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@Lesloi6227

Ай бұрын

Thank you

I like your videos because you're honest and telling the truth and not trying to sell "a dream but first you have buy my master class courses..."

Hi there! You are exactly what I needed today. I am just starting out and currently have two books on Amazon. It hasn't even been a month yet, but I was starting to feel that I was simply succumbing to other people's business ventures. Thank you so much for your honesty, generosity, and helpful advice.

@selfpublishingempire

20 күн бұрын

Great to hear that. Keep going with the books! You'll keep learning and getting better at publishing and marketing along the way and the results will come!

Thanks so much, I was already feeling discouraged and venturing into another market, but seeing this just gave me a spark of faith

New to publishing. Have my 1st book listed on Amazon, working on a second. Thanks for the candid review.😊

@selfpublishingempire

2 күн бұрын

You're welcome and good luck with the book!

Absolutely, you can make money on Amazon KDP, and creating 100 books shows that you've put in a significant amount of work-that's impressive dedication! Your willingness to share your personal results and insights is incredibly valuable to newcomers and seasoned authors in the self-publishing community. I'm sure many are curious about the actual orders and revenue one can expect, and sharing your 5 tips could be a game-changer for many. If you can, please add a dedicated session for niche research; it would be interesting to see how a different approach might be applied. I'm looking forward to learning from your experience and applying your advice to increase sales and maximize earnings on KDP. Thanks for being open about your journey!

@selfpublishingempire

4 ай бұрын

Thanks Guy and really appreciate your continued support! Good idea, I'll start a new niche research playlist and get some ideas together for videos

@md.mizanurrahman1593

4 ай бұрын

@@selfpublishingempire Eagerly waiting for the upcoming NICHE RESEARCH PLAYLIST, MAN!

Great video very inspiring! I’m new to KDP I started end of March so far I got 2 sales in June. I now have 134 low/medium books published.

whoa...thanks for all the info. Well done.

Good job for making 100 coloring books and great video.

@selfpublishingempire

3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

It’s rarely as easy as you think. With anything. There are always exceptions, but don’t expect to be one of them.

@selfpublishingempire

4 ай бұрын

Fantastic advice!

Thank you so much for painting a realistic picture!!!!!!

@selfpublishingempire

Күн бұрын

You're very welcome!

That's keeping it real! Brilliantly said

Thank you, this is surprisingly encouraging and balanced. You've earned a subscriber 😂

Congrats on making 100 books! A huge milestone 🎉🎉🎉

@selfpublishingempire

4 ай бұрын

Thank you 🥳🥳

@1kirkness

3 ай бұрын

Is it important to put images inside a non fiction book on kdp?

Thank you so much for ging me Hope that I was almost losing it!!!

Appreciated this valuable info clip ❤❤❤❤😊

May I know how much you make by having 100 books?

Congratulations

Published my first books in April this year (2024) and made $1300 in the last 2 months. But sales are dropping off rapidly.

@selfpublishingempire

3 ай бұрын

That's a great start. Keep going with making new books! Sales will fluctuate

@MubbyMM

21 күн бұрын

Keep publishing and doing thorough research, sales will definitely peak again. If you don't mind me asking. Kindly tell me what kinds of books you published

@zarminahassan8397

10 күн бұрын

Please tell me what kind of books did you publish?

@ThatGaijinFella

10 күн бұрын

@@zarminahassan8397 English textbooks for various faculties such as Medicine, Science, Engineering, Humanities, and others.

@ThatGaijinFella

10 күн бұрын

@@zarminahassan8397 - English textbooks for various subjects such as Medicine, Humanities, Engineering, etc.

In the interest of truth, honesty, and transparency - could you please list at least some of your best selling titles or pen names so we can take a look at the quality and the sales performance for ourselves - or if this information is already in some video or at some link, could you let us know what it is. Thank!

@selfpublishingempire

10 күн бұрын

I don't share my books or pen names any more because when I did direct copycats would pop up within weeks.

Thank you

Thank for your honest opinion! My biggest concern is how much money did you invest on hiring others to create your book and promoting your books like paying your ads?

@selfpublishingempire

17 күн бұрын

These were made using AI, creative fabrica, and Photoshop - no outside costs other than subscriptions. I think I included ad spend in this video.

I totally agree for the reviews: you must avoid the 1 and 2 stars. I have a good quality book for kindergarten and 2 bad reviews because people expected to have a thick cover like what they can find from big brands :( It may also come from competitors... when I click on their name, I see that all their reviews are only 1 or 2 stars. Unfortunately, I can do nothing. I continue to sell but no good review is coming to balance that. Have you also experienced that situation?

@selfpublishingempire

4 ай бұрын

Yep exactly the same this end too. Had some books tanked by what appeared to be competitors

@lillyti1896

4 ай бұрын

@@selfpublishingempire what did you do? Remove the book? Be more aggressive on ads? Just keep things going?

@selfpublishingempire

4 ай бұрын

Sucked it up and created the next one. If the 1 star review seemed spammy/fake I reported it as well to Amazon. Trying to get more sales on it to get reviews to balance it out is viable as well, but will likely cost a decent chunk of change.

Great job my friend. 🤓 So you're running ads on each book as you publish then...? What would you set as a maximum budget per book?

@selfpublishingempire

4 ай бұрын

Sorry I can't be more specific but it depends on how competitive the niche is, and what I think the earning potential is for ranking on the first page. Likely $50-100

There is no magic button. Everything takes effort, skill etc. Obviously it can be done.

@selfpublishingempire

3 ай бұрын

100%!

Please can you make vidéo about niche research in the UK market 😊 Thank you

@selfpublishingempire

4 ай бұрын

Will do! I'll likely make it broad rather than US specific just due to the audience, but the best way to do niche research is for me to give you the tools and knowledge for you to do it yourself.

@Adimoxhh2024

4 ай бұрын

@@selfpublishingempire thank you

Conclusion: Do the market research first Get the best cover either hire a freelancer or anything Market your book using Amazon ads only Do social media marketing also Build your own brand by making a author page Make series of books

@selfpublishingempire

3 ай бұрын

Smashed it!

yes very HIGH QUALITY. with AI all niches have become completely saturated. The coloring books I have sold have gotten 5 star reviews but I have only sold very few over the past few months. Novels non-fiction is an excellent nince but it has to be very high quality and you have to get traffic to it. There are so many books in every area now a days that it's not easy to get people to buy your books. I'm happy you are successful with your books but I know many peopl who have all kinds of books they published on KDP and some over 50 books and hardly sell and, and they are in popular niches to.

You say €17000 in royalties? Is that after Amazon have had their cut? But I suppose you have to deduct other costs like advertising? Is this correct? Many thanks Steve

@stevio7777

2 ай бұрын

Sorry I’ve just heard you say about ads. How much did you spend on those? Thanks

@selfpublishingempire

2 ай бұрын

Yeah that's right. You can watch my Amazon income videos for more exact figures :)

@selfpublishingempire

2 ай бұрын

@@stevio7777 Here you go pal :) kzread.info/dash/bejne/e4FsrNaxpKfLiKQ.html

@stevio7777

2 ай бұрын

@@selfpublishingempire thanks for that you’re a real stand up guy! Steve

I cannot see results on my Amazon app it doesn't show me those

Thank you sir, those are really good tips to make the first step to the success. Greetings from Italy

@selfpublishingempire

Ай бұрын

grazie amico

I have 354 books and I'm making about $4 per month. You have to spend money on ads to make money but how much are you spending on ads?.

@selfpublishingempire

3 ай бұрын

Watch some of my other income report videos to see that info. I spend money on ads but also make a good profit each month from my now 100 books. I'd also say watch my latest video on niche research because I think it's quality over quantity on amazon

Hello, great vid, thank you. Would you say your earnings this year are higher than the first year you were on there?

@selfpublishingempire

2 ай бұрын

Oh 100%. This is just income but... May 2022 which was just my high content fiction novels - $33.88. May 2023 - $336 May 2024 - $2480 Hope that helps :). Been going with medium content publishing now for almost 2 years.

@roseaitken2757

2 ай бұрын

@@selfpublishingempire That's great! Good for you. Thank you for answering :)

my coloring and children stories books are rejected on kdp . what should i do plz guide?

@selfpublishingempire

4 ай бұрын

Why were they rejected? I'd look through the Amazon terms of service to see why they were rejected and fix the errors.

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What portion of these are journals

@selfpublishingempire

4 күн бұрын

A very small percentage.

How many books a month are you able to publish? Low, medium or high content?

@selfpublishingempire

2 ай бұрын

I try to aim for 5 low/medium content books. High content are very rare nowadays and something I would chip away at over several months

@TravisEric

2 ай бұрын

@@selfpublishingempire if you could publish 1 100k word book a day, do you think you could make good money publishing on kdp?

how or where to create the best book covers?

@selfpublishingempire

4 ай бұрын

Software like Photoshop or use a service like fiverr. Good luck!

@akkawowa

4 ай бұрын

I actually just left a comment on another video of yours saying that you'll need about 100 books. I didn't realise it was an old video. Would be great to see the costs as you did before. A video on book cover design would also be super - it's the part that scares me the most!

Can create a hardcover book from an existing book on kdp

@selfpublishingempire

4 ай бұрын

You will need to create a hardback cover for it, and then you can create a hardcover version of it :)

@brokefangmagepunk3685

Ай бұрын

If it's not your work, or work not in the public domain then no you can't. If I created a new story and had it available only digitally and you created a hardcover for it to sell in physical form I could sue you, take your profits, and possibly lay charges on you. It would be the same as if you tried to release Harry Potter or IT with a new cover. There's something like 6 million books in the public domain currently and growing by the hour so your idea is possible, just make sure it doesn't take away profits from the og authors

How many books do i need to publish per month to get such results ? How do I get reviews ?

@selfpublishingempire

13 күн бұрын

See the title :). Reviews come naturally with sales.

i am from India how can i sell books in Indian marketplace

@selfpublishingempire

Ай бұрын

Amazon print on demand doesn't work in India currently, so you'd need to look into other options else ebooks

have you published any novels?

@selfpublishingempire

2 ай бұрын

Yes I've published 4 novels and 1 short story.

Now that AI is causing self-publication to become rapidly oversaturated...where do you see the profitability of doing KDP in 5 years?

@selfpublishingempire

3 ай бұрын

I think the time is already here where you need to use AI as a tool rather than a means to make books. I hope KDP will keep growing and I reckon low quality books will stop being accepted.

@WellnessRosterHQ

3 ай бұрын

Amazon gets about 300,000,000 visitors. If you make a quality product, advertise in multiple ways you can be successful.

Are your books print on demand?

@selfpublishingempire

3 ай бұрын

Yeah Amazon does print on demand, so it's nice and easy.

Is there a link for your Amazon?

@selfpublishingempire

3 ай бұрын

No, I don't share my books

How long does it typically take you to make a book?

@selfpublishingempire

3 ай бұрын

Typical answer would be how long's a peice of string :D. + Fiction book - a year. + Good quality coloring book using AI - maybe 1 week + journal - 1/2 a day That hopefully gives you a bit of a guide :)

I want to pay for training with some friend from Nigeria but I don’t know why my heart has refused to enter Kdp business

Can you link one of your book on amazon?

@selfpublishingempire

4 ай бұрын

I prefer not to link any of my medium/low content books as copycats crop up, but I can share my fiction work if interested (although that's not where I earn money)

@Ialreadyhaveaname2

4 ай бұрын

@@selfpublishingempire Sorry, do you mean to say that you create fiction, like high content novel type books, and those don't make as much money? I would have assumed the opposite, but obviously I don't know anything about it.

@selfpublishingempire

4 ай бұрын

Yeah I started with fiction, wrote 4 books and 1 short story, but unfortunately these do not make money for me. My medium content books are the ones that make money (and I don't share these due to sharing in the past, copycats, and therefore my earnings being affected).

J'aurai au moins entendu toutes sortes d'english accent en regardant ces vidéos. Celui là n'est pas le moins strange. J'en ai perdu mon french.

I was wondering how do you get your payment? Like do you put in your routing number so the payment goes directly into your account?

@selfpublishingempire

3 ай бұрын

Bank details on Amazon.

This is so helpful! Thank you!