KDP Keyword Generator

How to use the KDP keyword generator

Describe your book in a few sentences and add the title, so the keywords don’t repeat it. You get seven keyword phrases, one for each box in KDP, with the kind of shopper each one reaches. Copy them one by one or all at once.

Where they go in KDP

In KDP, open your book’s Details page and find Keywords. There are seven boxes; put one phrase in each.

KDP’s keyword rules

Amazon’s own guidance, which the generator follows:

• Up to seven keywords or short phrases. Phrases of two or three words work best.
• Don’t repeat your title, subtitle, author name or categories. They’re already searchable, so a keyword that repeats them is a wasted box.
• No subjective claims (“best”, “amazing”), time-sensitive words (“new”, “on sale”) or words every book shares (“book”, “ebook”).
• Don’t use other authors’ names, brands you don’t own, or Amazon program names like Kindle Unlimited or KDP Select.
• No quotation marks, and no spelling, spacing or plural variants of the same phrase.

Think like a shopper: what would they type before they knew your book existed? The problem (“stop overspending”), the reader (“first time manager”), the setting (“small apartment garden”) and the format (“workbook”, “recipes”) all make good keywords.

Pair them with the right categories, and see the full KDP publishing guide.