Training #362 – Ask Us Anything

In this training, Jay introduced the new Children's Book Formula membership area, after which we answered questions along with a surprise appearance from Erin about halfway through for her take on a few of the questions:

• Diane Morton's question about selling her book in the UK instead of the US.
• Claire Salem's question about whether her children's book is too long (800 words vs 500 words) and if she needs to pare it back or not.
• Paul Fitzgerald's question about whether there is a recording of yesterday's Pop Up Help Desk session where Erin walked through and setup a book in Kindle Kids Book Creator.
• Donna Schwontkowski's question about whether current Children's Book Formula members will have ongoing access to the new training and tools.
• Matt O’Grady's hot seat for his non-fiction motivational book.
• Claire Salem and Sandra Gonyier's questions about whether you can change a subtitle for a book and relaunch it.
• Hilary Davis's question about which Amazon store link to promote for your book.
• Jenifer Joy Madden's questions about how long to test changes such as cover changes to determine how well the new version works and what type of ads to use.
• Mary Carl's question about whether you can use full color pages in paperback.
• Maria's question about signing up to KDP with an EIN.
• Elizabeth vom Dorp's question about whether you need a separate EIN from your existing company when signing up for KDP.
• Christie Higuera's question about giving credit to the illustrator.
• Mary McLane's question about fixing a typo and updating your book listing.
• Ron Hagberg's question about where to find the 1099 from KDP to report on your taxes.
• Joanna Trelawny's question about how to determine whether to use US or UK spelling in her book.
• Shawn Brown's question about whether you can put advertising into your non-fiction book.
• Carol Slater's question about how to credit people appropriately when adapting the work for a deceased author.

Image by Gerd Altmann.