Whether you’re an aspiring author, an experienced novelist, or a tech-savvy publisher, you probably interact with your Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) account often. This service from Amazon allows authors and publishers to publish and manage their Kindle books on Amazon. It’s the easiest way to publish a book and make it available to millions of readers around the world.
While the platform is relatively straightforward to use, there are a number of things that authors want to do with their books which are not easy to do or find on the KDP platform. If you’re feeling stuck or frustrated with any part of the Kindle publishing process, Amazon’s new KDP Community is here to help!
KDP Community forum & topics
The KDP Community consists of authors and publishers who collaborate by asking and answering questions about KDP. This is a community solely for writers and publishers, so Amazon employees won’t respond to any questions posed in these forums. Instead, authors can communicate directly to share their experiences with KDP, book marketing, publishing, and other related topics. Author’s can use the forum to ask for advice, request feedback, learn how to do something technical on KDP and much more! The main forum categories include:
- Account. Ask questions about your KDP account settings.
- Bookshelf. Post questions about your KDP bookshelf and title status.
- Feedback. Share feedback about your KDP publishing experience.
- Formatting. Ask questions about formatting your Kindle book.
- General Questions. Post here to ask about general publishing guidelines.
- Kindle Vella. Post questions about Kindle Vella.
- Payments. Post questions about setting up and receiving payments.
- Reports. Ask questions about royalty reporting.
- Voice of the Author/Publisher. Share feedback about new KDP features you’d like to see.
Along with sharing feedback, responding to queries, and asking your own questions, the KDP Community shows recent news announcements, a leaderboard of the most active users, and other relevant information for members.
Top questions on KDP Community forum
You can sort each forum by recent activity or use the search feature to see if your question has already been addressed. For example, here are a few of the most popular posts (by views) on KDP Community:
- Where’s my book gone?
- Beginner signing up: anything I need to know?
- Author/publisher name rejected… why?
- Why can’t you respond to reviews when someone posts an untrue review?
- How do I get in touch with my book buyers?
The KDP Community is a great place for writers to get support during the occasionally frustrating process of self-publishing. Whether you have questions about KDP, need feedback, or just want to connect with other authors, this online community is a wonderful place to start.
