Hi, my name is stargirl (Shelby Hall) and I am a published author. I recently, in early February 2021, published my first full-length poetry book, ‘grey eyed’. I published it by myself with the help of Amazon’s self-publishing network, KDP.
How to use KDP:
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Search KDP Amazon
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Log in with your Amazon account
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Create a new project
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Make your book into a page-by-page PDF/Word Doc on Word or Pages
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Go through the questions asked on KDP about book size, color and all that jazz
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Make sure your book is ready, with all text edited and photos/art included in your manuscript
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Submit it to KDP for review, they will come back with any changes needed to be made (margins, spacing, etc.)
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Once approved, you can go through to set your paperback and Kindle pricing and submit
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Your book will be available online within a few days, you will get an email saying when it is live
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You can buy author copies for a wholesale price on the KDP site and see analytics for your sales
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Start promoting your project link so others can purchase your book!
It’s truly a long process, for me it was 10 years in the making to get all of my work together and feel ready enough, but now that I have a finished product in my hand I feel so fulfilled.
Buy ‘grey eyed’ by stargirl on Amazon if you’re into poetry