Hi Rachel, great video. You respond exactly to the questions that I had in my mind recently. You have mentioned earlier that you target both US and UK markets and I was curious to hear more. And here I am listening to your video on that exact topic!! Thanks. If you don't mind me asking some additional questions: 1) Do you publish under the same pen name in both markets? I am now learning the publishing process and I put my first few notebooks on both US and UK markets under the same pen name. When I search my brand, which I encourage buyers to do as well, all notebooks come up (so you can see each cover twice, which does not provide the best buyer's experience). I presume it is not a good practice to publish under the same pen name and brand? How do you approach it yourself? 2) Do you research niches in the UK and USA with the same criteria? E.g. you would go only for niches that there are less than 1000 listing results. The keyword search works differently (at least to me) on .com and .co.uk. On amazon.com you add a word in your search to be more specific and you get less results and you can narrow down your niches. On amazon.co.uk no matter how much I try to narrow my search, thousands and thousands results come up. Actually the shorter and more broad keyword, the less results come up. So the UK search engine may do all possible key word combinations from what I type in? The more words the more combinations and more results? And on amazon.com the engine searches for exact phrases that buyers type in, so the more detailed requests, the less results come up? Would you be able to advise, if you have different criteria for searching niches in the UK and USA? 3) When you speak about the number of positions you have in your stock, do you count a book published in both markets as one position or actually two? 4) Do you have experience with publishing on amazon.ca? Sorry for the long questions. Maybe some can be covered in the future videos. Thanks again.
Such a great video, thank you! I've started to publish notebooks not long ago and as I speak multiple languages, your video just gave me lots of ideas for the future. Will check out your other videos now
I started creating notebooks and now have about 20 designs on kdp. After a month I've sold zero. I'm not put off just yet and realise I'm just starting out and need to give things time. My long term goal is to have enough income for my pension since I'm only a few years away from a state pension in the UK which really isn't enough to live on...I don't want to 'work' till I die so top tips like this are literally a life saver. Thank you
Thanks for watching, Sarah! Notebooks are very difficult to sell-because they are the easiest type of book to create, there are millions of them on Amazon, so it's hard to get noticed. Now that you've got the hang of things in terms of the publishing process, I recommend creating some books with higher value that can stand out amongst its competitors. I wish you success!
Hi Rachel, great video! A question on marketplaces. If I choose US marketplace as my primary, will my book be available on other marketplaces + shipping cost? Or can I define the price for each marketplace myself? Can I publish the same book in two different marketplaces with the same title?
▼ Inside KDP when uploading our books, we can specify the retail price in each marketplace :-) ▼ If we want to specify the most important marketplace (for example UK), we need to select UK in the drop-down Marketplace option - Rachel covers this around 09:00
At 09:00 Rachel talks about creating the same interior with 2 different covers (one aimed at UK readers, one aimed at US readers), so that's 2 separate books. Each book needs its own ISBN :-)
Is it allowed to publish the same book more then once? Where does it say that because I'v been told that publishing the same book again but just in a different size might get me into trouble 😮 So how is publishing the same book with a different title is allowed if can't even have another trim size 😮 I'm confused 🙄
Once more nice video from you, Rachel. Thank you. I got a question about tax forms that i recently received from KDP. Like you, i am not USA citizen and i do not live in USA so do i have to submit the tax form that i got from KDP to USA authorities or not? Not sure what to do, if you make a video about this will be helpful.
▼ Amazon is in the USA, so yes if we live outside the USA we need to fill in the form to let them know that :-) It's easy, and needs to be done so we don't get charged too much tax as a foreign author
Hi, I am a first-timer, so some silly questions must be made. My book is in the stage of being Reviewed, can I change marketplace, if so, how? They were to send me a proof copy, but when I proceed to checkout my address in Greece, apparently is a problem and it does not allow checkout. Will it effect anything if I change marketplace now(supposing I still can)? Also, what I don't get is, if my book can be bought by everyone from Amazon, what difference does choice of marketplace make exactly? One last thing, while my book is being Reviewed, I suddenly realized that there 3 selling mistakes, can I resend them teh manuscript corrected before it's published, is that possible? Thank you!
Rachel, when you say publish the exact book, you mean in all marketplaces? I've been trying to figure out how to only publish one book in UK and the other in US. Are you saying it's okay to publish the exact book twice in each market?
▼ Hey there Anne, Rachel covers this at 09:00, and publishes one version with a UK Cover in the UK Marketplace (choose the drop-down list to select), then publishes the second one with a US Cover in the US Marketplace (choose the drop-down list to select)
Hey, Rachel! I went around to upload some A+ content to my books but was unable to enter it to us, au or Canada marketplace, even though I have chosen the US as my primary marketplace when I published my books. Any idea what Im doing wrong, please? Many thanks!!
Hi Ramon, it depends on the type of book. It's fine to use the same interiors on books such as notebooks or planners, or any other book where the customer might expect to see the same interior with different covers. However, it does not make sense to re-use the same interior on "one-off" type books, such as guided journals, activity books, colouring books, works of fiction or nonfiction, etc., as this can create confusion for the customer.
If your coloring book cover for USA market spelling is Coloring do you have to make a new cover & ISBN for UK with spelling “Colouring” or do you use same cover & only make changes in metadata for search?
▼ Hey @rycoryco2888 - Rachel covers this at 09:00, and publishes one version with a UK Cover in the UK Marketplace (choose the drop-down list to select), then publishes the second one with a US Cover in the US Marketplace (choose the drop-down list to select). Each book needs a unique ISBN.
Hi I noticed that sales are much higher in the UK but I did not think to publish the same book in the UK, if I do this with the same cover I will not have problems with those from Amazon?
▼ Hey Sebastian - Rachel covers this at 09:00, and publishes one version with a UK Cover in the UK Marketplace (choose the drop-down list to select), then publishes the second one with a US Cover in the US Marketplace (choose the drop-down list to select)
Do you have to start from scratch to post your book in different marketplaces? or is there a way to 'edit' your primary to also show up on other marketplaces?
@@RachelHarrisonSund I'm actually in the UK (born & raised, though I would like to live abroad). However, I write fictional e-books but, I did set it to both US/Canada/UK. My parents first language is French and I will at some point have them in French as there are many French-speaking countries.
Do you have a favourite Amazon marketplace to target? If so, tell me in the comments!
Love the idea of creating the same journal targeting two different markets- smart!!
Thanks for watching, Tara! Which markets do you think you'll try out?
Hi Rachel, great video. You respond exactly to the questions that I had in my mind recently. You have mentioned earlier that you target both US and UK markets and I was curious to hear more. And here I am listening to your video on that exact topic!! Thanks.
If you don't mind me asking some additional questions:
1) Do you publish under the same pen name in both markets?
I am now learning the publishing process and I put my first few notebooks on both US and UK markets under the same pen name. When I search my brand, which I encourage buyers to do as well, all notebooks come up (so you can see each cover twice, which does not provide the best buyer's experience).
I presume it is not a good practice to publish under the same pen name and brand?
How do you approach it yourself?
2) Do you research niches in the UK and USA with the same criteria? E.g. you would go only for niches that there are less than 1000 listing results.
The keyword search works differently (at least to me) on .com and .co.uk.
On amazon.com you add a word in your search to be more specific and you get less results and you can narrow down your niches. On amazon.co.uk no matter how much I try to narrow my search, thousands and thousands results come up. Actually the shorter and more broad keyword, the less results come up. So the UK search engine may do all possible key word combinations from what I type in? The more words the more combinations and more results?
And on amazon.com the engine searches for exact phrases that buyers type in, so the more detailed requests, the less results come up?
Would you be able to advise, if you have different criteria for searching niches in the UK and USA?
3) When you speak about the number of positions you have in your stock, do you count a book published in both markets as one position or actually two?
4) Do you have experience with publishing on amazon.ca?
Sorry for the long questions. Maybe some can be covered in the future videos.
Thanks again.
Such a great video, thank you! I've started to publish notebooks not long ago and as I speak multiple languages, your video just gave me lots of ideas for the future. Will check out your other videos now
Glad it was helpful! Definitely take advantage of all of your language knowledge; I wish I had multiple languages under my belt!
I just subscribed. You have no idea how much you are helping me to think outside the box!
Great video. You are really good on camera and explaining things.
Thank you! I really appreciate the compliments, and the feeling is mutual. :)
I started creating notebooks and now have about 20 designs on kdp. After a month I've sold zero. I'm not put off just yet and realise I'm just starting out and need to give things time. My long term goal is to have enough income for my pension since I'm only a few years away from a state pension in the UK which really isn't enough to live on...I don't want to 'work' till I die so top tips like this are literally a life saver. Thank you
Thanks for watching, Sarah! Notebooks are very difficult to sell-because they are the easiest type of book to create, there are millions of them on Amazon, so it's hard to get noticed. Now that you've got the hang of things in terms of the publishing process, I recommend creating some books with higher value that can stand out amongst its competitors. I wish you success!
@@RachelHarrisonSund thank you I will have to investigate the options!
I’d suggest looking for different books that differentiate you
You read my mind. I'm trilingual. I'm working on a German low content book as we speak. After that I will be writing it in French.
Many thanks for sharing, I was actually thinking of this issue :)
This is amazing info! Thank you
Hi Rachel, great video! A question on marketplaces. If I choose US marketplace as my primary, will my book be available on other marketplaces + shipping cost? Or can I define the price for each marketplace myself? Can I publish the same book in two different marketplaces with the same title?
▼ Inside KDP when uploading our books, we can specify the retail price in each marketplace :-)
▼ If we want to specify the most important marketplace (for example UK), we need to select UK in the drop-down Marketplace option - Rachel covers this around 09:00
Great Video. Will try this
Thanks for watching!
Rachel, thanks for the info. I am receiving royalties, but they are small. Yikes
Insane video 🔥👌🏻
When you say "same book, different market place" do you also create the "other" with a different or same ISBN? Thanks Rachel!
At 09:00 Rachel talks about creating the same interior with 2 different covers (one aimed at UK readers, one aimed at US readers), so that's 2 separate books. Each book needs its own ISBN :-)
Is it allowed to publish the same book more then once? Where does it say that because I'v been told that publishing the same book again but just in a different size might get me into trouble 😮 So how is publishing the same book with a different title is allowed if can't even have another trim size 😮 I'm confused 🙄
Once more nice video from you, Rachel. Thank you.
I got a question about tax forms that i recently received from KDP. Like you, i am not USA citizen and i do not live in USA so do i have to submit the tax form that i got from KDP to USA authorities or not? Not sure what to do, if you make a video about this will be helpful.
▼ Amazon is in the USA, so yes if we live outside the USA we need to fill in the form to let them know that :-) It's easy, and needs to be done so we don't get charged too much tax as a foreign author
Hi created a pdf for the first time. My query is where to sell an ebook?
Great idea!
Hi, I am a first-timer, so some silly questions must be made. My book is in the stage of being Reviewed, can I change marketplace, if so, how? They were to send me a proof copy, but when I proceed to checkout my address in Greece, apparently is a problem and it does not allow checkout. Will it effect anything if I change marketplace now(supposing I still can)?
Also, what I don't get is, if my book can be bought by everyone from Amazon, what difference does choice of marketplace make exactly?
One last thing, while my book is being Reviewed, I suddenly realized that there 3 selling mistakes, can I resend them teh manuscript corrected before it's published, is that possible?
Thank you!
Rachel, when you say publish the exact book, you mean in all marketplaces? I've been trying to figure out how to only publish one book in UK and the other in US. Are you saying it's okay to publish the exact book twice in each market?
▼ Hey there Anne, Rachel covers this at 09:00, and publishes one version with a UK Cover in the UK Marketplace (choose the drop-down list to select), then publishes the second one with a US Cover in the US Marketplace (choose the drop-down list to select)
But the place you put price on is written "not offered in this market place"? So is it or is it not ? ugh :(
Hey, Rachel! I went around to upload some A+ content to my books but was unable to enter it to us, au or Canada marketplace, even though I have chosen the US as my primary marketplace when I published my books. Any idea what Im doing wrong, please? Many thanks!!
I thought Amazon frowned upon same book different cover as suggested in this video Rachel?
Hi Ramon, it depends on the type of book. It's fine to use the same interiors on books such as notebooks or planners, or any other book where the customer might expect to see the same interior with different covers. However, it does not make sense to re-use the same interior on "one-off" type books, such as guided journals, activity books, colouring books, works of fiction or nonfiction, etc., as this can create confusion for the customer.
thank you
You're welcome! Have you tried targeting additional marketplaces yet?
If your coloring book cover for USA market spelling is Coloring do you have to make a new cover & ISBN for UK with spelling “Colouring” or do you use same cover & only make changes in metadata for search?
▼ Hey @rycoryco2888 - Rachel covers this at 09:00, and publishes one version with a UK Cover in the UK Marketplace (choose the drop-down list to select), then publishes the second one with a US Cover in the US Marketplace (choose the drop-down list to select). Each book needs a unique ISBN.
Ahh the UK! Which town/city?
Derby! And my husband is from London.
Hence why he is an Arsenal fan and I’m a happy Liverpool fan 0-2👍
@@RachelHarrisonSund That's definitely not a Derby accent :)
Hi
I noticed that sales are much higher in the UK but I did not think to publish the same book in the UK, if I do this with the same cover I will not have problems with those from Amazon?
▼ Hey Sebastian - Rachel covers this at 09:00, and publishes one version with a UK Cover in the UK Marketplace (choose the drop-down list to select), then publishes the second one with a US Cover in the US Marketplace (choose the drop-down list to select)
Do you have to start from scratch to post your book in different marketplaces? or is there a way to 'edit' your primary to also show up on other marketplaces?
Hello dear, i have doubt on how to add one more marketplaces to the already existing default set of ones. Eg . I dont see amazon.in in my marketplace
Great advice. Thank you for sharing this video.
Thanks for watching, Guillaume! Have you targeted any marketplaces outside of the US yet?
@@RachelHarrisonSund I'm actually in the UK (born & raised, though I would like to live abroad). However, I write fictional e-books but, I did set it to both US/Canada/UK. My parents first language is French and I will at some point have them in French as there are many French-speaking countries.