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Research a niche before you make a book

Research a niche in LitPal before you make a book: analyze a keyword for free, read the score, the Amazon averages, the competitors and the opportunity gaps, copy the keywords and a title idea, and start a book from the report.

Lesson 10 of 10 · 1:10

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LitPal Research is free on any plan. Type a niche, wait about a minute, and read a report built from real books on Amazon. The money numbers are estimates, not a promise.

Step by step

  1. Search a niche

    Open LitPal Research, type the niche you're thinking about, pick the book type and click Analyze.

  2. The wait

    It looks at real books on Amazon, so it takes about a minute, and then the report opens by itself.

  3. Read the report

    At the top is a score out of a hundred. Then the averages for the top books: their best sellers rank, where lower means it sells more, the price and the reviews. The money numbers are estimates, so don't treat them like a promise. Below that are the real competitors, and opportunity gaps gives you ideas to make your book different.

  4. Titles and keywords

    You get title ideas and keywords. Copy all the keywords for your listing, and copy a title you like.

  5. Start the book

    Click Create Book in This Niche, which takes you to that book type. Click Create New Book and paste in the title.