Hardcover for Your Low Content Books-KDP Hardcover Review
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- Learn the best niches for hardcover books and get a glimpse of their overall quality.
Hardcover books are finally available to self-publishers on the KDP platform, and this is going to be a great opportunity to add more value, give more customers what they want and, of course, help you put more money into your pockets.
Today I’m telling you everything you need to know about KDP’s hardcover option, which niches I think will yield the best results in terms of sales of hardcovers-and which ones probably won’t-and I’ll give you my initial impression of the first KDP hardcover book that I just received in the mail yesterday.
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Have you used the hardcover option for your low-content books yet? If so, let me know your experience in the comments below!
I was part of the KDP hardcover beta group so I jumped on the hardcover program even before it was officially launched. I agree with your analysis which was in line with my own thinking. My experience was that log books were the only ones that sold, however, I would agree that journals should work as well if you have a cover that really connects. Anything that qualifies as a keepsake should also do well. Based on your analysis, I'm thinking I might publish some my prompted journals (using existing interiors) as hardcovers with covers that appeal to the "keepsake" shopper whose design and style aesthetic is probably different than a basic paperback journal buyer. Thanks for your commentary and analysis.
Sounds like a good plan, Gordon! Glad you had success with your log books, and I hope you also experience success with your journals.
Yes, I've tried hardcover with my novel planners. I have sold any yet but I have the same books in paperback and they're just starting to sell. I'm very new to the low content business! I'm definitely going to try more hardcovers after watching this but be a bit more targeted, rather than just creating the same books in hardcover
Thanks for sharing!! Be sure to let me know your results! :)
This was really informative. Thank you so much!
Glad it was helpful Laura! Have you experimented with hardcover yet?
The cover on the book you're reviewing looks like it's warped and doesn't lay flat. I'd be disappointed. Thanks for showing us a kdp hardcover in real life.
I was curious why she didn't mention that. I just got my first hardcover and it's exactly like that and I'm on here searching around seeing if anyone else thinks that an issue
Rachael you're doing amazing work love your style ❤️❤️🌸
Thank you so much!! Have you tried out the hardcover option yet?
Do you know which platform will print spiral binding? Linen cover?
Thank you for this informative video 🫶🏾
This was useful, thank you Rachel!
You're so welcome! Have you tried hardcover yet?
I hope they come out with a square format soon for hardcover … such as 8.5” x 8.5” for children’s picture books.
That would be great! Have you tried out any of the hardcovers yet?
@@RachelHarrisonSund no, not yet.
Wish they had the standard 8.5x11 for hardcovers as well. Such a pain to adjust for just a minute difference (8.25x11). Life would have been so much easier if we could simply turn our existing 8.5x11 into hardcovers.
Thanks for the awesome tutorial by the way.
Hi Niaz! At least it's just a minor adjustment! You'd still have to create a new file anyways, so this one is a pretty quick adjustment! Have you created any hardcovers yet?
I would like to purchase a KDP hardcover book to see as an example of the quality. Do you have one you would suggest? Or how do I search on Amazon to know if a hardcover book is printed on demand?
Very informative and helpful content.
Glad it was helpful! What was your biggest takeaway?
Thanks Rachel for your video ! very useful ! I just published a hard cover book, I was wondering how much time it took for you to receive it ? When I'm trying to order it it says 'shipped within 2-3 weeks', seems very long, is it normal ? Thanks
BTW, love your videos and advice
Thanks, David! I appreciate that! Have you tried hardcover yet?
I've been waiting for your opinion on the hardcovers. Thanks!!
No problem! Have you experimented with it yet?
@@RachelHarrisonSund Nope, but I plan to soon!
Hi Rachel, do you happen to know if I created a paperback size 7.5 x 9.25 can I create the hardcover book size 7 x 10 since 7.5 x 9.25 is not available on KDP?
What dimensions is that particular book that you reviewed?
Are spiral books available for KDP?
I got my first hardcover sale in mid December and hopefully one day Hardcover also a good source of passive income.
Amazing! have you ordered on yet to see the quality for yourself?
Not yet. Im struggling from Bangladesh and its developing country but not developed. After saw your videos i got some inspiration and working like that. I have no any other job for covid so im hardly trying for this kdp passive incme.
Thanks for the information. Is the paper quality the same in Hardcover as for softcover?
I believe the hardcover with colour interior has a slightly thicker paper, but it's the same as paperback for black and white interior. You can find this out in their help pages.
Thanks for making such informative video
It's my pleasure! Have you tried out the hardcover option yet?
I have tried the hardcover. Created my 1st one during the BETA.
Sold a few, about 4 or 5 over the past 3 months. Not so great but the royalties are good.
Thank you for another informative video Rachel.
@@RachelHarrisonSund yes mam but not making any sales, success comes from closed door.
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I created a hardcover for my poetry book and some of my journals. So far I managed to sell one poetry book and a couple of journals that were hardcover.
Good job
Glad to hear you've had some sales on your hardcovers! Will you roll them out for the rest of your books?
I've done one set of my lined 6x9 Journals in hardcover. Not much uptake as yet but journals are competitive. Glad to hear your input on which books seem the best bet.
Are you planning on using hardcover for any of your other niches?
@@RachelHarrisonSund I haven't started producing log books but I think I will be and will put them on some of them at least. Also thinking of going back and adding them to some of my other journals like the Gnome series
I know this isn't really related to this video, but I have a question for you: How good is KDP's paper quality for things like sketch books and coloring books? I am looking through reviews and seeing a TON of complaints about the paper. Not only am I seeing complaints that there are black borders around the pages for things like sketch books (I know people do this because Amazon doesn't allow blank pages) but also a lot of negative comments about the terrible paper quality and how anything but a regular pen or pencil will bleed through and how they would never expect an actual artist to even doodle on this paper. If this is the case a) Why doesn't Amazon offer different paper quality options and b) How are so many people selling coloring books and such like hotcakes when so many customers are unhappy that not only is the paper quality terrible but they can't tear the pages out (no perforations)? I was going to make a sketch book to start out just to get a feel for the process but now after reading reviews for ones made by KDP I am very hesitant. I don't want to sell people a poorly made product.
The paper definitely isn't a high quality, heavy weight paper,-definitely not artist quality. The reason Amazon doesn't offer several paper quality options, I imagine, is to keep printing costs as low as possible, since it is print on demand, not bulk printing. And while some customers may be unhappy, the huge sales and hundreds of positive reviews mean that many people have been satisfied with their purchase. The paper is definitely suitable for pencils, coloured pencils, and the like. The main issue would be markers.
@@RachelHarrisonSund Thank you so much for replying, that was very nice of you 😁
@@RachelHarrisonSund @Fight For The Sky I was thinking... what if you made every other page (i.e. the rear of every interior page) solid black? That would make it so you couldn't see marker bleed through it. Think there would be any issue doing that?
I looked it up and all KDP black & white interiors (hardcover & paperback) are printed on 55# paper. Ditto for the standard color pages.
The *premium* color interiors (for both paperback and hardcover) use 60# paper for the interiors.
Unfortunately, the premium color hardcovers are very expensive. A 100 page premium color hardcover priced at $21.99 would net only $0.69 in royalties. A price of $24.99 would give you a royalty of $2.49.
It is possible to get the 60 lb paper in a paperback if you order the premium color option. In that case, for a 100-page book, the price of $11.99 would give you $0.39 in royalties. A price of $15.99 on the same book would yield $2.79 in royalties.
For comparison, here are some typical weights for various kinds of paper:
20# - inexpensive copy/printer paper
30 to 35# - newspaper
40# - rolls of kraft or butcher paper
50# - inexpensive sketchpads
60# - drawing paper suitable for pencil, crayon or watercolor
80# - cardstock, drawing paper for pencil, crayon, water color, or ink/markers
90 to 120# - Bristol art paper, heavyweight drawing paper
I'm new to KDP and haven't published yet so I don't the answer to this, but if you publish a softcover book and then format it for hardcover another time, does the hardcover display next to the softcover showing the formats available? Or does it appear separately? So I'm wondering how to publish both so they're in the same listing.
If you publish the same book in hardcover and paperback, both listings will show both available formats.
@@RachelHarrisonSund Thank you! You have a great channel.
Keep in mind the title and subtitle have to be exactly the same (so don't mention paperback/hardcover in your title) for them to be on the same listing. Otherwise they will be completely separate. (Ask me how I found out... 😅)
@@catu.808 Oh thanks! I won't ask. :))
Is it possible to add a link to a hardcover option in your softcover KDP book description? Or would you need to say something like, "also available in hardcover at (enter publishing name here)"?
In your "Bookshelf" there should be a "+ Create Hardcover" button for each title you've published. If the title and subtitle remain the same they will be connected on the listings in Amazon. (It will list paperback and hardcover options together for the customer to choose from) If the title and subtitle are different they will appear in completely separate listings and won't be connected.
Exactly as Cat said, above!
What’s the page count of this one you showed in the video?
This one was 110 pages.
l want to see a how to start video
Frim where I'm sitting, your hard cover doesn't lay flat . . . it's concave; AND the pages have a ripple thing happening. Looks very bad from here.
How come you don’t publish notebooks anymore?
Notebooks were never lucrative for me. I probably published a few dozen but none of them really gained much traction, so I stopped publishing them for the most part.
the one thing i don,t see is where you start.