@Julie Broad @Elissa Graeser Also, when I was watching your KDP Crackdown 2025 video, at 8:40 you were talking about duplicating words in the title and subtitle. That brought up an important question: I have a book that I published in 2015 on Meditation. It did well and I decided a while back that I wanted to do a 2nd edition. The 2nd edition is ready to go but your video got me confused about what to do. Here’s why: The title on the paperback version of the book is fine. It appears on KDP as “Meditation for Beginners: (Subtitle).” There are no duplicated words in the subtitle. It appears exactly as it does on the book cover. The kindle book title however looks like this “Meditation: Meditation for Beginners (Subtitle) (How to Meditate…for Beginners, Mindfulness Book 1).” Back in 2015 it was popular to add the keyword of the main niche first and then your sub-niche second on the kindle version to help it rank higher. That’s why I did that. And the other stuff in brackets is probably just additional keywords I added back then. I don’t know if the kindle book title “Meditation: Meditation for Beginners” will be a problem if I upload the new manuscript as it duplicates a word and it won't match the book cover title exactly because the duplicated word won't be on the book cover. However, I hesitate to publish the 2nd edition as a new title for 3 reasons: 1 – The book has over 1400 reviews on it and a 4.2 rating 2 – It ranks on page 1 of the Meditation for Beginners keyword 3 – KDP wants to put the book in Great on Kindle. They’ve just been waiting for me to fix some photo issues in the book. I’ve fixed all that now and just need to upload. If I upload the book as a new title then I’ll lose all the reviews, I’ll lose the opportunity to have the book put in Great on Kindle, and I’ll lose the books position on page 1 of the main keyword. The word count of the 1st edition is around 12,000 words and the 2nd edition word count is around 29,000 words. I know that’s more than 10% but again I wanted to opt for uploading it without publishing it as a new title to keep the reviews, the rank, and the Great on Kindle opportunity. But again, I really don’t know what to do about the current kindle title. The paperback title will match the new book cover exactly but the kindle title won’t. And the kindle title has those extra keywords.

@Julie Broad @Elissa Graeser I was just watching your KDP Crackdown 2025 video. At 11:20 you talked about the 'Verify your identity" email one might receive from KDP. In the KDP Help pages under "Verify your identity" it says this: "Enter or review your information (e.g. full name, address, date of birth). The name in the Your identity section on your account should exactly match your ID." They also say that 'your account must match your government-issued ID." SOME QUESTIONS: 1 - By government issued ID they mean drivers license, correct? At least that's what I think of when I hear 'government-issued ID.' 2 - Currently in my KDP account under FULL NAME it says "Barb Homoncik". On my drivers license it says "Barbara Helen Homoncik". That is my full name including my middle name. I'm thinking that since KDP says "the name in your account MUST match your government-issued ID" that under "full name" in my account I should change it to exactly what's on my drivers license. Should I do that? Asking because I just wasn't sure if I should include my middle name even though my middle name IS on my government-issued ID. 3 - Also, in my KDP account under "Your identity" it asks for my date of birth under "other details" but I don't have it entered. My date of birth is on my drivers license so since the information under 'your identity' in KDP has to match my ID then I should enter my date of birth. Correct? 4 - If I update my name in my account and date of birth it won't trigger something in KDP where they'll send me that email to verify my identity will it? I've had my account for many years. I know in the video you said that older accounts can still get that email. It's just that I don't want editing my name and DOB to trigger something. -----Or should I just leave the info I have there the way that it is and hope that I don't get the verify your identity email but if I do then change the info before uploading my gov't ID.

I'm thinking about putting a QR code on the back cover of my book to direct the reader to my website. I've read online that it's a good n bad idea. Anyone here tried it? Julie, I noticed you have a qr code on the back of your Self-Publish & Succeed book. I tried it but, I can't get it to work, am I doing something wrong is it not working?

I am not a fan of voice-to-text apps... until now. I no many of us like to talk instead of typing out another 50K day. My struggle in the past has been those verbal pauses oh and how many times have you seen in your finished product .. "period" "next line." Oh and they never understand my mumbling, can't handle my random pauses, and turn my brilliant ideas into word salad. Last week I started test driving the FREE version on VoiceType I am just about about to pull the tiger on buying the monthly unlimited ($13.59) So if your a mumbler long puase thinker talker - you might want to check it out https://voicetype.ai/?ref=eric

Hello all, I have published 3 books, working on my 4th. Getting reviews has been the hardest part of my publishing journey to date. From some back of the envelope calculating, I am roughly seeing between 5 and 10 % review rates based upon sales. Is there any kind of metric for a review to sales rate, or perhaps a recommendation? I am doing this data analysis to determine my go forward strategy. Thanks a lot.