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They have done an extraordinary job marketing my book, “Grass of the Earth,” and have been very responsive to any questions or concerns throughout the process. They have made any requested revisions in timely fashion and have made me feel like I was a part of the process.

Ich bin sehr zufrieden mit der Platform, habe über 30 Bücher publiziert und verdiene mein Geld mit meinen Werken. Die Platform ist sehr einfach zu bedienen und die Abrechnungen werden immer pünktlich ausbezahlt. Ich kann mich nicht beschweren und verstehe diese negativen Bewertungen überhaupt nicht. Vielleicht sollte man etwas mehr and seinen Büchern arbeiten bevor man sie veröffentlicht und nicht die KI die Arbeit lassen machen, dann kommt der Erfolg. Gerardus Baron von Sachsen

I have now published 20 books on Amazon, my first experience with KDP was quite easy and it has only got better as I have published more books. The whole process is intuitive and easy to follow.

Ho deciso di pubblicare il mio libro di racconti. Non sapendo come fare, non essendo io uno scrittore e nemmeno avendo alcuna ambizione in merito, mi sono consultato con un amico che anche lui, ai tempi, aveva scritto un libro. Il suo consiglio è stato quello di sfruttare la nota piattaforma, che uso da più di dieci anni per gli acquisti, ma di cui ignoravo questo servizio. Devo dire che sono STRA SODDISFATTO! Innanzitutto l'uso è abbastanza semplice, bisogna cercare un po' ma si trova davvero tutto, dai modelli dei documenti da utilizzare per la scrittura, al sistema di creazione della copertina. Il servizio assistenza è efficace e in grado di risolvere eventuali dubbi. Trovo molto bella anche la possibilità di richiedere le bozze cartacee prima ancora della pubblicazione, cosa che mi è stata molto utile per rivedere formato del libro e del font. Quindi nulla da dire. In poche settimane, dopo alcune revisioni, ho pubblicato il libro esattamente nella data del compleanno di mia moglie... è stato il mio personalissimo regalo, molto apprezzato.

Ho pubblicato 2 romanzi è un buon programma... intuitivo e soprattutto gratis ..non ho ancora capito i pagamenti come funzionano.

Ich veröffentliche seit Ende 2016 bei kdp. Der Grund: Ich war es leid, mich bei Verlagen in die Endlosschlange zu stellen. Natürlich darf man nicht erwarten als No Name Autor von hier auf jetzt in die Bestsellerränge aufzusteigen. Aber wenn man qualitativ gut und zielgruppenorientiert arbeitet, kann man schon damit rechnen, im Pool der zigtausend Mitbewerber wahrgenommen zu werden - und ganz ordentlich zu verkaufen. Man wird sicher nicht reich dabei. Aber man hat die Chance, für sein Hobby bezahlt zu werden!

I have published eBooks with Kindle Direct Publishing since 2009. CreateSpace used to be a separate company and it is now owned by Amazon. Since I haven't ordered a print copy in some time, I'll just comment on the eBook part of their operation, though I do have print books in paperback and hardcover with them. 1. Ease Of Getting My Book Online Their interface is pretty easy. I will agree, getting a book formatted properly so it will pass the book upload part is tricky. But, any platform will also have problems. It's expensive to get someone to format it for you. 2. If you use a word processor that can produce a .docx, and be sure not to use that tab key or symbols, you are one step ahead. Every true word processor like Word, WordPerfect, or free LibreOffice will have style sheets. Learn how to use these to set your margins and fonts, and start every writing work in your custom style sheet, and you won't have as much of a problem with this. There are 3 pages in the Bookshelf interface. Read carefully as you get your book ready. 3. You will have to certify that your book is not produced with AI. I don't even use grammar checkers like ProWritingAid or Grammarly because of this. Learn proper grammar and spelling. I am a science fiction author. Yes, I have to go mark every spelling of my made-up words as correct. It doesn't impair me with getting my .docx approved. 4. Cover I had a little trouble getting my self-designed book covers to pass inspection. Once I learned how to set Dots Per Inch and made my graphics enough pixels by enough pixels, I never had a problem. The software on their website is Art Painter, and you have to give credit to Art Painter in your copyright statement, because it takes your graphic to make the rest of the cover. You can also use a free service such as canva.com to create your cover, just download your finished product as .pdf or .jpg to upload it. There is plenty of help about their guidelines for uploading a book and cover. Follow their instructions and you should be fine. I usually am able to upload my electronic book and cover that I designed, with no problems. 5. Royalties I don't have a lot of sales, but I can't blame that on KDP. KDP doesn't promote your book or get you reviews. It only makes it available for purchase and the lowest price for an eBook is .99, and print has to be a lot higher because paper is expensive. You have to do your own marketing. Getting from finished work, whatever length, to popularity is not easy. People think authors make as much as movie stars. That's not true. A very tiny number of authors make a million from a book sale, usually because a popular movie was made from it. Most writers simply don't make a lot of money, and there are stats on writersdigest.com if you are interested. I have made about $50 in royalties from Jul 2009 to today, Sep 24, 2024. I believe my royalties were fairly calculated and I received them in the timeframe stated. I never had a problem with making a book sale and getting paid through PayPal. There are other methods to get paid. I do recommend a Direct Deposit method rather than a check mailed to you, and PayPal is a Direct Deposit method that I've used since 2009 and before. I think most of the negative reviews here are about services with similar names. Make sure that a service for editing or formatting that has Amazon in its name is amazon.com in the last part of the website address. If not, it's not Amazon. Amazon KDP does offer these services, but all of them tell you up front, paying for them does not guarantee your book will be popular. No advertising is guaranteed just because you have this free account to make your work available. To be totally transparent, I am moving my books to Draft2Digital for eBooks and IngramSpark for print. I will still distribute through Amazon. I just want my work to be more available to libraries and other places so I might get more sales. I still think Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing is a good way to publish, and it is easier than these other 2 to use. The difference is, Amazon is one company. Draft2Digital is an aggregator, so it exists to get books into different companies' and libraries' markets, and it will give my eBooks an eBook ISBN for free. IngramSpark is much bigger, and is also an aggregator. It, like Amazon KDP, gives a free ISBN for my print books that cannot be used with other platforms, so I'm having to get new ones with IngramSpark. IngramSpark has more markets than Amazon. This only matters for we authors 'going wide' or signing up with multiple platforms. If you plan only to sell on one platform, I highly recommend Amazon KDP. Good luck to all you fellow authors!

I've been with KDP for over ten years, have published several fantasy novels with them, and have never had anything less than stellar service. My paperbacks are always beautifully printed and bound. The ease of using the website makes producing high quality books a fun and pleasurable experience. Changing manuscripts to remove typos or catch a mistake such as inverted wording is always easy. Customer service has been excellent, prompt and professional. After reading several negative reviews here, I had to respond with my experience and recommend that anyone interested in publishing their work with KDP, take those negative reviews with a large spoonful of salt. KDP and Amazon are the best publishing platform available.