Amazon KDP is CHANGING - New Algorithm Explained

[@SeanDollwet]

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[@Amazonfindsyoutubee]

how many book published in 1day? kindly and this qus thanks..

[@stevekollins-xg6kc]

Do you coach on fictional books?

[@carshierge]

I’m curious how your team can help boost sales on these KDP books?

[@louiseharvey7305]

Hi Sean I would like to submit my book for you to review but I sent you a message via Instagram (without the book link) and I can't send another message with the link . Can I send you it via KZbin? Or to an email address? Thank you!

[@SuperChowbelle]

How much are the coaching cost?

[@ilincaneculai2501]

I've started watching your videos a round 4 weeks ago and decided to give it a try. Today, on my 40th birthday, I have published my first book. In fact, my first two. Is a child story, and I uploaded it on paperback and ebook. Now waiting for kdp's approval. I am super excited.

[@SeanDollwet]

@@ilincaneculai2501 nice! Congrats and happy birthday!

[@Ar-15rifell]

Hi, I have a couple of questions please, when you click to say you are copyright owner etc…how do you copyright every book you create? Also, how do you file income tax on this? Is it as an independent contractor? Thanks

[@hebrux]

You should ask bing copilot ​@@Ar-15rifell

[@sylviacanchangeworld]

Good luck! Your book sounds awesome! Yay.

[@drtexastoothfairy]

❤❤❤❤I’m so encouraged by these guys!!!!

[@paintingartsncrafts6130]

Just published my first coloring book, no use of AI! I’m actually an artist… so I drew every page. I have no idea what I’m doing with publishing, no idea if my book will get any sales etc. thank you for all of your sharing, it’s been tremendously helpful to me!

[@trixiekidsclub]

I hope you've received some sales! It's great you're an artist who can use their talent organically :)

[@paintingartsncrafts6130]

One a day which is more than I expected, ranking is pretty far down. What I need is more reviews!

[@trixiekidsclub]

@@paintingartsncrafts6130 that’s great though!

[@MrVAsBoy]

Marketing is key. Use what social media platforms that you have at your disposal. Create short clips and build upon that before launch. Build your audience. You should start with friends and family first, then continue to build on your momentum. Hope this helps.

[@Topdoginuk]

And by the way, it’s great to see someone actually telling people to be authentic, honest and fair. That is refreshing to hear in a world of so much deceit, manipulation, greed and lies. Well done fella

[@AliseIam]

As a person who ACTUALLY writes, designs and illustrates her own books… THANK GOD FOR THE CHANGES … HOWEVER I wish they would bring back multiple images so that I can show the features of my book above the fold… Thank god my old books have that… but a huge bummer for my new books.

[@chrism415]

Amazon moving to clear the dross. Good news. Concise and neatly presented. Thanks, Sean!

[@lucymedina-zamora8578]

I totally agree with you. People need to think if their book is going to help the customer solve their "problem" or is just for the extra bucks. I've seen a bunch of coloring books on Amazon that are just a lot of "copy and paste" images with no sense whatsoever. I'm a Graphic Designer working in the educational field with special need kids, and I'm always trying to find the right activity for my students, so I know what You're talking about.

[@xevay]

Just binged several of your videos and wanted to say thank you for making such high quality content 👍

[@LordFlash124]

I 100%, totally agree with all of the points that you have made here Sean. Yes, I too use ai at times, but even then I edit and rewrite or re-draw the output. I have worked in both sales and marketing and you have to understand your customers. It doesn't matter if you have 100 happy customers, if get just 1 unhappy one it can destroy you credibility. I'm glad that Amazon has taken these steps.

[@n30nx4r7]

I've been an on and off viewer for a bit now and i must say this is definitely helpful, because i am planning on making a book and publishing it online, so if wanted to put on KDP i will keep these tips in mind. Thank you for the work you do

[@motivated2010]

I just published my 1st children's book and provided true information; no fluff. I'm excited to see what happens. Great content-thanks

[@ChinmayeMankatalia]

What happened then?

[@ShellySolmonson-jp6vn]

Hi I am going to give the KDP a try thx for all the great tips your doing an amazing job helping people thx you

[@Writeitrightindiewriter]

Thank you to the indie author who forwarded me a link to your video. Thank you Sean for explaining this so clearly and thoroughly. I really appreciate your extremely helpful video 🙏

[@fiyaadzim1233]

I started watching your videos in July this year because I needed information on how to market my book. I saw a video about Amazon Ads and followed all your advice. With just a few tweaks, I managed to sell 100 units of my book in a month. After that, I began watching all your videos here. Now, I always check to see if you’ve uploaded a new video. I eagerly await each new release. Every time you upload a video, you share mind-blowing information. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I hope to one day write and sell quality books like you and succeed on KDP Amazon as you have. 💪🏻

[@spaghettiman426]

Which video, I wanna see it.

[@faiza2023]

please Which video u are talking about it can u share it

[@fiyaadzim1233]

I tried to paste the link here but it dissappear. I will try again

[@fiyaadzim1233]

Or try search “sean dollwet amazon ads” please watch all video from him esp from last year till the latest one this week

[@fiyaadzim1233]

So for this month, my book already ranked in top 5, 1st page at amazon best seller in one of the categories

[@jamesgrimm9121]

Great video. So true about Amazon's caring about the customer. When I worked for Amazon, that was definitely a mantra that was preached. Maybe a little too much by some in the company, and it was definitely a way to push your projects, show how it will benefit the customer.

[@itsmejessicajean]

This is great insight. I found this to be true for my coloring books on KDP

[@megan.ashford]

Love your video tutorials and you are not shy from sharing what you know with us. ❤❤❤

[@BruceWayne15325]

I'm glad they're starting to crack down on the AI book spammers that are filling the marketplace with a bunch of garbage. It's bad for Amazon's customers and it's bad for legitimate authors. I'd love to see them restrict authors to publishing a single long content book per quarter and a single low content book per month. This would be an even better approach to weed out the riff raff. Legitimate authors produce quality content, and that means lots of editing and verification. This takes a lot of time, usually much longer than it takes to write a book in the first place.

[@LandoHendrix444]

Ive finished my book. Im now watching your videos. Thank you

[@AndrewBrianSmith1980]

Awesome content as always man. Great info. You are a gem for indie authors!

[@georgeakwowe3325]

Thanks Sean. This is very informative and useful.

[@BetterDailyGrid]

🏋‍♂ No excuses. If you want it, work for it. Push past the comfort zone and challenge yourself to rise above the obstacles. Your strength lies in your persistence. 🏆

[@danielszczepek3117]

I found you recently, I watched a few current films and I really like the content of your films. And it's exactly the same thing you're talking about here. Quality rules! Greetings from Poland :)

[@TylerDurden-bo7jl]

5:03 if I publish anthology novella collection what should be my keywords 😢

[@valentinekosisochi3265]

I believe in you Sean, I have been following you Sean. I created a new account arround june, I created 4 books. One of them made about $9, the second one has made over $20 with a five star rating. Your video is a motivation to me, I wish I can gain access to your mentorship. A book can take me upto a week, I once exhausted a month creating one book.

[@julieshaffer7140]

Thanks for the direct and frank advise.

[@ernestamoakorhoyofficial]

First to comment. Thank you. Much love from Ghana

[@SeanDollwet]

Thanks 👌

[@muhammadarslan6035]

Excellent

[@joe77992]

Thanks for dropping lots of great information!

[@bucketlisttraveller2541]

Hi Sean, Great video. I have been doing this the new way with no luck in getting my book noticed. I hope these new changes will help me get to page one and more organic sales. I do place ads on Amazon, but sales are not so great. I used Facebook ads in the beginning and plan to start again. Thank you for sharing this important information.

[@SteveSlimmartist]

Love your supreme clarity bro! :)

[@JeremiahHexx]

LOVE ALL YOUR VIDEOS, I am learning so much. Glad to see Amazon finally taking steps to get rid of the "Bros..." ahem... trash methods; ( low content garbage ) that are destroying trust and profit for actual books created by honorable sellers. Launching my first of 3 poetry books shortly. I have 115,000 Facebook followers, so excited to see how Amazon does when promoted to them. Thanks for your videos.

[@bobi1049]

Helpful, and hilarious!..."Do you think the customer would enjoy that?..no probably not!"..had a real laugh while learning, great video thanks.

[@taherel-sheikh6604]

Keep the good work. You are the best fr 💪💪

[@selfpubwithdale]

Great video, as always, buddy. The customer is the center of Amazon's universe. If you're not working with that same mission in mind, Amazon doesn't want to deal with you. Long-term strategies and best practices for the win!

[@brandonestelle9029]

Thank you so much Sean for your effort!

[@Denys_artist]

Thank you so much for this video) I have some coloring books with AI in Amazon, but now I finished new book without AI. All of pages I draw myself) I hope that it will be good results 🙏

[@montanadivacreations9267]

Amazon invested $2 Billion into Claude.. so Amazon LOVES AI.. Amazon HATES BAD BOOKS , it doesn't matter how it is done. I know plenty of people writing with AI that are making a TON OF MONEY.. because they write Quality books..

[@SeanDollwet]

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[@myopicdreams]

How do they do it cause like doesn't the bots just stop writing coherent stuff?

[@voicingtheunspokenpodcaster]

Thank you so much! The hate that these weird people have over AI is insane and pathetic. They can just continue to be mad because AI isn’t going anywhere.

[@BibleBreakout]

@@myopicdreamsyou have to be a decent writer in order to understand and fix the bad parts of AI in their books. I am using AI to write a book, and I am finding I am rewriting most of it. I look at AI as a tool that gives me a stone that I can chisel away and shape

[@myopicdreams]

@@BibleBreakout that's a really good way look at it. I feel it is. A tool as well. I just mean how do they use it to make a ton of money what genre are they using it in?

[@junczyc]

I couldn’t find any of your books online. Are they still available?

[@ianfromoz5247]

All very good points, thank you

[@ItsDeniseRenee]

Solid advice!❤

[@samp4050]

Hi Sean, as you know by now I'm a big fan. A week ago I was at the doctor and mentioned that I want to try your KDP advice. I told him you are a genius and he googled you and asked me if this is you, to which I replied 'yes,' lol. He said he was also interested in making a few extra bucks as we all are, and said he would watch your channel too and also try it. It just shows how much of a difference you make in people's lives with your amazing advice, content. We live in Durban, South Africa, so again shows that people you have no clue even exist on the other side of the world, are grateful and appreciate your honest, informative channel. Thanks Sean, keep your awesome channel going please. Thanks Sean, much ❤ and appreciation from a granny. ❤

[@trixiekidsclub]

Ahhh I miss my granny from SA now! My parents are on the South Coast, KZN. I hope you make a good few bob! I know it's tough back there, comment back when you have a book so I can see too :)

[@author505]

​@@trixiekidsclubthat's interesting that your gran is also in Durban, lol. I live in an old age home here, and trying to make a few dollars to buy a new laptop. 😅 I have 76 journals, colouring books on Amazon so far but the competition is quite tough. I'm also going to upload my historical romance novel as soon as I can get the formatting right, then going to pdf it. If you'd like to read it for free you can give me your email address and in a few days once I've got it ready I will send it to you if you read historical romance novels? It's about a couple and how their lives change over the years, with lots of unexpected , shocking twists, and drama. It's a South African family saga by the way. 😅❤

[@josephkariukifineart43]

Very useful series, will try your method and see what happens!

[@SayedMohammadAliMurtazawi-t7c]

Thanks for the informative videos.

[@KAINATTALLAT08862_]

I am from Pakistan I am watching your videos you are doing a great job 👍

[@Darladiaries]

You have really opened my eyes on alot of KDP

[@macbishernandez8780]

Thanks for sharing this information 👏🏻

[@SeanDollwet]

Of course 👌

[@creativelyengineered4993]

4:22 In my experience, relavent keywords also mean more organic sales instead of have to rely heavily on ads for sales. The more relevant the keywords, the lower your ACOS

[@astevenswrites]

Release books that are high-quality and good for the customer/reader!? Wow, what a concept! So glad to see that Amazon is making some good changes.

[@ChristopherSmithNYC]

What is good for the customer? GREAT ADVICE!!! Thanks.

[@chaitanyasesh]

I'm wondering why I'm seeing comments by people only that are excited and tried but not by the people that were successful doing this.

[@biancablackwhite4723]

Good for me, I wouldn´t cheat it, I would sell, because my books are good. Thank you for the informations!

[@Dexy_J]

I love your videos brother ❤

[@sylviacanchangeworld]

Thank you for this! :)

[@NadeemLutfullah]

The no BS direct talk!. I just adore your videos. I am waiting for my books review soon, meanwhile following your suggestions, I have managed around 24 reviews so far. My book quality & cover are above average from what all I see in your book reviews. I do plenty of social media marketing. Yet, I am unable to get any sales. Maybe your review will point out what is it that I am not doing or not doing right. It could be amazon ads. I tried it for a week according to your video about it, but with zero engagement. I tried FB paid ads with lots of engagement/clicks but no sales. I need your help. My book is titled 'Find The Ladder'. Thanks.

[@roxyredcat]

I wanted to go through the course, but I have no money.

[@tinahalesrocks]

I created an ebook on kdp called 'What I Love About Autumn ' and it was out long before November holiday season started. Not one single sale. A children's book, great graphics, engaging script. Not one penny.

[@MichaelDykes-m6y]

Not every author can become JK Rowling...

[@erwinmenesis]

I'm planning to start in kdp Amazon

[@SeanDollwet]

You got this, good luck!

[@erwinmenesis]

@@SeanDollwet thank you GOD bless po.

[@creativemind_songs]

Is it better to get 30 reviews for a few books and one review for the rest of the books, or spreading the reviews equally throughout all the books published?

[@TheMatrix0022]

Is Pubby now consider okay for reviews? I still don't quite understand the Pubby model. Since you recommended Pubby I would appreciate an updated opinion. Thx

[@starrysurprise2]

I would like to know that too.

[@saltyporcupine]

great video thank you! So it sounds like as far as you can tell books where you check the written by AI box still arent getting penalized on amazon? Is that correct? And we need to have a quality book whether it is AI or not?

[@RoyDollwet]

Love You Sean!

[@SeanDollwet]

@@RoyDollwet love ya too 👨🏻

[@esgardStore]

Hi Dear, I have created kdp account and even after created 13 journal notebooks amazon terminated my account. They just said I violated rules of Amazon but they haven't clear what voilations, could you please tell me what should we do now ?

[@rehany3401]

Just what I needed. I uploaded 2 books, but the hardbook details need adjusting because I used too many keywords. I was wondering what was happening. I have uploading a 124 page Guided journal with 9 checkpoints over the course of 90 days. If your interested, needing help with guidance along your most ambitious goals, send me a reply and I'll post the link within 4 days front this post.

[@AnnOgbu-g2l]

I am having issues with book blocking I don't really know what the problem is..

[@optionfinder3663]

Can you do Google books instead of KDP if amazon cracks down too hard?

[@alioreads4u]

Is using Pubby for unverified reviews still safe? (For genres that tend to be print-only, like activity books)

[@Topdoginuk]

I’ve been considering writing a book for a year or so but, after investigating Amazon KDP, I was put off by the flood of books people were making using AI and thus, swamping Amazon with so much AI generated content, that legitimate books would never be seen or bought. Just not worth all the effort to write a book and learn every aspect of the requirements to upload to Amazon. But if Amazon has now clamped down and got rid of most of these shoddy swampers, I’ll be tempted to reconsider writing my book. I don’t use GPT in my work. I want 100% my creation

[@sweetsiesher2509]

Do we have to stick to the same niche in the first 30 days

[@holdthetruthhostage]

Amazon is completely broken your better of making your own website on top of selling on Amazon & alternatives because the category doesn't even work

[@DIYcraftdepot]

I agree with Amazon on this one. For those of us who work on a book for months-years, we shouldn’t be in the same camp as people who crap out bad content.

[@victory1607]

Does KPD work in the UK? All the testimonials on KZbin seem to be about sales in the United States.

[@SeanDollwet]

Yes plenty UK people succeeding

[@victory1607]

@SeanDollwet Really??? Wow... If I am having to do this from the UK, will the same model work for me and can I sell beyond the UK? It will be nice to see a video set up that's applicable to those in the UK.

[@SeanDollwet]

@@victory1607 yes

[@jenanderson1987]

Thank you!

[@aria8256]

For the last week or so, I actually watched Sean's video (a different one + a few more) and went to amazon kdp to check it out for low and medium content books. Obviously the top tier low content books on the top 100-1,000 looked great. Didn't buy them so I wouldn't know. But aesthetically looked amazing! 👏🏽 (Would I buy them? Heck Yeah! But I'm low on money so... 😭) Medium content books looked more fun to create (obviously requires more effort) but a lot of the books on Amazon didn't look that great or the sample work definitely looked way too 'low effort'. 😑 (Would I but these? No way! If anything, I felt like I had some responsibility to edit them! 2-3 I have discovered, however, that looked pleasing to the eyes and the sample looked AWESOME 🧡) High Content Books in the Top 100 😘👌🏼 For the most part. Except for H.Potter and Percy.J books, a lot of the other books were just so amazing! ❤ Sample promotion wise, as well as the book covers were really cool. I haven't checked very in-depth with high-content books yet like going past the top 100, so obviously my opinion is slightly biased. 😂 But I will say is that it helps to understand if a customer wants to buy your book or not, is when you're interested in buying your own book. It broke my heart to go through a lot of medium content books where nothing was delivered right. Especially considering the demography of the customer. Obviously I'm just skimming through, but it's so blatantly ruthless, right? Moral of the story: Hustling is fine, but don't trick and sabotage your customers. They're your lifeline.

[@loxygirl6971]

Thank you 🙏🏼🙂

[@dinorossi6611]

If I sell EV chargers on Amazon , can I add books ?

[@MOHraeesu]

i really enjoyed watching your video, Sean. thank you so much. However, how can I get external traffic to Amazon?

[@irsadalam111]

Thank you very much sean sir ....❤

[@moonlightxyz8728]

KDP is getting harder, but I like the challenge. I like how KDP is currently 'controlling' the marketplace from low-quality publishers. I'm restarting my KDP journey after leaving it in 2021. Your channel helps me a lot in my new KDP journey. Thanks, Sean.

[@AnkurDaveReels]

Hey, even I am getting back after 2021 and am not sure where to begin. Any tips?

[@moonlightxyz8728]

@@AnkurDaveReels What I'm currently doing is: 1. Learning all the new KDP rules and updates. 2. Deciding what type of book I want to publish. 3. Researching competitors' books-I'm studying negative reviews to understand the problems buyers have. 4. Creating books that are difficult to make, so I don't have to worry about competition or saturation-I successfully applied this method on Etsy and am now trying it on KDP.

[@jessicadoster8423]

@@moonlightxyz8728thanks for the advice! It’s my first time and I’m trying to figure it out myself so thanks for the tips

[@BigDaddyJinx]

Well they should be "controlling" the low-effort low-quality drivel which is saturating the marketplace. I say it's welcome news and wish it would've happened far sooner.

[@georgiosparaskeva8038]

Why should i sell my digital books from Amazon, and not from my own website or other platforms?

[@kitwanashebabetsiezechiel2178]

How long does it take for a new author to start getting ranked?

[@hjartlivab881]

Hi Sean. My name is Daniel and I live in Sweden. I have a question for you. When I write my books should i write them in swedish for the swedish market or try to write in english for a bigger market ? I hope you will answer my question.

[@SulolaOlabode]

Do you have any site apart from amazon kdp to publish books?

[@ElvisJnr74]

Im on my 10th kids book and hardly getting any sales..Ive even used fiverr for help with keywords etc but still no joy...Im going to continue as i love creating these books...Ive not watched this video yet but going to watch it shortly and see if youve any tips.

[@Expry24maciste]

That's good for the real authors right here trying to make awesome books!

[@ImCreativePolymath]

Hallo Sean. I have a question regarding Ai. Should we then marked that content was created with AI or not? Because even if i do there is still lots of work around the pictures is not only drag and drop for me. I spend hours correcting, adjusting those images. Are books created with AI somehow disadvantaged by Amazon? Thank you

[@healthybar]

Sean thank you I have been watching your videos and follow you, i have published three books getting average 1 sale a day, not sure how can I get more sales is it to focus on the books which I have published or should I focus on producing more books? 😊

[@Random_Art822]

Hey Sean why does my book keep getting blockd i have literally followed every content guidelines and done everything possible but it keeps getting blocked this us the third time and am afraid they could terminate my account if any more is blocked. Is this a fault from Amazon's side. please what do i do?

[@eisatoys7494]

Sir please help me 🙏 I published 4 books on Amazon KDP but all books are blocked nw 😢

[@parentingfromscratchcoaching]

Hi Sean, first of all thanks for these videos, they're packed with so much great information. Super helpful for beginners and more seasoned publishers! I have a question about keyword stuffing. I've seen in KDP forums that books that have the term "stress-relief" in the title are getting banned because it's a "pseudo-medical" claim. Do you know if this is the case? I don't know why it would be prohibited--there are lots of books about, say, alleviating back pain, that are written by non-medical professionals and people without credentials. I don't know why "stress-relief" would be a ban-worthy term. Thanks again, you're the best!

[@quouikxoo]

Quality over quantity, as always, even if it means more work.

[@mwj5368]

Hi! I liked and subscribed. Thanks for your interesting video. I worked for years on my soft sci-fi/adventure/mystery trilogy I want to publish with KDP. I first published and posted it for about 5 days three years ago but it was far to early a draft and I pulled it from the 90 day deal you do by exclusively publishing with KDP and no other platform and forgot what they call that, maybe it was "KDP Select". I want to do the right thing too about what you call the "new KDP" so I can maximize my trilogy sales I want to release with KDP's "Rapid Release" program. What is it that you have to offer to a fiction writer where I could be a jump ahead of other novelists with my trilogy?

[@detrasdelafama-YT]

is your program updated to be able to get results with the new amazon kdp algorithm?

[@SeanDollwet]

Yes

[@dave30irish]

Do you still recommend Dibbly to create ebooks Sean ?

[@RealDrNightmare]

Is Dibbly still a good tool after the Amazon KDP changes?

[@ROXELL]

Hi!! Have you made a video on a how to prevent yourself from getting banned or permanently deleted? I have a fear of this. Also, let’s say have a coloring book that is Harry Potter or Hogwarts inspired.Should I about those words in the book and keywords even if the images aren’t actually of those places and people but inspired by them?

[@nicolocutor]

If Affiliate marketers use fake reviews on our product and we dont know?

[@sastarealmondo]

Are Canva images AI?

[@toluwanisamuel7316]

I see Amazon are blocking account now even mine, what should we do.

[@SeanDollwet]

Follow their guidelines

[@toluwanisamuel7316]

@@SeanDollwet I don't know how to get it

[@eresunaestrellahermosa]

​@@toluwanisamuel7316 guidelines are public you find It in kdp website

[@stevekollins-xg6kc]

Does your course deal with fictional books or just non fiction

[@pix8890]

Hello sean, My kdp account has been closed and amazon didn’t reinstate it after many requests. Now can i open another account in the name of my wife? Is there any risk of being terminated by kdp after this? Waiting for your precious response