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6 Reasons why KDP is Better than Payhip for Authors

Are you struggling in deciding between KDP and Payhip for your book selling? The short answer for you is KDP. This article will tell you why KDP is more appropriate for a writer, ebook writers, than Payhip. Well, another reader may be asking "what is your position to say so?" No problem. I have experiences in using both for a long period so I have a good position to inform you about this. Defining KDP and Payhip KDP KDP, as you may have known, stands for Kindle Direct Publishing. It is the Amazon e-book self-publishing platform that was launched in November 2007. It helps independent publishers to publish and sell their e-books and paperbacks to the world. KDP does not publish and selll all submitted books, by the way. The submissions will be reviewed for at least 24-72 hours before they are decided whether to publish or not. All books published and sold with KDP are charged from $0.09 to $200.00, depends on the length, size, and type of the book. To put it ano...

What is Unity in a Paragraph?

Unity is one of the important elements in a good paragraph. Without unity, the main meaning of a paragraph cannot be conveyed to the reader. Then, what is unity? How to make paragraphs that have unity? What is Unity? You may have heard or read a rule in paragraph writing that says "There can only be one main idea in a paragraph." That's unity. Unity is a concept that regulates the flow of paragraphs with the rule that one paragraph can only contain one main idea. For example, if you want to convey how happy life is, then you just say that. Although related, other ideas that are not directly related to what you want to convey, should be conveyed in another paragraph. Beginner writers usually make mistakes such as discussing more than one main idea in a paragraph. Meanwhile, the rule is clear that one paragraph only serves to convey and explain one main idea. We often find that our students divide paragraphs by simply placing the cursor at the end of a sentence and pressing...

Descriptive Paragraph: Definition, Function, and Technique

Descriptive paragraph is a paragraph that functions to describe people, things, places, or events. As the name suggests, a descriptive paragraph contains descriptions about the object being described. This article is about to show you what it is, what it does, and what technique is considered best to write a paragraph of that type. Definition of Descriptive Paragraph According to Valdes (2019) , A descriptive paragraph is a focused and detail-rich account of a specific topic . Paragraphs in this style often have a concrete focus—the sound of a waterfall, the stench of a skunk's spray—but can also convey something abstract, such as an emotion or a memory. Some descriptive paragraphs do both. Based on the definition, a descriptive paragraph is a paragraph that provides information related to a specific topic, be it a place, person, thing, or event. The topic or object can be concrete thing or abstract thing. Function of Descriptive Paragraph As the name suggests, this type of paragra...