Immediate — Do Right Now
- Decide on KDP Select vs Wide distribution strategy — use the Path Router
- Your assigned path determines which loop to follow
- Research your genre's performance on different platforms
- Look at which platforms genre bestsellers use — Amazon-heavy or wide?
- Write down your book's core keywords and 2 strategic category targets
- Use Amazon auto-complete and competitor research, not guesswork
- Plan your audiobook strategy — AI narration to test demand, or human narration from the start
This Week
- Set up accounts on your chosen distribution platforms
- Write your book description using the fiction or nonfiction template from p.52
- Create a metadata optimisation worksheet — title, subtitle, 7 keywords, 2 categories, description
- Get quotes for audiobook production if proceeding with human narration
This Month
- Optimise all metadata across every platform before launch
- Do not leave any field empty — every field that's blank is a missed discovery opportunity
- Set up direct sales infrastructure if planned
- Payhip, BookFunnel, or Gumroad — test checkout before launch
- Begin audiobook production process — book narrators or set up AI workflow
- Set up the 6 tracking metrics for your assigned path (p.60)
- Tracking must be in place before launch — not after you notice something isn't working