How To Create Amazon KDP No Content Books FAST & FREE! - How To Make Notebooks and Journals for KDP!
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- Learn how you can easily and quickly create no content books like notebooks and journals to upload to Amazon KDP for free then make sure to watch this video until the end.
If you have been wondering whether you want to get into no and low content book publishing then starting out using free methods and software is a good idea. Or maybe you don't have the budget or want to spend money on expensive professional graphic design and publishing programs.
You can get started creating no content books such as notebooks and journals completely free.
If you don't already have an account with Canva, set a free one up here: Canva - myfreedomempire.com/canva
You can also use this link to access the 30 day free trial of the Pro version of Canva but as you'll see in this video, you can create no content books without the Pro subscription.
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when you want to add lines onto the pages go to template, type in teacher and the first template was a page of lines with 2 objects that I clicked on and deleted. That left just the lines so it was much easier than doing individual lines
Oh great - thanks for the tip!! 😃
This is great for newbies. We all have to start somewhere to learn the process and THEN move on to more complex projects.
Thank so for your support Ashley!
Exactly !
This is great for newbies and exactly where I started with KDP. Notebooks are a brilliant way to learn your KDP craft and this video explains the process beautifully! ❤️
Thank you so much, I really appreciate your comment 😃😀
Hello! Please how can I contact you? For clarification please.
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This was so helpful. Thank you for taking the time to explain the entire process!
Glad you found it helpful, thank you! 😃
Thank you for this simple step-by-step tutorial. I followed your instructions and am about to upload my first notebook. It was easier than I anticipated. Thank you!!
You're welcome! 😀
Thanks for the great tutorial. It helps a lot for how this thing work. Just getting started, so need some direction.
Clear and precise👍🏾. Thank you so very much🙏🏾
Wow, awesome video! Thank you so much for sharing this! ❤🤗❤
Really good tutorial, fantastic for anybody starting on their KDP journey! Love your channel ❤
Thanks Nuria, really appreciate your support! 😀
thank you for posting this! easily the best tutorial I have found
Another great tip might be to measure the space between lines and use that when making your page. Some Amazon buyers complain that lines are too narrow.
Thanks for the tip!
I am going to use all your wonderful advice. Thank you for the amazing educational helpful Chanel. 🌸🙂👍🏽🌸.nice one darling. 💙🏴💙
Thank you for this!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!! Did my FIRST KDP blank journal today, it was daunting but you made it "easy." :)
Did you get any sells?
Very helpful, thank you!
Thank you for sharing 💖
Awesome video 🎥
Thank you very much for this, I am learning how to use Canva and I absolutely loveit
You're welcome - glad you're loving Canva! 😄
I just started using Canva and your video is a great example and very well detailed, great video
Thanks so much! So glad you found it useful 😄
Thank you so much for the great insightful video
Thank the LORD! I figured it out! I was having that problem with uploading it for KINDLE. Paperback is working fine. Woohoo!
Amazing thank you !
Really good tutorial! I got my first project. Now I´m gonna find my way to sell it in Amazon! Thanks!
Thanks so much, glad you found it helpful 😀
This is SO amazing. You have given me such an opportunity for a FUTURE. Thank you so very much!! 🙏🏼🙂👏🏼❤️🔥🎯
Great content as always!
Thank you so much, I appreciate your comment! 😃
thankyou so much!!! My mum is not well, and her health concerns have chewed through her savings and left her unable to keep her current job. I have been searching for ways to help her generate some some passive income and the startup cost is often prohibitive. This tutorial is so generous of you, and will help me to help her get started, without the financial barrier. I have watched a days worth of your content today and am so grateful for your careful and clear guidance, when one of us rises, we all rise :D
Thanks so much, I hope you find my video's helpful!
Sooo honest.. Sooo much value...again thank you
Thank you!
Great step by step video. Thanks
You're welcome, hope you got something out of it 😃
This is great! Thank you so much!
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First time seeing this process - thank you.
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Excellent presentation! Super! Thank you very much.
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Great! Thanks!
Thanks!
The best tutorial ever
Wow thank you 🙂
Thank you for this demonstration 🎀
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This is an awesome video 👍👍
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This is incredibly helpful content!
Thank you - I hope so 🙂
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This was so helpful! New Sub! 😊
Yay! Welcome and thank you ! 😀
Thanks a lot .
Could you make more videos on selling low content books on KDP Amazon please?
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Thank You so much!!
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Thanks for the video, I appreciate. The lines was finally dotted?
Great content, thanks.
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Thank you for this. So informative
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Great video - Thanks for the info :)
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smart idea to draw line..thanks
I love this channel and it is very informative. Can you please do a video on how to upload a journal on KDP. Thanks and keep up the great work :)
Thanks so much! I just uploaded a video on making a journal - is this what you mean or do you mean the process of actually uploading it into your KDP account?
@@MyFreedomEmpire the process of actually loading it up to your kdp account. The part I am struggling is how to find the classification of your journal. Such a newbie struggle 😂
I'm a novelist with a large fan base looking to expand to new products. Might give this a try.
Great!
I got an error when I uploaded the cover on kdp. I defo used the correct format size 9.25 x 12.55 so not sure what’s wrong
Hey Caroline, first off, your videos are so so useful. Thank you for making them! I had a question about using free stock photos in canva. From what I understand, they are pulled from Unsplash and similar websites, correct? And Unsplash needs you to change up the photo and 'make it your own' such that there's a difference between that and the original photograph. In that case, is it okay to use the background images as-is (such as this marble background)?
Thanks so much! 😄 You would have to follow whatever the license of the photo says that you need to do. I'm not 100% sure where Canva gets the images from or their license requirements, I usually use other stock photo websites for images.
Great teacher。you are superb
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Thank you! 😃
Hi! Thank you so much for all the awesome information. I am a newbie at the KDP but not to Canva. You may already know this but just in case you don't and for all the newbie Canvas users. You can click in the lower right hand corner where it will show you all of your pages, highlight the the first 10 and then right click, it will bring up the option to duplicate however many you selected. Just a time saving tip. Hope this helps. Again thank you for all of the valuable information.
Thanks so much for the tip!! 😃
Great video! I wish it showed where you went on the site to find those links, it was kinda fast.
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You're welcome! 🙂
Thank you for sharing this great content!!! I have one question: what are t’he advantatges for having Canva Pro?
You're welcome 😄 You get access to more premium images and fonts to use in your documents. You get access to extra features like being able to create images with transparent backgrounds.
@@MyFreedomEmpire thank you for replaying! Actually, for commercial sellings is not allowed to use Canva Pro, is that right?
great help for me :) wish you batter luck
Thanks so much! 🙂
Excellent share. TQ
Thank you 😀
Hi! Great video. I was wondering if using the free backgrounds on Canva are actually allowed for commercial purposes? Some sites require you to modify the images and I was wondering if we must do this with Canva as well? Thanks in advance x
Thank you! You can double check the license information in Canva for their image uses.
I’ve been binge watching many of your videos and I find them very helpful! I want to get started making books soon but there are a few things that I need to understand better before starting. One of these things that I’d like to learn more about is what Amazon considers duplicate content, and how to avoid getting in trouble with Amazon over duplicate content. For example, in a video that I watched, I heard that using public domain work is not recommended because it may lead to “duplicate content issues” with Amazon. I’m not exactly sure what was meant by this though. I don’t know if it has anything to do with people not modifying the work before posting it on Amazon, or if this type of content is just not acceptable at all. I wonder how Amazon’s duplicate content rules would apply to pictures.
I’d love some suggestions on where people who create KDP books get their images from.
In addition to this, I definitely need to figure out how image licenses work and how to properly research images before using them in a book. If I use them, I’m not sure if I have the right to modify them, or use them as is.
I really don’t know much about how any of this works, and I’m just not sure how to properly do the research. I’ve tried reading the terms of use in websites but they are always very long and confusing.
So, I’m hesitant to create anything until I know for sure how to avoid getting into trouble with copyright and trademark laws. I need to be clear about my rights to using an image, before I decide to use it.
It can be pretty confusing in my opinion. Even free images on Canva don’t seem to be guaranteed, as Canva states in their website “We can’t guarantee that any free images, music and video files have the appropriate releases for commercial use.”
Amazon allows the use of public domain works as long as you annotate, illustrate or translate it. In terms of images, yes the legal jargon can be confusing. If you are
concerned about understanding the licenses correctly, you can speak to an IP lawyer for clarification. Alternatively, you can create your own illustrations or hires someone to do it for you.
@@MyFreedomEmpire Thank you again for the reply! :) I guess I'm just trying to be super cautious before I create or submit anything. Since I'm just starting out, I can't afford to talk to any lawyers for advice or hire someone to create illustrations for me. I have to rely on free or affordable methods to get the images that I need.
I think the important place to start is to first find good websites where I can get images from, and to also understand image licenses and my rights to those images. I tried reading into the terms of use in these websites that offer images, but it turned out to be a very long reading and they use some terminology that I'm not yet familiar with. It was difficult to understand, but maybe I wasn't looking at the right thing. These websites can be very wordy and it's not always clear where to find the information that I'm looking for.
Also, I think I might have to research the meaning of individual jargon that they commonly use in order to hopefully break down the message better.
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Thank you!
thank you ! more please!?
You're welcome 😃 Yes, for sure!
Thanks for the great info! I was wondering if you know about internal pages top and bottom parts being trimmed? Let's say if I wanna put date info on top of the page, do I have to put them lower so they won't get affected by trimming?
Yes, you'll need to keep it within the trim lines. You can find that info on KDP support pages as it'll depend on book size.
@@MyFreedomEmpire thank you very much!
Thanks! What format and option you use when you finally download the cover from Canva? If it is PDF, which option in the list of the downlads
For better quality, you have to download as PDF print
Download as PDF Print.
Thanks for the info. I'm not tech savvy so I've had problems in the past with templates in KDP with my paperbacks. Anyway, I'm going to try to create my first notebook. Can I use my own cover or KDP cover?
You're welcome! You can design, create and upload your own cover.
I don't own a copy of Excel so I had to use Microsoft Excel online and it works fine
Good to know! 🙂
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You're welcome 😃
Thank you so much for this. I'm a new subscriber. I'm new to this whole thing of low content books! However I have a question, I blindly copied what you did except for the cover. I realized that I did not put margins. Is that okay? I mean is it a new trend without margins? Will it be bought by people as it has no margins? 😅
I'm not sure what you mean by having margins on the cover. Covers are created differently to interiors so you don't use margins as such but you just want to make sure all your cover elements are within the areas where Amazon trims the book. It won't let you upload a cover where there are elements outside the trim anyway, so you would've got an error message if you had anything in the wrong spot.
Hi, great video! do you know how long time it takes Amazon to "review" the new book? It can take longer than 72 hours, right?
Yes, I've had books take a week to get reviewed. I don't think I've ever had a book reviewed within 72 hours lol 😄
Hello thanks for this awesome video
I tried creating mine following your guide carefully but keep getting margin issues on cover and interior when I preview on my KDP previewer
Any recommendations pls
Hello, you're welcome. Another way it to use the line element instead of typing an underline.
Can I use this paperback cover template for the content isnide the book? I have a book on how to make some things from the wood with pictures and description and I dont know which temaplate use as example
i need more vidéo 7 keyword and subtitle so so helpful
Hi when i was uploading the 120 page manuscript for amazon, there were errors in margin. How do i fix this in canva?
Mine too! Trying to figure out how to add margins...
This was really helpful. i kept getting an error message when I tried to upload the cover template. Do need to have the pro version to do this?
No, you don't need the pro version. Did it tell you what the error was?
I found this with Canva too, it cannot upload the format. The workaround I found was to dowload the template, "open with" MS Paint and "save as" jpeg, this allows you to upload the jpeg format into Canva ☺
Where did you down load it to once you finished doing the journal or notebook interior?
I am unable to find the Paperback Setup filter so I can't get onto the excel spreadsheet, I am getting to the point of creating a paperback cover but it's calculating right there any assistance would be appreciated. It's been quite an information thus far, thank you
Amazing video! Thank you. Do you definitely need text on the spine? Thanks!
Thanks 😀 No, I just like putting it there. It's also a good place to put text that you don't want on the front cover but want to include in your title field on your Amazon listing.
@@MyFreedomEmpire Thank you! Wasn't sure if this was a requirement from Amazon as I've seen it on other videos too but I prefer my spine to be blank I think x
@@MyFreedomEmpire Thank you! Wasn't sure if this was a requirement from Amazon as I've seen it on other videos too but I prefer my spine to be blank I think x
nice
So what would you put the dimensions for the interior pages if the book was 8.5x11? How do you find this information?
You would add the same extra dimensions if you want to have bleed. All this info on the KDP site (kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G201857950#:~:text=Cover%20formatting,-Covers%20should%20be&text=Bleed%20of%200.125%22%20(3.2%20mm,the%20native%20program%20before%20publishing.)
This was so awesome, I created my books this morning using book bolt than I found your channel using Canva and didn't know that I could do the same with Canva for that I want to say thank you so much. Oh yes I subscribed and I surely hit that like button. Thanks again dol )
Thanks so much! Glad you got something out of this video 😀
@@MyFreedomEmpire Absolutely, I watched so much more of your video's you're awesome. I got 4 journals up waiting for the review for me to do a dance 😀. Thanks doll. Oh I think I saw a video you've done a while ago I can't find it. It was about buying a book which and using that same content but changing the cover I can't find it. I wanted to do something like as well however once it's done can it ne upload on KDP just the same as journals? Thanks an advance and thank you for reading your comments.❤😊
What is your opinion of a cover design that the public begins to recognize as "your brand?" Thank you for your time and shared knowledge.
I think if you can do this, that would be amazing. 😄
How do you set up in Canva for books where left and right pages need to be different i.e. no bleed on the inside of left hand pages (even numbered) and no bleed on the inside of right hand (odd numbered) pages. Does Canva have any automated settings to achieve that or is is it copy and paste alternate pages.
Your whole book needs to be set up for bleed even if you only have one page with bleed..
Are all Canva Fonts and Images (In the Pro Version) allowed for Commercial use? - Geat video
I don't think all fonts and image are commercial in Canva - I would check the license of each element you want to use before using.
Hi, This is a great video, I'm ready to jump into this waters, I have 2 questions:
1.- Do you recommend Book Bolt or Tangent Templates to start?
2.- About the author, do you recommend using your name or create one ?
Please continue to create great videos, thank you for your time and have a great day!
Thank you! I've never used tangent templates so can't really comment on them. Book Bolt don't have a huge range so I would just go with whoever has what you need and which ones look the most professional.
With the author name, it's really what suits you and how you want to run your business. If you want to be the face of your brand then use your own name. If you don't want your name to be out in the public - a lot of us as authors and publishers use pen names - then create an author name to publish your books under.
@@MyFreedomEmpire Hello there! Thank you for your amazing and thorough content! Can I ask what is a pen name and what an example of that would be? Wouldn't you have to see if a pen name is already taken to avoid legal problems? Sorry if it's a silly question.
If I saved the journal cover as a 6.125 by 9.25 can I resave it as 12. Something I forgot the measurements, but I put the journal cover as 6.125 and 9.25 can I reset it once it's been saved?? I'm pretty sure I put in the wrong measurements because when I saved it it wasn't doubled like yours was can you please tell me if I need to put the cover page as 12 inches by something in Canva or can I wait to upload it in KDP? I'm confused a bit.
Hi, thanks for this video. What are more advanced books one could create? Because I would like to get on 🙂
More advanced books would be things like coloring books, activity books and logbooks. There are so many sub-niches for each of these. 😀
@@MyFreedomEmpire thank you! 🙂
Please What's the action space between the lines? Thanks
Hi, awesome video. I am just wondering why you downloaded 2 files and then combine them after as PDF. Can I just download all pages at once? I appreciate your help. Newbie here 🤗
Hello and thank you! 😄 Canva has a max of 100 pages per file and I wanted it to have more pages than that.
Hi. Thank you for your content. Can you include in a low content book, colorful pages here and there ...let's say every 5 pages one would be colorful?
You're welcome! You could but you'd still be charged at the colour page price regardless of how may pages are in colour - which would give you a pretty high printing cost. Depending on your niche and type of book it may mean you can't price your book competitively.
@@MyFreedomEmpire got it, thank you , I'll try it and see it what happens. I'm guessing the same competitive pricing would need to happen if I had a full content and lengthy book with images...
I’ve only recently discovered the low/ no content books on Amazon. How do they work for those who purchase them? Are they to be printed or do they download for digital use?
They are printed books.
Once you are done creating the cover and interior how to you put it all together and save it so you can upload it to amazon KDP??
You upload the two files separately into your KDP account.
how to get keywords and title and how to publish on amazon thank you
I have had a problem with my high-quality manuscript pdf upload which uploaded fine and looked fine in the preview however when I submitted the book and got a proof pdf from KDP it was a different story. My pages didn't come up in the order they were submitted. I might have to resubmit my manuscript after the review is completed. Any suggestion on what I can do better in the future?
If the book printed different to what you submitted it could have just been a printing error on Amazon's end. I have heard plenty of stories from customers receiving books that had other books pages inside or printed incorrectly etc. I would contact Amazon and speak to them about it and also ask for another copy to be sent to you and see if it was just a one off error sort of thing.
My lined journal pages keep getting an error stating that my content is outside of the margins. I am trying a 5.25x8 (5.375x8.25) interior. I am selecting the bleed option on KDP. Do you have any suggestions?
NEVERMIND! I used the elements tool and IT WORKED!! God bless you and thank you for this tutorial!
Thank you for this! Question, I tried doing what you did with the lined interior but KDP won't allow me to upload it since it goes outside their margins -- how do you fix that? How do I add margins to a PDF/the interior?
I have the same issue
In this particular case, there aren't margins as the lines have bleed. If you are having issues using this method, perhaps try creating lines another way. Instead of using the text tool to create the lines, go to Elements and select Line. Then draw a line across the page, select the line weight and colour you want and then copy and paste this until you have enough lines on your page. Give that a try.
@@MyFreedomEmpire ok thank you
@Onye music did this solution work?
@@dom1no-one336 it’s hard to get the spacing even with this method.
Hi, I am ready to start publishing my book! I already have an Amazon account (because I'm an FBA SELLER), would you recommend using the same Amazon account or setup a new Kindle account. Would it have an impact on my FBA account? I don't want to get shut-down
Hello! That's awesome! You'll need to set up a KDP account if you don't have one already. It doesn't have any effect on your FBA account.
hey one question: when you are publishing a book, how to add thumbnails of the inside pages so they appear under the main thumbnail pic of the book for customers to see
You can't add extra images to KDP books.
@@MyFreedomEmpire thanks for the answer, I published a book, it only shows the cover page image, which I feel customers will never be convinced to make a purchase seeing just the cover page. Other books I see have have a few of thumbnails below the main cover pic of the book.
@@rajat_r If you see books that have more thumbnails below them they either aren’t published by KDP or they are a massive brand selling thousands of books. It would be nice to be able to have more images, I agree with that!
I saved the template in the download section of the files on my computer as a PDF, but there is message that says the file must be in a png or MPEG format. How do change it into one of those formats and save it in Google drive or through the downloads section of my computer and upload it to the Uploads and Images section on canva so I can transfer it onto the template?
Where is the message coming from saying it needs to be in png or mpeg? Is this something you are trying to open in Canva and it's not working?
Is it possible to create an unlined journal with kdp, I.e. a bunch of blank pages sandwiched between your cover?
Kind of. KDP doesn't allow blank pages so you'd have to put something on the pages. Maybe a border on each page or a little image somewhere.
Anyone know if I can do this in the UK? It's just that whenever I watch about low content publishing on TH-cam it's always someone from another country, so don't know whether the same stuff is available in the UK?
Yes, everything you create can be uploaded to the UK site.
Another alternative of Adobe illustrator is inkscape, is a free open source vector graphics editor.