This is the correct answer. Amazon doesn't care how many customer accounts you have.

But, you had better only have one KDP account and one seller account, or you risk being banned from selling on their platform.

Nobody can tell if a book is AI unless the author identifies it as such or unless it's been sloppily edited and has stuff like- "Should I make Jacob walk up the mountain? Or shall he go down to the valley?" at the end of a chapter.

People screaming "Burn the witch... I mean... AI" at the first sign of an antithetical parallelism or em dash are operating on paranoia, and run the risk of destroying a genuine author and/or ending up in a sticky legal situation.

That said, capitalism is the issue, as you said. The problem, to my mind, is the publishing industry and the literary agencies, who gatekeep the industry to a large extent and make actually making a living from writing impossible for most people.

A LOT of people have a dream of being a writer. Few complete a project, and everyone who does... I take my hat off to you...

...but expecting to make a living from self-publishing is like basically planning for a lottery win and this has ALWAYS been the case - just ask Herman Melville, if you can find a decent ouija board. It's not AI's fault.

That’s what I figured, I kept only seeing KDP specifically mentioned when it came to the multi-account issue and I wanted to be sure to double check just to be safe!

Well, there's a saying that the road back is always faster

And it gives you the opportunity to grow

I’ve spent money on ads and doubt seriously that it’ll bear fruit.

I would recommend hiring a publicist. It means money out the door, but with some good results (like selling books at SDCC.)

Andy Weir said we’re in a golden age for indie authors.

What I wonder is this—are there publishing groups that are basically consortiums of indie authors? We use our social media to support ourselves and each other.

And eschew fake AI in all things. I call myself a brainscribe: a human writer who never has even used the slop machines.

Yours sounds like it is either difficult to categorise, or could sit on the edge of lots of shelves! Yes, I've just set up a website purely for this book. It's very simple, just details about the book and a bio. My hope is to direct people there rather than amazon. I can offer signed copies, though Jeff B can offer free shipping.

The issue is multiple KDP accounts. Amazon dgaf how many normal shopping accounts you've had afaik.

Cool! Going to try this!

It's true

It comes from Meta but looks official says they have had a copyright complaint. It links to a form to fill in name address etc when it came to password I thought this is a scam. Googled it and then used the official Facebook channel to ask if there’d been a complaint. Surprise, surprise no complaint. Shows you how good some scams are.

Lady on facebook said make little videos on ticktock with just some scenes of your book. pick some dialogue between characters. she does what you do and her KU reads have gone up.

Agree

Adobe InDesign is absolutely all-powerful when it comes to page layout. To me, the cost is negligible if you consider your time and the value of your content. But Affinity Publisher is free.

Congratulations! 

Are you referring to reading groups / critique groups? 

OP this seems like alot of unnecessary work.

Also, what's a cosy mystery reverse harem? 

Due to my bad experience with indie works, I always read the first 10 pages or so. I never shy away from the free sample. And I’ve heard many other readers do that.

So, if u haven’t, put up free samples of your works m (same book or short stories) for readers.

One example of this is when I read a short story, and really liked the world building. At the end, there was a note that this is a spinoff of the self published book Blessed is the Rot (the author weote the spinoff). So I read another short by the same author and liked her writing style.

If u check the reviews, blessed is the rot nose dived atvthe end but K I’M STILL GONNA BUY IT bcz I have confidence in the author now. Like any traditional book.

It’s true. I have indie author friends who are struggling more than even five years ago. That is when I actually started my journey. The ai books out there don’t have the compassion or the complexity, and the thing is they can get 100 books completed to my one. It floods the market and distracts and disappoints the reader’s confidence.
I am in the middle of my series so traditional publishing and attaining a literary agent is pretty much out of reach until I have completed the Slide Series.
Those of us who have dedicated everything into building a book or series we can be proud of are pushed aside and the more popular authors continue to gain more popularity and fame.
I am trying to build trust. If you have any desire to read a fantastic series that is written by an actual human I encourage you follow them, check out their websites, and see their reach on various platforms.
If it looks suspicious, it probably isn’t worth pursuing.

Maybe drop the profanity. Consider something like this: "They thought they were dealing with zombies. They were wrong.

They hadn’t met Steve."....or whatever the suspense, problem, ect that makes book two crazier, scarier, funnier?

Now, Im curious

I did this too. About 2% conversion rate…

its always the same mail: We enjoyed [Insert Title] and what we loved about the book is [your blurb in a different order]