{"id":6142,"date":"2011-10-24T15:15:28","date_gmt":"2011-10-24T09:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookbuzzr.com\/blog\/?p=6142"},"modified":"2014-12-23T16:55:54","modified_gmt":"2014-12-23T11:25:54","slug":"how-my-book-hit-1-on-kindle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookbuzzr.com\/blog\/how-my-book-hit-1-on-kindle\/","title":{"rendered":"How My Book Hit #1 on Kindle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guest Expert:\u00a0Shelley Hitz<\/a><\/p>\n

Would you like your book to hit #1 in its category on Kindle and be able to say that you’re a “best-selling author”? Of course you would! It not only increases your credibility, but can also help you sell more books. Let me explain.<\/p>\n

The Key – Choosing Your Categories Wisely<\/h4>\n

As I was preparing for my book launch, I started researching how to choose categories on Amazon. To be honest, I didn’t find a ton of information on how<\/span> to do it.<\/p>\n

However, I did finally figure out how to best research my topics for both my print books and Kindle eBooks and how to change them both. I outline the exact steps I took in my training, “Amazon for Authors: How to Optimize Amazon for Increased Exposure and Sales!<\/em><\/a>”<\/p>\n

How to Update Your Categories<\/h4>\n

Once I chose the best categories for my books, I updated the print copy books through my Amazon author central account here: http:\/\/authorcentral.amazon.com<\/a>. For my Kindle books, I updated the categories through http:\/\/kdp.amazon.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, I found that some of the categories didn’t match the exact<\/span> categories I researched at the Kindle store. Therefore, I contacted the support at http:\/\/kdp.amazon.com<\/a> directly to change the categories of my Kindle book. Within 1-2 days, I was notified that my categories were changed online.<\/p>\n

And an amazing thing happened.<\/p>\n

Literally within days of changing categories, one of my books hit #1 in its category on Kindle. Wow!!<\/p>\n

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The Benefits of Being #1 in My Category<\/h4>\n

Not only did I get to share the buzz on social media about hitting #1, but I also noticed that my book started to get recommended under the section titled “Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought<\/em>” for other similar books.<\/p>\n

No one knows the exact algorithm Amazon uses to recommend your book, but there seems to be a connection with the ranking of your book, the number of reviews and number of sales. And so, as my ranking increased, Amazon began doing advertising for my book…for free!<\/p>\n

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All because I researched and updated my categories.<\/p>\n

Have You Fully Optimized Your Amazon and Kindle Book Pages?<\/h4>\n

If not, why not? It took me about 30 minutes to research categories for each of my books and another 10-15 minutes to change the categories online. It is worth the investment of your time!<\/p>\n

Plus, I didn’t stop there. I added keywords so that people can find my books through Amazon searches, added subjects and tags, optimized my Amazon author profile page and much more. I encourage you to take full advantage of the free tools Amazon offers you for both your print books and Kindle eBooks.<\/p>\n

If you’d like step-by-step instructions on how to research and update your categories and more, you can get my video tutorial, “Amazon for Authors<\/em>” on how to optimize your Amazon and Kindle book sales pages here: http:\/\/amazon.self-publishing-coach.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"Shelley Hitz is an entrepreneur, author and speaker. Her website, Self Publishing Coach<\/a>, provides resources and tutorials that help you publish and market your book. Her series, Book Marketing on a Shoestring Budget<\/a>, allows you to expand your book marketing efforts and sell more books without going broke. She even offers one of her reports free!<\/p>\n

You can also find Shelley on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a> and YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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