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Amazon Best Sellers Rank Explained: What Your BSR Actually Means in Sales
BSR is a position in a race, not a sales counter: hourly, decaying without sales, per format and store. How it works and what each level means in daily sales.
Amazon Ads for KDP Beginners: A First Campaign That Won't Burn Your Budget
Your first Amazon ad campaign, step by step: which type first, bids and budgets that can't hurt you, the two-campaign structure, and whether it pays off.
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KDP No Sales? A 10-Point Diagnostic That Finds the Actual Problem
Zero sales has two causes: nobody sees the book, or people see it and don't buy. A 10-point checklist tells you which, and the fix, before spending on ads.
KDP Royalty Rates Explained: 35% vs 70%, and What Amazon Actually Pays You
KDP's 70% royalty is not automatic and not always better: how the 35% and 70% ebook tiers work, the delivery fee, and the pricing traps that halve your royalty.
KDP Taxes for Non-US Authors: Withholding, the Tax Interview, and the 30% You Might Be Losing
Amazon withholds 30% of your US royalties if you're not a US person; the tax interview with the right treaty claim can cut it to 0%. How it works, with W-8BEN.
Is KDP Select Worth It? Kindle Unlimited Exclusivity, Decided With Data
KDP Select trades ebook exclusivity for Kindle Unlimited reads, promo tools and 70% in four more stores. Whether it wins depends on your genre's read-through.
Net Profit Per Book: How to Know Which Titles Actually Make You Money
An account-level ACOS hides the losers your winners subsidise. How to compute net profit per book, the costs authors forget, and what to scale, fix or pause.
Realistic KDP Earnings: What Authors Actually Make (and the Math Behind It)
Five-figure screenshots say nothing about what KDP really pays. The honest math: what one book earns at realistic volumes, and the three levers that matter.
KDP Reports Explained: Dashboard, Royalties Estimator, Orders — and Which Numbers to Trust
The KDP dashboard, Royalties Estimator, Orders and Payments reports differ in speed and in what they measure. What each contains, and which one to trust.
When Does Amazon KDP Pay You? The 60-Day Cycle, Thresholds, and Why a Payment Is 'Missing'
KDP pays royalties about 60 days after the month they were earned, per marketplace and currency, above thresholds. The timeline, and why one seems missing.