Publishing on Amazon
So, In 2024, I published my first dystopian fantasy fiction novel on Amazon. It's meant to be the first in a series of nine books, and so far I have only written the first with the second in mind, mapped out, ready to go. Lessons learned Amazon manuscript template Manuscript Template The first lesson I learned when publishing on Amazon is, download the size template you want your book to be from Amazon before you write your manuscript; otherwise, you will need to stuff around with reformatting once you've finished your manuscript and it's ready to publish. Marketing Your Book The second lesson I learned was that you need to market your book before your book is published. I didn't do this and sold roughly fifty odd books in the first month, then one every now and then, then nothing. It's depressing. You put all these hours, days, months, and years into your work, and then silence. Image by Geralt on Pixabay So, start a Tik Tok account, an Instagram account, a Fac...