Q: How do I create my Amazon KDP Account?
A: Simply head over to Amazon KDP website, follow the step by step guide and open your account
Q: Is it free to publish my books on Amazon KDP?
A: Yes, simply head over to the Amazon KDP website, follow the instructions and publish your books in Kindle & paperback version
Q: What is KDP’s Print on Demand service?
A: Print-on-Demand is Amazon KDP’s service whereby copies of the paperback version of your book are printed on demand. This means that your Paperbacks are not printed until customers orders for it hence you don’t have to pay any cost for printing Upfront or carry any inventory.
Q: What is Kindle Create?
A: Kindle Create is Amazon KDP’s all-in-one solution for formatting your manuscript, the Kindle Create solution allows you to upload your manuscript on to it and then following a series of steps, your manuscript is formatted
Q: Can my KDP book royalties be paid directly to my Nigerian bank account?
A: Yes, you can actually get paid to your Nigerian bank account. To do this, open an account on Payoneer, then connect the Payoneer USD account details to your Amazon KDP account. This Payoneer USD account is where your KDP book royalties will be automatically paid. While opening your Payoneer account you will need to connect it to your Nigerian Bank Account, hence its simply a matter of transferring your earnings from Payoneer to your Nigerian bank account (manually) as desired.
Q: Can I publish other people’s work on KDP?
A: No, you cannot because that will be plagiarized content and intellectual theft. KDP frowns heavily on plagiarized content, even if you have to outsource your book to a ghostwriter, you are expected to run a plagiarism check on the content afterwards and ensure that is free from plagiarism.
Q: Can I publish my books on other online platforms after publishing it on KDP?
A: Yes and No. Yes,you can publish your book on other online platforms after publishing it on KDP; if you did not put your book on the KDP Select platform. However, if your book is on the KDP Select platform (which means customers are able to read your books without buying it, they can lend it and they can read it. You also get free promotion for a limited time and earn higher Royalties in some countries etc) then, you cannot upload your books on other online platforms for the next 90 days.
Q: Can someone else write my book for me?
A: Yes, someone else(outsourcing) can write your book for you but you have the responsibility of ensuring that the book written for you is not plagiarized in any way before uploading on Amazon KDP.
Q: What is KDP Select?
A: Kindle Select is KDP’s platform where Readers can access your book(when you sign up for it) ,read it and pay per page read without actually buying the whole book, they can also lend the book to read. The KDP Select program also gives you free access to Amazon’s promotional tools for a limited time, higher royalties in some countries e.t.c
Do you have other questions about Self Publishing Amazon KDP?
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Favour Ajayi
The EBook Creation Guru
