Kindle Direct Publishing | Vibepedia

Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) is Amazon's self-publishing platform launched in November 2007 alongside the first Kindle e-reader, enabling independent authors to publish and distribute e-books and paperbacks globally without traditional publishing intermediaries. The service has evolved from a digital text platform into a comprehensive publishing ecosystem, generating over $65 million in author earnings monthly and fundamentally transforming the publishing industry by eliminating gatekeepers and giving creators control over their work.