{"id":16277,"date":"2020-09-18T19:07:40","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T19:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/?p=16277"},"modified":"2023-06-01T18:26:12","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T18:26:12","slug":"international-book-categories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/international-book-categories\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Choose the Smartest Book Categories for International Amazon Markets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you've been a Kindlepreneur reader for awhile, you probably know that Amazon used to allow you to request up to 10 categories for each book, but now only allows you to select three per book in your KDP dashboard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But how do International marks work? Do you get the same categories there as you would in your primary Amazon marketplace?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You see, it used to be that you could select 10 categories for your book, then request that Amazon add them to your book. You would then have to repeat this process for each international market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, things have changed a bit, so let's dive into how this affects your marketing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"toc\">\nIn this article, you will learn:\n<ol><li>How international markets automatically put your book in a category<\/li><li>What this means for your book<\/li><li>How to research categories in international markets<\/li><li>How to change your categories in other markets<\/li><\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-table-of-contents yoast-table-of-contents\"><h2>Table of contents<\/h2><ul><li><a href=\"#h-how-international-markets-place-your-book-in-a-category-automatically\" data-level=\"2\">How International Markets Place Your Book in a Category Automatically<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-how-to-find-categories-in-international-markets\" data-level=\"2\">How To Find Categories in International Markets<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-how-to-change-your-categories-in-international-markets\" data-level=\"2\">How to Change Your Categories in International Markets<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"#h-how-to-change-your-book-categories-on-international-markets\" data-level=\"3\">How to Change Your Book Categories on International Markets<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Let's dive in!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"offer-box\"><strong>Bonus<\/strong>: Want to learn how to rank your Kindle book #1 on Amazon with our collection of time-tested tips and tricks? <a href=\"https:\/\/app.monstercampaigns.com\/c\/dilmlqwjykpoxsyh1ar7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download my free ebook now!<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-international-markets-place-your-book-in-a-category-automatically\">How International Markets Place Your Book in a Category Automatically<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When you go to <a href=\"https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/book-publishing\/\">publish your book<\/a> for the first time, the below box is a listing of Amazon Categories, and they are NOT the BISACS categories that they used to be (i.e. the international standardized set of codes for categories)<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image shadow\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/New-Amazon-Categories-in-KDP-1024x678.png\" alt=\"New Amazon Categories in KDP\" class=\"wp-image-34294\" width=\"770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/New-Amazon-Categories-in-KDP-1024x678.png 1024w, https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/New-Amazon-Categories-in-KDP-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/New-Amazon-Categories-in-KDP-768x508.png 768w, https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/New-Amazon-Categories-in-KDP-24x16.png 24w, https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/New-Amazon-Categories-in-KDP-36x24.png 36w, https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/New-Amazon-Categories-in-KDP-48x32.png 48w, https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/New-Amazon-Categories-in-KDP.png 1089w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>So, when you select a couple of categories, Amazon looks at the ones you selected and puts you in those categories, along with any other appropriate (or perceived appropriate) Amazon category in each of the individual markets. This is automated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the number of categories and types of categories in each market are very different. Based on our past research from <a href=\"https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/click\/PublisherRocket?utm_source=kindlepreneur.com&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=How%20to%20Choose%20the%20Smartest%20Book%20Categories%20for%20International%20Amazon%20Markets\">Publisher Rocket<\/a>, we have the following:<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"footable_parent_16268\"\n         class=\" footable_parent ninja_table_wrapper loading_ninja_table wp_table_data_press_parent semantic_ui colored_table\">\n                <table data-ninja_table_instance=\"ninja_table_instance_0\" data-footable_id=\"16268\" data-filter-delay=\"1000\" aria-label=\"International Categories\"            id=\"footable_16268\"\n           data-unique_identifier=\"ninja_table_unique_id_1957918820_16268\"\n           class=\" foo-table ninja_footable foo_table_16268 ninja_table_unique_id_1957918820_16268 ui table  nt_type_legacy_table selectable striped vertical_centered ninja_custom_color inverted footable-paging-right ninja_table_search_disabled ninja_table_pro\">\n                <colgroup>\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_0 \">\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_1 \">\n                    <\/colgroup>\n        <thead>\n<tr class=\"footable-header\">\n                                        <th scope=\"col\"  class=\"ninja_column_0 ninja_clmn_nm_market \">Market<\/th><th scope=\"col\"  class=\"ninja_column_1 ninja_clmn_nm_category_amount \">Category Amount<\/th><\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n\n        <tr data-row_id=\"1340\" class=\"ninja_table_row_0 nt_row_id_1340\">\n            <td>United States Books<\/td><td>5847<\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"1341\" class=\"ninja_table_row_1 nt_row_id_1341\">\n            <td>United States eBooks<\/td><td>4615<\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"1342\" class=\"ninja_table_row_2 nt_row_id_1342\">\n            <td>United Kingdom Books<\/td><td>4351<\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"1343\" class=\"ninja_table_row_3 nt_row_id_1343\">\n            <td>United Kingdom eBooks<\/td><td>1975<\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"1344\" class=\"ninja_table_row_4 nt_row_id_1344\">\n            <td>German Books<\/td><td>3995<\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"1345\" class=\"ninja_table_row_5 nt_row_id_1345\">\n            <td>German eBooks<\/td><td>7347<\/td>        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody><!--ninja_tobody_rendering_done-->\n    <\/table>\n                    <style type=\"text\/css\" id='ninja_table_custom_css_16268'>\n                        #footable_16268  {\n    font-family: inherit;\n    font-size: 14px;\n    }\n\n\n    #footable_16268 tbody tr td span.fooicon-plus:before {\n    background-color:  !important;\n    }\n    #footable_16268 tbody tr td span.fooicon-minus:before {\n    background-color:  !important;\n    }\n\n    #footable_16268 tbody tr:hover td span.fooicon-plus:before {\n    background-color: rgba(101, 101, 101, 1) !important;\n    }\n    #footable_16268 tbody tr:hover td span.fooicon-minus:before {\n    background-color: rgba(101, 101, 101, 1) !important;\n    }\n\n    #footable_16268 thead tr.footable-header th span::before {\n    background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1) !important;\n    }\n    #footable_16268,\n    #footable_16268 table {\n    background-color:  !important;\n    color:  !important;\n    border-color:  !important;\n    }\n    #footable_16268 thead tr.footable-filtering th {\n    background-color:  !important;\n    color:  !important;\n    }\n    #footable_16268:not(.hide_all_borders) thead tr.footable-filtering th {\n            border : 1px solid transparent !important;\n        }\n    #footable_16268 .input-group-btn:last-child > .btn:not(:last-child):not(.dropdown-toggle) {\n    background-color:  !important;\n    color:  !important;\n    }\n    #footable_16268 tr.footable-header, #footable_16268 tr.footable-header th, .colored_table #footable_16268 table.ninja_table_pro.inverted.table.footable-details tbody tr th {\n    background-color: rgba(51, 57, 75, 1) !important;\n    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1) !important;\n    }\n    \n        #footable_16268 tbody tr:hover {\n    background-color:  !important;\n    color: rgba(101, 101, 101, 1) !important;\n    }\n    #footable_16268 tbody tr:hover td {\n    border-color:  !important;\n    }\n    \n    #footable_16268 tfoot .footable-paging {\n    background-color:  !important;\n    }\n    #footable_16268 tfoot .footable-paging .footable-page.active a {\n    background-color:  !important;\n    }\n    #footable_16268:not(.hide_all_borders) tfoot tr.footable-paging td {\n    border-color:  !important;\n    }\n    \n#footable_16268 td.ninja_column_0 { text-align: center; }#footable_16268 th.ninja_column_0 { text-align: center; }#footable_16268 td.ninja_column_1 { text-align: center; }#footable_16268 th.ninja_column_1 { text-align: center; }                <\/style>\n                \n    \n    \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>So, as you can see, you could be in some completely different categories than you had hoped for thanks to this automated system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"offer-box\">NOTE: If you want to check to see what categories your book has been put in, you can use <a href=\"https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/click\/PublisherRocket?utm_source=kindlepreneur.com&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=How%20to%20Choose%20the%20Smartest%20Book%20Categories%20for%20International%20Amazon%20Markets\">Publisher Rocket\u2019s Unleash the categories feature<\/a> to see this in the US, UK and German market. Otherwise, Nerdy Book Girl has a <a href=\"https:\/\/nerdybookgirl.com\/book-category-hunter\/\">free tool<\/a> that will tell you which US categories your book is a part of.<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div><div class=\"sw-tweet-clear\"><\/div><a class=\"swp_CTT style1\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=Want+to+place+your+books+in+more+categories+in+international+markets%3F+Check+out+Kindlepreneur%27s+awesome+guide.+&url=https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/international-book-categories\/\" data-link=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=Want+to+place+your+books+in+more+categories+in+international+markets%3F+Check+out+Kindlepreneur%27s+awesome+guide.+&url=https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/international-book-categories\/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"sw-click-to-tweet\"><span class=\"sw-ctt-text\">Want to place your books in more categories in international markets? Check out Kindlepreneur's awesome guide. <\/span><span class=\"sw-ctt-btn\">Click To Tweet<i class=\"sw swp_twitter_icon\"><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-to-find-categories-in-international-markets\">How To Find Categories in International Markets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Just like you would do with your main market, it\u2019s best to find the following types of categories for your book (remember, you get to choose 10):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Categories that best fit your book<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Categories that give you the best chance to be #1 or in the top 10<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The first<\/strong> point is pretty simple. Only select legitimate categories that fit your book. Now, as you do your research, you probably will find books that don\u2019t belong in that category. And as it stands, Amazon doesn\u2019t do anything to stop this from happening. But I personally believe that, one day, Amazon will change this, and authors who have abused the system will probably suffer some of Amazon\u2019s wrath. So, stay classy.<\/p>\n\n\n\r\n<section class=\"standard-cta testimonial nohover bottom-left\" id=\"cta-block_60a2b7aa18238\">\r\n    <div class=\"cta-inner row\">\r\n                    <div class=\"cta-media col-md-4\">\r\n                                    <div class=\"cta-media-inner\">\r\n                    \r\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/click\/rocket-in-content\" alt=\"Check It Out Here\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\">                        \r\n                        \r\n                        \r\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Support-sml.png\" alt=\"KDP Rocket Shirt\" height=\"187\" width=\"350\">\r\n                        \r\n                        <\/a>                    <\/div>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n        \r\n        <div class=\"cta-body col-md-8\" style=\"text-align:center;\">  \r\n                            <a class=\"cta-heading\" href=\"https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/click\/rocket-in-content\" alt=\"Check It Out Here\">\r\n                            <h3>We\u2019re Here to Help!<\/h3>\r\n                            <\/a>\r\n                        \r\n            <p>See why Publisher Rocket users love our support team.<\/p>\n            <a class=\"offer-button\" href=\"https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/click\/rocket-in-content\" alt=\"Check It Out Here\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\">Check It Out Here<\/a>        <\/div>\r\n\r\n            <\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The second<\/strong> point requires a bit of leg work. To figure out which categories give you best chance to rank near the top, you\u2019ll need to go through each of the categories inside those stores to figure out which ones you should target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are two ways to do this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here's the first approach:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> Translate the keyword phrase that best represents your book into that market\u2019s language and do an Amazon search in that market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> Click the books that show up in the search result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong> Look at the Categories that show up for those books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But there are two problems with this method:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Amazon will only show you 3 of the total categories here.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The categories that show here will not be Category Chains, which will make communicating with Amazon difficult \u2014 they work best with category chains.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Here's an example of Amazon page categories vs the needed category chains:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What you\u2019ll see on the Amazon page of a book:<\/strong><br>Hardboiled-Krimis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Category chain you\u2019ll need to communicate with Amazon:<\/strong><br>Kindle-Shop &gt; eBooks &gt; Krimis & Thriller &gt; Detektivromane &gt; Hardboiled-Krimis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luckily, if you\u2019re an owner of Publisher Rocket, you get all the information you need.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/image2-1.png\" alt=\"International category data in Publisher Rocket\" class=\"wp-image-16285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/image2-1.png 800w, https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/image2-1-300x94.png 300w, https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/image2-1-768x240.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, finding categories in foreign markets (Currently: US, UK, and German&#8230;but more to come) is extremely simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To pull up the full details of which categories a book is a part of with Rocket, just do the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Click on the country you want to search<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do a Competition Analyzer search using the target keyword<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on that book\u2019s categories or all the categories for all the books listed on that page<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image shadow\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/categories-search-1-1024x528.png\" alt=\"search and sort through all of Amazon's categories\" class=\"wp-image-32681\" width=\"770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/categories-search-1-1024x528.png 1024w, https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/categories-search-1-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/categories-search-1-768x396.png 768w, https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/categories-search-1.png 1420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<center><a class=\"buy-button\" href=\"https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/click\/PublisherRocket?utm_source=kindlepreneur.com&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=How%20to%20Choose%20the%20Smartest%20Book%20Categories%20for%20International%20Amazon%20Markets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Try It On Publisher Rocket<\/a><\/center>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"offer-box\">Important Note: It\u2019s not very clear whether you get 10 ebooks and 10 books. I say this because of two things: 1). I\u2019ve definitely seen it go over 10 but 2). Amazon says only 10 when asked and I\u2019ve seen people be stopped at 10. So, for this article and most publications, I just say 10 ebooks and books total. Just know that there are cases where you can do more.<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-to-change-your-categories-in-international-markets\">How to Change Your Categories in International Markets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>IMPORTANT UPDATE<\/strong>: In June of 2023, Amazon recently made some changes that mean that you can no longer reach out to them and request that they update your books in other international markets. So far, it appears that you can only modify the categories in your own primary marketplace, and categories selected for international markets are purely automated. We will monitor this and immediately update this article if this changes and a way to update categories in international markets emerges.<strong> This makes the following information (at least for now) irrelevant.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, now that you\u2019ve identified which categories you want your book to be part of for a specific market, let\u2019s go ahead and detail the method of changing your categories. It\u2019s actually quite simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-to-change-your-book-categories-on-international-markets\">How to Change Your Book Categories on International Markets<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> Contact Amazon using <a href=\"https:\/\/kdp.amazon.com\/en_US\/contact-us\">this link<\/a>.<br><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> If you haven\u2019t signed into your KDP Account, you\u2019ll need to do so now.<br><strong>Step 3:<\/strong> On the left, click \u201cAmazon Product Page and Expanded Distribution.<br><strong>Step 4:<\/strong> Then select \u201cUpdate Amazon Categories.\u201d<br><strong>Step 5: <\/strong>Write in the <a href=\"https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/how-to-title-a-book-with-good-book-titles\/\">title of the book<\/a>, ASIN, which market (US, UK, DE, etc) and which category you want to be added to, and or which ones you want to be taken out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Email Example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Dear KDP Team,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Kindle Store: DE<\/em><br><em>Title: My Book Rocks!<\/em><br><em>ASIN: B01BB4YC78<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Categories I\u2019d Like to Be Added To:<\/em><br><em>Kindle-Shop &gt; eBooks &gt; Krimis & Thriller &gt; Detektivromane &gt; Detektivinnen<\/em><br><em>Kindle-Shop &gt; eBooks &gt; Krimis & Thriller &gt; Detektivromane &gt; Historische Krimis<\/em><br><em>Kindle-Shop &gt; eBooks &gt; Krimis & Thriller &gt; Detektivromane &gt; Privatdetektive<\/em><br><em>Kindle-Shop &gt; eBooks &gt; Krimis & Thriller &gt; Thriller &gt; Psychothriller<\/em><br><em>Kindle-Shop &gt; eBooks &gt; Krimis & Thriller &gt; Thriller &gt; \u00dcbernat\u00fcrliche Thriller<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There you have it. Within 24 hours, you can use Publisher Rocket to check to see if your book was added to the requested categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\r\n<section class=\"standard-cta testimonial\" id=\"cta-block_60a2bb2c1823a\">\r\n    <div class=\"cta-inner row\">\r\n                    <div class=\"cta-media col-md-4\">\r\n                                    <div class=\"cta-media-inner\">\r\n                    \r\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/click\/keyword-course\" alt=\"Click here to Sign Up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\">                        \r\n                                                    <i class=\"fa fa-play\"><\/i>\r\n                        \r\n                        \r\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Final-Course-Thumbnail-copy.png\" alt=\"mailerlite course ad\" height=\"420\" width=\"760\">\r\n                        \r\n                        <\/a>                    <\/div>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n        \r\n        <div class=\"cta-body col-md-8\" style=\"text-align:center;\">  \r\n                            <a class=\"cta-heading\" href=\"https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/click\/keyword-course\" alt=\"Click here to Sign Up\">\r\n                            <h3>Get Your Book Discovered<\/h3>\r\n                            <\/a>\r\n                        \r\n            <p>Look over my shoulder as I show you how to select the best keywords and categories so you\u2019ll make more sales.<\/p>\n            <a class=\"offer-button\" href=\"https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/click\/keyword-course\" alt=\"Click here to Sign Up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\">Click here to Sign Up<\/a>        <\/div>\r\n\r\n            <\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When Should You Do This<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Using <a href=\"https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/click\/PublisherRocket?utm_source=kindlepreneur.com&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=How%20to%20Choose%20the%20Smartest%20Book%20Categories%20for%20International%20Amazon%20Markets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">a tool like Rocket<\/a> can save you hours of researching to find categories. And the process of getting them changed should only take you less than ~7 min.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, it's worth doing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you don\u2019t have Publisher Rocket, and you\u2019ll be doing this research by hand, I\u2019d only recommend doing it for markets that you\u2019ve seen your book sell in. Otherwise, the hours spent searching, translating, recording, and choosing between the international categories is probably not worth the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">So, What\u2019s Next?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As you can see, you can change and add categories to your book in the different markets. With a tool like Publisher Rocket, this can be very easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cheers,<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"45\" src=\"https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Dave-Signature.png\" alt=\"Dave-signature\" class=\"wp-image-383\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More Keywords and Categories:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you're interested in more articles like this one, check out our hubs for how to choose the best <a href=\"https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/how-to-choose-kindle-keywords\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">keywords<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/how-to-choose-the-best-kindle-ebook-kdp-category\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">categories<\/a>, as well as our overview of <a href=\"https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/kdp-rocket-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Publisher Rocket<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Changing your book categories in international markets doesn&#8217;t have to be a complicated process. 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