Two days ago I knew nothing about KDP and now here I am on your page. Keep the videos coming. Us the newbies and I guess the not so new appreciate them so much!!
Low Content AI is a complete game-changer! I’ve been using it for all my low-content book projects, and it’s hands down the most advanced tool I’ve ever worked with. Whether I'm creating journals, planners, or coloring books, it allows me to generate beautiful, high-quality designs quickly and effortlessly. The best part? Each creation feels unique and perfectly tailored to my vision. It’s so much easier than traditional methods, and the results always exceed expectations. If you're looking to elevate your low-content books, this is definitely the tool to help you stand out!
@@paulmarles thank you. As we speak I have 11 books made now with new ones on the way this week. I am still waiting on reviews to be settled with so they can be on the market.
Paul, exactly what I am looking for. Suggestion break up first image into one video, then children's photo and illustration conversion into second. But still all good, Thank you.
Paul, I LOVE your tutorials! I may now need to invest in AI and it is something I should have done a long time ago. I am over the whole vector image thing, can't seem to make it work for me. I like this much better! Thank you. :-)
Thank you so much for the great, thoughtful tutorials, they really help me as a novice. I'll tell you that some of your videos refuse to load for me, I just get the "spinning arrows"..... just mentioning in case you weren't aware. Thank you for the inspiration & encouragement. 🙏
Great tips Paul and thanks. I'm using Inkscape for my vector drawing and most of my POD graphics, so I'll see if they have the same tools as AI for these tasks.
Hey Paul, thanks for all the info but is it possible that you can do a video on how to find an illustrator to do the images for you,for those who are not to artistic and savy on how to edit the videos as you did.
Thank you for such an insightful video on low-content book creation. If you're looking to streamline your workflow, Low Content AI is a fantastic resource. It automates many of the time-consuming tasks, allowing you to concentrate on designing and marketing your books.
Hi Paul, thanks for all your hard work. Do you know if there is a tool in Inkscape that gets the job done like the "Effect ->Artistic -> Cutout" that you talk about ? Thanks so much.
I'm not sure. It's not a piece of software I use. It does most of the functions that Illustrator does. The bestthing to do id Google or search on TH-cam. Lots of great tutorials out there.
@@paulmarles i wasn’t expecting an answer so thanks a lot ! I’ll keep playing around, found something but doesn’t make the picture look like a coloring book image. Did you see the video about the guy from Russia who redraws the Shrek image ? It’s also a great way to get a neat job done 😄
To sell books on Amazon through KDP do you have to register with HMRC for the income purpose and be a business seller, just working on book covers thanks to your good informative videos they are brilliant
I'm not a tax adviser but when I first started on KDP I didn't register with the HMRC but declared the income as a sole trader. Later on I then formed a company.
You’ve given me all the info I ever wanted and needed about coloring books! Thank you! Any chance we can get these instructions via Inkscape?! Maybe too much to ask! Lol You’re awesome!!! Thanks!
check out logos by nick on youtube. He has some of the best inkscape tuts. to do what Paul has done today in inkscape you would use the PATH>TRACE BITMAP option. Play with the settings.
Thanks for this great tutorial. The video was a great, hands-on practical demonstration. (And @Marjo - regarding what is cheap or of value - the book-buying market determines that, regardless of how many hours an artist put into a piece.)
Would this technique work for photographing people's faces, for example? is that I think it could be used to generate patterns of blank faces to cut in wood for example?
I appreciate your effort, however, I personally would never buy a coloring book at this quality. Edit: I just watched a couple more vids this morning and they were excellent. After coming back to this video, I need to correct my statement above, because it wasn't 100% accurate. First off, you're showing us techniques, not selling us a book. Secondly, there are some great techniques, and a bad one or two, which led me to my initial statement... but, again, you're not trying to sell those to us as books. And lastly, I think I'll stick around because you have some great advice overall!
O now I see okay just have to buy Adobe illustrator thanks. Question okay can you change normal family pictures to animated images for a comic book? Or can Adobe illustrator change photos to animation?
there are 7 days free trial on illustrator on adobe.com however remember to cancel immediately if you dont want to pay 120$ year subscription and to click the pay per month option, so if you forget to cancel only have to pay for one month of use (also adobe will ask you for your creditcard nr btw in the registering process that is the only downside).
Affinity designer doesn't have image trace unfortunately. You would have to use 3rd party software such as vectornator if you are going to use this process to create these interiors in Affinity Designer.
Thank u Sir, u r excellent, i used 2 feel design by computer so complicated, but u make it easy. Sir, If am interested in jewelery design is it better 2 use adobe or graphic design or photoshop !, and which version !!
@@sovereignsoulutions6612 I would suggest if you can afford it to pay for Designer and Publisher. Both are brilliant packages and bring different aspects
This is amazing. As a colorist myself, I would find those images way too busy, a bit toouch like paint by number, is there a way to erase some more of the lines?
Thanks Paul this opens up lots of possibilities. The problem now is I have too much content to create for books and not enough time. Have you looked at getting a Virtual Assistant to help with creating interiors?
Not for books. Some time ago I had virtual assistants creating content for websites that I was building. Website I used was onlinejobs.ph Not sure if it is still around.
Thank you so much! I can't wait to try this. I have had Adobe Creative/Photoshop added to my new laptop, but have not learned anything on it yet...so just some tips on the simplification of the process is help enough. It's a blessing for those of us stuck home a lot to be able to produce work from videos like this. Blessings!
Hi my brother paul.I am a subscriber of your channel.and Thank you very much for this valuable information . I would like to ask you about the cover sizes.
Hi Paul Thank you for this video I really enjoyed it. I just want to ask you something, I got lost where you copied the lion to past to a background, is there a step I missed? My outlined lion does not have the inch border on the page and I am not sure how to copy and paste, I do not get that option.
@@paulmarles Paul, thanks for your reply. Another asking to you, would u like to say that which chrome extension shows us book rank without click on book?
Super video! I have the Affinity suite of products. CAN YOU DO A VIDEO USING THEM? (Not sure if it would be Affinity Photo, Designer or Publisher.). Would love to know how to do this there.)
Capt Paul. Great video as always and you are right about doing your owe due diligence images you use BUT this is a bigger subject and may I suggest a video in it's own right. Each of our projects have a number of elements; the research; the book creation; the after publication in basic terms. How do you manage all this information, do you have a method of storing all this stuff maybe a nested project folder structure. But returning to the beginning of this message if sometime later someone challenges your use of an image or suggests a breach of IP or TM, how to prove you did the due diligence? I personally have a folder in my nested project folder structure to store this sort of information - screenshots of the license for each image with a linked thumbnail Any thoughts ?
Thanks for this Paul... Do you have a video of creating a colouring book with your own artwork? I have heaps of drawings that I have created on procreate that I want to compile into a colouring book. I have watched a few of your vids, but can't seem to find one that shows how to move content from one to another. Unless I have missed it completely x
I have just started low content book publishing. Bookbolt doesn't give me images. What is a free software that gives me images for the cover and inside
Wow! This is fantastic! Thank you very much! I know well Photoshop but unfortunately nothing at all of Illustrator! I think I must start learning Illustrator too! I have a question: if our target image is a B&W image i.e. of an animal, can you set the Black and White as Mode in the Image Trace window?
Do you have a video talking about how to put the book together? I want my book to be one design per page, I want sheets because the will bleed through. Any suggestions on how to publish it in that way. Thank you
Two days ago I knew nothing about KDP and now here I am on your page. Keep the videos coming. Us the newbies and I guess the not so new appreciate them so much!!
Thank you 🙏
published my first book on kdp a while ago now looking to sell some more and apparently blank journals is an easier way to go.
Low Content AI is a complete game-changer! I’ve been using it for all my low-content book projects, and it’s hands down the most advanced tool I’ve ever worked with. Whether I'm creating journals, planners, or coloring books, it allows me to generate beautiful, high-quality designs quickly and effortlessly. The best part? Each creation feels unique and perfectly tailored to my vision. It’s so much easier than traditional methods, and the results always exceed expectations. If you're looking to elevate your low-content books, this is definitely the tool to help you stand out!
This video was incredibly detailed. Low Content AI is an amazing tool for low-content book creators.
paul males is my best kip teachers nothing else .simple and straight forward ...and yes I subscribe for my kdp journey
Thank you. 🙂
@@paulmarles I recently published coloring book using this method but Amazon blocked it
Thank you !!! I am a sculptor and I want to take photos of my sculpts and make a coloring book if possible -/ yay !
YOU are a legend!!! Thank you so much. I was pulling my hair out trying to get this. I did not think of using cutout.
Stunning and precise explanations that rock! Again, the value you provide is unsurpassed in creating book interiors and income potential. Bravo.
Thank you. 👍
I have my 1st fiction story published and 9 journals and log books thanks to u. I just started with the journals this week. Thanks man. Cheers!
Congratulations. That’s great! Best of luck with sales.
@@paulmarles thank you. As we speak I have 11 books made now with new ones on the way this week. I am still waiting on reviews to be settled with so they can be on the market.
@@slasher0630 how's going ur sales ? Did u make any sale?
@@georytv5851 yeah. I changed course. I dont make journals anymore. I write fiction and im doing slightly better with it
Oh wow. I like original stuff so will be taking this on board. Thanks Paul.
You’re welcome. Glad you found it useful.
Great video! I really liked that you showed so many examples to make sure that we fully understood the process!
Thank you. Glad you found it useful.
I can't wait to try this. Thanks so much for sharing your technique!
You're welcome.
This is an amazing technique! I've been looking for this kind of tutorial. Thank you so much for creating this! ❤️ More power!
You’re welcome. Glad you found it useful.
i think that
You are making my life so much better! Thank you!!!
You're welcome. Glad you found it useful.
Very very useful method , I was going crazy about how to obtain new vectors on specific themes, thanks Paul!!!
You’re welcome. 👍👍
Extremely helpful video!! Wow!
Glad you found it helpful. 👍
Sir It's really a helpful video. Thank you sir.
You’re welcome.
I've been using photos from public domains. Kudos my friend.
Incredible, you are fantastic. In adition I improve my english with you. You have a perfect diction
Thank you! Glad you've found them helpful.
That's really good got a load of ideas of ideas off this Thank you, Paul 👍🙌
You're welcome. Glad you found it helpful.
Oh my goodness finally! Thank you for sharing this!!
You're welcome.
MY NEW FAVORITE VIDEO !! Thank you so much.
You’re welcome. Thank you for watching.
Paul, exactly what I am looking for. Suggestion break up first image into one video, then children's photo and illustration conversion into second. But still all good, Thank you.
You provide very good tutorials.. Thanks
You’re welcome.
Paul, I LOVE your tutorials! I may now need to invest in AI and it is something I should have done a long time ago. I am over the whole vector image thing, can't seem to make it work for me. I like this much better! Thank you. :-)
Think about something cheaper but just as good like Affinity Designer #IHaveNoSkinInThisGame
#FatDad #Canberra #Australia 🦘🇦🇺🦘
Sounds like Michael Caine. Very informated and informative.
That was amazingly clear and very helpful. Thank you
You’re welcome. Glad you found it useful.
Thank you so much for the great, thoughtful tutorials, they really help me as a novice. I'll tell you that some of your videos refuse to load for me, I just get the "spinning arrows"..... just mentioning in case you weren't aware. Thank you for the inspiration & encouragement. 🙏
Glad you found them useful.
Very well explained.
Thank you very much and all the best!
Thank you, you’re welcome 👍
Your videos are awesome! Thank you
You're welcome.
Very effective & helpful. Thanks paul..
You’re welcome 👍
Thank you for sharing, Paul
You’re welcome.
wanna like this video a million times!!
Don’t let me stop you 😆 Thank you for watching.
@@paulmarles Thank you Paul 👌
Keep up the good work 🤘🏻
Great tips Paul and thanks. I'm using Inkscape for my vector drawing and most of my POD graphics, so I'll see if they have the same tools as AI for these tasks.
👍
You are a great teacher
Thank you! 😃
Thank you for the motivation. I haven't opened AI in a long while. This looks like a fun project that can produce a little $! 🤓
Hey Paul, thanks for all the info but is it possible that you can do a video on how to find an illustrator to do the images for you,for those who are not to artistic and savy on how to edit the videos as you did.
I'll put it on my list. Good suggestion. 👍
You are a genius Captain
Thank you. Appreciate your comments. 👍👍
Ok this is pretty awesome, I'm following right along with Illustrator open on my PC, this is fun! :D
That's great to hear!
Thank you for such an insightful video on low-content book creation. If you're looking to streamline your workflow, Low Content AI is a fantastic resource. It automates many of the time-consuming tasks, allowing you to concentrate on designing and marketing your books.
thank youuu!! nearly done my colouring book with your videos! thank youuuu
That’s great. 👍👍👍 Well done.
Excellent video, Paul. Well explained and presented 👍
Thank you. 👍
Thanks for these great videos, they are helping me so much!
Hi Paul, thanks for all your hard work. Do you know if there is a tool in Inkscape that gets the job done like the "Effect ->Artistic -> Cutout" that you talk about ? Thanks so much.
I'm not sure. It's not a piece of software I use. It does most of the functions that Illustrator does. The bestthing to do id Google or search on TH-cam. Lots of great tutorials out there.
@@paulmarles i wasn’t expecting an answer so thanks a lot ! I’ll keep playing around, found something but doesn’t make the picture look like a coloring book image. Did you see the video about the guy from Russia who redraws the Shrek image ? It’s also a great way to get a neat job done 😄
Thank you very much, you helped me a lot with your video. It was very useful. Keep it up, providing this valuable content. Take care of yourself.
Thank you 🙏
I love this video! It's an excellent tutorial.
Thank you. Glad you found it useful.
To sell books on Amazon through KDP do you have to register with HMRC for the income purpose and be a business seller, just working on book covers thanks to your good informative videos they are brilliant
I'm not a tax adviser but when I first started on KDP I didn't register with the HMRC but declared the income as a sole trader. Later on I then formed a company.
Loved this tutorial, Paul! I will try it.
That’s great 👍
amazing that what i search thanks M. PAUL it's very interesting video
Thank you 🙏
You’ve given me all the info I ever wanted and needed about coloring books! Thank you! Any chance we can get these instructions via Inkscape?! Maybe too much to ask! Lol You’re awesome!!! Thanks!
Thank you. 👍👍 I don’t use Inkscape at all but will try and look into it for the future.
check out logos by nick on youtube. He has some of the best inkscape tuts. to do what Paul has done today in inkscape you would use the PATH>TRACE BITMAP option. Play with the settings.
Thanks for this great tutorial. The video was a great, hands-on practical demonstration.
(And @Marjo - regarding what is cheap or of value - the book-buying market determines that, regardless of how many hours an artist put into a piece.)
Exactly. 👍
Would this technique work for photographing people's faces, for example? is that I think it could be used to generate patterns of blank faces to cut in wood for example?
Yes, the technique should work ok.
I appreciate your effort, however, I personally would never buy a coloring book at this quality.
Edit: I just watched a couple more vids this morning and they were excellent. After coming back to this video, I need to correct my statement above, because it wasn't 100% accurate. First off, you're showing us techniques, not selling us a book. Secondly, there are some great techniques, and a bad one or two, which led me to my initial statement... but, again, you're not trying to sell those to us as books. And lastly, I think I'll stick around because you have some great advice overall!
A great heart-touching, meaningful presentation . The message is full of wisdom.carry on. God bless you.
Thank you 🙏
I love you channels
Thank you 🙏
wow this was so cool! i loved this video!!
Thank you 🙏
Great content, Thank you so much. Go for the Top, I'm with you. Good luck 👋
You’re welcome. 👍👍
O now I see okay just have to buy Adobe illustrator thanks. Question okay can you change normal family pictures to animated images for a comic book? Or can Adobe illustrator change photos to animation?
Not to animation. You’d need specific animation software for that. Illustrator is just vector editing software for static images.
@@paulmarles thanks now I get it. Thank you for all your help you are a real inspiration 💙
I love this so much! However, I don't have Adobe Illustrator. Could you possibly do a video on doing this in Affinity?
there are 7 days free trial on illustrator on adobe.com however remember to cancel immediately if you dont want to pay 120$ year subscription and to click the pay per month option, so if you forget to cancel only have to pay for one month of use (also adobe will ask you for your creditcard nr btw in the registering process that is the only downside).
Affinity designer doesn't have image trace unfortunately. You would have to use 3rd party software such as vectornator if you are going to use this process to create these interiors in Affinity Designer.
@@paulmarles Thank you very much.
@@paulmarles would I be able to do this with Inkscape?
Awesome sir🙏
Thank you. 👍
Thank u Sir, u r excellent, i used 2 feel design by computer so complicated, but u make it easy. Sir, If am interested in jewelery design is it better 2 use adobe or graphic design or photoshop !, and which version !!
Adobe illustrator or affinity designer.
😮😮😮 Amazing!! Thanks for this trick!!!
You’re welcome 👍👍
Thanks for this valuable content! I've already subscribed and liked this one. I'm on my way to my first sale. Congrats on your channel!
That’s great 👍 Thank you for watching.
Perhaps with the increasing users of the Affinity Suite it might be possible to do another video using Designer? Something to think about.
I'm considering affinity designer as I am new and prefer to pay for something 1 off instead of a monthly subscription
@@sovereignsoulutions6612 I would suggest if you can afford it to pay for Designer and Publisher. Both are brilliant packages and bring different aspects
Nice gift for my birthday! ;)
Great tips Paul and thanks! Please I have a question: If we changed the image from its color to black and white, It still copirghted?
No, not unless you created the original colored image.
This is amazing. As a colorist myself, I would find those images way too busy, a bit toouch like paint by number, is there a way to erase some more of the lines?
Yes, in vector editing software you can delete lines or whatever image components you like.
@@paulmarles thanks for the answe. I must try this then. I am so bad at illustrator.
Thanks Paul this opens up lots of possibilities. The problem now is I have too much content to create for books and not enough time. Have you looked at getting a Virtual Assistant to help with creating interiors?
Not for books. Some time ago I had virtual assistants creating content for websites that I was building. Website I used was onlinejobs.ph Not sure if it is still around.
Thank you so much! I can't wait to try this. I have had Adobe Creative/Photoshop added to my new laptop, but have not learned anything on it yet...so just some tips on the simplification of the process is help enough. It's a blessing for those of us stuck home a lot to be able to produce work from videos like this. Blessings!
How do you print and actually get paper that is appropriate for a coloring book and where do you up load it into. Real paper, good paper?
Amazon prints out the book and sends it to the customer when someone orders it.
wow! That was really good. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Thank you 🙏
Hi can you please do a similar video using inkscape?
Can you make inkscape coloring book
Yes, you can.
@@paulmarles i need some tips in inkscape coloring book
You have shared a valuable stuff.Thanks a lot.
You’re welcome. 👍
Hi my brother paul.I am a subscriber of your channel.and Thank you very much for this valuable information . I would like to ask you about the cover sizes.
Ok. Ask away.
@@paulmarles
I don't understand
How’s the paper quality for coloring books on KDP? Do you upload a pdf just as a paperback format and select black and white?
Quality is pretty good. And yes, just upload a pdf.
Do you have a tutorial for procreate?
No, not for procreate.
sir i don't know why when a paste the first image on the new file just like on 7:40 i can' get a small image like you have
Hi Paul Thank you for this video I really enjoyed it. I just want to ask you something, I got lost where you copied the lion to past to a background, is there a step I missed? My outlined lion does not have the inch border on the page and I am not sure how to copy and paste, I do not get that option.
Not sure what you mean. You press cmd c or ctrl c to copy and cmd v or ctrl v to paste.
Dear Paul, can't we make these by huge edit from licencesed pic? Will it be issues?
No. Still considered breach of copyright.
@@paulmarles Paul, thanks for your reply. Another asking to you, would u like to say that which chrome extension shows us book rank without click on book?
*Excellent tips!!!*
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much for great Video
You’re welcome.
It is perfect 🤩, thank you very much
How do u create the cover for coloring books can you do a video of that.
Good suggestion. I'll put it on my list.
Hi Paul, Thanx for this great technique. I wonder if there is a free software program that can do the same job as the illustrator?
Inkscape.
Cheers mate!
Thank you! That really helped a lot. I gave you a bit thumbs up :-D
Thank you very much ... from morroco 👍👍
You’re welcome 👍👍
a true master u are great video thanks
You’re welcome and thank you too.
Youre the King! , thanks for this!!
Thank you 🙏
What is the name of the app you use to edit the lion?Sorry if u already mentioned it.
It was Adobe Illustrator.
@@paulmarles Thank you
Super video! I have the Affinity suite of products. CAN YOU DO A VIDEO USING THEM? (Not sure if it would be Affinity Photo, Designer or Publisher.). Would love to know how to do this there.)
In all my latest videos where I create something I’m using Affinity Designer.
Awesome man, thanks for these tips! 14:00 (for tiny tot coloring book authors)
You’re welcome 👍
Is this possible in other vector graphics editing programs ? For example in Corell Draw?
I don’t know I’m afraid. It should be although I had difficulty doing it in Gravit Designer.
Capt Paul. Great video as always and you are right about doing your owe due diligence images you use BUT this is a bigger subject and may I suggest a video in it's own right.
Each of our projects have a number of elements; the research; the book creation; the after publication in basic terms.
How do you manage all this information, do you have a method of storing all this stuff maybe a nested project folder structure. But returning to the beginning of this message if sometime later someone challenges your use of an image or suggests a breach of IP or TM, how to prove you did the due diligence?
I personally have a folder in my nested project folder structure to store this sort of information - screenshots of the license for each image with a linked thumbnail
Any thoughts ?
I’ll put it on my list.
thank you. Really you are a good men my respect
You’re welcome 👍
Thanks for this Paul... Do you have a video of creating a colouring book with your own artwork? I have heaps of drawings that I have created on procreate that I want to compile into a colouring book. I have watched a few of your vids, but can't seem to find one that shows how to move content from one to another. Unless I have missed it completely x
I have just started low content book publishing. Bookbolt doesn't give me images. What is a free software that gives me images for the cover and inside
Bookbolt has free interiors to use. Free images for the cover. You could try pixabay and unsplash but you need to check they are not licensed.
Thank you. How many books do you have in KDP so far?
Approx 2400
Wow! This is fantastic! Thank you very much!
I know well Photoshop but unfortunately nothing at all of Illustrator! I think I must start learning Illustrator too!
I have a question: if our target image is a B&W image i.e. of an animal, can you set the Black and White as Mode in the Image Trace window?
You convert it to Black and white.
Do you have a video talking about how to put the book together? I want my book to be one design per page, I want sheets because the will bleed through. Any suggestions on how to publish it in that way. Thank you
I talk about it in some of my other videos on creating coloring books which can be found in my coloring books playlist.
How do you get from powerpoint to kdp printed book?
Save as a pdf.