[JOURNEY] $100 a Day With Low Content KINDLE Publishing

[ALMIGHTY MADARA]

Hi there, I wish u all the best for ur journey, it's been a while since u posted an update, I wish you're doing well
here is my question for u : I don't have a background in graphic design but m interested in this industry, so my biggest struggle will be the cover, can a cover made by canva generate me a sell or it has to be a ninja-style cover?
can u share with us some tools and materials for ur interior if u don't mind, I do understand if u do .
Wish u all the best <3

 

[Eiffel]

Well to be honest I have been busy with another project and although I had planned to be consistent with uploading, it did not happen. But I am far from abandoning my journey it is still on, and in fact came back here to update the thread. The earnings have not been much mainly because of severe saturation in the type of books that I have been doing.

Merch by Amazon(t-shirts) getting saturated with tens of thousands of t-shirt designers most of them are now uploading the same slogan+image t-shirt designs on KDP low content book covers. The interiors are ordinary lined interiors that can be made in word, powerpoint etc in a few minutes. The same guy who created Merch Informer which is basically a tool by which you can identify the bestsellers and use it to design similar designs, now has a similar tool for KDP low content books.

My sales have also suffered as a result of sudden saturation during the last few months and the screenshot below shows a dismal number of books sold till yesterday this month.

Something is better than nothing especially since I did not upload too many new books, so it is really passive income. I only have to scale up and the figure will increase accordingly.

Also, at least it is a genuine figure and an authentic screenshot as compared to fake BS that you see in income reports all over the web.

To increase sales in addition to uploading more books, I will now need to create more elaborate interiors which can be used for planners etc. and not plain lined paper which the folks moving in from Merch t-shirts are using. The more unique the interiors the better the chances of more sales.

Will try to post an update weekly.

 

[Eiffel]

Hi there, I wish u all the best for ur journey, it's been a while since u posted an update, I wish you're doing well
here is my question for u : I don't have a background in graphic design but m interested in this industry, so my biggest struggle will be the cover, can a cover made by canva generate me a sell or it has to be a ninja-style cover?
can u share with us some tools and materials for ur interior if u don't mind, I do understand if u do .
Wish u all the best <3

There are lots of tutorials on creating covers using Canva on YouTube. It is very easy and takes only a few minutes, best part is you can multi upload using different tabs to save time on KDP. Again, lot of tutorials on uploading low content books to KDP.

Search for Katharyne Shelton's YouTube channel she specializes in low content books.

I recently purchased Tangent Templates which has a variety of interiors templates and other tools in it. Also if you want to create unique covers you can modify them, and there are tutorials for that also.

 

[tagghor]

Hello, would you have an example of kindle publication?

 

[Eiffel]

OP, good luck on your journey!

Thanks.

Hello, would you have an example of kindle publication?

Type "kindle ebooks" in Google and check the first result.

 

[ccpfoxy]

Following

 

[Yack]

Keep up the good work! I am considering starting a KDP journey, but I'm going to check out the low-content angle first. I've just been writing ebooks.

 

[Eiffel]

Keep up the good work! I am considering starting a KDP journey, but I'm going to check out the low-content angle first. I've just been writing ebooks.

Good for you!

I started with ebooks first, but soon realized that competition is very tough. Most successful ebook authors fall into three categories:

1. Those who established themselves during the early Kindle days in 2010-2011. You could stretch that to early 2013 after which KDP got swamped with books. Every Tom, Dick and Harry wanted to get published and then came companies who started publishing on KDP, unscrupulous scamsters, copying, plagiarism and all sorts of things and the result was that the beginner with a new book would find himself nowhere - even after publishing several books.

2. Those who outsource their writing and create several books and "capture" a niche. If you have a good amount of money to spare you can do really well if you learn Amazon keyword research and how to rank books. It's given on blogs in detail so there is no need to buy any courses to learn all this.

3. Prolific writers mainly in the Romance categories who can write 300-page books in a few weeks because one book needs to be followed by another to be in a series, which is what sells. They are born authors, who have writing skills from birth. They're the ones who earn 5-figure incomes on KDP.

So that's how I decided to go for low-content books, because I didn't seem to fit into either of 3 categories above. It is also stressful and taxing because you could take a couple of months to come up with a completed book and then the book tanks leaving you exhausted and discouraged.

Low content books are the best because once you master it, you can create them in a short time.

 

[The Universe Legend]

Is there any alternative of kindle?

 

[Yack]

Good for you!

I started with ebooks first, but soon realized that competition is very tough. Most successful ebook authors fall into three categories

Thank you. My most successful ebook was written in about 10 minutes several years ago while I was reviewing a course during "the craze," so I think there's something to what you're saying. It seems like you need to invest in a launch sequence that sets you up for success these days, or your book will just drown in competition.

I'd like to do a pulp series on KDP Print and see how it takes off. Old-school sci-fi, horror, mystery... I just have to stay focused for long enough to make it happen.

Is there any alternative of kindle?

ClickBank or forums sales for business-type ebooks, personal website sales, major ebook sellers like Apple, Barnes & Noble, Kobo (fiction or very high quality self-published books). If you look up "ebook distribution" you'll find services that will put your book out on many different platforms.

 

[Eiffel]

Thank you. My most successful ebook was written in about 10 minutes several years ago while I was reviewing a course during "the craze," so I think there's something to what you're saying. It seems like you need to invest in a launch sequence that sets you up for success these days, or your book will just drown in competition.

I'd like to do a pulp series on KDP Print and see how it takes off. Old-school sci-fi, horror, mystery... I just have to stay focused for long enough to make it happen.



ClickBank or forums sales for business-type ebooks, personal website sales, major ebook sellers like Apple, Barnes & Noble, Kobo (fiction or very high quality self-published books). If you look up "ebook distribution" you'll find services that will put your book out on many different platforms.

If you're familiar with the launch sequence strategy you have the best chance of success right off the bat if you do it that way. Even so, you need to spend on promotions and stack them up with good timing to make the initial boost last. Of course good reviews are a must and they have to be real ones because the fake reviews somehow get tracked by Amazon now, and then they shut down accounts.

Print actually does better in some genres. Publishing ebooks on KDP gives you some great advantages though - KDP Select gives new books a bigger boost in rankings but then you could have both versions since it doesn't take too much work to do both. You can also do bundles with ebook versions which is the major seller for successful authors on Kindle, but you do need 3-4 books out first. I suggest a 2 or 3 week interval between book launches, after obviously writing them/ getting them written first.

There's a FB group called 20booksto50k that has documents in the files section giving details on such strategies -it's a free group, highly recommended. Yep, they say it takes "only" 20 books to reach $50k/mo., and also give you all the tips so check the group out. You'll find all the successful indie authors discussing their strategies and tips there.

Also, read Chris Fox's Write To Market that pretty much nails it down if you want your books to sell.

Here's a huge extra tip if you're keen on publishing pulp fiction - create audiobook versions as well because they are now like the Kindle of the old days. If you don't want to pay narrators upfront because they could be expensive, there is also a profit sharing model that you can do with them. You can check out more details on Audible and blogs of those who may have done it themselves.

I think if you follow all these tips you're guaranteed success, but yes it takes a lot of work and still not too easy. Good luck!

 

[moni.hasi]

Great journey. I will following this journey.

 

[kuzuryu71]

Definitely following

 

[Yack]

Really excellent tips, @Eiffel. Thank you. Joining the group as we speak.

 

[Shinsou]

Good for you!

I started with ebooks first, but soon realized that competition is very tough. Most successful ebook authors fall into three categories:

1. Those who established themselves during the early Kindle days in 2010-2011. You could stretch that to early 2013 after which KDP got swamped with books. Every Tom, Dick and Harry wanted to get published and then came companies who started publishing on KDP, unscrupulous scamsters, copying, plagiarism and all sorts of things and the result was that the beginner with a new book would find himself nowhere - even after publishing several books.

2. Those who outsource their writing and create several books and "capture" a niche. If you have a good amount of money to spare you can do really well if you learn Amazon keyword research and how to rank books. It's given on blogs in detail so there is no need to buy any courses to learn all this.

3. Prolific writers mainly in the Romance categories who can write 300-page books in a few weeks because one book needs to be followed by another to be in a series, which is what sells. They are born authors, who have writing skills from birth. They're the ones who earn 5-figure incomes on KDP.

So that's how I decided to go for low-content books, because I didn't seem to fit into either of 3 categories above. It is also stressful and taxing because you could take a couple of months to come up with a completed book and then the book tanks leaving you exhausted and discouraged.

Low content books are the best because once you master it, you can create them in a short time.

Hi Eiffel,
Its very nice to read this thread because I just started this KDP on last July. I'm also in low content paperback niche.. So far I got few sales but not what I expect for.. because we know that we have to publish a lot of low content books niche. So far I'm a bit overwhelmed with the works on book cover design and all things such upload, keyword researching etc. I know I can outsource some of the works but with the sales I test in last 2 months still not worth it. So, I move on to another projects and haven't publish since last August. lol... maybe I can get a motivate from the OP.

here's my last two months sales on July-August


Thanks OP for the thread... at least I can have a thought to share to..

 

[BlackHatBart]

Good luck!

 

[Shinsou]

Hi,
just want to share something from other fb group about KDP, this is not me and just want to share the info hopefully motivate the OP or anyone who wants to try KDP


so, its not impossible $100/day, someone has done it.

 

[mariejeffries27]

I will following this journey

 

[Eiffel]

@Shinsou - Looks like you're on the way to killing it. You can easily start your own journey thread with such results. Good luck.
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I have decided to close this thread, since the pace at which things are going is too slow due to my focus on other projects that cropped up after this thread was started.

Thanks for all your comments and participation.


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