If I Were Starting Amazon KDP in 2024, THIS is What I'd Do ($0 - $100k)
Summary
TLDRThe video script details an author's journey to earning over $1.5 million in royalties through Amazon KDP, selling a business for $820,000, and building a new KDP account. It emphasizes focusing on high-demand niches, prioritizing quality over quantity in book publishing, and the importance of marketing through reviews and sales. The author shares insights on leveraging social media for book promotion, the benefits of outsourcing tasks, and the potential of audiobooks and bundles to maximize revenue.
Takeaways
- π The speaker has earned over $1.5 million in royalties from Amazon KDP and sold a business for $820,000.
- πΌ They are now building a new KDP account, aiming for a six-figure annual run rate while spending minimal time on it.
- π Focusing on high-demand niches is crucial; competition indicates profitability, so don't niche down to the point of no competition.
- π Successful publishers focus on quality over low competition, creating better books that stand out even in saturated markets.
- π Quality is more important than quantity, but having multiple high-quality books can significantly increase earnings.
- π§ With AI, anyone can create content, but to stand out, focus on marketing, getting reviews, and sales.
- π‘ Marketing is simple: get reviews and sales. Start with at least 10 reviews and aim for 50 to establish social proof.
- π Use Amazon ads for paid marketing or leverage social media like TikTok and Instagram Reels for free marketing.
- π Building authority in a niche involves becoming a recognized expert, which allows for more significant business opportunities.
- π Outsourcing is essential from the start. Invest in better covers, formatting, and advertising to scale the business effectively.
- π§ Don't ignore audiobooks and bundles; they offer additional revenue streams and are becoming increasingly popular.
Q & A
How much money has the speaker made in royalties from Amazon KDP?
-The speaker has made over $1.5 million in royalties from Amazon KDP.
What was the average monthly income the speaker generated from KDP?
-The speaker's average monthly income ranged between $3,000 to $35,000, sometimes reaching up to $40,000.
How much did the speaker sell their business for?
-The speaker sold their business for $820,000.
What is the current monthly income of the speaker's new KDP account?
-The new KDP account is generating around $10,000 to $20,000 a month.
What is the speaker's strategy for balancing time spent on the new KDP account?
-The speaker spends less than 30 minutes a week on the new KDP account while utilizing a team to manage it.
What is the importance of focusing on high demand niches according to the speaker?
-Focusing on high demand niches is important because it indicates profitability, and the speaker suggests that competition is a sign of a profitable market.
How does the speaker define 'quality' in the context of KDP publishing?
-The speaker defines 'quality' as creating books that are better than the competition and emphasizes that quality is more important than quantity.
What is the speaker's view on the role of marketing in KDP publishing?
-The speaker views marketing as crucial, stating that it is simple and involves getting reviews and sales to increase visibility and sales of the book.
Why does the speaker recommend outsourcing tasks in KDP publishing?
-The speaker recommends outsourcing to save time and focus on what one is good at, suggesting that it is more efficient and cost-effective in the long run.
What is the potential monthly income from bundles according to the speaker's examples?
-The speaker's examples show that bundles can generate a significant income, with one example making $1,880 a month from a free book.
How does the speaker suggest utilizing social media for book marketing?
-The speaker suggests creating short-form viral content on platforms like TikTok and Instagram Reels to promote the book and gain more visibility.
Outlines
π° Success with Amazon KDP Publishing
The speaker shares their personal success with Amazon KDP, having earned over $1.5 million in royalties. They discuss their previous business, which they sold for $820,000, and their new KDP account that is on track to earn six figures annually. The speaker emphasizes the importance of working efficiently, focusing on high-demand niches, and creating high-quality books. They also highlight the impact of AI and technology on the industry and the need to adapt strategies accordingly. The speaker provides resources for further learning and encourages viewers to check their documented income reports for credibility.
π Prioritizing Demand Over Competition
The speaker argues that while low competition is beneficial, it is more important to focus on high-demand niches. They suggest that a lack of competition could indicate a topic is not profitable. Successful publishers, according to the speaker, focus on creating quality books and marketing them effectively, rather than seeking low competition keywords. The speaker gives examples of publishers who have found success by publishing books on broad, competitive topics, emphasizing that quality and marketing are key to standing out.
π Quality Trumps Quantity in Book Publishing
The speaker stresses the importance of book quality over quantity, suggesting that while it's better to produce a single high-quality book, having multiple books can be advantageous as they can collectively generate more income. They discuss the ease with which anyone can now publish a book due to AI and technology, but warn against producing low-quality content. The speaker encourages authors to improve their craft and gain feedback through publishing multiple books to understand and achieve high-quality standards.
π Marketing and Reviews: Essential for Book Sales
The speaker outlines the importance of marketing and obtaining reviews for book sales on Amazon. They suggest that without social proof in the form of reviews, potential customers are unlikely to purchase a book. The speaker recommends aiming for a minimum of 10 reviews within the first month and building up to 50. They discuss the use of Amazon ads for paid promotion and social media for free marketing, providing examples of successful viral marketing on platforms like TikTok.
π Building Authority and Expanding Your Product Line
The speaker discusses the concept of becoming an authority in a niche by consistently publishing on the same topic and serving the audience's needs. They provide examples of brands that have expanded beyond just book sales to include additional products and services, emphasizing the importance of establishing a strong brand. The speaker also touches on the benefits of outsourcing tasks that are not your strength, allowing you to focus on what you do best and grow your business more efficiently.
π The Rise of Audiobooks and the Power of Bundles
The speaker highlights the growing market for audiobooks and the benefits of creating bundles or box sets of books. They argue that audiobooks provide an additional revenue stream and that bundles can be created for free, offering better value to customers and potentially higher royalties for the author. The speaker provides examples of successful bundles and encourages authors to take advantage of these opportunities to maximize their income.
Mindmap
Keywords
π‘Royalties
π‘KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing)
π‘Six Figures
π‘AI (Artificial Intelligence)
π‘Niche
π‘Quality vs. Quantity
π‘Marketing
π‘Authority
π‘Outsourcing
π‘Audiobooks
π‘Bundles
Highlights
Author earned over $1.5 million in royalties from Amazon KDP.
The author's business was sold for $820,000.
A new KDP account is being built with a six-figure annual run rate.
The new account is being managed with less than 30 minutes of work per week.
Income from KDP includes earnings from audiobooks and other channels.
The author has helped hundreds of others build successful KDP businesses.
Times are changing, and strategies must be updated due to AI and technology.
Focus on high demand niches rather than extremely low competition.
Successful publishers focus on creating better quality books rather than avoiding competition.
Quality is more important than quantity, but having many books can add up to significant earnings.
AI is making it easier for everyone to create content, increasing the importance of marketing.
Marketing involves getting reviews and sales to increase visibility and sales.
The importance of getting at least 10 reviews in the first month post-publishing.
Amazon ads can be a fast way to get a book in front of many potential buyers.
Social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram Reels can be used for free marketing.
The potential of going viral on social media can drastically increase book sales.
Becoming an authority in a niche allows for selling more than just books.
Outsourcing tasks that you're not good at is recommended from the start of the business.
Investing in better book covers, formatting, and ads can increase profits.
Audiobooks are a growing market and should not be ignored.
Bundles can be created for free and can lead to increased sales and higher royalties.
Transcripts
so over the years I've made over $1.5
million in actual royalties with Amazon
KDP these are some of the income reports
that I've done in the past and you can
see that I was averaging between $3 to
$35,000 a month sometimes even 40K in a
month from my KDP account so I've had a
business that was generating multiple
six figures a year which I eventually
sold for $820,000 and now I'm building
my new KDP account which is once again
up to a six figure a year run rate so
this is going a little slower than my
first account just because with my first
account I was working on it fulltime
like literally just focusing on that
this one I'm trying to see how much I
can build while spending as little time
as possible so I got a team uh basically
spending like less than 30 minutes a
week on it but it's still doing around
$10 to $20,000 a month if you count KDP
also the audiobooks and other channels
as well and we are trying to grow it
from here and as always if you don't
believe anything I say I documented
everything for the past couple years
just go to Shawn doit KDP income reports
and you will see all my previous income
reports there so KDP allowed me to
travel the world I've been to Bali
Thailand you know China and many many
other places but most importantly I've
helped hundreds of others to do the same
right to be able to build a KDP business
to the point where they're making
part-time income or even replace their
full-time job and do this full-time and
achieve more freedom but the thing is
times are changing right I started this
business in 2016 and what worked before
doesn't really work anymore so you know
really the business itself is changing
uh so was every single other business as
well not just in KDP uh because of AI
and Technology right so AI is absolutely
disrupting the game both good and bad
ways uh so we must update our strategies
you know KDP is still an amazing
business right it still works I would
say it is still to this day one of the
best business to start but the way we
approach this business must be updated
as well so in this video I'll show you
what you must do to go from zero to Mak
it over 100k with Amazon KDP and before
we start if you want an 80-minute master
class on how I buil a KDP business
business to this level besides of this
training right I have another free
training if you guys want to check it
out the link is below this video all
right so the first thing I would do is I
would focus on high demand niches so a
lot of people would teach you to Niche
down so much to the point where you
barely have any competition and they say
it's good because you can rank much
easier but the thing is if you Niche
down so much to the point where there's
absolutely zero competition the topic
and the keyword is probably not that
profitable right because competition
really shows how profitable it is you
know it's profitable and that's why a
lot of people are doing it so the way
you want to approach this honestly is
you want to focus Less on competition
and more on demand demand is extremely
important right demand is how many
people are looking for the topic you
know and how profitable it is so low
competition is important but demand
comes first you have to find a topic
that is very very profitable and then if
you find something that's also low
competition that's amazing but it
matters less right though as an example
right this brand right here kite Fox
publishing uh publishes books in the
topic of stress relief adult calling
book mindfulness word search 2024 word
search very very broad topics it's not
low competition everybody knows these
keywords right Anxiety Relief word
search for those everyone's doing it and
yet this brand is making over
$68,000 a month in Revenue same as this
brand Elizabeth Cole publishing books on
children's stories or children's books
right uh that teaches a lesson so I'm
stronger than anxiety so book on
teaching kids uh to you know manage
anxiety manage anger here uh body
boundaries Etc like a lot of people are
doing the same thing and yet she makes
over
$53,000 a month just from paperback not
counting the audiobook which is kind of
small but a couple thousand more from
Kindle obviously she has the hard cover
version with an additional $99,000 a
month in Revenue so she's doing really
well and the last one is Dana K white so
she publishes books on decluttering
everybody knows about decluttering I use
this as an example many many times and
yet she does $8,000 a month from just a
few books right and another $2,000 a
month from just one book in hard cover
she does an extra
$37,000 from Audiobook and another
$3,000 so she's doing about $50,000 a
month in Revenue as well so my point is
this all these big successful Publishers
they never focused on finding low
competition keyword just so they can go
and avoid everyone else right instead
what they did is just went into the same
keyword everyone else is going into but
they made a better book they just
focused on creating a better quality
book and marketing it better so this is
why in my opinion competition matters
less right because Amazon algorithm
heavily favors quality books so it
really doesn't matter if there are
50,000 other books out there because
49,99 books of the 50,000 I can
guarantee that they're crap right most
people are doing the bare minimum right
like most people are watching side
hustle videos on YouTube you know
pumping out journals that they copy
pasted from canva or something and they
expect to make money with zero reviews
zero marketing right so you know what
you want to do is not to do the same
thing and then try to compete by just
having a brand new keyword nobody else
is going into instead just going into
the same keyword that we know is
profitable right and just make a better
book and do proper marketing like
getting reviews and sales so I want to
talk about quality versus quantity right
obviously quality is super super super
important way more than quantity you
know if you have to choose one you
always go with quality but it does not
mean that you should invest everything
into one book right there is something
magical about a KDP business if you have
a lot of books right all those books
making little bit here a little bit
there it adds up so the goal should be
to publish as many high quality books as
possible right because you don't want to
just focus on super high quality book
and you don't want to just have this one
book mindset and just publish one book
but also you don't want to just go with
a quantity approach and publish a bunch
of crap book you need a middle ground
and that is why I say publish as many
high quality book as possible but the
thing is most people have no idea what
quality even is right and that is why
you got to practice with publishing
multiple books so your first book always
going to suck right but that's fine you
know you're going to understand if it's
good if it's bad right quality wise and
then you keep publishing to the point
where you eventually start getting
feedbacks uh of four and five star
reviews then you know that that is the
quality that people are looking for and
then you want to publish as many books
as you can in the quality level next
thing you got to keep in mind is that
literally everyone can create content
now right so once again AI is making it
easier than ever to publish a book which
is amazing if you're just getting
started because it's a lower barrier of
Entry like you know it's a lot easier
for you to go and publish a book now
compared to many many years ago right
which is great it's easier for you to
start but the con is that everybody else
is doing it as well so it's easier for
you to start but doesn't mean that you
should stay at the level putting the
bare minimum right just you know asking
chat GPD for something copy pasting it
into a book that is like the bare
minimum of what everyone else is doing
right so you can start with that you can
probably make you know 10 bucks a month
50 bucks a month 100 bucks a month from
a book right but you know if you want to
make thousands a month if you want to
really make lifechanging income then you
don't want to stay there right you want
to keep improving your craft so once
again the pro of you know AI becoming
mainstream is that you can create a book
very easily right so it's easier for
people to start but the con is that just
making content is not going to do
anything you have to do marketing right
the way you stand out is not by creating
content it's by marketing the book
getting reviews getting sales once again
let me show you some examples so this is
the type of book that literally everyone
else is making right bedtime story book
for kids AI generated cover looks kind
of nice right AI does create some nice
images but all they did is upload and
forget no reviews nothing right so the
fact that everyone can now make book
covers like this is amazing but the
thing is that's the thing everyone can
do it so you have to do more than that
so if you want to stand out you got to
learn marketing getting reviews once
again and getting sales you cannot be
doing what everyone else is doing and
expect to make any significant money
because here's the thing even if you go
and find an untapped keyword that nobody
else is in right and you publish in it
yes you'll make money for a while but I
can almost guarantee that if you publish
a crap book right it's only a matter of
time until somebody else discovers the
keyword make a better book your book
dies off compared to that if you publish
a high quality book from the beginning
by the time somebody else finds a
keyword it gets flooded doesn't matter
because your book will always stand out
because it's better than everybody
else's so the bottom line is this it is
so much easier to just make a better
book in a proven keyword than trying to
find an untapped keyword all right so
let's talk about marketing so I keep
saying marketing is important but it's
very very simple it's not this complex
thing that's very overwhelming I promise
you it's very simple right it's as
simple as getting reviews and getting
sales right you want to get reviews
first and then you get sales and it's
essentially bringing more eyeballs to
your books so we call this traffic in
marketing right it's basically getting
more traffic to your product in your
case it's book more people see your book
right you will get more sales So within
the first month of publishing you want
to get to 10 reviews minimum and then
from there uh you want to build it up to
50 reviews or so and if you're
absolutely not making any sales of 50
reviews then the issue could be the
keyword or your book might not be that
good so if that's the case then you can
step back re-evaluate what's the issue
if it's your book if it's a keyword then
you might have to just move on and give
up on that book right you can go and do
a better job on the second book but
until you get 50 reviews you don't know
if it's the book that's bad if it's the
keyword or maybe you just don't have
enough reviews right so reviews are
essential um there are many ways to get
reviews I have plenty of videos on
getting reviews just look up sha thewit
uh reviews and there are many videos
like that but I'll leave a link to this
video in the description it's basically
talking about the easiest way to get
reviews uh so go and check it out if you
want to so once you get enough reviews
next is to show that book to as many
people as possible and that is the
marketing side you got to get the
reviews first because you know if your
book has zero reviews there's no social
proof right you show it to as many
people as possible right no one's going
to buy it because there's no reviews
right so you got to get reviews first so
after you do that then the marketing
right so the fastest way to show your
book to a ton of people is Amazon as
right you just pay a little bit of money
for Amazon to show your book to a ton of
people you get a lot of eyeballs if your
book is attractive you will start making
sales right so that is the fastest way
okay and you can start with as L as $3 a
day now if you don't have money for as
or if you don't want to spend that money
for whatever reason then there is a
freeway which is social media so like
Tik Tok Instagram reals you can promote
your book that way and I have many
videos on that once again so if you need
help on anything all you got to do is
look up Sha doit
topic right so in this case Shawn doit
Tik Tok if you want to learn more about
that and there's a lot of videos on it
or if you want Shawn doit Amazon ads
tutorial I'll leave a link to this video
below this video as well so one thing I
want you guys to understand is that
you're always paying with time or money
right so just because you're not paying
money you know doing social media you're
going to be spending a lot more time
posting content which kind of costs
money right cuz time is money so you
have to choose what you pay you know do
you want to save time by just you know
running Amazon ads or do you want to
save money by doing a lot of social
media me personally I prefer Amazon ads
but you can do both and both is a great
way as well so if you do want to do free
marketing right social media if you want
to learn more about that then once again
there's a video on it I'll leave a link
below this video uh but basically you
make short form viral content promoting
your book and it's as simple as just
filming the book uh on your phone right
I'll give you some examples here so just
to showcase the power of Tik Tok right
so there's a story of a young adult
fiction author right who was doing a
book signing and I think either a
Walmart or a Target some kind of store
right and he was just sitting there and
no one was coming up to him so he looked
very sad right and you know this Tik
talker went into the store randomly saw
him just sitting there uh with his book
and uh kind of looking defeated right so
then he went up filmed a video uh
talking to him just interacting and he
posted that on Tik Tok it went
absolutely viral right and his book went
from 5 million BSR which means he's
making absolutely zero sales to number
one in the entire Amazon Kindle Store
he's making like tens of thousands of
dollars every single day right and it
kind of slowed down since then but he's
still doing crazy good so that is from
one viral video so just the crazy thing
about social media is the potential of
going viral so that's just one example
but specifically what kind of videos can
you make right so all you got to do is
go to Tik Tok and search for you know
whatever book is so if you're doing
calling books search for calling books
right uh and you know if you're doing
something else search for that but as an
example this person Megan miles art uh
is absolutely blowing up right now her
books are blowing up on Amazon she has
an extremely simple book like literally
everyone can make this book right and
this is what I mean by you know when I
say everyone can be a content creator
but you got to learn marketing because
her books are there's nothing special
about this like literally anyone can
make this interior image right like even
if you're outsourc it it's like three
bucks per page you know and you can make
it yourself too obviously but she's
doing like 50 60k even more a month in
Revenue right and what she's doing is
Tik Tok marketing so she posted daily
consistently uh and all she's doing is
showing her books right she ordered it
you know filmed herself just going
through the book on a phone hund like
flipping through it 179,000 views right
and a lot of sales from that this one
she's just flipping through her page or
I guess she's calling it in right kind
of like ASMR uh but with calling books
and that is very very popular now on Tik
Tok 3.5 million views this one right
here is once again same kind of style
right she just flipping through it and
that's a video 6.6 million views insane
right so uh you can definitely do Tik
Tok very very powerful especially if you
got coling books and those kind of books
but the point is just look it up on Tik
Tok there's a lot of examples of how you
can make these videos and if you're
worried about Tik Tok shutting down
because it was was on the news um don't
worry because Tik Tok is just one method
right if Tik Tok shuts down people who
watch these short form content they're
going to go somewhere else right like
the short form content is not going to
die just because Tik Tok dies no they're
going to just go to Instagram reals
Maybe YouTube shorts maybe there's
another social media channel that's
going to pop up doesn't matter right but
bottom line the need for Content like
this will always stay right so if you
know how to make it you can just go to
another social media site all right so
the next thing I would do is to focus on
building authority so you know building
authority is basically just becoming an
expert on the topic right so in order to
become an expert on whatever Niche
whatever topic that you're publishing uh
in you cannot hop around into different
niches you cannot publish a book on this
topic and you cannot go and you know
just try another Niche right that's
hopping around uh if you do that you're
never going to be an expert right so
basically you want to focus on one Niche
go as deep as possible until people
recognize that you're the go-to brand
right or or the expert in the niche so
become an expert on the topic serve the
audience right and this is how you can
go from just being a publisher to a
full-blown business let me show you some
examples so this brand right here zenful
note right they started off with
publishing this book Shadow work Journal
okay and she kind of took the same
approach as the the last uh Tik Tok
channel that we saw right she just
posted daily and it just blew up it's
insane once again because these videos
are getting 68 million views it's just
I'm just like blown away every time I
talk about this all she's doing is
filming one page of her video and
reading the exercise out loud she's not
even doing the exercise nothing she's
literally just reading it 68 million
views insane right but what she did
right was she was consistent she was
posting every single day right and she
still posts every single day and her
average views are just a couple thousand
right so it's not like you know she
always gets million views you can do the
same thing and if you're getting a
couple thousand some of those videos
will pop and it's just going to blow up
and it can absolutely be life-changing
but if you look at her Channel now she's
selling a lot more than just this book
right so obviously she started selling
another book like you know uh Second
Edition and uh more books in the series
but she's also selling a some kind of
card like a Terra card or whatever it is
right and she's also coming up with an
app so this is what I mean is that once
you have a brand established once you
become an authority you can become a
full-blown business not just a publisher
you can start selling backend offers
right from your books so basically the
book is how people find you but from
there you can sell additional stuff
right physical products even coaching
offers even your courses and you can
make a lot more money there and that's
not going to happen unless you establish
yourself as an authority so when it
comes to building an authority in the
niche you don't need to be an amazing
writer right it's not about your writing
style it's more so about providing value
and unique insights right so just focus
on one Niche so you can understand your
customer because you've been in the
niche for so long that you know what
people are looking for right once you
get to the point then all you got to do
is try and give people what they want in
your book as much as possible and it's
as simple as that until you become an
authority on it so the next thing I
would do uh is to build a team from the
start so I would focus on Outsourcing
tasks that I am not good at from the
very very beginning so you can do
everything in this business for free
which is one of the the amazing thing
about publishing right it's the biggest
benefit but it does not mean that you
should right just because you can do
things for free does not mean that you
should okay focus on what you're good at
you want to hire out the rest so as I
said earlier you're always paying with
either time or money right just because
you can save money by doing the things
yourself uh does not mean that it's good
because you're spending so much more
time like a lot of people design book
covers on canva and they spend literally
days making a book cover that ends up
being worse than what they could have
got from Fiverr for five bucks or 10
bucks paying somebody else to do it so
if you're in the US and if you want to
think about what your time is worth
right even if you're making minimum wage
paying somebody 5 10 20 bucks for a book
cover instead of spending days making it
I think is a very good investment so
once again my new KDP account is back to
six figures a year and I spend less than
an hour a week on it so one of the first
thing you should Outsource is the book
cover right I started with paying five
bucks per cover right and that amount
increased as business grew you know I
started making more money that I
reinvested in a better cover designer
and then a better cover designer and now
I pay between $100 to $200 per book
cover but obviously you don't have to
start off that way right like 5 10 20
bucks some of the recommended Fiverr
gigs that I have in this video which I
will link below this video can create a
really really high quality cover for you
know 5 to 20 bucks okay so I have a
video on it once again check it out but
you know it will take me hours to make a
cover on canva that is worse than what I
could get for five bucks on Fiverr so
obviously it's kind of a no-brainer uh
to Outsource it rather than just
spending your time unless you want to
learn design skills unless you you're
happy doing it then you know by all
means do it so again as an example this
is one of the gig that I work with uh
for a very very long time it's $10 and
you can see the designs are really
really good you still have to work with
them go back and forth right so it's not
like you know it's guaranteed amazing
every single time but it's unlimited
revisions meaning if you're not happy
just don't accept it right so you can
work with them make as many changes as
possible until you're happy with it okay
so as you can see she does well with
fiction books non-fiction as well cuz I
do non-fiction I work with her many many
times but this is another one if you
want to focus on non-fiction type of
book covers so she charged 30 bucks
right and she does really good designs
like these are amazing right so that's
another one I'll leave a link to these
gigs below this video and I've worked
with her as well if you want more of a
premium option uh she charge definitely
higher as you can see but her designs
are absolutely amazing okay so this is
another option once again I'll leave a
link to the video okay and then also
these gigs Below in the description but
honestly you don't have to use these
book cover designers right all you have
to do is go to Fiverr right and look at
book cover and there are a lot more gigs
that you can go and obviously just check
out the samples pick the one you like
and then go from there so Fiverr is
amazing but there's another site that's
really really good and that is upwork
and this is where you can hire writers
uh illustrators and vas and if you're
looking for those kind of tasks then
upwork is my favorite place to do so and
you can manage your team directly on the
platform as well so I'll leave a link to
upwork below this video but basically if
you're trying to hire ghost riders uh if
you're trying to hire illustrators for
custom illustrations or if you just want
a virtual assistant for your business
upwork is a great place you can do that
on five or two but upwork is my
preference in terms of the rates that
you want for Ghost Riders it depends on
the topic but typically I pay $2 to $3
per 100 words so that means if you have
a 30,000 word book which is about 150
Pages then your book will be anywhere
between $600 to $900 to get it written
and this is uh if you want quality right
so for illustration you can pay between
three bucks for a very very simple uh
illustration up to $20 per page uh if
you want a full color full background as
well so that kind of depends but
typically I pay between three to five
bucks and for VAs that's like 4 to eight
bucks an hour or so so almost every
single step in the business can be
Outsource once again writing cover
design formatting reviews ads and much
more if you want to learn how I automate
99% of my KDP business I filmed a video
on exactly how I do that so I will once
again leave a link below this video so
you might be thinking I don't have money
to Outsource books or run ads right what
do I do well if that's the case once
again there's a free alternative to
literally everything so you can write
the books you can do your own social
media marketing right and you can start
off with that no problem but the thing
is the issue is that people get stuck
there you know they never evolve past
that phase because they're scared of
investing the money right they're scared
of you know perhaps losing it but the
thing is the point of Outsourcing it is
that you can publish a book quicker so
that you can make back the money and so
much more because you're never going to
make money unless you publish a book
right but because people are scared of
Outsourcing or perhaps just you know
they take so long to do things themsel
they end up giving up before they even
publish a book I just don't want you to
do that right if you can publish a book
doing it yourself just to see this works
and you start actually making money
that's great right but take that profit
and reinvest into getting a better book
cover next time right and you make more
money from that take that profit and get
a better formatter right and take that
profit and now have somebody run ads for
you right and you eventually scale your
business that way so you don't have to
start with having teams and systems but
you should work towards it all right so
next thing I recommend is you don't want
to ignore audiobooks uh because you know
paperback Kindle those are great but
audiobook is honestly just blowing up
right now so audiobook as you can see
from this chart is a growing market
right it'll only keep growing as more
people who's reading ebooks paperback is
going to start switching over to
audiobook because it's just more
convenient you can see that we're here
in 2024 okay it's projected to Triple in
Market size in six years by 2030 okay
and it's just going to keep going from
there so this is kind of another reason
why you want to focus on high content
books because if you're doing low
content books or if you're doing like
coling books you can only publish your
book in paperback or hard cover maybe
right uh you cannot do ebook you you
cannot do audio and you're missing out
on a lot so you can definitely do you
know those kind of books but if you want
the biggest money long-term typically
it's from high content books okay and
also it'll be free to create an
audiobook soon uh thanks to AI A6 is
already coming up with a you know AI
narration beta thing so you can start
turning your book into an audiobook with
AI it sounds pretty legit and it's
completely free so there's like no
reason not to do it as an example we got
Christine one of our students right she
made 10 K in a month from ACX which is
audio right alone not counting the KDP
sale she made which is like another
$44,000 Nicolo over here made
$58,000 in July right 50k came from KDP
and
$8,300 in additional income came from
audiobooks so I got a whole video on how
to do audiobooks so once again I'll
leave a link below this video all right
so the next thing I would definitely not
neglect and I'm mentioning these things
like audiobook and also bundles is
because a lot of you guys don't do this
right nobody really talks about this
which I don't understand why but bundles
is absolutely a GameChanger because it's
a free book right you already have your
book files so you're just putting it
together and you can sell it as a whole
new book which is a kind of a bundle or
you know box set so you can see here we
got two crochet book you put it together
sell it as a crochet twoin one bundle so
bundles are literally free to make it
sells better because it's a better uh
value for the customer like it's it's
cheaper for the customer to buy a bundle
than buying one book individually at a
time right so you make more Sales Plus
you can price it higher so you make more
royalties per sale it's better deal for
the customer and it's literally free to
make like it's a win-win-win type of
thing like there's no downsizes to it so
you really should be taking advantage of
bundles so people in the high content
space know bundles is a thing like a lot
of people do it but for some reason
people in the low content medium content
space they don't know that bundles are
even a thing I don't understand why I
think a lot of people believe that
bundles are not allowed in low content
for some reason I don't know why but
just to show you that it's it's
completely allowed right and it's
actually doing extremely well these are
some examples so this is a brain game
three books in one bundle right so they
had these three books all they did is
put it together sell it as a new book
now look at this you know I got this
book beam plugin so you got to pay for
book beam but it's really cool because
it shows you the SMA roties and stuff uh
if you want to check out book beam the
link is below this video but it's
showing me that it's making 55 to6 $6 a
day in royalties that's 1,500 bucks a
month right from a free book that you
made which is pretty crazy right same as
this one six inone collection word
search puzzles for kids so it's just six
word search puzzles put it into uh one
book so one bundle book and this is once
again doing 60 to 64 bucks a day so
that's 1,800 bucks a month from a free
book that you can make uh because you
already have the book files right so
super cool the same as this one so we
got large print words search four books
in one collection and this one is crazy
it's making
$487 to 75 bucks every single day so
let's take the average 600 bucks right
times 30 so this book is doing
$188,000 a month from a free book like
it's nuts so don't sleep on bundles okay
and if you guys want a complete tutorial
on how to create bundles let me know in
the comments uh so type something like I
want a bundle video or just type bundle
in the comments and let me know all
right so just to recap these are are all
the steps that we talked about in this
video okay you want to focus on high
demand niches you want to publish as
many high quality books as you can you
want to learn marketing so getting
reviews and sales you have to build a
brand and expand your product line going
from Just Books to now you know selling
much more than that okay you want to
Outsource early for things you're not
good at okay and you want to maximize
the distribution with audiobooks and
bundles so don't just rely on just
ebooks or don't just do paperback do it
all right ebook paperback audio hard
cover and just reach as many people as
you can with it so if you guys want to
watch more of this step-by-step tutorial
uh first of all let me know in the
comments you like these but also I got
another video that you can follow along
uh which is this one uh one year Amazon
KDP blueprint for beginners right
teaching you how to go from 0 to 10K per
month so once again the link to this is
below this video so basically all the
videos and resources I mentioned uh is
in the description below so hope you
enjoyed the video leave a like if you
haven't yet subscribe if you want to
watch more of these videos comment for
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want those bundle videos uh do whatever
you want to do and uh I'll see you guys
in the next one bye
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