# KDP keywords: how to fill the seven boxes

KDP gives you 7 keyword boxes. What to put in them and which words waste a box.

KDP lets you add up to 7 keywords. They help readers find the book when they search for words that are not already in your title.

## What makes a useful keyword

- Words a reader would type: the subject, the age, the occasion ("dinosaur coloring book for 4 year olds").
- Short phrases rather than single words.
- Words not already in your title, subtitle or categories; those are searched anyway.

## Words that waste a box

Avoid praise, time-limited words, program names and generic words such as: "best", "bestseller", "bestselling", "free", "new", "sale", "kindle", "kdp", "book", "books". Never use other authors' names or book titles.

> kdpbookai warns when a keyword repeats your title, another keyword or one of these words, and when you have fewer than seven.

## Sources

- Source: [KDP · Make Your Book More Discoverable with Keywords](https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G201298500), checked 2026-11-07.
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