Honestly, YES, it is saturated. With lazy, easy, non-niche notebooks, unicorn coloring books, etc. You have to find your niches, then success. It takes work and creativity. But doable.

@paulmarles

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely. 👍

@EmpowermentPages

Жыл бұрын

But only through the niches available from amazon right ? Can you create your own niche ?.thanks

@egnieto

Жыл бұрын

​@@EmpowermentPagesGood question! I wonder about it too.

@kreonkix7583

8 ай бұрын

I just bought a Unicorn Coloring Book as a gift. The young girl who received it, loved it! ..Plus a Monster Truck coloring book for her brother😂 😂

Again, I needed to hear this today. Not because I think KDP is over saturated. I've learned so much in the last three months, and still learning, that I'm going in on my first 15 books and changing keywords and covers. I'm also need to change some of my AI interiors. I ordered a few of my books... and now I know why I don't have any reviews; people are being kind. A couple of decent selling coloring books are not good. The interiors are utterly dreadful. When I received the books yesterday, I felt sick to my stomach. Yes, today will be a long day of getting it right and reuploading.

Paul… just wanted to say THANK YOU! My wife and I have published 3 books in the last five weeks. A Letter Tracing book, a coloring and children’s story book. Thanks for freely sharing your knowledge and motivating us to publish.

@paulmarles

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome and congratulations on publishing your books! 👍

Totally agree with you Paul! I started ADP in April this year, I have sales every month - higher , lower... but always have sales. I am learning everything like you said. I feel I am getting better each day! :)

@TravelsoFun

Жыл бұрын

Congratulations. 👏

@paulmarles

Жыл бұрын

That's great to hear. Glad you're seeing success with your books.

This is the most motivational video I'll probably watch all year. One of the concepts that always gave me pause about keywords in kdp, affiliate marketing, etc., is authority, or how some content on the first pages would ALWAYS be there. Knowing now that there's room for new content on page 1, even in saturated niches is incredibly motivating. Thanks so much, Paul Marles, for this video. I'm so glad I found your channel.

@paulmarles

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome. Glad you found it helpful and thank you too for watching.

I am relatively new to this, but from my experience you can even make a profit from notebooks if you do it the right way. Be original and don't niche down, because there isn't enough traffic. This is pertaining to notebooks. When it comes to medium and high content that is a different story. You also have to be willing to take extra time to create marketing content for each of these books. Times have past where you can throw a bunch of useless content out there and hope something will stick. Sometimes books take time to get traction so be patient! Complete a project and move on. Don't wait for it to make money. Good luck!

Awesome information as always Paul! Thanks for the deep dive to address the shallow concerns of Saturation. It's like anything else, do the work, create something good, and have patience

@paulmarles

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely. 👍

Appreciating your latest video - yet again. However, I notice a trend where a lot of people seem to be replicating what's shown in KZread videos. It might help to spike the view count of KZreadrs, but it doesn't necessarily increase the sales of those who put genuine effort into their books. Sometimes, it feels as though many KDP publishers are merely rushing things, maybe looking for a quick win. It's crucial for us to remember the value of originality and hard work in this space. This is something I hope future discussions and videos could also emphasize. Keep up the good work!

I've noticed that in entertainment niches people tend to buy new books even without reviews when I published my first AI coloring book. Somehow it just took of with very little ad spend (especially in the UK). Something I haven't seen previously as I was publishing in education niche where it seems people tend to buy more established books.

@paulmarles

Жыл бұрын

That's useful to know. I'm glad you're AI coloring book took off. 👍 I used to find my books initially would take off in the UK and then some months later the US. So hopefully yours will get traction in the US soon.

Thanks for being a ray of reality sunshine between the twin discouraging dark clouds of "Make $15k a Month Your First Month on KDP" and "Everybody on KDP is Getting Banned! Don't Even Try!"

@paulmarles

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome. Glad you found it useful. 👍

Thankyou Paul for taking the time to make these tutorials. They so helpful and always give me a boost to keep plodding along, working on new designs and improving bit by bit. Hugely appreciated.

@paulmarles

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome. Glad you've found them helpful.

Thanks for these valuable tips Paul.. Just got my KDP account opened and I’ll be pushing all the way throoough.🔥🚀

I absolutely love the encouragement you show in every one of your videos!

@paulmarles

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Glad you find them helpful.

Thank you for sharing this valuable information

Thank you Paul. I have been learning a lot from your tutorials. You are a great mentor.

@paulmarles

11 ай бұрын

You're welcome. Glad you've found the videos helpful.

Thank you Paul for all the reasons that make this an excellent channel. Very happy to have found your videos 👍

Thanks to uploaders like Paul, Jules Marriner, Bethany Atazadeh, Rob Cubbon, Stephen Peel and one or two others whose videos have been REALLY helpful, I've just uploaded my own book to KDP. Proof copy now on its way. (Quite a steep learning curve at first - which is where those uploaders' tutorials came in.) My interest is only in high content material, for which there is a dearth of help on KZread unless you dig deep. However - thanks Paul. Your uploads have been a boon.

@paulmarles

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome. Glad you've found them helpful.

Paul, thank you for your channel. I've been watching your videos for several months and am working on my first low-content books. Also, props to you tattoo artist on your sleeve. It looks fabulous!

@paulmarles

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. 👍

I just love your videos. Specially your way of talking. I opened my kdp account but I am kind of afraid to publish anything. Still watching your videos.

@paulmarles

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I understand, it can be quite scary at first but just publish a very basic lined journal first to start with. Once you've done that it will become easier.

@esa2422

Жыл бұрын

@@paulmarles thank you for replying. I like the way you talk, even your accent. These things seem so easy when you talk.

Hey Paul, thanks for sharing your Positivity, if you allow me, am a total failure been in lot of losing situations, at one point as a sales person it always puzzled me an old say we have here, i quote " your fellowship in your craft, are your enemies" i couldn't just swallow it, and over time i noticed the more people having same craft in same neighborhood have better and more clients as opposed to others that are virtually perfectly placed with little to no competition yet still suffer, weird right the reason was simple as to why but still weird how Humans perceive things :)

I 100% percent agree with every word you said, thank you, Paul!

@paulmarles

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome. Thank you for watching.👍

With notebooks yes, but good niche books not so much. It feels like people are less likely to toss out quality quickly. I’m trying my darndest to mostly make high quality stuff.

Thank you, I needed to hear this!

It's not saturated, you just have to apply the correct techniques to be able to earn money in amazon kdp. Thanks to your videos, in my second month of uploading my books, I started to earn my first dollars. I am currently on my fourth month and still earning royalties, all thanks to applying your techniques. I am very grateful, really. Greetings from Santiago de Chile 🇨🇱

@FragmentOfInfinity

Жыл бұрын

Is it a substantial increase in revenue? Or is it more of a supplementary thing? I'm trying to get into this space myself and I'm looking for info

@paulmarles

Жыл бұрын

That's great to hear. Glad you're getting success from your publishing. And welcome from Santiago de Chile!

Great content and insightful points Paul! Thank you for your incredible information as always

@paulmarles

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome. Thank you for watching.

Thanks Paul .You Rock !!! 🤟

I love you paul marles, you have been my Amazon inspiration

@academeeonline2495

Жыл бұрын

Same here too. He really inspired me to take action on content creation for amazon kdp.

Paul, you do make great points as always. however, the market is pretty saturated (or has become)

I super close to my first launch, a bit of a labour of love... A bedside journal called "Create Happy Thoughts (in less than 5 minutes a day)"

@paulmarles

Жыл бұрын

That's great to hear. Best of luck on the launch.

Kdp can never be saturated, once a book starts doing well, it becomes a new niche. It continues like that.

Thanks Paul! Useful and helpful information.

@paulmarles

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome. Thank you too for watching.

Thank you Paul!! I needed to hear this!! xoxo

@paulmarles

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome. Glad you. foundit helpful.

Well, I would not say that KDP is easy. In my case, for example, I have the extra hurdle of being a total beginner and not know anything of graphic design. But I would not say that is impossible at all. Especially for those who have skills in graphic design.

Hi Paul, in one of your vids you mentioned a place that did templates for a one-off payment. Could you (or any fans) remind me of the site? Btw I love your videos because they're presented in a calm and factual way. And you get straight into it!

@Dakotagirl823

Жыл бұрын

I think he was referring to Tangent Templates.

@pinzykins4715

Жыл бұрын

@@Dakotagirl823 That was the one, thank you!

@paulmarles

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I think it was Tangent Templates.

@pinzykins4715

Жыл бұрын

@@paulmarles Yes it was, thank you!

Mr paul, keep up the good work

Thx for sharing your fail-success timeline. Seriously helps, me anyways. Yea, i also feel a bit obsessive and was unsure about the project quantities, but after this video I’m down with trial produce and perfect as to progress forward. Nice. Bye

Un subiect bine prezentat..... bravo Paul ! ;)

KDP cannot actually be saturated the way people think. Besides, the pluses far outweigh the minuses: 1. You basically have access to a 24/7 - 365 open shop for hundreds of millions of people. 2. There are thousands of niches and fresh ones coming in all the time. 3. Thousands of people and books aren't you competition anyway if you're serious, even if they're in your niche, whether because they really suck, will never get of the ground or are making some other mistake. 4. Even the original giants aren't endlessly safe as others will take them over eventually or some new technology makes their books/workbooks obsolete as well as just the passage of time. 5. People are just different and do not like the same things, even within a small niche. And much, much more!

@paulmarles

Жыл бұрын

Great points. I couldn't agree more. 👍

Great video, great explanation. Thank you

KDP being oversaturated reminds me of Winston Churchill (allegedly?) remarking, "the rumours of my death are greatly exaggerated." :)

Excellent video sir

Thank you for your encouragement, Paul! From your experience with KDP, does a book go through a review process AGAIN if the author decides to change its price after it's been published? Keep up the good work!

@paulmarles

Жыл бұрын

It does but it's very short. When I recently updated my prices it only took something like 15 minutes so it;s not the same review as when you first publish the book.

Thanks Paul for this ❤

@paulmarles

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome.

You are the best expert.thankyou

@paulmarles

Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

very helpful, thank you

@paulmarles

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome.

I think you can honestly answer this question only with yes. But that does not mean you can't still make money with KDP. I just would not put all my ressources into this business and would only view this as a side hustle

Competition is everywhere, there are killers like me who wants the same money you want, if you wanna be lazy you won't get any, trust me.

@academeeonline2495

Жыл бұрын

You right 👍

Thanks, Paul! Do you think that no-content notebooks are still worth the effort of publishing? Cheers!

@paulmarles

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I do.

I appreciate you SO much! :D

@paulmarles

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. 😊

If you perform SEO prior to publishing and then consistently perform social media SEO tactics, you’ll sell more. You can’t just publish and make money.

Hi Paul, thanks for the video. As someone that's starting off on KDP, it's great to hear these tips. I would like some advice on a journal that I had professionally designed. I've got two versions and I am unsure which version is the correct version to upload to KDP. Any chance I can email you the copies and you could take a look? Thank you

@paulmarles

Жыл бұрын

You can contact me via instagram @paulmarles.

Hey Paul... make a latest video on KDP ads 🙂

@paulmarles

Жыл бұрын

I'm working on it. 👍

Thank you brother i love you 💥

@paulmarles

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome.

Hi! I am new to Amazon KDP. I would like to know if using AI to create coloring books could bring me problems in the future with Amazon KDP?

@paulmarles

Жыл бұрын

I'e not heard of any issues at present.

I personally think, it is saturated for sure. One needs to work really hard to find a niche and spend hours in working out how to publish a decent book, then wait weeks if not months to make a single purchase there.

@paulmarles

11 ай бұрын

Is that from your actual experience? It's not from mine. I agree with the working really hard bit though. That's the thing that puts a lot of people off.

@ShadArfMohammed

11 ай бұрын

thanks for the quick response, Yes it is from my experience. I also agree, it is not as easy as it looks. I think one needs to be patient, dedicated, and up to date with the trends changing every now and then. @@paulmarles

I’m curious, are you still making KDP bookS? Or are you mainly focused on teaching KDP?

I just uploaded 5 more items today 2 new anime themed coloring books and 3 journals. So I hope not.

@paulmarles

Жыл бұрын

That's great to hear. 👍

Is it a good strategy to take the book offline and republish it if it didn't make it to a few sales in the first run

Thank you

@paulmarles

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome.

thanks

@paulmarles

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome.

I don't know if it's just me, but recently when I publish a book with all the set-up completed. After the review periods, my book still returns to draft instead of going live. Please if anyone can help me, i would really appreciate.

@moniqueb387

Жыл бұрын

That's a good question, I have a few that are being reviewed now.

@paulmarles

Жыл бұрын

The most common cause of that is using a keyword in the author name.

Hey paul, do you recommend advertising on books ath the time of publishing?

@paulmarles

Жыл бұрын

That is a good strategy.

I started kdp with this KZread but they closed my account. No idea.

How do you get the view of DS Quick View as at 1:55?

@paulmarles

Жыл бұрын

I click on the plugin in the Chrome toolbar.

@serhiyranush4420

Жыл бұрын

@@paulmarlesYou mean the plugin icon? It does show in my toolbar. Could it be that I am still using Win7?

My kdp account has been closed...is this because kdp is saturated

@paulmarles

Жыл бұрын

No, saturation isn't a reason for closing accounts.

Do we have to maintain a inventory or make our own paper back books. Or does amazon makes our books itself and maintains inventory?

@pinzykins4715

Жыл бұрын

It's Print On Demand, so Amazon prints the book each time it's ordered

@vishalparihar743

Жыл бұрын

@@pinzykins4715 so we don't need to do anything about this. As a seller and listing books.

@paulmarles

Жыл бұрын

Amazon creates the books when a customer makes a purchase.

Thanks Mr Paul, I have watching your videos for sometime and I think you're doing well, but pls how to sell on Amazon, seriously I have books there And not even a single sell, most times my books got stocks on review for days, pls is there a way you can help put me through? Am Mr Tunde oloyin from Nigeria

@paulmarles

Жыл бұрын

Here is a video that may help: kzread.info/dash/bejne/pJqXlNOzfb2TYJc.html

The cars world industry is saturated by brands, but the quality wins the match

Is there a solution to see the top 10.000 books on kdp, or can we see only the top 100 ?

@paulmarles

Жыл бұрын

I don't know of any solution currently, even with some of the paid tools.

@guisch901

Жыл бұрын

@@paulmarles Thank you for the response.

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@Englishhotpost

Жыл бұрын

ingilizce ögrenin 😅

@msybkk

Жыл бұрын

​@@Englishhotpost I wrote it for those who don't speak English, don't be so egotistical

we need ADS video plz

@paulmarles

Жыл бұрын

I have a playlist on the channel on Ads.

@nougaab60

Жыл бұрын

@@paulmarles thank you soooo much

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@Viisport

Жыл бұрын

Hi❤

Is kdp saturated ? Paul marles : 2018: No 2019 : No 2020 : No 2022 : No 2023 : No SAME VIDEOS ! SAME TALK ! EVERY YEAR ! PLEASE START NEW CONCEPT ON YOUR CHANNEL OR STEP AWAY! THERE ARE MANY GUYS ON KZread HAVE SMALL NUMBERS OF FOLLOWERS AND THEY GIVE US INFORMATIONS YOU WOULD MAKE US PAY FOR THEM! I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 3 YEARS I'VE WATCHED ALL YOUR VIDEOS AND I'VE NEVER HEARD YOU TALK ABT NEW THINGS ON KDP AND FACTS !!!! DON'T FORGET THAT 80% OF PEOPLE IN THIS INDUSTRY IS WATCHING U AND U JUST BRING THEME TO HELL BY SAYING THE SAME THING WHILE AMAZON CHANGES EVERY YEAR...I WAS A BIG FAN OF YOUR CHANNEL ANS ALWAYS I RECOMMAND IT TO BEGINNERS BUT NOW I DESLIKE ALL YOUR NEW VIDEOS CUZ THEY ARE JUST SO REPETITIVE AND YOU'VE ALREADY TALKED ABT THAT SAME THINGS YEARS AGO

same content againe pffffff

@paulmarles

Жыл бұрын

It's your choice whether to watch or not.

STAND OUT DIFFERENT

Hi Paul! I bought your templates and have a question, Can I Email you?

@paulmarles

Жыл бұрын

You can contact me via instagram @paulmarles

@apriltheInvincible

10 ай бұрын

Thanks! I will :) @@paulmarles

Hi Paul, I sent you a message in your insta account. Not sure if you read messages from there or best to ask them on KZread. Preference?