Publishing Is the Easy Part.
Selling Is Where Books Die.
The First-Time Author’s Amazon Playbook is a free, practical guide to getting your ebook live on KDP — and then actually getting it sold. Listing setup, keywords and categories chosen from evidence, a launch week that earns reviews, and a 90-day plan.
Free PDF · 4 chapters · Read it in under an hour
What’s inside
No fluff, no “secrets the gurus don’t want you to know.” Just the steps, in order, with a checkpoint at the end of every chapter that leaves you with something finished.
1. You're Not an Author Anymore, You're a Retailer
What the KDP dashboard is actually built for, the shift from 'my book' to 'my listing', and a diagnostic that tells you which of the four stages you're stuck at.
2. Fill In the Five Fields That Actually Matter
How title and subtitle hit Amazon's search index differently from keywords, a buyer-intent method for your 7 backend keywords, and the stuffing mistakes that waste the slots.
3. Choose Your Shelf Before You Choose a Fight
Working the post-2023 three-category limit, finding low-competition categories with real buyer intent, and turning that research into a description that converts.
4. Your First 10 Reviews Without an Audience
A zero-list review request sequence that stays inside Amazon's terms, launch week sequenced day by day, and the requests Amazon actually prohibits.
One more thing: this book was made in Roam.
Researched, outlined, drafted, illustrated and formatted in Roam Ebooks Creator — with a human approving every stage before the next one ran. Which means you get to judge the tool by its output instead of its marketing.
Everything You Need. Nothing You Don't.
Every step of the KDP publishing workflow, handled in one platform.
Find profitable niches before you write a word.
Tell us your genre and book idea. Our AI performs real web research — current bestsellers, market gaps, reader demand. You get a strategic market analysis to guide your next KDP title.
Structure your book like a bestseller.
Your concept becomes a polished logline, then 5 core plot beats, then a full cast and setting. Each layer expands with AI drafting and YOUR approval before moving forward.
Every chapter engineered for reader engagement.
AI breaks your approved story into a scene-by-scene outline with detailed beats. Scenes organized into chapters. You review every scene, every beat, every chapter.
AI writes the prose. You approve every chapter.
Each chapter is drafted using ALL of your approved materials — your plot, your characters, your scenes. AI maintains continuity between chapters. Three editorial scans catch issues. YOU choose which fixes to apply.
Professional editing without the $2,000 editor.
Editorial Scan catches plot holes and pacing issues. Continuity Scan detects timeline errors and character drift. Targeted Fixes surgically rewrite affected passages — not the whole chapter.
Save $100–500 per cover. Look like a pro.
AI Creative Director researches your market and generates 3 cover concept strategies. Full text overlay editor with layers, fonts, and colors. Professional covers, zero design skills needed.
Amazon SEO built in. Your book gets found.
AI-optimized title, subtitle, 7 keywords, 3 Amazon browse categories, and a KDP-ready HTML book description. Everything Amazon needs to surface your book to the right readers.
Upload directly to KDP. Done.
Export to EPUB 3.0 (the KDP standard), PDF, or DOCX. Standards-compliant, ready to upload. From first idea to published book — one platform.
Six Sales Pays for the Tool.
Top KDP publishers release 5–10 books per year. Each book is a new revenue stream that earns while you sleep. Roam helps you produce professional-quality books faster — so you can scale. The cost of NOT having a system? Months of tool-hopping and half-finished manuscripts.
One Platform Replaces Your Entire Toolkit.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything KDP publishers want to know.
Ready to Write the Next One?
The playbook will get your current book selling. Roam is how you write the one after it. Start free — no credit card, 7-day trial on the Basic plan. One ebook at $4.99 pays for itself in 6 sales.