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THE BEST WAY FOR WRITERS TO USE AMAZON’S PREORDER FEATURE

By: Penny C. Sansevieri

Now that Amazon is allowing preorders, I see a lot of authors jumping on the preorder bandwagon, and while that’s great, there’s a lot to consider before you do this. First, if you aren’t familiar with the Amazon preorder, let me explain how it works.

 

In a minute, I’ll take you through the steps to get your book into preorder, but first let’s look at when and how this may benefit you.

First off, you need to be a KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing) author. On Amazon’s KDP/Preorder information page, they say that preorder is great to start building buzz and, true, it is. Though, there is one caveat to this. Over the years I’ve found that preorders aren’t as effective if you have no fan base, and even then it’s iffy.

So what’s the real benefit to the preorder? Well, let’s break this down.

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If you missed my writing & marketing tweets and retweets yesterday, here they are again:

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5. 5 Book-Pitch Selling Points: The Complete Package - Writer's Relief, Inc. http://ow.ly/MwDFH
6. 37 Ways To Write About Anger - Writers Write http://ow.ly/MwDKh
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8. 8 Ways to Motivate Your Followers to Amplify Your Content Marketing - Jeffbullas's Blog http://ow.ly/MwE4Z
9. Web Sites - Bye-Bye to These 10 Web Design Trends : MarketingProfs Article http://ow.ly/MwEdl
10. 5 Steps to Managing Self-Doubt | Brittany Policastro http://ow.ly/MwEkK
11. 10 Fantastic Instagram Posts and Why They Work http://ow.ly/MwEqd
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15. Charted: How history’s most creative people organized their days - The Washington Post http://ow.ly/MwEN4
16. How to Improve Your Amazon Book Description & Metadata | Jane Friedman http://ow.ly/MwERw
17. The Best Way for Writers to Use Amazon’s Preorder Feature | Live Write Thrive http://ow.ly/MwF0e
18. #55: How to Create a Survey to Find Your Target Market - Amy Porterfield http://ow.ly/MwF8E
19. Author, Jody Hedlund: 7 Setting Basics That Can Bring a Story to Life http://ow.ly/MwFcv
20. How To Build A Brand In 5 Days http://ow.ly/MwFsI
21. Marketing Your Book | The Creative Penn http://ow.ly/MwFzl
22. Book Marketing Tip: Your Attitude | Book Marketing Bestsellers http://ow.ly/MwFTx 
23. Your Kindle Is More Than an eReader: 5 Hidden Kindle Features http://ow.ly/MwHjE

Happy writing and running, Kathy