Latest Kindle Category Trends Video: Royalties paid out to Kindle authors via Amazon’s Kindle Select Global Fund will close with $450 million dollars for the year just ended. This payout represents a 19% growth over the previous year. That’s more than impressive! To kick-off 2022, let’s examine Amazon categories that have shown a remarkable sales […]
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Latest E-Book Market Trends – November 2021
Latest E-Book Market Trends Video In this month’s edition of Kindle trends, we again identified Amazon categories that have shown a remarkable sales rank development over the last twelve months. We look at a whole number of niche markets across Romance, Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, and more. Watch the video below and […]
New Kindle Categories
New Amazon Kindle Categories September 12, 2021 — Amazon made several changes to its Kindle category structure in recent weeks. Some are minor and occurred at a low level in the browse hierarchy; others were more significant, as they represent new genre designations right at the Kindle ebook sub-category level. Three of the twenty sub-category […]
Hot Kindle Categories 2021 July
Amazon Book Category Trends July 13, 2021 — In this month’s edition of Kindle trends, we identified another set of Kindle categories that showed more than 50% sales rank improvement over the last 18 months. We cover high-selling genres such as Romance, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy, and Teen &YA. If you […]
BISAC Codes in KDP Dashboard vs. Amazon Storefront Categories
How Can I Upload My Kindle Book To The Category I Want? TO BE UPDATED AS AMAZON NOW FINALLY ACHIEVED ALIGNMENT BETWEEN KDP UPLOAD AND STORE FRONT END — The Kindle Direct Publishing upload dashboard will sometimes not allow you to select the exact consumer-facing category as shown in the Amazon sales store. But targeting […]
Back To Basics: Do You Know Your Kindle Store?
Kindle Browse Categories vs. Best Seller Lists — Many authors use the Amazon book or Kindle store to research their genre, book projects, or their competition. If you know how to maneuver the store and where to find specific pieces of information, Amazon offers a wealth of insights. But when you research your genre or […]