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Deleting a Book From Your Bookshelf

Posted on by Brenda Poulos
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From time to time, authors may want to delete a book from their KDP bookshelf.

It is an easy process IF it meets the following requirements:  If it is in DRAFT status, has never been published and has never been assigned an ISBN.

Directions: Go to your Bookshelf, click the ellipsis button next to the book, then click Delete Book.

However, take a minute to make sure you want to delete it because once you do, you won’t ever be able to recover it. 

But what about books that have been published? Can they be deleted?

I’ll cover that next week…

What Now?

Posted on by Brenda Poulos

So you think you’re done with your book when you’ve written the last line?

Not so fast, my friend.

There’s still the title page, dedication page, biography, Dear Reader page, copyright page, “Other Books by this Author” page, and anything else you’d like to include to personalize your book.

If you don’t have one by that point, you’ll need to purchase an ISBN. Then, being the search for an editor, publisher, publicist, and so on.

When should you do these things? 

Look way back to the top of this blog. Do them before you ever get to that point. At least four months ahead.

It’s hard to do all these things while you’re writing that final chapter, but if you don’t, you’re giving up prelaunch publicity, hype, and presale revenue.

One big thing you can do to help the success of your book is choosing the right subtitle. I’m doing that for my own book right now, so please read my blog next week to find out why and how I’m choosing to include one.

Until then, Happy Fourth of July!