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Guides for Amazon KDP authors

Honest, practical KDP guides on publishing, keywords, covers, Amazon ads, reviews, and profitable niches — from the team behind Publbee.

• Why Amazon Bans KDP Accounts (And How to Survive It)
  A KDP account ban arrives as one cold email, decided by a machine. Here is what triggers it and the exact 24-hour plan to win your appeal.
• Protect Your KDP Business: Own Your Readers
  Amazon can cut your royalties overnight and you can't stop it. Here is the one system that lets you actually own your readers instead of renting them.
• How to Spot Fake KDP Income Claims in 2 Minutes
  That $150,000 KDP dashboard? I made one in 2 minutes by editing a web page. Here are the 5 red flags that expose fake income screenshots before they cost you.
• How to Get Your First KDP Reviews Without Risking a Ban
  Zero reviews keep good books invisible. Here is the safe, free way to earn your first honest reviews on Amazon without risking your KDP account.
• How to Get KDP Reviews for Free (Without Risking a Ban)
  You don't need to pay for review services or wait six months. Here are four free, Amazon-compliant ways to get your first reviews, and the mistakes that get accounts banned.
• Why The ADHD Planner Niche Isn't As Crowded As It Looks
  I opened a fresh Amazon tab, typed in ADHD planner, and dug through the data live. Here is what the BSR, royalties, and keywords actually told me.
• KDP Book Cover Design: A Free Process That Works
  The tool isn't why your cover looks amateur. The process is. Here's the exact free method I use to design professional KDP covers.
• How I Find Profitable KDP Niches Before I Write a Word
  The same amount of work can earn you $50 or $5,000 a month. The difference is the niche you pick. Here is the exact method I use.
• How I Set Up Amazon Ads for KDP the Right Way
  Ads do not sell your book. They show it to more people faster. Here is the exact order I use to set up Amazon ads for KDP without wasting money.
• How to Write a KDP Book Title That Ranks on Page 1
  Your title and subtitle do more for ranking than your description or your seven keywords. Here is the exact formula I use, plus the five mistakes that quietly kill your book.
• The 5 KDP Launch Mistakes Killing Your Book Sales
  Most KDP books never sell a single copy, and the authors have no idea why. It is not your writing. It is five fixable mistakes.
• The 7 KDP Keywords Strategy That Got My Book to Page 1
  Amazon gives you seven backend keyword boxes. Most authors stuff them wrong and stay invisible. Here is the 3-2-2 split I use to rank, plus how I find the keywords.
• Amazon A+ Content: The 4-Block Framework That Sells
  A practical, no-hype guide to building Amazon A+ content that actually converts, using a simple four-block framework you can reuse for every book.
• Why Your Amazon Ads Keywords Are Wrong (And How to Fix It)
  The keywords with the highest search volume are usually the worst performers. Here is the exact four-criteria check I use to find Amazon ads keywords that convert.
• The KDP Book Ranking Setting Nobody Told You Changed
  Amazon quietly rebuilt how it ranks books, and nobody sent the memo. Here are three fixes for your cover, your description, and your first 150 characters.
• Book Cover Designer Alternative: Skip the Freelancer
  You have the book. Then you hit the cover and stall on spine widths and trim sizes. Here is the faster, cheaper way I handle it.
• Design a KDP Book Interior for Free (No InDesign)
  You don't need InDesign or Affinity to build a print-ready KDP book interior. Here is the free Canva workflow, with the exact Amazon specs that get approved on the first upload.
• How to Publish on Amazon KDP Without Killing Your Book
  A step-by-step, no-hype walkthrough of the KDP upload process, and the small mistakes that quietly bury good books before they ever sell.
• Build a Free Author Website From One Prompt in 15 Minutes
  A live author website with working email signup, built from a single AI prompt in about 15 minutes. No coding, no monthly fees.
• Publbee: The All-in-One KDP Tool I Built for Myself
  I was jumping between six platforms to publish one book. So I built an all-in-one KDP tool. Here is an honest, tool-by-tool walkthrough of Publbee.