What do I need to know about running Amazon Ads for the first time? Is there an ideal time/day? Do I need to have a certain amount of reviews on my book before advertising?

Some of you have taken advantage of this already, but every Monday here in Skool I host a Book Marketing Lab where I do some free group coaching to anyone who attends. This is a great opportunity for you to get some insight on book marketing and meet some of your fellow Author-Labbers. You joined a community to meet like-minded people...right? 😃 Here's a recording of a previous one if you want to get an inside look: https://www.skool.com/selfpublishingbooks/classroom/7ad1e6a9?md=99046c6399be43b5bb14962e1adef647 If you're an author who's already published, or working on a book currently, feel free to hop in next Monday and bring some questions, or just listen in and learn a few things! No need to stay for the entire hour, you can pop in and out when you'd like. The only requirement to attend is that you have to be at least level 2 here in Skool.

I just published two new workbooks on Amazon KDP at the beginning of June 2026. I originally had no issues with uploading and publishing my original manuscript. Since my launch I went back to update my manuscript to include a link for a review, the ISBN number and I fixed a couple typos. I'm getting extremely frustrated because I have edited and re-uploaded over 5 times now and I cannot get approved. The email says "Your file contains insufficient bleed." I have redone my margins, moved text and images around and I even did a live chat with an amazon kdp agent and still cannot get approval. The agent told me to resize my original file (I created it in canva) from and 8.5' by 11' to 8.62 to 11.25 which I did and still did not get approved. I am at a loss. It's very frustrating because it was approved the first time and now it's not. Please help.