Dominating Your Niche on Kindle

The Reward for Ranking

Book sales are often increased when a book achieves and maintains a high ranking it its niche.  You don’t necessarily have to reach Amazon’s overall Top 100 books.  Being at the top of your niche can have a powerful impact on your bottom line as an independent author.  There are several factors that determine your success in ranking well however.

Choose a Hot Niche

One easy approach to choosing a good niche is to use the Amazon search bar to find several books that are at least similar to the one you intend to write.  You read correctly, even before you write the first word of your book, you should be thinking about what people want to read; so you need to research.  When you type in a series of searches for keywords that seem to match your book well, it should turn up some books that are already selling.  The ones at the top are the ones that have been rated high on the search engine because many people have searched using that particular keyword and then selected that book.  Click on some of the books at the top of each keyword.  In the book page, scroll down to see if the book is identified or ranked with any particular categories.  Click on each of those niches to see what books are grouped together.  Some will be books with low sales.  That’s good news for you.  You may want to be part of that niche.  You can change categories (niches) at any time in Kindle Direct Publishing.

The Case of the Missing Niche

Sometimes, though, you’ll find some books that are ranked high in their niche, but they don’t really seem to be any better than your own masterpiece.  You would like to join that niche because you think you might get some good sales there too.  Then, you go on Kindle Direct Publishing, open your book, and scroll down to the categories drop-down.  You search the whole thing, but the category you want just doesn’t show up!  It’s completely missing from the choices.  How is that possible?  Well, both KDP and Amazon are constantly changing the categories – Amazon more than KDP.  You can fix the missing category problem this way.  Go to the bottom of the categories drop down menu.  You’ll find “Non-Classifiable.”  That’s the one to select.  Then, click on KDP’s “Contact Us” link.  Send them a message requesting to have your book classified in the category that you want.  Or, to accomplish the same thing, you can call Amazon Customer Service and ask to be transferred to Kindle Direct Publishing.  Once there, ask the representative to put the book it into your category.   Being in one of these hidden categories can make a huge difference in your ranking, which then leads to increased sales!

Want to Dominate Your Kindle Niche?

We all need to spend some time getting more training and education about book marketing.  The cheapest way is through authors who are proven successes.  My friend, Alan Woods, has two books that I really love that way.  I thought I’d let you in on one since it does fit my topic today.

Kindle Domination by Alan Woods
Sometimes, it isn't enough to just find the right category, write a good book, and publish it on Amazon. Sometimes, you need to completely dominate your niche and be a bestseller. Here's how!

This book isn't about just surviving as and Amazon author. It is about overwhelming the Amazon book market with a high quality book that is marketed most effectively.




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