Here's a big guide to increasing the visibility of your books 👍

Thinking inside the box. View in browser Hello! Sorry for missing last Friday but something came up and then I was playing catch-up all week. To make up for my slovenly ways, I have a bumper email for you this week: a killer deal that you are going to love a really fun podcast and a monster guide to getting the most value from Amazon's giant category system (while steering clear of trouble too). And there's is a lot of value to be a-wringing, so make sure you read to the end. But let's kick off with that killer deal: DepositPhotos is back at AppSumo! This deal is the joint-lowest price ever – 100 stock photo credits for $39, and you can cash those credits in whenever you like and choose from (not a typo) 195m stock photos and graphics. That's an affiliate link, meaning I get a small commission if you purchase, but regular users of stock photos will know this is the best deal around (and will probably have clicked through already). This deal pops up twice a year and is always hugely popular because it's a huge saving. Stock photos can be expensive if you pay sticker price, but you should never do that! Deals like this will save you so much money, and this is the best value of the bunch. I recommend jumping on this if you plan to use pics this year in your emails, ads, book covers, promo graphics, or on your website. And if you plan to do lots of that, you can stack as many codes as you like.  Remember: DepositPhoto credits from AppSumo never expire. So stack away! I spent a fun hour chatting with Sacha Black at the Rebel Author Podcast where we tackled the giant topic of book marketing and wrestled it to the ground, forcing it to tap out with a classic Triangle Choke. Listen here. The Amazon category system is central to the entire recommendation engine in the Kindle Store, and your book categories are the most important bit of metadata that you need to optimize. As hinted at a couple of weeks ago, I have put together a comprehensive 4,000-word primer for you so that you all can increase the visibility opportunities for your books. With this guide you will learn: all the ways in which you can increase visibility for your books with the right categories why you get such a limited category menu when uploading your book how you can add up to ten categories for each book exactly which sub-categories your book is in what you need to do to get similar coverage for your print books and in international Kindle Stores the huge importance of relevance on Amazon and why you should only pick appropriate categories how you can remove bad categories from your books (and why that's important). It's a really comprehensive guide, and it has a handy menu so you can zoom in to the bits that you specifically need as well – so it should work well for both beginners and experts (and I promise there is new info in there for experts too!). This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date resource out there on Amazon categories, not just drawing from all the research I did for Amazon Decoded but also taking account of the very latest changes to the category system. If you haven't already clicked on the image above, you can read my free guide to Amazon categories here. Laters! Dave P.S. Writing music this week is Duke Ellington with Nine Little Miles From Ten-Ten-Tennessee. DavidGaughran.com Broomfield Business Park, Malahide, Co. Dublin, Ireland You received this email because you signed up at DavidGaughran.com. Unsubscribe