Introduction
- The Author Gold Rush Is Over—But the Real Opportunity Just Started
- Profit Isn’t a Dirty Word—It’s Your Fuel for Freedom
- Your Book Is a Business—And You Are the CEO
Chapter 1: Setting Your Price To Win: Mastering eBook & Paperback Pricing Strategy
- Understanding Amazon’s Pricing Ecosystem
- Psychological Pricing Techniques That Sell
- Testing and Adjusting for Optimised Earnings
- Chapter Quiz: Test Your Pricing Knowledge
Chapter 2: Know Your Profit: Calculate Exactly What You Earn Per Sale
- Breaking Down Amazon Royalties
- Calculating Net Profit Per Book
- Building a Profit Table You Can Use
- Chapter Quiz: Test Your Profit Knowledge
Chapter 3: The Advertising Sweet Spot: How Much Can You Afford To Spend?
- Determining Break-Even Ad Spend
- Allocating Budget Based on Goals
- Tools and Systems to Stay Profitable
- Intermission: A Favor for Your Future Self (and a Few Thousand Others)
- Chapter Quiz: Test Your Ad Spend Knowledge
Chapter 4: The Lifetime Value Blueprint: Thinking Beyond the First Sale
- Understanding Customer Lifetime Value (LTV)
- Increasing LTV Through Smart Series Design
- Leveraging Back-End Offers and Upsells
- Chapter Quiz: Test Your LTV Knowledge
Chapter 5: ACOS Decoded: Mastering Advertising Cost of Sales
- What Is ACOS and Why It Matters
- Establishing Target ACOS Benchmarks
- Analysing And Improving ACOS
- Chapter Quiz: Test Your ACOS Mastery
Chapter 6: The Profit Playbook: Strategies For Selling More Books
- Non-Fiction Profit Strategies
- Fiction Profit Strategies
- Cross-Format Optimisation
- Chapter Quiz: Test Your Profit Strategy Knowledge
Chapter 7: Keywords That Convert: Finding Gold in Amazon’s Search Bar
- Understanding Amazon’s Search Algorithm
- Research Tools and Techniques
- Implementing Keywords in Ads and Listings
- Chapter Quiz: Test Your Keyword Mastery
Chapter 8: Building The Ultimate Amazon Ad Campaign
- Campaign Types Demystified
- Structuring Campaigns for Data and Scale
- Bid Strategy and Budget Control
- Chapter Quiz: Test Your Campaign Building Knowledge
Chapter 9: Optimising For Profit: Analytics, Testing And Adjustment
- Reading the Amazon Ads Dashboard
- A/B Testing for Better Results
- Scaling What Works
- Chapter Quiz: Test Your Analytics and Optimization Knowledge
Chapter 10: Building Your Empire: Systems For Long-Term Success
- Planning Your Publishing Calendar Around Ads
- Automating and Delegating Your Ad Management
- Tracking Business-Wide Profitability
- Your Profit-Driven Author Empire Starts Here
- Your Next Step: Don’t Go It Alone
- Chapter Quiz: Test Your Systems and Empire-Building Knowledge
Appendix: Quiz Answer Keys
- Using This Appendix
- Quick Reference: Passing Scores
- Chapter 1: Setting Your Price To Win
- Chapter 2: Know Your Profit
- Chapter 3: The Advertising Sweet Spot
- Chapter 4: The Lifetime Value Blueprint
- Chapter 5: ACOS Decoded
- Chapter 6: The Profit Playbook
- Chapter 7: Keywords That Convert
- Chapter 8: Building The Ultimate Amazon Ad Campaign
- Chapter 9: Optimising For Profit
- Chapter 10: Building Your Empire