KDP Journey as a Non-Writer

[M4XW3LL]

5 sales in the last 3 days. The mandala coloring book still selling constantly.

 

[Roger Marquez]

This is exactly what i was looking for. Considering entering the KDP business. This is just amazing, thanks for sharing!

 

[Roger Marquez]

@M4XW3LL How about copyrights for KDP? I mean, i see a few coloring ebooks and stickers using trademark (i believe they are) characters like barbie and other Disney characters?

 

[M4XW3LL]

They are probably using licences they bought from those companies. If you attend a licencing expo you can arrange deals or buy licences that allow you to use those.

I haven't tried to use copyrighted stuff, but I doubt people can do it long term. Some things might slip through auto-review but they can't stay for long.

There's plenty of room on KDP to play by the rules and earn decent money.

 

[godknowseverything]

Great journey so far! Can you share some tips on how you do niche research?

 

[GringoMonkey]

@M4XW3LL How about copyrights for KDP? I mean, i see a few coloring ebooks and stickers using trademark (i believe they are) characters like barbie and other Disney characters?

A couple of years back when kdp and createspace were separate i had a few creatspace accounts that i did not mind burning.

I abused the shit out of trademarks for low content books and found something quite interesting.

The average book made me about $3000-$5000 each month in royalties and each account lasted about 8 months before it got banned. So each account made me about $24,000 - $40,000 before it got banned.

But like anything quick bh money comes with a risk.

If you dont mind burning accounts you will make a lot more abusing trademarked low content books than non trademarked.

 

[Imz]

You've got some illustration skills nice work, watching this thread as I can see these books bringing in some serious $ down the line.

 

[RZ13]

I agree that with this approach that you do not really need writing skills, but looking at your examples, Photoshop/Image creation skills are def needed. Very interesting approach to KPD, please keep sharing and updating!

 

[Machinecode]

@M4XW3LL

I really enjoyed this thread so far, would never of imagined creating books as a sideline, you always have that ideas you need to be an author etc i guess but this method is pretty amazing. I guess this is why BHW is such a unique corner of the www.

Thank you for sharing though as it has really made me think also on a few different ideas, something you can be doing in bed while watching a movie.

Good luck with this journey, will be following along with you.

 

[M4XW3LL]

Great journey so far! Can you share some tips on how you do niche research?

Thanks! I use BookBolt and KDP Spy for research, they are mentioned in the main post. I'll try to write a step by step method from research to publishing your first book and I'll make a thread here on BHW.

A couple of years back when kdp and createspace were separate i had a few creatspace accounts that i did not mind burning.

I abused the shit out of trademarks for low content books and found something quite interesting.

The average book made me about $3000-$5000 each month in royalties and each account lasted about 8 months before it got banned. So each account made me about $24,000 - $40,000 before it got banned.

But like anything quick bh money comes with a risk.

If you dont mind burning accounts you will make a lot more abusing trademarked low content books than non trademarked.

Your numbers are fire. I've heard about the method back then, but I never tried it (I wish I did).

You've got some illustration skills nice work, watching this thread as I can see these books bringing in some serious $ down the line.

I have no illustration skills at all, I just use pre-made plugins for illustrator to create the mandalas.

I agree that with this approach that you do not really need writing skills, but looking at your examples, Photoshop/Image creation skills are def needed. Very interesting approach to KPD, please keep sharing and updating!

Correct, but they're not a must. With a $99/year freepik license you can just move things around and create book covers in a minute. Thanks, I'll keep you guys up to date.

@M4XW3LL

I really enjoyed this thread so far, would never of imagined creating books as a sideline, you always have that ideas you need to be an author etc i guess but this method is pretty amazing. I guess this is why BHW is such a unique corner of the www.

Thank you for sharing though as it has really made me think also on a few different ideas, something you can be doing in bed while watching a movie.

Good luck with this journey, will be following along with you.

Thanks man! Make sure to create your own journey thread.

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In the last 3 days I sold 9 books in total. My bestseller got another review, but unfortunately for me this time it's a 3 star one and this brings the rating of the book down to 4.0 . The mandala drawings were too thick for the buyer.

With my bestseller priced at $3.99 I made $0.21 per sale.
This book has sold 66 times until now and has made me $101.46.
I have only 2 reviews on it, which means 3% of the buyers left a review on my book. The average of amazon buyers that leave reviews is 3% to 5%, so not bad for me hitting the 3%.

I'm bumping its price to $9.99 ($3.81 royalties) and I will report back if it keeps selling at the higher price.

 

[vin42]

Just checked books on mandala and there are just so many....is there any other concept that sells as well?

 

[M4XW3LL]

Just checked books on mandala and there are just so many....is there any other concept that sells as well?

Yes, plenty of other types of coloring books. Alphabet coloring books, animals, toys, whatever comes to mind.

Puzzle books also sell well, crosswords, sudokus, etc.

 

[Aluminium]

As a writer myself, I am sort of intrigued by this.

I could even go as far as writing fiction and potentially earn some money!

 

[M4XW3LL]

Today I've found a new niche with quite high BSR.


I went on and uploaded 10 scuba diving log books. I've used the same interior shown below, but with different covers.
Will be pricing at $3.99 until I get the first sales, and then increase prices gradually after every sale.

 

[Deleted member 1207404]

I'm doing this No content thing, and I've uploaded about 140 ruled notebooks. I was making pretty good sales. Sold about 100 books in my first month. But then suddenly the sales have dropped out of random. Once i was making 4-5 sales consistently. Now I'm down to 1 sale a day. Is this normal. Will i ever pick up with the sales again?

 

[M4XW3LL]

I'm doing this No content thing, and I've uploaded about 140 ruled notebooks. I was making pretty good sales. Sold about 100 books in my first month. But then suddenly the sales have dropped out of random. Once i was making 4-5 sales consistently. Now I'm down to 1 sale a day. Is this normal. Will i ever pick up with the sales again?

It's normal because there's more competition now, and you gotta keep up with it unless you want your sales to die out.
Sales will pick up during holiday season again, it's usually 10x the normal sales during Q4.

 

[M4XW3LL]

Just checked books on mandala and there are just so many....is there any other concept that sells as well?

You can sell anything, just need some imagination. Look at this rank:

 

[vin42]

You can sell anything, just need some imagination. Look at this rank:
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haha ha haha....thats way beyond I could have imagined

 

[PaulSmithAUS]

not just one either:



Its a whole sub niche.

 

[PaulSmithAUS]

I get the sub niches but who wants to buy a USED coloring book of Walmart people. Who would even want to buy a used coloring book at all ?