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Self-Publishing on Amazon

Avoid endless rejection letters from agents and publishers by self-publishing on the world's largest bookstore.
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Platform: Udemy
Video: 4h 2m
Language: English
Next start: On Demand

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Video Score: 8.2 / 10
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The average video length is 2 hours 28 minutes of 112 Amazon Kindle courses on Udemy.
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Description

Have you ever wanted to publish a book on Amazon?  
Even 10 years ago, seeing your books in print was a time-consuming, ego-sapping process that often involved untold rejection letters from publishers and agents.  Even if you did strike it lucky and get a book deal, you shared most of the revenue with agents and other middle men.  
Today, thanks largely to Amazon, self-publishing means anyone can write and publish a book.  Within 48 hours of submitting your book, you can see it for sale on the largest online bookstore in the world.  You can see your own book on your bookshelf, or on your Kindle device.  How exciting is that?
Self-Publishing on Amazon Course
I have been successfully writing and publishing my own books on Amazon since 2012.  It has been a great additional income stream for my business, and I want to teach you how you can do this too.  This course will start at the very beginning and walk you through the entire process in a logical and steady manner.  The course covers everything you need to know to start publishing your own books on Amazon in both Kindle format and as a paperback.  
I’m not going to boast numbers like you see in many courses and books on this topic.  My goal is not to impress you with numbers, but teach you how to self-publish.
In the introduction, I’ll tell you a little bit more about my own background and why I am qualified to teach this course.  You’ll also see how some self-publishers hit it big when we look at the opportunities for self-publishers.
The course will teach you how to do your own market research into whether or not a book would be profitable.  Once you decide on your topic, I’ll take you through my process for brainstorming a book (possibly more useful for non-fiction writers), and creating a skeleton plan of the book from that brainstorming session.
I cannot teach you how to write well, but I will show you how to setup your Word processor to make the process of formatting your book easy.  We’ll cover some important issues like:
•Self-publishing doesn’t have to cost you anything, and the only exchange of money is when Amazon pays you.  There is no money up-front for printing or stock charges, even if you use Createspace to publish your work as a paperback.
•Why you cannot use any font you want, and how to find fonts you can use.
•How to use headlines correctly, to help with the later creation of a table of contents.
•What the pilcrow is, and how you can “turn these on” in Word, so as to avoid common “spacing” mistakes.
•Proper use of page breaks to mark the start of new chapters.
•How to add hyperlinks to a Kindle book, and how this differs from a hyperlink you want to include in a paperback.
•How to manually insert bullet points if Kindle scrambles them during the conversion process.
•What resolution images you should be using, and why you should resize images before inserting into your book.  We’ll look at an example of that.  
•Why screenshots represent a resolution problem, but why it’s not as big a deal as you might think.
•How to add page numbers to your document, and why you should do this even if you are only currently publishing on Amazon Kindle.
•How to add a Table of contents, and make sure it is included in the Kindle App “goto” menu.
•Whether you should hire an editor (I’ll even give you the contact details for the one I use), and a budget-friendly way of doing it yourself with a free Word addon.
•How to save your book in a format that can be uploaded to Kindle during the submission process.
•NCX navigation.
•Creating a simple book cover, and where you can get these done for you on the cheap.
•A detailed list of the information you will need to include in the submission process, plus a worksheet with hints that you can use to collect all of the submission details in a single document.
•How to use the worksheet from that last point to successfully submit your book to Amazon and sign up for KDP Select so you can take advantage of some great promotional tools only available to KDP Select authors.
•How to setup an author profile on Amazon Central, and which countries you should create these profiles on.
•How to use the Look Inside feature to pre-sell visitors on Amazon.
•How to use other promotional tools offered by Amazon to KDP Select authors, like the free promo and kindle countdown.
•How to check on book sales.
•How to launch a book even if you don’t have a list of subscribers.
•Converting your book into a paperback, and submitting it to Amazon.
The course finishes with a bonus lecture that includes links to all of the resources listed in the course.
There is a famous quote that starts off ““Everybody has a book in them..”  
If that is true, then ignore the second part of that quote which states “but in most cases that’s where it should stay”, and get it published!  
You have nothing to lose.  
Can you imagine seeing your own book for sale on Amazon.  Not just Amazon in your own country either.  I’m talking about every Amazon store out there, in France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Australia, Mexico etc. etc.
This course can make your dream a reality.  
You’ll also be learning from someone that is still actively publishing books on Amazon, 5 years after his first book was published.  Get started today and see your book on Amazon in as little as 48 hours!

You will learn

✓ Properly research your book ideas, to make sure they will be profitable before you start.
✓ Format your book as you write, making publishing a breeze.
✓ Use the free promotion tools built into Amazon to kick start sales, and then boost sales every so often.
✓ Publish as both a Kindle version and a paperback.

Requirements

• You should be happy using a Word processor.
• You should be planning to write a book, or want to publish one you’ve already written.

This course is for

• Anyone that wants to self-publish on Amazon.
• Budding authors that just want to publish their book, without endless rejection letters from publishers.

How much does the Self-Publishing on Amazon course cost? Is it worth it?

The course costs $14.99. And currently there is a 82% discount on the original price of the course, which was $84.99. So you save $70 if you enroll the course now.
The average price is $15.5 of 112 Amazon Kindle courses. So this course is 3% cheaper than the average Amazon Kindle course on Udemy.

Does the Self-Publishing on Amazon course have a money back guarantee or refund policy?

YES, Self-Publishing on Amazon has a 30-day money back guarantee. The 30-day refund policy is designed to allow students to study without risk.

Are there any SCHOLARSHIPS for this course?

Currently we could not find a scholarship for the Self-Publishing on Amazon course, but there is a $70 discount from the original price ($84.99). So the current price is just $14.99.

Who is the instructor? Is Andrew Williams a SCAM or a TRUSTED instructor?

Andrew Williams has created 30 courses that got 32,837 reviews which are generally positive. Andrew Williams has taught 146,537 students and received a 4.6 average review out of 32,837 reviews. Depending on the information available, Andrew Williams is a TRUSTED instructor.
Wordpress, SEO & Self-Publishing Expert, teacher and author
I have written and published a number of books that are available on Amazon, including books on Wordpress (“Wordpress for Beginners 2022”), Self-Publishing (“Self-Publishing on Amazon 2022”), and search engine optimization (“SEO 2021”).  I also run a website called ezSEONews, where I provide tutorials  my visitors and newsletter subscribers a number of skills required for running a successful website.
         As an ex-schoolteacher, I hope I can make complicated topics simple to understand.  I certainly enjoy trying! 
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