I am thrilled that @Maxime Lebrun , author of KDPaste Chrome Extension joined us today. KDPaste is a simple yet powerful tool that allows you to test your book covers against those of your competitors. Simply upload your cover to the extension and replace any book in Amazon's search results with yours. I am sure the extension will save you a lot of effort at the cover testing stage. Now you can thank Maxime in the comments! 😄

Hi everyone, I really need some guidance from experienced KDP publishers. Amazon has removed most of the reviews on my current book, and on top of that, my account is now blocked from leaving reviews. As a beginner, I wasn’t aware that posting or receiving too many reviews around the same time could cause issues. My questions: 1️⃣ What is the correct, Amazon-safe way to collect reviews for my current book now, according to KDP guidelines? 2️⃣ For Book 2, what strategy should I follow so I don’t repeat the same mistakes? 3️⃣ Since many review platforms seem risky and Amazon keeps removing reviews, what actually works long-term without putting the account at risk? I want to do this properly and build my account safely going forward. Any advice, step-by-step strategies, or things to completely avoid would be hugely appreciated. Thanks in advance 🙏

Some people prefer to have all video materials in one place – on YouTube. This is for them.

Why were we so confused about the reviews last month? I watched the clip and found that there's an easy solution. Okay, I'll save you 22 minutes. "Register on Book Bounty, and you'll have 100 reviews in your pocket in 45 days or less." It's so simple, realistic, and safe. Sometimes it's hard to find the right words to describe the experience of watching YouTube videos.

Hi everyone, I’ll keep this clear and respectful of the space. My name is Adriano, and I’m the founder of BookVillage.pub Today I had a long and very in-depth conversation with Igor, lasting about two hours. We discussed openly the current state of self-publishing, what is happening on Amazon right now, and especially the many things that are not working in the existing review models and platforms currently on the market. During the call, we went deep into the critical weaknesses of today’s systems, why many of them are starting to break under Amazon’s increased controls, and why they are becoming unreliable in the long-term. I also shared concrete and logical evidence of how BookVillage was designed specifically to address these issues and why it is intended to become the new reference point in this space. After that discussion, @Igor O kindly gave me permission to introduce myself here directly. I want to be very clear from the start: I’m not here to turn this group into a BookVillage promotion channel. I’ll be present to answer questions of general interest, especially around topics that are currently creating a lot of confusion and mixed information. For very specific or account-level questions, I’ll usually suggest contacting us directly at [email protected], or joining our official Facebook group, which we’re finalizing right now. That group will also allow anonymous questions and will help us collect and clarify the most common doubts people have at this moment. Right now, if you look around, you’ll find very few clear ideas and a lot of confusion, even from people who are supposed to guide authors. There is a noticeable silence around these issues, as if certain problems did not exist, while in reality many authors have already stopped using "review platforms" altogether because they don’t understand how to move forward safely. In my personal opinion, as someone who genuinely loves self-publishing and has been working in this space for seven years, too often the services offered to publishers are poorly structured or simply inadequate. It sometimes feels as if the main goal is short-term profit rather than providing real, well-built, and durable solutions that authors can rely on over time.