Thank you for visiting my business — I look forward to welcoming you to the family. I'm Josh, and I've been in the Kindle Direct Publishing world since the very beginning, back when CreateSpace was still around and KDP itself had only just launched. My background is actually in IT, but I left my corporate job once I realised something simple: there were very few skilled website developers in the UAE, and businesses here were willing to pay well for that skillset. That leap into freelance web work is what eventually brought me into contact with indie authors — and once I saw how hard they were struggling just to get their books seen, I knew I'd found a problem worth solving. I've watched this industry evolve from a wide-open frontier into the crowded marketplace it is today, and that front-row view is exactly why I built this company. Today I'm based in Dubai, and between this business, day trading, and the website and digital marketing projects I run through another company of mine, I earn more than ten times what my old corporate job ever paid. On the side, I also built a Bitcoin puzzle-solving tool — a fun coding project, separate from the book business.
Let me take you back to where it all started. KDP had only just launched and was still effectively in beta when I put my own book up for the first time. I ran a free promotion and watched 475 copies get claimed in a single day — a number that simply wouldn't be possible today, now that Amazon caps free promotions far more tightly. Back then, CreateSpace's price ceiling sat around $2,000. At the same time, I was day trading, and making more in a single day at the markets than in a whole month of book sales. The catch was that my books were about how to day trade — so to keep my methods from leaking out to anyone studying my book pages too closely, I set the price at that $2,000 ceiling, fully expecting nobody would ever pay it. Out of curiosity, I checked back later — and found sales happening at that price too. It was my first real lesson in just how much opportunity, and how much unpredictability, this business holds.
Since then, KDP has become a far more crowded space. A lot of that, in my view, comes down to industry insiders publishing their own titles — books with built-in visibility that the average indie author simply doesn't have. The honest truth is that without some extra effort, a new release rarely finds an audience on its own merits anymore. If you're entering a niche with real competition, you need the fundamentals working in your favour: at least 50 reviews, a proper author website, an active social presence, and a willingness to put free copies in front of your subscribers in exchange for honest feedback. But find a niche with little or no competition, and that alone can carry a book — even without any marketing at all.
I won't sugarcoat it: this game is rigged in plenty of ways, and an author who keeps releasing titles without putting in extra effort isn't going to break through. But I also believe there's genuine opportunity left — particularly in the smaller niches the big publishing houses won't touch, simply because the numbers don't justify their overhead. What's "unviable" for a major publisher can be exactly the right size for an independent author. My promise is straightforward: invest properly in your book — in its quality, its presentation, its audience — and work with us along the way, and there's a real shot at landing on our front page among our Top 20 Indie Authors. It's not easy and it's never guaranteed, but it's a goal worth chasing, especially when so many authors are chasing volume instead of standing out.
Here's something I think most authors underestimate: a well-built website and an engaged subscriber list aren't just tools for selling books — they're a direct line to your audience for anything else you want to offer, on your own terms. I genuinely believe that direct relationship is one of the best assets an indie author can build today, and it's why author websites are a core part of what we do.
None of this runs without VJ, who manages a huge part of our day-to-day. Based in India, VJ has built a wide network of enthusiastic readers through Facebook groups and communities — readers genuinely happy to receive free or discounted books in exchange for honest reviews. That network is a big part of how we deliver review support most indie authors couldn't access on their own. VJ also runs a roster of skilled local freelancers who handle the work behind our social media and website services.
I personally stand behind every piece of work we deliver — your satisfaction is guaranteed. This is a real team effort, built by people who've lived through every era of this industry, from CreateSpace to today's crowded shelves, and who genuinely want to see independent authors win. Work with us, and you're not a transaction — you're someone we're invested in seeing succeed.
For general enquiries — quotes, orders, services, anything day-to-day — reach our team at support@kdpbookreviews.com, and we'll get back to you promptly. If something needs escalating, VJ is your first point of contact at vj@kdpbookreviews.com. And if you ever feel something hasn't been resolved through the usual channels, email me directly at josh@kdpbookreviews.com — I personally guarantee it'll be looked into and made right.
Good luck, and may your book become a bestseller.
