Step 14: Save and Publish

Once you’ve entered all the details for your book and selected all your publishing options, just click “Save and Publish” to finalize your submission!

Amazon will then take some time to review your Kindle book.

 If you wrote the book yourself, you’ll almost always get approved.

Amazon’s primary reason for disapproving books isn’t poor quality, but copyright issues.

Congratulations! After following this submission process, your book will soon appear in the Kindle store. Watch your account carefully and soon the sales will start rolling in!

Step 13: Allow Lending?

Should people be able to “lend” their friends your book? If so, they’ll be able to give someone else your book for 14 days.
 Amazon will then automatically deactivate the book after the two weeks has passed.

Some people believe this helps increase brand and exposure, while others believe it decreases potential revenue.

It’s your choice as to how you want to treat borrowing.

Step 12: Set Your Prices

Set the prices for your book in various different markets. When you’re setting these prices, try to take a look at what your competitors are charging in those markets before you make your decision.

It’s not unusual for a book that sells for $2.99 USD to sell for £2.99 GBP, even though the pound is worth $1.58 dollars. It’s just how the market works.

In other words, don’t just convert your US dollar prices into pounds or Euros.

Instead, research each market individually before crafting your prices.

Step 11: Royalty Options

Choose which royalty option you want to use to promote your book.

Amazon has two different royalty plans that you can choose from.

If you’re selling for between $2.99 to $9.99, the 70% option is probably your best choice.

If you’re selling for $0.99 or if you’re selling a very high end book, then the 35% option is your only choice.

Step 10: Publishing Territories

If you only hold the rights to the book in certain territories, you’ll have to restrict the sales to just those territories.

Most people can leave this option on “Worldwide rights.”

Step 9: Upload Your Book

Check whether or not you want to enable Digital Rights Management (DRM) to help protect your book from being shared and/or pirated.

Then upload your book’s contents by clicking “Browse for Book” then “Upload Book.”

Once Amazon receives your book, you’ll see the converting screen.

 Click “Save and Continue” to continue with the book creation process.

Step 8: Categories and Keywords

Click “Add Categories” to add categories. Enter your keywords in the keywords section.

Your categories and your keywords are some of the most important aspects of getting found.

Customers will browse books by categories as well as search for books using keywords.

If you don’t know which categories or keywords you should use, look into what some of your competitors are using.
You can’t go wrong doing what your top 5 competitors are doing in terms of categories and keywords.

This is what the category selection screen looks like: