In this issue: #poweredbyindie, Podcasts can help you reach a wider audience, KDP Pen to Publish Contest, Prepping for holidays and more.

[KDP Header]( In this issue: #poweredbyindie, Podcasts can help you reach a wider audience, KDP Pen to Publish Contest, Prepping for holidays and more. --------------------------------------------------------------- What is your indie author story? During October, Amazon will be celebrating great writing self-published via Kindle Direct Publishing and CreateSpace and audiobooks created via Audible's Audiobook Creation Exchange. The celebration will include a dedicated Amazon landing page ([www.amazon.com/poweredbyindie)]( and special features on the KDP social media pages. We're interested in hearing from you: what is your author story? Post about your life as an indie author on social media using the hashtag #poweredbyindie so that we can share your stories as well. Follow us on social media (Facebook: [Kindle Direct Publishing]( & Twitter: [@Amazon KDP]( for more updates. Let's celebrate great writing together! --------------------------------------------------------------- How podcasts can help you reach a wider audience ACX author Glen Tate published his ten-book series "299 Days" in audio back in 2014. Since that time he's amassed a 4.4 rating over 5,910 reviews. One of Glen's most effective promotion tactics has been to regularly appear on podcasts related to his specific genre. On Amazon Author Insights, Glen shares his process for booking guest spots to discuss his books on popular podcasts. [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Just over one month left to enroll in the KDP Pen to Publish Contest [Submit your entries]( to win a prize of ~USD 15,000 (INR 1 million), a Kindle Oasis, publishing deal with Westland and others in KDP Pen to Publish Contest before November 10th. [Check out this page for more details](. [Watch here]( why famous author Rashmi Bansal, author of Stay Hungry Stay Foolish loves KDP and this contest. --------------------------------------------------------------- It's never too early to start prepping for the holidays To have your book available on Amazon.com by the holiday season, it's time to finalize your publication schedule. Our Publishing Essentials package combines the most important elements of the publishing process at a discounted price. With CreateSpace's Line Editing, Marketing Copy Essentials, Custom Cover, and Simple Interior services, your book can transform from draft to a finished product that readers will want on their wish list just in time for Black Friday or Cyber Monday. [Learn more]( about CreateSpace's Publishing Essentials package here. --------------------------------------------------------------- The best character that I ever wrote, by [Christi Caldwell]( "Edmund Deering, the Marquess of Rutland. He was a secondary character in several books in my [Heart of a Duke series](. He was dark, treacherous, vile...and then of course, my mind began wandering...why was he so evil? What made him 'tick'? Had he ever been good? And the more important question, what had made him into the person he was? From that, I was hooked. I still remember the day his story presented itself to me. I was so enlivened by everything I'd fleshed out in my mind that I barely left my room as I wrote his tale. In the end, his story was dark yet witty, and totally ripped my heart out in the telling." --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Expand Your Book's Reach - [KDP]( - [CreateSpace]( - [ACX]( - [Kindle Scout]( - [Kindle Worlds]( - [Kindle Reading Apps]( - [Amazon Author Central]( - [Amazon Author Central.uk]( Resources - [CreateSpace How-to Resource Guide]( - [KDP How-to Resource Guide]( - [KDP Help Pages]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [YouTube]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Unsubscribe]( [Update Profile]( CreateSpace 4900 Lacross Road, North Charleston, SC 29406 Copyright © 2000 - 2016, CreateSpace, a DBA of On-Demand Publishing, LLC. CSP-0917E This email was sent by: CreateSpace 4900 Lacross Road North Charleston, SC, 29406, United States