This is not a theory or a promise of overnight success. It’s lived experience, documented in real time. It’s a record of what actually worked. This cheat sheet documents how a completely unknown indie author moved multiple books into visibility on Amazon—without ads, without a marketing team, without paid reviews, and without money—by learning how the system actually responds to human behavior over time.

It explains how Amazon’s algorithm really responds to:

• searches
• clicks
• category placement
• keywords
• timing
• and consistent, human behavior

You’ll learn why:

• books disappear after launch
• small numbers can move rankings
• older titles suddenly resurface
• reviews lag even when books circulate
• and why broke authors are not at a disadvantage — if they understand the system

If you’re writing without a budget, without connections, and without safety
nets— this guide was made for you.

Built from real-time experimentation, not guru advice — showing how visibility, signal, and metadata actually work. Made for writers building alone who need their work to circulate, not disappear.