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Profitable KDP ads, step by step
Two free PDF guides for authors on Amazon ads. New to ads? Start with guide 1. Campaigns already running? Guide 2 is the weekly routine.
Guide 1 of 2 · 15 pages · PDF
How to Start Profitable KDP Ads
Set up your first Amazon ads the right way: the math, the campaigns and the first 30 days.
What’s inside
- Your royalty, break-even ACOS and target ACOS for each format
- How KDP’s 2026 royalty rules change the price ads can work at
- The most you can afford per click, worked out
- Which ads authors can run, and how targeting works
- Three starter campaigns built to be easy to read, plus a launch checklist
- A 30-day plan, ten common mistakes fixed, and a one-page cheat sheet
Guide 2 of 2 · 16 pages · PDF
How to Run Profitable KDP Ads
The weekly system for harvesting, bidding and scaling Amazon ads without burning money.
What’s inside
- Profit, not ACOS: the three numbers that tell you if ads pay
- A 30-minute weekly routine, plus monthly and quarterly checks
- Reading the data honestly: lag, mature windows, clicks above your bid
- Harvesting search terms into keywords you control
- Bid rules, placements and where an overspend really comes from
- Budgets, scaling, seasonality, Sponsored Brands, audiobook ads and troubleshooting
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