Upload Files from KDP

A bright beta user pointed out that I've shown you how to upload but not been specific on which files to upload from KDP.

Before you launch kdpcharts.azurewebsites.net, you will need to download your prior months sales to a folder on your computer. Select the reports menu at the

After selection Prior Months' Royalties, download all of the reports you would like to analyse. I believe that Amazon only stores a year or so of these reports, so you should be keeping these files in a safe place regardless.

Download these to your computer.

Now that you have the files on your computer, you should follow the steps in the Adding Data post.

Chart Window

Home page - View Charts

This is the data you're looking for. Simply select the chart by name, the titles you want to analyse and the dates. If you notice that the data on the picture below doesn't add up, that's because mangled the data so I wouldn't share too much personal information.

To get a larger view - click on the chart.

Adding Data

Add Data

You will need to download your excel data files to your computer before using the website. After you have, login and select the Add Files menu.

Introduction

Welcome!

I'm Jamie McFarlane aka Jim Greenwood, science fiction writer at night and software developer during the day. Currently, all of my novels are only available on Amazon via KDP. The problem I ran into is that the reports from Amazon, while interesting, don't give me a very good picture of how my books are doing. Unlike larger authors, I can't afford to hire someone to do analytics for me so I decided to build a tool that would give me the information I care to see.

Q. How does the tool work?

A. I like simple ideas. You simply upload your workbooks to the website and I'll parse them into a database and turn them into charts that you can view.

Q. Does this violate my agreement with Amazon?

A. I'm not a lawyer, but I don't believe so. As Amazon authors, we can't share our publishing data with anyone. On kdp Charts, you retain ownership of your data. I won't sell or publish this data to anyone else. If you want to remove your data, you simply delete it and it's gone.

Q. How much does it cost?

A. Nothing yet. Ideally, I'd like to get $2.50/month but for now, we just don't have enough functionality to charge. Ultimately, this will be a function of how much it costs for me to host this site.

Q. Can I upload non-amazon data?

A. Not right now. If there is enough interest, we might head down that path.

Q. Where can I get some help?

A. I've set up a forum, you can register there and post your questions. Link is: http://kdp-charts.74310.x6.nabble.com

Q. I'd like to try it out. Where can I go?

A. kdpcharts.azurewebsites.net