Hi Krista, Some keywords show high search volume in Publisher Rocket (e.g. 5,000+ searches) and a very low competition score (around 3), but they don’t appear in Amazon autocomplete when typing into the search bar. Would you still consider using keywords like this, or is the lack of Amazon autocomplete a red flag?

What are yall doing to market your book? Right now I am using, Pinterest, Instagram and reddit for my main promotional pieces. I have also recently posted to Facebook so that friends and family could purchase if they want. I just want to know if I am missing any avenues.

Is it enough to simply “unpublish” it and then publish again later, or do you need to wait a certain amount of time? Do you have to make at least minor changes to the manuscript or cover before republishing? Or do you make second edition? This is my first book (Easter-themed). It didn’t sell any copies, and at the time I knew much less about publishing. I’m now planning to relaunch it with a proper promotion. I’d really appreciate any advice from those who’ve done this before. Also: - While the book is unpublished, can someone else use the same title? - If the book was originally published a year ago, will the categories remain the same when I republish, or do I need to select everything again from scratch?

like the photo: i have a book with lots of pictures. so the deliver fee is 1.32$. but if i set up price as 2.99. the royalty is only 1.17. will amazon charge me 0.15$ back each ebook i sold?

Something interesting happened when I started experimenting with AI workflow tools, and I thought it might be useful to share for other creators. I recently uploaded one of my book manuscripts into NotebookLM just to see what it would do with long-form content. What surprised me most was the podcast feature. NotebookLM automatically generated a conversation-style podcast between two fictional hosts discussing the themes, ideas, and insights from the manuscript. The voices sounded natural and the discussion felt like a real podcast breakdown of the material. That sparked a workflow idea. Instead of thinking of a book as one asset, I started treating it as a content engine. The workflow looked like this: 1️⃣ Upload manuscript into NotebookLM 2️⃣ Generate the AI podcast conversation 3️⃣ Export the audio discussion 4️⃣ Turn the audio into a YouTube podcast episode 5️⃣ Pull key ideas from the conversation into short clips and quotes From a single manuscript, the output can easily become: - 1 podcast episode - 1 YouTube video - 5–10 short video clips - Quote graphics - Pinterest posts - TikTok discussion clips - Social discussion prompts In practice, that means one book can generate 10–15 pieces of content without rewriting anything. Why it’s interesting Most authors think in terms of: Book → Publish → Promote But AI tools make it possible to think in terms of: Book → Podcast conversation → Video → Social micro-content → SEO discovery The podcast discussion is particularly powerful because it naturally surfaces ideas, themes, and questions from the book that translate well into social media posts. The bigger lesson Long-form content (books, research papers, guides) might actually be the best raw material for AI-assisted media workflows. Instead of creating endless new posts, you can mine one thoughtful piece of work for multiple formats. Curious if other people here are experimenting with similar workflows using AI tools.