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It Takes a Double Take

September 14, 2020September 10, 2020 / petercwhitaker / Leave a comment

A week or two ago I updated all the covers of my novels on Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP). It took awhile as you have to go into each book and update the content even when the only change is to the image used for the cover. When you have seven novels to work on that … Continue reading It Takes a Double Take

KENP – What is it good for?

July 9, 2018 / petercwhitaker / 3 Comments

KENP stands for Kindle Edition Normalized Pages. If an author enrols their book in KDP Select then Amazon customer who are members of either Kindle Unlimited (KU) or Kindle Owners Lending Library (KOLL) get to read that book at no further cost to themselves. Amazon pay royalty to the author based on how many pages … Continue reading KENP – What is it good for?

A Book’s Life Beyond Kindle

July 20, 2017 / petercwhitaker / Leave a comment

There is no doubt that Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) has revolutionised publishing for everyone. I published my first book, The War Wolf, through KDP after going through the usual frustration of trying to find a literary agent. I do not regret this action. I can remember how I felt when my book first appeared … Continue reading A Book’s Life Beyond Kindle

Has my experiment failed?

May 27, 2017 / petercwhitaker / Leave a comment

As experiments go making all of my books available for free download seemed to be successful. According to Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) several hundred copies were downloaded by prospective readers in the five days of the offer. One of my goals was to increase the number of reviews that my books have on Amazon. To … Continue reading Has my experiment failed?

Why Give Your Work Away for Free?

April 12, 2017April 12, 2017 / petercwhitaker / Leave a comment

From Thursday 13 April until midnight Monday 17 April all of my books will be free to download for the Amazon Kindle. This is not the first time that I have run this kind of promotion but it is one that often seems to confuse people who invariably ask the question: 'how will you make … Continue reading Why Give Your Work Away for Free?

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