Tips, guides, and insights for KDP publishers
Twenty KDP niches with real demand and low competition in 2026, each with its BSR range, difficulty level and realistic monthly revenue.
Exact Canva settings for KDP: 0.125 in bleed, PDF Print export in CMYK, 300 DPI, and the spine formula for white and cream paper.
What to do the hour your KDP account is suspended: never open a second one, identify the violation type, and write a formal Plan of Action.
What makes a shopper click a cover in under two seconds, why genre conventions beat originality, and the typography choices that convert.
Health and wellness sells year-round, but Amazon removes books that claim to treat or cure. Which sub-niches work and how to word them.
A free KDP ISBN locks you to Amazon and prints Independently Published. What a paid ISBN buys, what it costs, and when it is worth it.
What a proof copy shows that the online previewer cannot: gutter clearance, colour shift and spine alignment. Up to five per order.
Publisher Rocket costs $199 as a one-time payment in 2026, listed at $299. What it does, who it suits, and how fast it pays for itself.
The KDP tools worth paying for in 2026, grouped by the job they do: niche research, cover design, keyword optimisation and ad management.
6x9 fits most books, but not all. Trim size by genre, how it changes page count and printing cost, and why you cannot change it later.
Going from ten books to a hundred breaks every manual habit. The production line, the portfolio ad strategy and the pruning rule.
The most common KDP mistakes that cost sales, trigger rejections, and sometimes lead to account suspension — and exactly how to avoid each one.
Your 7 KDP keyword phrases are the most underused lever in self-publishing. Here's exactly how to research, select, and structure keywords that put your book in front of buyers ready to purchase.
Setting up your KDP account correctly from the start prevents payment delays and publishing roadblocks. Here's the complete account setup process — tax interview, banking, marketplace settings, and common mistakes.
Activity books are one of the most giftable KDP products — high perceived value, repeat purchases, and strong seasonal demand. Here's how to create and publish activity books that sell year-round.
Amazon's Best Seller Rank (BSR) is the most visible performance metric for KDP books. Here's exactly how it works, what the numbers mean, and how to use BSR data to make better publishing decisions.
Format a print-ready KDP interior with correct trim size, margins, bleed, embedded fonts, image resolution, page setup, and final PDF checks.
Self-publishing children's books on Amazon KDP requires understanding both the creative and technical requirements unique to this format. Here's the complete guide — from manuscript to live listing.
Amazon KDP supports HTML formatting in book descriptions. A properly structured, HTML-formatted description consistently outperforms plain text. Here's the exact format to use — with templates.
Most successful KDP publishers use pen names. Here's why, how to set up pen names on KDP correctly, and how to manage multiple pen names across different niches.
KDP and IngramSpark serve different self-publishing goals. Here's a direct comparison of royalties, distribution, print quality, costs, and when to use each — or both.
Kindle eBook formatting is different from print. Here's exactly how to prepare your manuscript for KDP Kindle — from Word documents to properly formatted EPUB files — so your book looks great on every device.