Book Marketing
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Chris BairdSelf-publisher and coach. He has published 230 books and sold over 50,000 copies. About Chris
Top 3 Best Book Categories on Amazon (and How to Choose)
In my KDSpy checks romance dominates Amazon's top 100, but it is flooded. Choose categories that match your book and where top-100,000 books show demand.
Will Book Sales Dry Up By The End Of The Year?
Book sales dry up when you write in a niche with no buyers or a fad that fades. Learn how to check demand and choose evergreen topics before you write.
3 Self-Publishing Practices You Should Do Every Day at Home
Split your daily time in three: create content, build your brand and marketing, and learn something new. Track it with Toggl Track and Todoist.
Self-Publishing a Novel: 3 Tools With Underrated Benefits
When novel sales level off, find a profitable sub-niche. How a romance author used KDSpy, Publisher Rocket and Google Trends to find one and lift her sales.
Breaking Down KDP Publishing “Algorithm”
Readers find books on Amazon by searching words, so a clever title alone won't sell. How to pick keywords, fill the title and keyword fields, and pick a niche.
3 Amazon KDP Strategies That Don't Work (Try These Instead)
Writing in several niches, emailing readers about books they never asked about, and emailing too rarely hurt KDP sales. Here is what to do instead.
Start with the free checklist
The checklist is the 12 steps I follow for every book I publish, from choosing a topic that already sells to setting up the book's marketing. It is free, and you get it straight away.