Bad News for Amazon KDP Print | Self-Publishing News (May 15, 2023)

Amazon KDP had four BIG updates rolling out about their community tab, pricing, Kindle Unlimited pricing, and the KDP Select Global Fund. Also, TikTok filed for a trademark of a future publishing company. Publisher Rocket now gets MORE keyword data from Amazon. And, eBookFairs now has a service to generate your book descriptions. All that and more in this week's news!


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• Miblart Giveaway - https://DaleLinks.com/Giveaway 

• Things to do if your book has been pirated - https://goodereader.com/blog/technology/things-to-do-if-your-book-has-been-pirated 

• Fictionary - https://fictionary.co

• Story marketing vs. book marketing: What’s the difference? - https://bookawardpro.com/blog/story-marketing-vs-book-marketing-whats-the-difference/ 

• PublishDrive - https://DaleLinks.com/PublishDrive (referral link)

• How to Tune Up Your Marketing with the Author Marketing Audit - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-to-tune-up-your-marketing-with-the-author-marketing-audit-reedsy-live-tickets-630771734237

• The Hot Sheet - https://hotsheetpub.com

• Bryan Cohen on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@bryanhelpsauthors/video/7232042304113118510

• 8th Note Press trademark filing - https://lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/8th-Note-Press_Trademark-Electronic-Search-System-TESS.pdf 

• The Kindle Storyteller Award 2023 - https://www.amazon.co.uk/b?ie=UTF8&node=12061299031

• KDP Community tab gets an overhaul - https://www.kdpcommunity.com/s/?language=en_US

• KDP Print Costs Increase - https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/GPGVYM9KWTYLD2GD

• Publisher Rocket - https://DaleLinks.com/Rocket (affiliate link)

• eBookFairs - https://DaleLinks.com/eBookFairs (affiliate link)

• eBookFairs Book Blurb Generator - https://vimeo.com/826630628


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