You make such amazing videos. We are so lucky to have KZread these days, and to have people like you that are willing to teach us. 🙌 Thank you so very much. 💜😊

Thank you for this very detailed yet clear ‘research’. I am so happy to have found your channel a month ago. Actually, I am working on my first picture book after a few years of low contents book. Again a big thanks from Paris ❤

This IS a phenomenal idea for a series of books, however, something that any age, gender, faith would find interesting. And the different languages is another brilliant idea. Thank you for show-casing so many great ideas to increase a book's reach.

Writing children's books HAS been on my bucket list for many decades! I'm really thrilled I found your channel! Very informative!

You are really helping with your content, thank you....Happy New year

Thanks so much. Great info. The ring light gives your eyes an interesting look.

Thank you soooo much for the information of the course and sharing your expertise and experience....:)

This was so useful. It will help me plan what I need to do this year. Thank you for sharing. 😊

@rainingsoundzz

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I like her tutorial

Thank you! Great tips. Love the ideas, and marketing techniques. ❤

Your video was amazing and very detailed. Thank you for sharing. Im just started writing this year!!!

Love your channel. I left the business world and now want to publish on Amazon and, other ways. Thank you for the encouraging channel.

Quick comment: It doesn't have to say "independent publisher" in that space to be an indie self-publishing. An indie can, and most do, put their own company in that spot. So it can read ABC publisher or Joe Brown's Publishing House or whatever you want as long as it's not stealing a trademark or misrepresenting that you're something that you're not. A lot of indies have publishing company LLCs and those will be listed there and look like a trad publisher, but it's just their publishing name and it's still an indie just doing their own books. There's also a few small boutique publishers that will have their name here and they're not exactly a trad house or an indie, but something inbetween.

@pat4005

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It looks like some authors like to use a pen name, and others make up a pen name for themselves as if they were a publishing company. But either way, no one can use "LLC" as part of their business name unless it is actually an LLC, which is something you would set up with your state's Dept of Revenue. So either you are a hobbyist, an author, a publishing company, or neither. There is no in-between. You either are a writer/author/artist creating books, as an independent or sole proprietor, or a company making books in-house, (or that hires them as freelancers, etc), but there is no in-between.

@michaelsbeverly

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@@pat4005 An indie author can get an LLC and they can be a publising house and an author (if you're an indie author you're automatically the publisher, axiomatically). My point was that you can find LLC or Corporations or sole prop using a DBA putting things in the space for "Publisher" and it can look like a traditional publisher. Point being, most indie books don't say "Independently Published" that's only a default for those that choose to not put a name. So, you're wrong, sorry, there are lots of indie writers who also co-write and/or publishe with others, so they're acting like small niche publishers, but also writing. There's also a lot of "hobby" writers who are trying to become professional full-time writers. There's are TONS of "in-between" people doing a variety of mixes from hybrid author to hobbiest indie to full-time indie who is a sole prop (although that's a bad tax choice if you're making decent money) to indies who write books and also publish other authors, some as co-writers, some as ghost writers, some acting like a trad publisher. I work with an author who has 5 pen names. Or maybe 6, I lost count. I work with small publishers, small authors, big authors....hobby authors.....there's all kinds of situations. There are tons of in-between.

@kiterafrey

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In between are called small presses in the industry. Unless they’re founded by those who also write for them then they’re called Indie presses. Then larger trad publishers not a house imprint are called Mid presses like Scholastic is.

@michaelsbeverly

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@@kiterafrey What do you think is the right term for Waterhouse Press and Liquid Mind Media? Both established by authors who are both very successful, M. Wild, LT Ryan. It seems "indie press" isn't exactly right, these presses employ people and seem no different from a boutique press or "small" press. I mean, we're splitting hairs here, but what about Michael Anderle's machine? He established the publishing business and he also writes, but it publishes hundreds of books by dozens of authors (heck, maybe he's passed a hundred authors). If you look at the numbers and the business model, it's similar to many mid presses, and calling it a small press seems inaccurate, the guy is doing 8 figures a year, more or less. There's lots of smaller indies, Dakota Trout and his wife come to mind, that run small presses or "indie" presses (or boutique presses)...so I don't think it's helpful to have a set strict definition as the second you do, there's an exception or a player that doesn't fit. I'd hardly call Michael Anderle's business an "indie" press as it's misleading. If your're passing 5 or 10 million a year and publishing a book a day with dozens (hundreds) of authors, calling that "indie" doesn't seem accurate to me. Of course, this is all subjective, it's not like there's some law about it. In anycase, the comment I was responding to is terrible wrong -- there's so many models and business types out there that the "in-betweens" make up a huge part of the market. And an important part of it. Another point is that there are indies who have multiple pen names and work with freelancers (ghosts) and also write themselves, but you wouldn't know this because the pen names are kept separate (their own Author Central accounts). Also, what do you call something like the Bella Forest series? It's made well over 8 figures, who knows exactly, maybe 20 or 30 million. Is it an indie press? A small press? Not a press at all because the ghosts are hidden and it's all marketed under one name? In the end, a rose is a rose...

@kiterafrey

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@@michaelsbeverly Those are simply the industry standard terms. I’ve been working in publishing for over 10 years. The terms honestly don’t always make sense, like still using the terms press at all considering few presses actually have paper presses anymore. In the industry the terms Boutique & Vanity are used as derogatory terms for publishers who scam authors into paying to get published but without the rights retention of indie paths. My comment was to clarify because those who carry books, do awards, so reviews, & handle international sales rights all still use standard traditional publishing verbiage. And the term boutique being used can turn off a seller or awards committee to an author’s hard work or a publisher’s reputation can be damaged. For something huge like Bella Forest nothing is going to be harmful but to a new press launching that mislabel can be career ending.

Great video, thank you and congratulations for your success. All the best.

This is a really good back end engineering of the author. Thank you for the informative walk through. May I ask how you market your books?

my first time watching your channel, finally a woman in this area! Every youtube recommendation for financial freedom or earning money online was always men. I think both are valuable but its nice to see a woman's perspective on it. Cant wait to watch more!

It is an informative and inspiring video. You have a great Channel. Happy new year

Great content!! Thank you so much. Amazing how much we can decipher without actually being the person!! Loved this -- Thank you!

Loved this video and how you broke down the stats. Can I ask, do you think it would it be a good idea for an author or someone who is considering independently publishing children's books to perhaps consider starting a podcast sharing some of their material in addition to a KZread channel with some of their stories to try to build up an audience? I know from my own buying habits, I tend to only buy from people that I 'know' and have gained like and trust factor. I always wonder how complete unknown authors manage to sell such a high quantity of books which is why I was wondering if my suggestions might help with new authors getting out there and known a bit more? Would love to know your thoughts on this. Thanks so much.

Your tutorial is amazing 👌

You did amazing homework on this!

Excellent research and info, thanks.. waiting for new video

Just a heads up you can buy your own ISBNs and you use that you can add anything to the publisher name line. So some self pubs do that and it doesn’t say independently published. So if you want to look trad that’s how you do it.

@MyFreedomEmpire

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Thank you! I specifically wanted to look at books published through KDP for this one.

Great video!! Very informative. Thank you for your great work!

@rainingsoundzz

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I like her tutorial

Great video. How did you go to her website? Did she have a link on Amazon or did you just check for the website by her name? If it was a link, where can one put that in their KDP profile?

Hi? What tools and software can I use to write high content books' scripts and use illustrations?

Thanks for this video, it's really helpful

Thank you for your great information!!

Great video as always. Learning a lot from your aid, Since July 2023 i have published 7 books in a series based on the 1500s-1800s Spanish Colonial artifacts i have recovered, this week i published my first 2 childrens books, the 2 children's books i have out now teach children to use a metal detector i was asked to do it by a large group, i am now starting to use the children's books to creat a series of adventure stories using the Pirate characters i created. I have been doing computer graphics and animation since the early 80s so i do all my own illustrations and cover work. My big book The Colonial Artifact Guide 1500S-1800S My kids book My First Metal Detector pirate edition. Plus 8 other books Thank you for the inspiration to move forward with my dream.

Great stuff, Caroline! Very helpful information. Happy to have found your channel. I'm just wondering what Alicia did to gain recognition for her first book. I have also written and illustrated a quality children's book that several reviewers have said ought to become a new children's classic, but it is hardly moving. So I'm still looking for the best way to get eyes on the book.

@butternut8901

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I expect she ran ads

@KJ-zr2ko

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There are several was she could have done it. As a teacher she could have purchased them herself and claimed it as a tax write off, or if the school likes her they may have purchased them for the school, and she could have put a few into the library. If the children like the book parents may buy it for them and lastly she could have partnered with a children's agency.

Not related, but you are such a classy, graceful and beautiful woman

I have been interested in self publishing children's books for a long time! I have also come across your word search videos and loved them, and I made up my own word search already! But I was wondering would I need to have my own ISBN number to go with the word search? Or is it still considered a Low Content book? Thanks so much for your videos!

@rainingsoundzz

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I like her tutorial

Hi it is an amazing video thanks alot, do you know if amazon pays via paypal? Or what method do they use?

I can’t upload my children’s book on Amazon, do I need to use their book creator ? When I try to my pdf it’s telling me it’s too short 😩

Your videos are great!

Good info. A few thoughts: clearly she has the money/budget for an ad campaign. How does a newbie get noticed? That’s the biggest challenge even for a quality book. Also how long has she been at this? Also relevant. How are your book sales doing?

@juliehayden2019

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Amazon ads was kiss of death for my organic sales just setting out and without funds to match the big hitters 😢

@goilo888

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From the video you can see her first book in this series was published around the middle of 2020 if I remember right. Now, of course she may have published other books before that to get her feet wet, so to speak.

Thank you so much

I always turn off emails from anyone who's captured my email, and I don't think I'm alone in hating unsolicited emails piling into my inbox. As for the other social media it wasn't generating much interest, except for instagram, which makes sense as it is used by young people most likely to have young kids, unlike Facebook users. I think you may have underestimated the power of that phrase ..."is my superpower."

I've published a book on KDP Amazon more than a year ago but until now I haven't received any royalties. how secret? What is wrong?

Where do you find the link on Amazon to her webpage/email list?

I make meal planner what category i select on kdp for publishe

Great video, thank you. I would like to learn about illustrating your own book, too. What do you do if you can't draw?

@MyFreedomEmpire

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You can hire someone to illustrator it for you or you can use pre-made illustrations and create the pages yourself.

@emilylloyd-gale6382

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How could you use pre-made illustrations?? Surely they’re copyrighted??

Thanks for the video! I have 3 books published, been to 2 National Book Fairs and need assistance. Book 1 Chicago Golf on the Soul Circuit, books 2 and 3 are Elementary for grades 5-8 titled From Boys To Teen To Productive Men and Diary For Boys to prepare all children for High School. How can you help me?

@goilo888

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Aaron, in case you haven’t figured it out the person commenting before me is a SCAMMER. That is NOT the author of this video - her photo has been STOLEN.

Is she also the illustrator? Did I miss that bit of info?

Hi! is it possible to publish a baby book?

I always busy to my work, job, hustle. I have enough knowledge about those. I just come here to show your beautiful face. you are so cute.

Kids books are very seasonal. You need to check the ranking in off months.

The listed author for Duck That Lost It's Quack is Lizzie Cole, is that your pen-name Caroline?

My Amazon account is not registered yet

I have music for my books :-( so I doubt self publishing is a valid option for me. And finding an agent the traditional way is proving difficult too.

Are these royalties across all markets? or is that just for the US market?

@goilo888

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Dee, the person commenting before me is a SCAMMER and is NOT the author of this video.

I wrote two children moral story book both spiritual and secular in Amharic language .it has been one year since i finished it writing it but I couldn't find easy to publish it because of finance please recommend me any individuals or institutions that will support me in publishing!🙏🙏

@MyFreedomEmpire

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It's free to publish on Amazon KDP.

Please I need this course, how do I get started?i

What are the dimensions you use for the book to upload to Amazon

@goilo888

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Eric, the person commenting before me is a SCAMMER and is NOT the author of this video.

Loved your video. I think is leaves out a lot about being a teacher and selling children's books. If the school likes the teacher they will often times buy the books for the students in the class and for the libraries and class room shelves. Further more she could send a note home with the children so parents will buy that child the book. The information regarding Amazon was very helpful.

Sorry. Silly question. Who prints your books and then ships them to customers? once you have your finished template. Thank You.

@MyFreedomEmpire

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Not silly at all. Amazon prints the book and then ships to the customer for me.

Book 2 is only 238 book sales around 6 minutes about 6mins 30 secs

This much per month? How sustainable are these figures? How much fluctuation is there over 12 months, for instance?

@MyFreedomEmpire

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Figures could be sustainable if there was consistent effort with marketing and promoting as well as adding to the series regularly.

It is very difficult to achieve these figures.. I have close to $1000 to compete a children’s book, am a teacher and doing ads, but was given a 3 star from an adult’s perspective..not even read to a child. And I have been lucky to make $10 in last 2 months. It’s not easy. 🙈

@katrinabrown3561

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Just followed you 😊

can you show your monthly kdp income?

@goilo888

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The person commenting before me is a SCAMMER and is NOT the author of this video.

So who actually physically prints the paperback book in KDP?

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What I do please help me

@goilo888

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The person commenting before me is a SCAMMER and is NOT the author of this video.

You have to take her advertising off her royalty. Kids books need advertising to sell.

Account is hacked..not a joke

@goilo888

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Her account is not hacked. Scammers have copied her photo and simply impersonating her in the comments.

@Dode108

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@@goilo888 I am simply trying to warn others. That's exactly what's happened

I woul love to take this women for a pizza slice.

hello! I just discovered your channel and I really like your work. I'm a brazilian illustrator and sent you a email.