Become a Bestselling Author on Amazon KDP in 30 Days

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Provenance note: the transcript track for this video is in Arabic (verified by reading the actual text, which is coherent Arabic throughout), and this summary is a faithful English rendering of it. Dale Roberts lays out the steps he says he used to take a book from scratch to number one on Amazon Kindle within 30 days, while stressing he can offer no promises or guarantees. First, plan everything in advance and set up a pre-order, because Amazon promotes well-performing new books in its Hot New Releases area during their first 30 days, and more visibility means more discovery. Second, work on categorization: an ebook can sit in up to 10 categories, and authors should research relevant categories and browse paths and try to use all ten. Third, build a team — ask contacts for help if you are new, or email/video your existing audience — and aim to concentrate orders on the same day, explaining politely (without being demanding) that the book is in pre-sale and the price will rise at launch. Fourth, price the book at one dollar, since almost anyone can afford that; he says many people would rather buy a one-dollar book than write a review, and that roughly 30 to 60 purchases in a single day can push a book to the top of at least one category, depending heavily on category choice. Fifth, line up marketing campaigns timed to the pre-sale or launch date, which he says can land a book at number one across multiple bestseller and hot-new-release lists. He closes by offering a real case study — with strategies, rankings, and earnings from one of his own launches — to subscribers of his newsletter at self-publishingwithdale.com/signup.

Key takeaways

• Plan the launch in advance and use a pre-order, because Amazon promotes strong new releases in Hot New Releases during their first 30 days.
• Use categorization fully: an ebook can be placed in up to 10 categories, and authors should research and fill all of them with relevant choices.
• Build a launch team from contacts or your audience and concentrate their orders on the same day, asking politely rather than demanding.
• Price the book at one dollar for launch; the creator says about 30 to 60 purchases in one day can push it to the top of a category, depending on the category chosen.
• Time marketing campaigns to the pre-sale or launch date to maximize the push, and note the creator offers a detailed launch case study through his newsletter signup.

Episode details: published August 17, 2017 · 4:32 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Dale L. Roberts’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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