Comments on: Kindle Keyword Strategy For Fiction Authors

By: Timothy

Timothy — Wed, 16 Jun 2021 23:11:48 +0000

Hello Dave!
Love your content! I know I’ve come across many saying for a new author to stay around forty and lower, for the competitiveness, but what is a good amount of keywords searches at that level? I tried comparing many earnings to searches, and found the numbers across the board. Any insight would be appreciated 🙂

By: Dave Chesson

Dave Chesson — Mon, 24 May 2021 02:16:51 +0000

In reply to Ben. Rocket was designed to show you what the customers type into Amazon. Generally, if you have "CIA Spy" as a keyword phrase, you'll be more than likely to show up for "CIA Spy book" since you are a book that is about CIA Spys. But also, Amazon rarely ever rejects a publishing because of a keyword phrase inside of it.

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 22 May 2021 14:05:57 +0000

So, Rocket shows me a great competition score and conversion for “CIA Spy”. But it also gives me “CIA Spy books” which is better. But, the Amazon site specifically says don’t put the word book in a search for books. What do you think?

By: Dave Chesson

Dave Chesson — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 11:58:59 +0000

In reply to Steven Whitbread.

If you’re using Rocket, it has a competition score that is a number from 1-100 with 100 being super hard to beat. I like to look for 60 or below if I am a novice or beginning authors without a large following. If I have a large following then I am good with higher competition. If you don’t have Rocket, then you need to look at the book and ask yourself if you can beat those – number of reviews, how popular is the authors, how successful are the book’s sales, etc.

By: Steven Whitbread

Steven Whitbread — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 09:57:54 +0000

Hi Dave,
Firstly thankyou for the great resources and tutorials, really helpful!
I have question about the reply you gave to Emilly a while back below.
When you say ‘I just need to know how to beat the top 5’, what lets you know this? I’m taking it as go for the lowest competition possible that still has decent searches (300+) is that right?
Do you have specific metrics you target when choosing keywords in terms of search per month and competition score in Publisher Rocket?

Original Reply:
Hi Emily. Great question. I do not ever look at the number of competitors (its only in the software because back in the day, some gurus taught everyone that it was important so our beta testers demanded it – but it is not a part of our competition score). This is because I do not need to know how hard it is to beat the 25k books out there…I just need to know how to beat the top 5. The top 5 are the ones that comprise of 60% of the total clicks. Book 20 only gets <1%. So, if I can beat 1-5, then I know I can benefit from the keyword. If I cannot, then no use targeting that keyword.

By: Dave Chesson

Dave Chesson — Tue, 26 May 2020 17:46:31 +0000

In reply to Frankie Robertson.

The answer to that would be here: https://kindlepreneur.com/7-kindle-keywords/

By: Frankie Robertson

Frankie Robertson — Mon, 25 May 2020 20:51:13 +0000

In reply to Olivia. This is my exact question!

By: Dave Chesson

Dave Chesson — Fri, 15 May 2020 19:13:35 +0000

In reply to Marc R.. Like the article able shows, you should have made a list of phrases or words under those different categories. Use those - even if they didn't pan out, they are still subject matter specific and can combine to add searchability for you.

By: Marc R.

Marc R. — Fri, 15 May 2020 00:44:20 +0000

Hi Dave, thanks for the great content and the valuable advice. My question is when we are putting in our keywords in KDP the search term that came back profitable we are definitely going to put in, but what should we fill the rest of the spots with? thanks

By: Mica Scotti Kole

Mica Scotti Kole — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 21:55:48 +0000

Quick question. I’m publishing a series. With regards to the 7 keywords KDP lets you choose directly, should each book in the series have MATCHING keywords or should I tailor the keywords to each book? Or a mix?

By: Olivia

Olivia — Wed, 07 Aug 2019 09:36:20 +0000

Hello Dave, great tips and thank you for everything you do. I've purchased Rocket a few weeks ago and have been playing around with it and I find it super useful.
I've got two questions:
Do you still think using a few succinct keywords is better than padding the 7 slots with everything you can think of?
And, is it a waste of keywords to repeat them?
So for example:
hospital romance second chance
hospital romance with baby
hospital romance enemies to friends
Is it bad to have used hospital romance in 3 of the slots? Or is that exactly how you're supposed to do it since "enemies to friends" on its own is too broad?
Thank you again.

By: VDouglas

VDouglas — Tue, 25 Jun 2019 23:41:28 +0000

What example, where?
Fantasy Keywords Character Role Or Type Example
This example shows the power of a single word and its popularity vs. competitiveness. Using six different synonyms for a man who performs magic, you can see where some opportunities lie. As you can see œmage seems to offer the most optimal opportunities. Now, please understand that there are vast differences between a warlock and a magician, and this isn ‘t to say you should choose one when it doesn ‘t fit your book. But when you have some that are very close like œwizard and œmage, your book will have more opportunity to be discovered by going with the keyword œmage.