Glossary
Amazon Ads for authors: terms and metrics
A plain-language glossary covering Sponsored Products, Sponsored Brands, ACoS, search terms, royalties, and more.
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Amazon Ads, Amazon PPC, and KDP advertising overlap, but the right next step depends on your problem. These guides help authors and publishers move from learning the basics to improving profit, handling a growing catalog, and choosing software or managed help. Start with the question you are working through.
Understand the terms, prepare a launch, and choose relevant targets before committing more budget.
Glossary
A plain-language glossary covering Sponsored Products, Sponsored Brands, ACoS, search terms, royalties, and more.
Read glossaryLaunch guide
Choose a first format, prepare your listing, set a testing allowance, and work toward sustainable profit.
Read launch guideTargeting guide
Decide when to exclude a term, choose the right match type, and understand Adigy’s book-specific controls.
Read targeting guideWork out why clicks do not convert, spending has stopped, or an offer is affecting your book’s availability.
Troubleshooting guide
Check reporting delays, shopper intent, affordable testing, and the reasons readers choose your book.
Read troubleshooting guideTroubleshooting guide
Diagnose campaign, payment, eligibility, and account issues with a practical support-case template.
Read troubleshooting guideAvailability guide
Understand third-party offers, author-ad eligibility, and the evidence to gather before changing distribution.
Read availability guideConnect ad metrics to royalties, test your economics, and investigate advertising invoices.
Profitability guide
Learn why attributed sales and ACoS do not show how much royalty income remains after advertising spend.
Read profitability guideFree calculator
Compare CPC, conversion, royalties, launch costs, and optional downstream income in an interactive scenario.
Read free calculatorBilling guide
Review invoices, gather registration evidence, and distinguish Amazon refunds from tax-return recovery.
Read billing guideCoordinate many books and decide which recurring work to delegate so you can spend more time publishing.
Catalog management guide
Coordinate titles, formats, markets, testing budgets, and book-specific negatives without losing track of publishing economics.
Read catalog management guidePublishing economics guide
Compare management fees, reclaimed time, launch advertising, and staggered catalog growth with a transparent budget model.
Read publishing economics guideCompare research, reporting, campaign execution, agencies, and connected AI assistants by the work they actually perform.
Buying guide
Compare research tools, manual management, automation software, and agencies before choosing a way to manage campaigns.
Read buying guideAI and advertising guide
Understand what MCP connections provide and what continuous publishing-focused advertising management still requires.
Read ai and advertising guideMake the promise of the book clearer with relevant metadata, useful demonstrations, and accurately presented reader feedback.
Video advertising guide
Earn attention, help the right readers click, check short video creatives, and manage campaigns with Adigy.
Read video advertising guideFree preview tool
Preview your video or image, book cover and title in mobile and desktop placement mock-ups, then download a JPEG.
Read free preview toolConversion guide
Clarify the promise, demonstrate the contents, and give readers useful reasons to choose your book.
Read conversion guideKeyword guide
Find the fields, choose relevant terms, and format them with the free Adigy tool.
Read keyword guideVideo guide
Choose a creator, prepare a practical brief, and agree on deliverables and usage rights.
Read video guideCredibility guide
Choose relevant reviewers, compare professional services, and publish accurately attributed quotes.
Read credibility guideReader feedback guide
Build a voluntary feedback process and compare Book Bounty, BookVillage, and BookReverb mechanics.
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These articles explain general advertising concepts and Adigy’s current product facts as of their published and updated dates. Amazon Ads features, policies, reporting, and product interfaces can change. Always check your own account and Amazon’s current documentation before making campaign decisions.