Publish On Kindle In 5 Days: Beginners Guide - Amazon Kindle (Udemy.com)
Learn Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) - step by step, screen by screen to publish in the biggest online book store
Created by: Peter Alkema
Last updated November 2024
What you will learn
- Become a published author using the Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing Platform
- How to beat impostor syndrome so it doesn’t delay getting your book published
- How to have a publisher's mindset of greatness, not an author's mindset of perfection
- How to set up your Amazon KDP account before you need to create your ebook
- Tips for getting your existing content or manuscript into shape for KDP upload
- Create ebook details: title, sub-title, author, contributors, keywords and categories
- Set up royalty, pricing, lending, promotion and other commercial information
- Upload your KDP-ready manuscript, create a cover in KDP and preview on Kindle
- The two royalty models and price ranges that either of these provide you
- How to burn your boats to focus your mind and hold yourself accountable to getting published
- An introduction to Amazon Kindle and Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP)
How it compares
Against the other 148 rated Udemy courses in E-Commerce on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.4 out of 5higher than 47% of them
- Reviews109#134 of 149 by number of reviews
- Length4.4 hoursshorter than 52% of them
- Last updatedNovember 2024more recently than 52% of them
Course Description
Get instant access to worksheets, follow along, and keep for reference
Introduce yourself to our community of students in this course and tell us your goals
Encouragement and celebration of your progress every step of the way: 25% > 50% > 75% & 100%
Over 4 hours of clear and concise step-by-step instructions, lessons, and engagement
What others are saying:
"I put out an ebook on Amazon for the first time and used Peter's course as part of my education on how to do it. I found his course useful and I did in fact get my ebook out there." - Ann W.
"Very good and complete step by step course. I enjoyed it and found it to be a worthwhile purchase." - Steve C.
"Very clear demos how to create a KDP book, how to create an Amazon account and how to run a free price promotion! : ))" - Ivon Timmermans
"Once again, a clear and excellent step-by-step presentation from Peter!" - Les Wiggill
Feel the incredible thrill of seeing your book as an Amazon Kindle title and available to millions of Kindle readers worldwide. If you have an existing manuscript, set of blog articles, or suitable content that you can organize into a book format then you can become a published author in 5 days. I have published 6 Kindle eBooks and this is the course I wish I had when I first started.
In this course, I give you an overview of everything you need to know and I take you step by step, screen by screen through a structured 5-day process to get published. I coach you on the right mindset to have and even get you to "burn your boats" so you are accountable to someone you trust in order to stay focused and get the job done.
If you've been trying to get a book published then you should go through this course to see how easy it is to self-publish. Why let your incredible work stay hidden for more months or years in the hope that it will get published? Amazon has digitized and democratized the book market with its exponential business model that can help you, as an author reach millions of potential readers.
You will learn all these and more in this course which is engaging, and practical and takes you on a journey with a logical sequence over 5 days.
Get the following when you enroll:
A wipe board lesson that teaches you an overview of the course and your journey of personal transformation to achieve your goal
Activities for each day so you can apply what you have learned and make sufficient progress towards getting published
Downloadable worksheets that you can refer to for the key steps. you need to take on each day
An overview lesson that demonstrates one page how all 5 days fit together as a blueprint for getting you published
Demonstration lessons showing all the KDP features and screens that you need to work through and exactly how to use them
An assignment at the end of the course that ensures you continue this journey of being a successful author
Access to myself at any time through the messaging feature of the platform
Encouragement from other students who are focused on the same goal, just like you
Articles, resources, and additional material to maximize your learning experience and ensure you achieve your goal
Additional lessons and demos teach additional information that fills in all the gaps and ensures this course is a "one-stop-shop" for getting published on Amazon KDP
What you’ll learn
Become a published author using the Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing Platform
How to beat impostor syndrome so it doesn’t delay getting your book published
How to have a publisher's mindset of greatness, not an author's mindset of perfection
How to set up your Amazon KDP account before you need to create your ebook
Tips for getting your existing content or manuscript into shape for KDP upload
Create ebook details: title, sub-title, author, contributors, keywords, and categories
Set up royalty, pricing, lending, promotion, and other commercial information
Upload your KDP-ready manuscript, create a cover in KDP and preview it on Kindle
The two royalty models and price ranges that either of these provides you
How to burn your boats to focus your mind and hold yourself accountable for getting published
An introduction to Amazon Kindle and Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP)
Introduction to the community, marketing, and advertising on Amazon KDP
Tips for thinking about a title, sub-title, and description that grab potential readers
The importance of managing a reader's expectations based on why they chose your book
Some pros and cons between self-publishing vs using a publisher
Tips for getting focused to take action and stick to the 5-day plan
The importance of keywords and categories and how to select them effectively
The link between your book's cover, title, description, preface, intro, and book outline
How the KDP select program works so you can promote your book
The importance of a golden thread to avoid a patchwork manuscript of unlinked content
KDP guidelines for manuscripts and how they are included in a free template for you to use
Digital Rights Management (DRM), lending, and copyright settings you should be aware of
The importance of getting social proof with reviews and ratings to rank in the search
Dashboards on sales and page read as well as author and book rankings
How to set up territorial rights and choose a public domain for your book
The importance of a cover and balancing that with your hard work on the text
How to manage your KDP select program promotions to drive book sales
Contents and Overview
Instructor Details
- 4.4 Rating
109 Reviews
Peter Alkema
"What an amazing course! After finishing this course, I have confidence. Thank so much Dr Peter Alkema" ... "This is exactly the jump-start I needed. Very clear and concise"
I lead Digital Transformation & Architecture at ABB and I've been featured on CNBC Africa and won the Gartner CIO Of The Year in 2016. I founded and led the largest banking hackathon in South Africa which was published in 2019 as a case study by Harvard Business School.
I've taught over 100,000 students about technology, business, academics and self-development. In 2020 I completed my PhD at Wits University In Johannesburg. The study introduced a ground-breaking theory of Agile software development teams. My woodworking book was published in 2014 and has sold over 10,000 copies.
Olugbenga Gbadegesin: "Excellent delivery" / Lebogang Tswelapele: "This is what I have been longing for" / Paskalia Ndapandula: "Peter speaks with so much clarity" / Amantle Mangwedi: "It was straight to the point and the sections are cut into nice short segments which made it easier to go through" Kathy Bermudez: "Excellent material. Well organized..."
Werner van Wyk: "Thank you Peter, once again your lesson and course have given me so much knowledge and understanding" / Yvonne Rudolph "I really look forward to take everything i learned in action" / Josephine Mahlangu: "exactly what I needed to know, absolutely valuable and helpful for my personal growth"
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Reviews
By Juliet Alkema on 8/29/2024
This course so far has clearly mapped out the journey of KDP publishing and allowed me to view it as a reachable goal to publish my work!
By Tracy Taylor on 5/16/2023
A lot of Slides I skipped, because he was describing what would be learned or it was an achievement page. I only watched the content that actually showed me step by step how to publish on KDP.
By Andrew Chavangi on 1/14/2023
This course is definitely a good fit for me as a budding author who intends to become published.
By Rhonda Kelley on 8/29/2022
I like how Peter takes us step by step through what the pages on Amazon look like so that we can get everything done properly.
By Emma Burrows on 7/11/2022
It didn't teach me anything I didn't know on the whole, but I enjoyed watching Peter go through the process and will feel confident about doing it myself when the time comes.
By Łukasz Gwóźdź on 5/12/2022
Bardzo ciekawy kurs. Po przerobieniu całego nie czuje, że w jakiś sposób zmarnowałem swój czas, czuję że zyskałem praktyczną wiedzę. Ze spokojem mogę polecić ten kurs innym osobą.
By Dipanjan Das on 10/24/2021
He didn't show how to create an Ebook?
By Steve Chase on 9/21/2021
Very good and complete step by step course. I enjoyed it and found it to be a worthwhile purchase.
By Les Wiggill on 7/3/2021
Day one done and dusted. Once again, a clear an excellent step-by-step presentation from Peter!
By Ivon Timmermans on 6/9/2021
Very clear demos how to create a KDP book, how to create an Amazon account and how to run a free price promotion! : ))
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