Low-Content Books Easy Step-by-Step Tutorial for Beginners - AMAZON KDP + BOOK BOLT
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ก.ค. 2024
- One of the best ways you can make legitimate side-hustle money in the print-on-demand world is by creating and uploading low-content books to Amazon KDP. In this tutorial designed for complete beginners, I walk through how to create a low-content book and upload it to Amazon KDP.
This guide is designed for COMPLETE BEGINNERS who may be confused about some of the settings, or even not sure where to begin! Designing and selling low-content books is easy and fun. I am using BOOK BOLT, which I highly recommend for creating low-content books. It has a ton of features and offers great value. Let's go!
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Thank you very much for this video. I have seen some other videos but no one explains and makes it easy for beginners like you did in this video.
Thank you for this. I followed the steps as your video was playing. Now waiting for KDP to approve my 1st notebook. Yippie.
Wow! I had no idea about this subject. Thank you!
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You are an excellent teacher! Thank you so much for this valuable tutorial. I was looking for a way to be creative while being able to earn passive income. This is perfect!!!
Thank you so much for this wonderful and useful Video.
I can't even begin to explain how many new information you have provided me with. I had never even heard of Amazon kdp. I am trying to watch all your videos and I am talking notes so that hopefully I will be able to start selling digital products on Etsy or wherever. Now the Amazon kdp is an other option. Thank you🙏 so much. Please give us more of your knowledge!
I appreciate this feedback, thank you!!
I know im late to the game, I literally just signed up for Amazon kdp today looking for ways to make/print calendars. Thank you for this video, I have been desperately looking for ways to make money sans a 9 to 5
Absolutely!! You can do it!!
Another great video! thanks. I am just learning Book Bolt. at around the 11:00 mark, you discuss putting the colosseum in the background on the interior page- how do you duplicate that for every page? I would like to put the same image on the bottom right corner of all the pages- but there must be a way to do it besides going into each page individually I have already chosen all pages to be wide ruled. Thanks so Much!
I've been looking into Kdp and made a low content book but I havent submitted it yet . The worry I have is spending money on subscriptions without knowing if they'll be covered by sales . I already have a canva subscription and still waiting for t-shirt sales . In saying that I do like the look and sound of Bookbolt
Please make more videos on Book Bolt and Amazon KDP. Thanks
Great video thanks. Are you able to add / import unique images or graphics in book bolt and modify like in photoshot? Or would it be better to upload after into something like Canva to add these images or graphics to the pages to give it that extra uniqueness.
I can see every other page with images and history or famous quotes etc. Would then making it 240-260 pgs make the royalties drop to low. Still black and white
Nice, thanks!
This is so detailed
nice video, thanks
thank you
I love your instructional videos. They're always clear, concise and pleasant to listen too. :). The reason I'm watching this video is I'm a professional children's book author and illustrator. I have some ideas that I'd like to publish myself without having to go through the editor/art director/agent gate keepers, and retain my creative freedom. Would KDP be a good place to do that?
Thank you for the feedback! I have used Amazon KDP for years (like back when it was known as Createspace). I did a basic tutorial "start here" video - hopefully this helps? th-cam.com/video/aKRDwF9lsm4/w-d-xo.html. I personally love publishing on Amazon because you can control everything (the look and feel of the book and no editors).
@@zenwatercooler Thanks so much!
OMG I cannot thank you enough for doing this tutorial, I have been looking for a step by step guide for Book Bolt and I am so glad I stumbled upon your video. I published my first low content book but realized after doing it I didn't do the name of the item right, is there a way to change it before it goes live?
Yes in the dashboard there is a little "three dots" on the far right side - you can edit the book (title, content, cover, etc). If it is in review, sometimes you have to wait until it is live and then you can edit it (the book just goes back into draft status). Hope that helps!
Also FYI, one can not have blank pages on KDP. One must at least have something on the page, think at the very least, a bottom flourish, or a boarder for the page.
Maybe I misspoke - when I say "blank" I am referring to ruled lines, graph paper... I mean "blank" in the sense that I am not typing a bunch of word on there.
Your children will be gilded with gold!
Can you give us a link to join amazon kdP? Thanks for your great information. Hopefully, I can figure it out. I can't even find the link. I am wondering if I used my designs from redbubble, if they would sell.
For sure, here is the link to Amazon KDP: kdp.amazon.com/en_US/
Hi Zen, awesome content. However, my cover is not uploading. What could I be doing wrong?
Hmm it is not uploading on Amazon KDP? Is it in PDF format?
I have been trying to figure this out 24/7 and thanks to you, I think I know why my designs are not loading onto amazon. After I download to pdf, I never get a popup that gives me the choice of putting it in a zip file. All that pops up is papercover...2 times under pc downloads. Is there a work around? Thanks for your help.
Hey there - when you are creating a new project, you have the option to create a paperback interior, a cover, or both. Make sure to select both interior AND cover, and then when you download, you will get two files. Hope that helps!
@@zenwatercooler Everything is figured out and working.Now I am making a coloring book which is taking forever to make. I can see why people would prefer the low content.Thanks for your help.
Thank you for this wonderful tutorial! QUESTION: I followed along, and added a picture on the lined page with low opacity so it's in the background, but then I had to copy and paste it 119 more times and it took too long so I stopped. Is there a way to make it appear on all 120 pages really fast?
Thank you for the feedback! Yes you can quickly clone pages. Right-click on the thumbnail of the page you want to copy (the thumbnail is on the left side, NOT the big page in the middle). It will say "clone this page to others". Then you can select which pages you want to clone it to. Hope that helps!
@@zenwatercooler So does that mean I do NOT type in 120 pages when creating the project? Meaning does clone page ADD pages?
No cloning pages happens when you are editing the book. So yes, type in 120 pages. Then once the framework is created (so you have 120 interior pages and a cover), you have thumbnails on the left side. So you can add an image into one page, and then right-click the thumbnail and you can clone that page to any and all existing pages.
@@zenwatercooler Ah! Thank you so much!
Where do you go to enter your Username on KDP? I just created my account and didn't see any option for a User Name. Thanks
When you log into the Amazon account, you just use your Amazon account email and password. kdp.amazon.com/en_US/
I just started using Amazon kdp and book bolt and made note book off bolt bolt, I posted it on Amazon kdp but it keeps saying I don't have a barcode and having trouble figuring out how to fix the issue.
Hey there - did you identify the book as a low-content book? During Amazon KDP setup, there is an option to click "low-content book". If your book is identified as low content, a bar code is not required. I hope that helps!
so do i have to buy a copy of the book prior to selling it on amazon?
No - once you click 'publish', the book goes in for review and then a couple of days later it is live. You don't ever have to buy a copy if you don't want to.
Wow I must really stink at my keywords. I have similar books to that sketch book and not one has sold over 3 years and that one has 1347 reviews. It's almost impressive how bad I am at pretty much all this POD stuff.
Redbubble has reviews like that. They refer to the product itself not your personal design.
hi there. could I email you some questions regarding your tutorial? Im struggling to get some answers from the KDP team . would appreciate some help . thank you :)
Sure just shoot me an email at zenwatercooler34@gmail.com, I do my best to answer emails!
Can one do it with Atticus?
It's a good question - I am not familiar with Atticus personally. But if someone else has experience and sees this, feel free to jump in!
It’s not free to post low content books, Amazon charges you for the upc code which is needed to post the low content book.
Low-content books do not require an ISBN: kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/GGE5T76TWKA85DJM
I don't like book bolt so far. it's not user friendly. Canva is easier. This helps.
OMG the tax implications and especially for those of us hoping to supplement our retirement benefits. Add to that those of us not living in the few countries where Amazon supports direct payments. I was very excited, but now the thrill is gone. :-( Giving Amazon 30% of earnings for taxes? :-( :-( Just another roadblock for seniors to find ways to live a life of dignity. Always kudos to Zen Watercooler. He is the best!!!
Yes the tax thing can be stressful but it does depend on where you live. For example, I live in Canada and there's a tax treaty with the U.S. So I just declare to Amazon that I will declare my income and they don't withhold any of the tax.
@@zenwatercooler Thank you, sir. Is it possible to do a video on that aspect as many people worldwide are looking to do business online. Even the part about how you get paid in a country that's not on the list. This business fits me but I am an American who has resided in the Philippines for almost 19 years and the Philippines is not on the list of countries they do direct deposits to. Help us out, kind sir, as I am sure there are many of us who would love answers. You are the best!!!
@@zenwatercooler Zen, can you do a quick breakdown on how you get taxed, maybe you got it setup as an LLC for all PODs for example?
Sir is funny comics considered low content?
Hey there - I don't believe so. I publish coloring books (which to me are similar, they are pictures) and Amazon does not consider a coloring book to be low content. Low content is usually blank pages or really minimal content. A comic book would have unique, written content so that would be regular content as far as I know!
@@zenwatercooler Thank you sir for the reply
You can easily loose your KDP account using other people "free" photos
That's not been my experience - I've been using Pixabay and Unsplash for years and never had even one problem. I would be interested in hearing if this is the case though!
Public domain mead they are free to use.
Am I missing something? I'm not trying to be rude but I feel like I'm the only one who doesn't care for book bolt, at least for the designing option mostly. Canva is so much better for designing things. I see BookBolts value for marketing type stuff i suppose but its still very confusing and its like I rather not have to watch a video every I want to use one of their features. The videos are helpful yes, but it would be less overwhelming if they had it written within the feature too like what its for and how to use it properly. Idk I found it incredibly confusing and overwhelming for a beginner and not worth the money. I wish more people would make videos without promoting it or relying on it.
I mostly hate the design part, its so rudimentary.
That’s the nice thing about print on demand, there is something for everyone! I personally use Book Bolt a lot, I guess it comes down to whatever interface people are comfortable with. I do appreciate the feedback!