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Category recommender
Paste your book description below. We'll pick three Kindle Store categories — niche, mid-tier, stretch — with the full path you can email to KDP support, plus an honest read on the competition.
See an example of what you'll get
Three categories to request
1. Cozy Bookshop Mystery
- Path: Kindle Store › Kindle eBooks › Mystery, Thriller & Suspense › Mystery › Cozy › Cats & Dogs
- Why it fits: Bookshop cozies, female amateur sleuth, small-town setting, cold-case angle.
- Competition: Light — top 100 typically has 200–2,000 reviews.
- Top-100 likelihood: Easy
2. Women Sleuths
- Path: Kindle Store › Kindle eBooks › Mystery, Thriller & Suspense › Mystery › Women Sleuths
- Why it fits: Forty-something widow protagonist, character-driven mystery, atmospheric.
- Competition: Moderate — 500–5,000 reviews at #100.
- Top-100 likelihood: Moderate
3. Small Town & Rural Fiction
- Path: Kindle Store › Kindle eBooks › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Small Town & Rural
- Why it fits: Maine setting, community focus, light romance subplot.
- Competition: Heavy — top 100 has trad-pub names with 50K+ reviews.
- Top-100 likelihood: Stretch
How to add these
- Email kdp-support with subject "Add categories — ASIN [your ASIN]" and paste the paths verbatim. Amazon assigns 2 by default; the other 8 slots come from this email.
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