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Why printed books remain essential in a digital age

In an era increasingly dominated by digital content, printed books still hold a special place in many readers’ hearts and minds. Despite the rapid growth of digital formats such as ebooks and audiobooks, millions of people continue to choose the tangible,...

Goodreads guide for authors

Goodreads is a powerful platform for authors to get book reviews, connect with readers, and boost your book’s visibility. Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to use Goodreads effectively to get more reviews: 1. Set Up Your Goodreads Author Profile Sign up for a...

⚠️ Beware of scammers!

ukbookpublishing.co.uk is NOT US (we are .com) Starting last year (2024), we became aware of a company impersonating our brand via ukbookpublishing.co.uk (we are .com). They have fraudulently claimed our published books as theirs to dupe unsuspecting authors. We have...

Changing your author name on Amazon

Amazon restricts book details that can be changed, after a book is published. And this includes your author name. The scenario I am describing here is if you have misspelled your author name in Author Central, and you need to fix it to match the correct author name as...

Amazon Sponsored Brands video ads for Authors

Amazon has recently introduced video-enabled Sponsored Brand Ads – a new opportunity in how authors can promote their work on the world’s largest bookstore. The game-changing aspect of this update is that authors no longer need an extensive catalogue to access...

Link your book editions in Author Central

Amazon’s Author Central is a fantastic, free tool for authors. It’s important to merge or “link” your book editions on Amazon — Kindle, paperback, hardcover, audiobook formats — under a single title. This way, all formats are displayed together, making it...

How to merge two Author Central accounts

Do you have multiple Author Central accounts at Amazon that you need to merge? Here’s how to do it. Log in to the UK Author Central account that you want to keep, then click here to go to the relevant page for merging author pages. Or, for the US Author Central,...

Hardback Books on Amazon: A Guide for Indie Authors

Hardback books have always been popular. A 2019 poll on Goodreads revealed data to back this up: more than 40% of readers expressed a preference for hardback books over their paperback counterparts. Traditionally, indie authors didn’t have the option for...

The royalty process at UK Book Publishing

This article explains how our royalty processes work at UK Book Publishing. Publisher compensation As a publisher, we receive “publisher compensation” payments from our distributors such as Amazon and Lightning Source. These are the ‘gross’ or...

Understanding Amazon KDP royalties and KENP

For authors with ebooks on Amazon, in your royalty report you may see up to three Amazon KDP lines for each ebook, each corresponding to the type of ebook sale: Standard – a regular purchase of your ebook. Free – Promotion – how many Amazon customers ordered...

Tracking changes to your book manuscript

When an author sends their finished manuscript to us, this is the start of an exciting process – publishing your book. And the first stage is usually copyediting or proofreading. First, let’s explain the difference: Proofreading a manuscript covers grammar, spelling,...

VAT removed from ebooks

One of the unexpected consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic has been the removal of VAT from ebooks. Previously, although printed books are zero-rated for VAT, ebooks and online subscriptions have not been exempted. In March, UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced this...

Preparing to spend money

An idea for a book can brew in your mind like a warm cup of tea but getting it down on a page is only half the job… Once a book is written, the next logical step is publishing. The development of independent publishing has opened the market to new authors who...

Six ways that reviews can help market your book

To know for sure how book reviews influence sales is hard to gauge. There are many factors that may lead people to purchase a book: boredom, amount of free time to fill, how long it’s been since their last pay day, an impending long train journey… However, there’s one...