Kindle Publishing Help!

[StuartM]

Hi,

with the volume of books being published I thought there may be a good body of knowledge here to help.

I am trying to publish a (non-Camino related) book in the Amazon Kindle bookstore. I've noticed a lot of the books on here have the price set to free for a promotional period and then revert to normal price after x number of days.

Anyone know how you actually do that? I can't figure out how to actually set the price to zero. All I can see is a minimum pricing dependant on royalty structure agreed to. Google only comes up with dodges involving publishing the book for free on other formats and getting Amazon to do a price match. However it seems to be hit and miss and a bit of a difficult thing to undo when the promotional period ends.

Any help appreciated.

Cheers,

Stuart

 

[SYates]

You have to enrol your book in the Kindle Select program and there you can manage your up to 5 free promotion days per 90 days period. This is independent from the regular price you set, but you do all this in the management area of your publishing account. You can also join this G+ community https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/106426489682108553998 which is very helpful for such questions. Just be aware that it is NOT a group for promoting your book directly, but a great place to get the answers and opinions to all the nitty-gritty questions around independent publishing. Good luck with your book, SY

 

[Magnara]

Hi,

with the volume of books being published I thought there may be a good body of knowledge here to help.

I am trying to publish a (non-Camino related) book in the Amazon Kindle bookstore. I've noticed a lot of the books on here have the price set to free for a promotional period and then revert to normal price after x number of days.

Anyone know how you actually do that? I can't figure out how to actually set the price to zero. All I can see is a minimum pricing dependant on royalty structure agreed to. Google only comes up with dodges involving publishing the book for free on other formats and getting Amazon to do a price match. However it seems to be hit and miss and a bit of a difficult thing to undo when the promotional period ends.

Any help appreciated.

Cheers,

Stuart

Hi Stuart
It's very easy and user-friendly. You enrol into Kindle Direct Select and then once you have uploaded your book, you just choose "bookshelf", select your book and on the left hand side there is a button for "Actions" which will guide you through severl options for managing your book, including choosing dates for your 5 free days per 90 days.
Maggie Ramsay
"The Italian Camino" (Amazon)

 

[StuartM]

Thanks a lot!