I came across an interesting example recently that I thought some people here might find useful. There's a guy in Spain who started posting short TikTok videos about self-help books. At first, his goal was pretty simple: recommend books and earn a little money through Amazon affiliate commissions. As most of you know, affiliate commissions on books are tiny, so it wasn't exactly a path to getting rich. But his account grew really fast. Eventually he built an audience of millions of followers across all his social media platforms, who saw him as "the guy who knows self-help books." Then he did something smart. Instead of only recommending other people's books, he started publishing his own self-help books on Amazon. From what I can tell, many of them were likely created with heavy AI assistance, and he publishes them under a different pen name. What's interesting is that he doesn't present them as "my books." He recommends them alongside the books he has always recommended. So in practice, he's using the authority he built as a book reviewer to sell his own products. Another thing I noticed is his positioning. He often recommends books written by well-known authors, psychologists, researchers, and major publishers. Then he'll recommend one of his own books as the simpler, easier-to-read version for beginners or for people who don't usually read much. And judging by the number of reviews and sales, it seems to be working extremely well. Here's the account: https://www.youtube.com/@KaizenReyLibros/shorts Has anyone else seen interesting examples of authors using TikTok, Reels, or Shorts in unusual ways to sell books?

Been posting on Tiktok for a few weeks now. I'm trying for 2 videos a day and have got about 30 produced now but am still trying to find my feet with it. Not sure if I've made any sales on Amazon yet and have decided I'm not even going to look until I've got to about 100 videos. The way I look at it is it's a long term project and there's no point looking all the time checking as I'd probably just get disheartened. Anyway - posted my video and carousel earlier this evening, checked back later and saw I had a message on Tiktok, a first for me, asking 'Hey where can I buy your book?' (I do put 'available on Amazon KDP' in the book description section) It's a small thing I know but hopefully more to come.

I've been following Davide's instructions with TikTok as ads has been costing me more than I am making. 3 videos a day, I'm on about day 14, so that's 42 videos so far... I do 2 flick thru videos a day and 1 with me speaking (I'm not shy lol)... initially it was taking me about half an hour per video... shooting the video, adding the music and then the text overlaid... but as I've continued, I've got faster... now I do about 10 clips in about an hour using a basic video software program Ive had for years... I'm sure there are better ones.... u can also use tiktoks own software... I bank these in a folder and make sure I have about a weeks worth, in case I can't make any for any reason... I find I make at least half hour a day to make whatever I can... not had anything amazing yet but trickling through... and views now becoming constant... hope this helps...

Hi all. Newbie here. I’m about a week out from posting my first book. I see @Davide Altieri’s comment on another post about the risk of being banned for using review services. Can friends/family review without officially purchasing from Amazon? I’ve shared the PDF with a few people who liked it and said they would write a review once it’s live. Is this suspicious to Amazon? They would give real reviews but would not have the purchase history.

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