Kindle Direct Publishing for Beginners

Before we begin here are some stats on e-readers & Kindle Devices

The global e-reader market was valued at 18.13 million U.S. dollars in 2020 and is projected to reach 23.12 billion U.S. dollars by 2026

the trade e-book revenue in the United States amounted to 1.1 billion U.S. dollars

E-Reader

The e-reader market is growing, but it isn’t growing as much as it used to, suggesting that some of the growth inherent in this market may have already peaked out.

However, sales of individual e-books are still growing year over year, despite a downturn in overall growth, which suggests that more and more people are discovering the convenience of e-reading devices and software solutions for reading digital books on their smartphones

despite the fact that Amazon only controls about 60 percent of the entire eBook market share, according to various estimates

the Kindle is still the most popular e-reader in the world today

Amazon has sold between 20 million and 90 million Kindles

Statista expects the eBook user base to increase significantly, from 950.5 million in 2019, to 1.11 billion users in 2023

52 percent of U.S. adults owned an e-reader

there are more than 1.4 million books available on Kindle Unlimited

Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing

And now, it’s easier than ever to publish a book and make it available on Amazon.

With Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), you can independently publish your book for free and reach millions of readers on Amazon.

Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing allows you to self-publish eBooks, paperbacks, and hardcover books for free.

We give you direct access to your book on Amazon, which allows you to create a product detail page for your book.

It also gives you the option to expand your book’s availability on a global scale, making it more accessible for readers around the world.

Publishing with KDP gives you full rights to your book, which is not something a traditional publishing house typically allows.

KDP does not allow the creation of magazines, periodicals, or spiral bound books.

Why KDP

There are many benefits to publishing on KDP.

Get to market fast. Publishing takes less than 5 minutes and your book appears on Kindle stores worldwide within 24-48 hours.

Make more money. Earn up to 70% royalty on sales to customers in the US, Canada, UK, Germany, India, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, Brazil, Mexico, Australia and more.

Enroll in KDP Select and earn more money through Kindle Unlimited and the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library.

Keep control. Keep control of your rights and set your own list prices. Make changes to your books at any time.

Publish in digital and print. Publish Kindle eBooks and paperbacks for free on KDP. Amazon will publish your print book to Amazon customers in the US, Europe, and Japan within 5-7 business days and a few days later around the world through its network of global distributors.

Your print books also appear for sale on Amazon websites in Canada, Mexico, Brazil and India.

KDP unlimited Enrolment makes your eBook exclusively available in Kindle Unlimited (KU) which is an eBooks subscription service that allows customers access to unlimited reading from over 1 million titles on any device for $9.99 per month with no due dates.