Self-Publishing on Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing Platform

Publishing on Amazon

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  You will need an Amazon account, so if you don't have one already then create one easily by registering. Only takes about five minutes.

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  Once you are logged in, you want to scroll to the bottom of the page and in the site footer you will see some orange text that says "Make Money With Us" and below that, one of the options will be "Independently Publish With Us". This is what you want to click.

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  This should take you to this page and you want to select "Kindle Books" on the menu to the left.

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  This should take you to a page that says "Kindle Direct Publishing" and it will ask you to sign in with your Amazon account again.

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  Find Bookshelf, you want to click the button that says "Add New Title"

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  Now you should be on a page that says "Your Book"

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  Next, you will be taken to the page to set up the pricing and royalties for your book.

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  After you have clicked the publish button, you will have to wait for about two days so that Amazon can include your new title in its catalog and create a product page for it. While this process is taking place, the status of your book will say "In Review" or "Publishing." Once it is up and ready for people to purchase, the status will change to "Live."

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  Whenever you want to check on your book sales, just click the same link you started out with (The one that says "Self-Publish With Us" at the bottom of Amazon's home page). Continue to login to Kindle Direct Publishing the same way you did before, and once you are logged in and see your list of titles, just click "Sales" at the top of the page, next to "Bookshelf."