anything you give to them.
In other words, it's quite the miracle in kdp that I have been wishing for.... You may have actually found the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow!

.

INDESTRUCTABLEX:
Oga Sarahn, you have been talking about Legal legal, what does that mean?
Plus how do you receive your earnings?

Oga INDESTRUCTABLEX. His description sounds like what you will read under terms and conditions.
I opted by cheque but that was the worst idea ever. I use payoneer now.

taddat:
Hello peeps, kindly help check my just uploaded book as I await your quick advices and constructive criticisms; http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OQQW0RU

The cover art sucks.
The font is childish. not professional. Go to Fontspace.com and type in the font Optimus princeps. download and install.
The picture is bad, low quality.
Go to pixabay.com and search couples. You find something better. Don't worry, all images there are copyright free.

22 pages is short. really short. Try and find more content to add.
Change the title to something catchy such as How to get your man and keep him.
The pen name you used doesn't sound professional. Use authority pen names.

Your product description sucks. It has no call to action, no USP. What makes your 22 paged ebook so unique that I will buy it no matter the price?

NaLaugh:
First off, a man who can not get the spelling of his own name right should never be trusted Just kidding... but am i?


As indicated in the book, your pen name is "Justin Tim" (two first names, but that's beside the point). However, your book cover has a very
glaring typo of your name as "Justi m Tim." Fix that asap.


This is your description below:




1. The word "in" should not exist in that sentence, as its presence makes the sentence meaningless and grammatically wrong.

2. Change "highlighting" to "highlight"

3. "If such issue(s) is not" - This should read "If such an issue(s) is not" OR "If such issues are not." (Don't forget to adjust the rest of the sentence accordingly).

4. There should be only one period after "union." There isn't a reason here to have used "..." to bridge two unrelated sentences.

5. The sentence portion in bold beginning with "blames, accusation..." should be completely reworded.

6. I'm not sure why you have your last three lines in quotes, but there should not be quotes over there.

Also, when writing quotes, periods go inside the quote, not outside. e.g "bla bla." not "bla bla".

It is not a bad description, it just needs to be properly written. Good luck

You have eyes of steel
How did you
manage to read past the first line?
It is constructed like a legal text. CONJUGAL? Come on! An author ought to make their blurb interesting not bore the reader with legal text.

@ResourceMan
Who? Me? I am just a newbie passing through.
Mk82 did me a favor and I am here to repay.

myhoodlink:
Please, someone should help me review this book http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00N22ATR2



Sarahn, I have been following your reviews and any input will be highly appreciated. Mk and others too please.

Price
First off, the book is too freaking expensive. $5 for 11 pages! Add more content or reduce the price.

Why the Kindle list price so darn high? Make it 2.99 then the print list price $10. Make buyers feel like they have a bargain.

On the cover
What is up with the font and accent colours? GREEN! I hate green. I kept thinking aliens, green people from Mars are invading our planet.
I could not see the title in the thumbnail size. Change the colour and the size.

Product Description
Are you a lawyer, or a geek?
I was put off by the product description. It felt like I was reading legalese. Everyone is put off by legalese. You are making the book look boring by that product description. I love books, but that product description will have me running.

Pen Name
What sort of pen name is Justim Tim? You are giving relationship advice. Sound professional. Use doctorish pen name such as Dr. Charles Livingstone. A pen name that says authority.

Title
What's up with the title? Relationship killers? HELL NO! Now you sound like a bloody Nigerian.
Did you do niche research? Did you check similar books like yours? Did you see that kind of title?
I browse on Amazon and I swear by ten heavens, that if I see a title like relationship killers, I shall never buy it.
It is not sell-worthy.
Check what title other authors in your niche are using and do same.

READ BEFORE REPLY. I will causticaly troll you if u don't.

Why are some people afraid of:
Atheists?
Homosexuals and people of a different sexual orientation and gender identity?
Science or anything that makes you think?
Evolution?
Higgs theory ( the theory that suggests ET)
feminism?

I have been skipping through threads and I keep seeing people try to prove to me or any other infidel that there is just one God and there is hell and you can perish there all eternity.
What the hell are they afraid of? hell? infidels that will cause them to question their beliefs?
their disbelief in religion?
As far as I am concerned, if you believe something, you don't yell it from the rooftop.
I mean, I believe I am a real person and so do you. So why don't you yell it from the rooftops and place pictures of yourself everywhere to prove it? Why don't you attack and give a sermon to any one who doesn't believe you?
Well, if you did, it tells me you got something to hide.
So what if someone is gay, an atheist or a feminist?
Why the hell do you need to show them why you think they are wrong?
That tells me you've got something to hide.
You must be hiding the fact that/ you are afraid of the fact that
You are secretly doubting the existence of God
You are a repressed homosexual. You wish to come out but you cannot.
Science opens your eyes and mind, helps you doubt
Evolution and ET makes you realize that we are nothing special; that humankind has deluded itself and grossly overestimated its worthless significance to the universe.
Feminism destroys the delusion that you are superior. It makes you question gender roles.

So what if there is hell? You will get used to the pain.
If you love pain, hell is gonna be a heaven.
You can train your "spirit" not to feel heat.
You can show others how to survive hell and help out people.
Because it is futile to go to a God that can't even kill an angel. His own creation. Lucifer.

So what if you are gay? You go to hell. You can always sort that out. Your family will leave you. No problem.You were born there by random. Now you know better. There are 3 freaking billion people. Surely you will find somewherr that acccepts you for you.

So what if someone is a feminist? Questioning gender roles is proof that humans have evolved.
From the primitive, barbaric, stupified, idotically proud dna of ancestors before us.

So what of evolution and ET? it humbles us. We need that, not understanding that has lead to the exinction of species, pollution, global warming.

I suppose it is an impossible task to get everyone to be openminded. But I will try. This is just the beginning.

taddat:
PLS O.....I just finished my writing and formating, I tried to upload my book with the use of my phone ,but its kinda hard. As the response was ' unfinish account registration".The question is 1. what do I fill in the account country? Nigeria or America. 2.I haven't gotten my payoneer account , as I await it card's arrival, so what do I fill in the bank account space.. 3. In the tax account, what should I fill also.

Disclaimer:I am a newbie at this as well.
Well, I will tell you what I did, hope it helps.
Never try uploading books via phone. A laptop helps.
Fill in Nigeria.
Has payonneer sent you your bank details? I think not.
Apply for payment via cheque. Relax you can change this later.
As for the tax. I hate them. You should ask mk82 about that.

NaLaugh:
I don't use one because i am gender neutral

Really? I thought you were female.
I love gender neutrality. Always have. Always will.
It is why I hate the label.
I was just messing around. No need to take this person seriously. You are NaLaugh afterall. Live up to your moniker

hamlak:
@Sarahn. I am so sorry my mistake. I just read through the whole responses and just wrote my reply to Zico0. So sorry, it should have read Kudos to a wonderful lady. Yes you are a wonderful person. No offense meant. regards

It is alright. Just messing with you.
You'd be the second nairalander to assume I am male. Guess I have to change my moniker to I AM A FEMALE

hamlak:
Kudos to the guy for a good spirit. Cheers!

I am quite flattered by your compliment. Assuming I read right, you were complimenting the person that gave a free book cover.
Men!!!!!
Now, I will be darned. You have hurt my female pride. I happen to be a woman not a man. My moniker says sarah. I am fairly certain it is a female name.
Would you kindly do me a favour. Check the moniker before assuming it is a guy.
Or else I will start referring to everyone here as a "she".
Starting now.

Kudos to the gal Hamlak for her compliment!

INDESTRUCTABLEX:
So in essence, there's no problem with the platform but rather the users. And what you are saying is that we should brace ourselves for some negative feedback?

Yes, that is what I thought I said. I am sorry if you misunderstood my comment.

Zico0:
On a very light note, the $12 price is an increase by amazon.com and i don't know why. I'll deal with it on monday. The price is $9.

On the lenght, i guess its a total loss then; for you. But, to give you a reason, you never heard this info anywhere before, as the lenght couldn't stop it. It transcends ordinary writing conventions. It contains a perspective of life that you have not yet achieved. Thats why it is pure wisdom; It offers science that is not bound by conventions. Knowledge don't bind us, real knowledge frees and exposes us. No fears, no worries because man comes before information. Humanity is the value of reality. I could go on.

You have an interesting defence. Unfortunately, it has failed to convince me. It s not appealed to my needs. Will your book change my life? Help me bag a first class? Get me George Coolney? Make me a bestselling Kindle author? You have to appeal to the needs of your buyers. People buy nonfiction to solve their problem. What problem des your book solve?
Look I say it again. $9 is too high. I am not saying it because of length but because Amazon buyers have a particular pattern: they donot buy books from new authors if the book is priced at anything higher than $2.99.
Yes, it is horrible.
So may I offer a suggestion?
Write a prequel of the book and sell it for 2.99.
Then lure your readers to buy your main book
Use createspace to justify higher prices
Place your book under motivational and inspirational
Then do some madass marketing. KDP does not help you in a niche like this ooo...
Good Luck with your book.
FYI, the first book you publish doesnot sell. Ask anyone who is in KDP and they will tell you the same thing. Try not to put all your hope on one book.

INDESTRUCTABLEX:
Sarahn, explain.

I went to the kdp community and asked them about preorders vs free promotion. I got trolled. Not directly but subtly. The way my question was answered was like they assumed I was a naive newbie indie idiot trying to sell a crappy and short book.

It would have been better if they had said so bluntly.
Seriously. I hate subtle insults.

mk82:
I haven't had time to study preorders so I can't give an opinion now. I still use free promotions for my new books and also to stir up some of the old ones.

I wished I had read this before going to the KDP community.
Good Lord! They were very cruel. i was pretty shaken.
A word of advice to new authors: never go to kdp community unless you have nerves of steel. Mine was made of glass. it is not pretty.

Are you freaking kidding me?
Have you checked other books similar to yours on amazon?
If you did that and found any 30 pages ebook selling at $12, then please take the ecovers above, free no attribution required, as my sincerest apology.
This is not me telling you that it is impossible for your book to sell because "those who want to win" know better than to buy a book with a poor cover and description.

Lemme be frank. I am a book addict. I have countless motivational books that are over 200 pages. I've buying motivatinal books since I was 13.
So tell me Zico0, why should I buy your book?
I have bought Think & Grow Rich for $5. I know every motivational gimick. So what makes your 30 pages ebook so unique that will make me buy it for $12?
Give me a great reason and I will buy it, promote it and get my friends to buy and promote.

Zico0:
your opinion is just one too little to effect any change.

As much as I hate to critique, I am afraid Nalaugh is right.
First off the cover and the book is horrible in many ways
1. The picture does not relate with the content. At first, I thought it was a book on Family.

2. The background color is sent from hell. I could not see the title. Mind you, I wear glasses as well as a million other people who may view your book.

3. The position of the title in the cover is stressful on the eyes. The font used made the cover look like a cheap novel. The color combination made my eyes watery.

4. The price is too high for an unknown author like you. $12 is too high for an ebook even for famous authors in the self help genre. To add insult to injury, it is only 30 pages. Haba!
If you want to justify your high prices, link your book with createspace.

5. God! Who wrote your book description? That person must be the one doing you. The sentences are incoherent, lack consistency and appear jumbled. I did not understand a word. Oyibos are lazy oo..

6. Which kind name be Esomething Ezekiel? It does not sound like an Oyibo name. They won't buy the book with that penname.

7. The motivational self help genre is the worst for Indie authors. Why? Because the people there want free information and those that pay do it only for bigname authors. Trust me, I have been there. Check this link for proof.
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LJKSOJE?ie=UTF8&at=&force-full-site=1&ref_=aw_bottom_links
That was my first ever published book. As you can see it is not selling.

8. That it is even out of the question. Amazon placed your book in the wrong place. It is listed under SCIENCE! SCIENCE!!!

Correct me if I am wrong mk82 , NaLaugh. In my opinion that is worth two cents,
This book was doomed before it was published.
I beg you as someone who has done all this mistakes before, biko, ejoor, si'vu plait, in the name of God,
Fire your ecover designer and the person that wrote your blurb. They are wicked. Very wicked. They must be jealous of your success. Fire them with prayers if you must. Kai! some people are wicked in this world. *shakes head and crosses elbows*

However, if you want, at least take any one of the ecovers below. It is simple but at least it looks professional.All the images are free and are in the public domain from pixabay.com. You pay me nothing but walk away with an ecover. I am giving you for free

1. A Degree Does Not Entitle You To A Job
Yeah, we know that. That's why you should start your own business.

2. Start The Job Search Before You Graduate
Start your part time business before you graduate then you won't have to graduate! (Dell, Microsoft, Facebook were part time businesses in college)!

3. Facebook Is Forever.
Deactivate the freaking Facebook account.

4. Life Is Expensive
Move to a cheap country.

5. Never Be Scared To Take Chances
Of course, you should be scared. Just feel the fear and do it anyway.

6. Learn How To Interact With People
Bull$%"&! Interacting with a mad man is not going to get you anywhere. Find the right people to interact with.

7. A Skill Will Get You Farther Than A Certificate By A mile
Getting a skill is just a head start in the freaking rat race.

8. Save Something – Anything
It seems you are living under a rock. In case you did not get the memo, inflation is real. You are better off spending it. Or investing it in profitable ventures.

9. You Are Going To Need Lots Of Hard work
Nonsense. You need lots of smart work else you are dead.

10.Success Takes Time
It depends. You could be the child of a billionaire and inherit wealth in an instant. You could be related to a ceo and become a manger in an instant. Success is relative.

@mk82
I am considering making my book available for preorder. What are your thoughts on this? What has been your experience?

@ cheehummer,
While I am quite flattered by the fact you sent me a pm, it would be better if you spoke openly about the issues you are having with Kdp publishing here on this thread.So that others might learn. The people here know what they are doing and give free quality advice that you will not find anywhere else. (Trust me, I have searched).

Besides I am newbie myself, it would be a case of the blind leading the blind.
For instance, you can ask the likes of the op and other nairalanders who have actually published books and have received royalties any question about KDP publishing.


Sorry that I had to mention it here. I am not overtly fond of pms. I had previously had my email spammed by some peverted nairalander

As regards your question, I am afraid I don't understand it. Perhaps mk82 (the op) may be of help to you.

cheehummer:
pls how do I handle the paragraph

I really hope this helps!

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"Just because you can't see anything, doesn't mean I didn't put hours of work into creating a particular piece"
Lana Newstrom, Artist
"Art is about imagination and that is what my work demands of the people interacting with it. You have to imagine a painting or sculpture is in front of you," says Newstrom.

Paul Rooney, Lana's agent, believes she might be the greatest artist alive working today: "When she describes what you can't see, you begin to realize why one of her invisible works can fetch upwards of a million dollars." said Rooney.

Gotten from http://www.cbc.ca/thisisthat/blog/2014/09/23/new-york-artist-creates-art-that-is-invisible/index.html

Not working. Sent you an email

mk82: Alright. Go to payoneer home page, mouse over support center, then click "contact us". On the Contact Us page, scroll down to "Send a message to customer support" then click on "Click here to contact Customer Support".
Now, fill in your name, email and every other requested detail (make sure it is the same with what you used to register previously).
In the slot for Program/Partner, scroll down and choose "Other".
Under category, choose Account Applications.
Under subject, choose My Application Was Denied And I Am Requesting To Have It....

In the space for "Your question or comment", tell them you applied previously and was denied. That you publish eBooks with Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing and you are applying for the Payoneer card so you can receive your payments.
If you already have a book published on Amazon, include the link to the book.

***If this does not work, send a message to the gmail in my profile.

Thanks have done so, Crossing fingers.

mk82: While I'm not disputing your experience, I've never heard of anyone not being able to sign up for payoneer.
You have to register for the payoneer card before being eligible for the US payment service.

To register, go to payoneer dot com and click on "Receive and Withdraw". I gave more details elsewhere in this thread.

That's exactly where I went. This is what I got.

emperorbanks: Smh... there are more polite ways to tell someone they have a wrong point of view. been polite is a virtue. it wud make more sense if you don't jump to conclusion about others.

Pot calling kettle black

@mk82
On a completely off topic, has anyone recently applied for a payonneer card?. I did an was rejected in an instant, I sent an email to their support and sent them the required documents in hope that my application would be reconsidered, 3 business days gone and no response. I am beginning to wonder if I signed up for the wrong service. It appears there is a difference between applying for a payonneer account and applying for a US payment service.
Anyways, I tried applying for the US payment service but was not allowed to because I had signed up already.
I just want to know where exactly I went wrong.