Amazon KDP Wants Your ID, Is It Safe? | Self-Publishing News (Aug. 5, 2024)

Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) rolled out a new identity verification system; can we trust them with our personal information? If not, what are the alternatives? Amazon Ads implemented new fees on Canadian advertising. And, Draft2Digital shared news about a recent change in a partner's name; will it affect you? All that and more in the self-publishing news for this week! 

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• Book Award Pro - https://DaleLinks.com/BookAwardPro (affiliate link) 
• Update to your advertising fees - https://advertising.amazon.com/help/GRQM2HSUXGUWFJ3H
• Lumi - https://www.lumistory.ai/
• Spotify CEO expects profit growth to continue amid investments in audiobooks - https://www.axios.com/2024/07/23/spotify-stock-profit-growth-audiobooks
• Identity Verification for KDP - https://www.kdpcommunity.com/s/article/Identity-Verification-for-KDP?language=en_US&forum=KDP%20Forum
• Draft2Digital: Bibliotheca is Now cloudLibrary - https://authoremail.com/email/campaigns/sv119fal8b8d6/web-version/eq3389j0wvdc4 
• Supercharging Leonardo.Ai’s Innovation with Canva - https://leonardo.ai/news/supercharging-leonardo-with-canva/
• How to Get Amazon Book Reviews - https://publishdrive.com/how-to-get-amazon-book-reviews.html
• Mastering Self-Publishing: From Novice to Pro - Q&A with Dale Roberts - https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUodO2grzooGNYouqEeZxLYDpFTAdA-cQiB#/registration
• Writing Time: An Inspired Path Forward Without the Push-and-Pull - https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lZelF-aYTeWSnfnq1fiXHw#/registration
• Self Publishing With Dale L. Roberts on the @BFACShow - https://youtu.be/P1C7peuxmFs?si=5i1BN0AHNWHw0ouB 

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