About

Every rule here came from a real mistake.

I'm Brian. I publish my own paperbacks on Amazon KDP, across kids, language and faith books, with dozens in print.

Publishing that many books taught me the same lesson over and over: most problems aren't creative ones. A title that's too long. A price one cent under the royalty line. A web address printed in a book that stopped working. A review page that asked for the wrong thing.

So I started writing every mistake down as a rule, and turning every rule a machine can check into a check. That list is past a hundred rules now, and it runs on every book I make.

Automated Publishers is where I share that system: free tools first, a video every week on one KDP problem, and a community for people who want the templates and a place to ask.

What you won't find here: income claims, paid reviews, or promises that a book sells itself. You'll find tools that catch real mistakes and an explanation of why each rule exists.

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  1. From the rulebook
  2. RULEKDP counts the title and subtitle together: 200 characters, not 200 each.
  3. RULENever type a colon in the title field. Amazon adds its own.
  4. RULEA printed web address is permanent. Print one you own, never an Amazon link.
  5. RULEA QR code is proven by scanning it off the printed page, not by reading the file.
  6. RULEAsk readers for honest feedback. Never for stars, never for a reward.
  7. RULERead KDP's own help page before quoting a number. Rules change.