Thank you for your video, I'm in a bit of a pickle I'm hoping you can help of you see this comment. Ok so, I found another person's video which was an ok starting point for low content but I didn't know the difference between low and medium content so as I was designing my book it turns out it is more of a medium to high content. It's not just filled with plain lines. I wasn't told about using Canva to self publish until after I had started to use bookbolt. Now, I don't have a kdp account yet and I haven't published it yet so it's there a way to save my work without starting all over to self publish or am I stuck with only being able to publish to kdp using book bolt? I've done a lot of work on a 270 page journal and really would hate to have to start all over in order to also be able to self publish other places outside of Amazon. I hope I'm making sense, I'm so new so I feel like I'm all over the place and I'm confused. Thank you for your time.
Hey there! Totally understand your dilemma. You can most certainly try to download your design from Bookbolt as a PDF and import it into Canva to see if you can modify the design. I use Canva's import feature all of the time to modify interiors that I upload from sites like Creative Fabrica. I can't guarantee that it will work, but its worth a shot. Please let me know how it goes.
Hey there Anthony! I can just tell you from experience the lower the BSR Ranking the better. Decent revenue is subjective but the revenue that you make is determined by the number of books you sell. Hope this helps.
Hello there! I believe they give you a 30 day trial and then you can decide whether or not you want to keep your account. You do have to add a credit card on file before you can use their software.
Hi I accidentally put 24 pages and wanted to do 50-100. How do I go back and change it plus the bleeding. I'm almost finished but I have a bleed/no bleed issue right along with the launch cover lol. But I want to go back and change the page
My question is the legality of these things. If there is some sort of unknown copyright issue, will Amazon notify you to take it down? Or will you just get sued?
Hello there! I recommend doing a USPTO search before adding any names/titles to your designs and also making sure that you have commercial licenses to your designs as well. Hope this helps!
Hey there Anthony! So you can do either or. I think it depends on what kind of book cover you are trying to design and how intricate the cover needs to be. For simpler designs, I would def recommend Bookbolt. For more intricate designs, I think Canva would work best as you have access to more features and design elements. Hope this helps!
I feel you on horror movies. When I was a kid, 14, my big sister took me to the movies and we watched the exorcist and for a whole year I slept with the lights on. And my mother allowed it.
Very Fruitful...you presented a simple "get started" video which was exactly what I was looking for. It helped kick start me...now I am fueled up to go! Many thsnks!!
Great video! I feel confident to just go and do it now. The only thing I ask for a newbie like myself is that you always explain the options you chose i.e. bleed vs. not bleed or ACN (I think?) that you mentioned under Book Scout. I have to go look that up now :-). Thank you for the video!
Glad it was helpful! So basically bleed is where you add extra space for your content to get printed to the edge of your pages without getting cut off. Whereas with no bleed your content doesn't go beyond a certain point.
hi! thanks for the video. but i feel confused. i dont see the same interface on bookbolt the same as you do XD also ,the download option is also not the same and i am not sure which file to download it to. btw do you have to make the cover and the content separately? because on mine it has an option to make both the cover and content in the same project.
Hello there Sheryl! This is a great question that I need and plan to do a video on at some point. There’s definitely an art to it. I recommend checking out Paul Marles and The Home Boss for tips on this though.
Hello there! I actually use Canva more for design but I love the research tools on Bookbolt. They are really helpful for finding untapped niches on Amazon and also Bookbolt's pattern maker is pretty helpful as well.
There should be a button in Bookbolt that allows you to save and store your designs. I am going to create a new tutorial soon on the new Bookbolt studio because it is super cool.
Thank You Kim for this amazing video. My weekend is full of designing .. For a Large Print word search puzzle what size would I use? The page is 8.5 x 11 I think it’s font I’m increasing?? 🤔 🙏🏾💕
Your content is amazing and so helpful. Thanks for not being "that guy" and trying to get us to buy a course.
Yw!
Thank you for your video, I'm in a bit of a pickle I'm hoping you can help of you see this comment.
Ok so, I found another person's video which was an ok starting point for low content but I didn't know the difference between low and medium content so as I was designing my book it turns out it is more of a medium to high content. It's not just filled with plain lines.
I wasn't told about using Canva to self publish until after I had started to use bookbolt.
Now, I don't have a kdp account yet and I haven't published it yet so it's there a way to save my work without starting all over to self publish or am I stuck with only being able to publish to kdp using book bolt?
I've done a lot of work on a 270 page journal and really would hate to have to start all over in order to also be able to self publish other places outside of Amazon.
I hope I'm making sense, I'm so new so I feel like I'm all over the place and I'm confused.
Thank you for your time.
Hey there! Totally understand your dilemma. You can most certainly try to download your design from Bookbolt as a PDF and import it into Canva to see if you can modify the design. I use Canva's import feature all of the time to modify interiors that I upload from sites like Creative Fabrica. I can't guarantee that it will work, but its worth a shot. Please let me know how it goes.
@@YourChicGeek awesome I will try that thank you so much I'm so glad I found your channel!! I'll keep you posted!!
What BSR ranking do you need to achieve to make descent revenue?
Hey there Anthony! I can just tell you from experience the lower the BSR Ranking the better. Decent revenue is subjective but the revenue that you make is determined by the number of books you sell. Hope this helps.
I imagine they all have similar interiors so people are picking one based on if they like the cover or not
Yes they do but this is where you get to make yours different by adding some design flair to it.
I just got bookbolt. I need your videos on certain problems I am experiencing.
Thank you for this video! This is just what I needed to get me started on my self-publishing journey.
Please ma.
I'm a Nigerian, I wanted to open a book bolt account and they demanded for my card number and cvv number.
How do I go about it please?
Hello there! I believe they give you a 30 day trial and then you can decide whether or not you want to keep your account. You do have to add a credit card on file before you can use their software.
Ok...
I should go ahead and use my Nigeria debit card?
Do they accept Nigerians?
Hi I accidentally put 24 pages and wanted to do 50-100. How do I go back and change it plus the bleeding. I'm almost finished but I have a bleed/no bleed issue right along with the launch cover lol. But I want to go back and change the page
Amazon will eventually get flooded with a barrage low content most likely low quality books and take action.
Agreed! Guess we will see what happens.
Thank you so much for this great tutorial!
Hi Kim! I have completed my 1st KDP book just by watching your tutorial! I pray I pass the test! Thank you!
Thats great to hear!
hi. i'm trying to register for the app right now but it's saying that my card does not support the purchase. i'm using a mastercard. what can i do?
Hello there Beth! You may need to reach out to Bookbolts customer service to let them know whats happening.
The MOST helpful video I’ve seen
Thanks so much!
My question is the legality of these things. If there is some sort of unknown copyright issue, will Amazon notify you to take it down? Or will you just get sued?
Hello there! I recommend doing a USPTO search before adding any names/titles to your designs and also making sure that you have commercial licenses to your designs as well. Hope this helps!
Competition is big. But tell the world about it so you'll gain thousands of more competitors. Eyeroll.
Pardon me? Im not sure what you’re talking about here?
If you had created a book cover in Canva how would you import into Book Bolt? Or would not bother with Canva and do all your designing in Book Bolt?
Hey there Anthony! So you can do either or. I think it depends on what kind of book cover you are trying to design and how intricate the cover needs to be. For simpler designs, I would def recommend Bookbolt. For more intricate designs, I think Canva would work best as you have access to more features and design elements. Hope this helps!
I feel you on horror movies. When I was a kid, 14, my big sister took me to the movies and we watched the exorcist and for a whole year I slept with the lights on. And my mother allowed it.
LOLZ! Yea that is one movie that I definitely stay away from.
Great video
Thanks!
Does book bolt gives you a different version if it is that you are not in the U.S?????🤔😞
Great question. This is something I'll have to look into.
Very Fruitful...you presented a simple "get started" video which was exactly what I was looking for. It helped kick start me...now I am fueled up to go! Many thsnks!!
Yw!
Great video! I feel confident to just go and do it now. The only thing I ask for a newbie like myself is that you always explain the options you chose i.e. bleed vs. not bleed or ACN (I think?) that you mentioned under Book Scout. I have to go look that up now :-). Thank you for the video!
Glad it was helpful! So basically bleed is where you add extra space for your content to get printed to the edge of your pages without getting cut off. Whereas with no bleed your content doesn't go beyond a certain point.
thank you so much this is this best book bolt tutorial grate step by step instruction you make this so easy to understand appreciate it ...
Yw! Thanks for watching
Kim can you please share your 20% off discount coupon?
Hello there! Sure I will add it to the description box...
Thanks so much! This was really helpful
Yw!
Another excellent video Kim...thanks.
Thanks Mary!
Great Video. Thank you so much!
Thanks!
Thank you very informative is book bolt a free tool?
Youre welcome. Bookbolt is a paid service. It costs $9.99 per month to use the Pro Plan.
Thank you for all the details!!
Yw!
hi! thanks for the video. but i feel confused. i dont see the same interface on bookbolt the same as you do XD also ,the download option is also not the same and i am not sure which file to download it to. btw do you have to make the cover and the content separately? because on mine it has an option to make both the cover and content in the same project.
Hey there! Bookbolt has updated their platform. I will do an updated tutorial soon for this...
@@YourChicGeek thanks so much. Looking forward to it. Ive been looking around bookbolt so far, i feel it's very friendly to use
I Love your Videos Kim! Thank you so much! I've learn so much from you!
Youre welcome!
how do you all find titles for all journals/notebooks?
Hello there Sheryl! This is a great question that I need and plan to do a video on at some point. There’s definitely an art to it. I recommend checking out Paul Marles and The Home Boss for tips on this though.
@@YourChicGeek I hope you do the video soon, I struggle coming up with titles
Great Tutorial . Thank you
Yw!
What did you do to save your design
Is it important to merge the interior pages?
Great Idea! Doing that Now lol 😂
@@YourChicGeek thnku
I’m liking your videos Kim. All the best with your channel 🤙
Thanks so much Stephen!
Hi - great video, can you tell me do you use Book Bolt Designer or do you like using this original one?
Hello there! I actually use Canva more for design but I love the research tools on Bookbolt. They are really helpful for finding untapped niches on Amazon and also Bookbolt's pattern maker is pretty helpful as well.
can anyone show tell me how to create a border on the interior pages please
Doing a new series soon. Stay tuned.
Are you on upwork or fiver?
Hey there Steven. Nope im not...
Too bad,thanks for responding.
@@YourChicGeek Yeah, too bad. I'd hire you to do some work for me! 😂 But thank you so much for this information you're providing.
Excellent video - thanks!
Glad it helped!
What did you do to save your design?
There should be a button in Bookbolt that allows you to save and store your designs. I am going to create a new tutorial soon on the new Bookbolt studio because it is super cool.
Thank You Kim for this amazing video. My weekend is full of designing .. For a Large Print word search puzzle what size would I use? The page is 8.5 x 11 I think it’s font I’m increasing?? 🤔 🙏🏾💕
Hey there Phyllis! I would def use a 8.5 x 11 with a large font where possible.