Thank you! I love love to hear people encourage others to NOT go by “hear say”!!!! I love your channel, your video - genuine and authentic as well as very much informative! New sub here!! 😊
Thank you very much. You were very helpful. I need to make that leap. I am very much an introvert as well. And, not too techy😟. However, you are inspiring. May God continue to bless you and thanks again 💖🙏🏾 🙏🏾🙏🏾
Thank you for this video Stephanie. I just saw one of my books in your amazon cart and it made me smile :) I have my books listed on a wide range of platforms and this year I listed them on my website as well. I'm hoping to create bundles and drive traffic to my website to get more direct sales.
AHHHHH! I didn't know you're THE Joan Embola! That is so cool! I'm so excited to read your book! I found it by searching the Christian romance category on Amazon and I fell in love with your book cover. And then someone on Christian TikTok suggested your book and I knew I had to have it! It's such an honor to meet you!
@ aww wow that’s so amazing. What a small world. Yes it’s me. I’m the author of those books. Aww I pray it blesses and encourages you. Loving your videos
@@GodlywoodGirl Aww you are so kind Stephanie. You are so amazing. I find your journey so inspiring. Thank you for sharing all your awesome ideas about excelling as a faith based author, your journey makes me believe that it is possible to build a sustainable online business as an author 💕
New subscriber here and I just started publishing on Amazon in Aug. and I do think it's rather expensive. I'm still trying to figure everything out. So glad I came across your channel. Thanks so much.
AHHHHH!! Congratulations on becoming published!!! That is so exciting! Let me know if you have any questions, I can record another tutorial for you!!! Do you write personal development books? I love your TH-cam handle name!
@@GodlywoodGirl I'm starting out in the children's book arena-I would love to hear more on marketing/advertising books. That's where I appear to be stuck at getting the word out. I have another channel "motivated2soar" with almost 200 subs and there I can do promos so I may go that avenue plus I need to do a mock up-so yes I have some work to do. Thanks for responding and take care!
Excellent.. I am looking at using Draft To Digital to sell my Print books.. I will sell the DIgital PDF version for INSTANT download and offer people the option to buy a print version.. for things like Bible Journals, some times people WANT nice bound book. So I was just looking around and your video popped up.
Hi, thank you for sharing. I would definitely like to see a video on setting up a KDP account and adding a book on Amazon. Also, do you have a video on how to create a successful faceless TH-cam Channel?
GREAT question! It's the same as ordering from Amazon, except you'll need to contact Amazon customer service and tell them they damaged the book. This has very rarely happened to me, but when it did Kindle just shipped the customer another copy.
Ooooh I never heard of this tool until you just mentioned it. I looked it up and it's AMAZING!!! YES YES YES use it to build your website! Have you already started?
Hi Cheryl! Thank you so much for the comment! Did you watch the video? In the first 60 seconds I say authors should put their book on Amazon KDP, but I explain why when doing marketing, they should promote the book on their own website and then just use KDP as a dropshipping platform. This way they keep most of their profits and have the customer's email address so they can tell them about their second / third books! I would LOVE to hear your strategy for how you make $1000 a month selling your books on Amazon KDP! Are you able to share how you are doing it? Is it with your author name Cheryl Wright?
AHHHHHH very very cool and welcome to the channel! Thank you so much for subscribing and watching the video! Are you building your TH-cam channel to promote your books?
Oooohhh I love that! I started a feed on TikTok to review Christian romance novels and share thoughts on them. I was thinking of adding those shorts to this channel but I'm not sure if I should combine them or start a new channel! Let me know what you decide!
Thank you so much for watching the video! That's a great question. If you have published the book to Amazon, there is no band around the author copy. if you are still in the proofing phase and haven't yet published to Amazon, there's still a band. You'll want to do the dropshipping process I recommend in the video after you approve your final book on KDP and publish it to Amazon :-)
Great video! When ordering an author copy to send to a customer, plus checking off that it's a gift, does the little receipt inside print the sender address? Thanks in advance for your help!
Great question! No, it doesn't say Author Copy on it. It only has the stamp when you are still proofing your book for Kindle (before it's officially published). Once you have published it on Amazon, they remove that stamp on the cover. I think Amazon KDP does that because back in the day, we used to be able to just upload the book to KDP and order copies without having to put it on Amazon. Now we have to publish it to the Amazon platform first before we can order the copies without the proof stamp lol.
Great question! Yes, you can use Amazon KDP as your print on demand vendor. In the video in step 3, I show how to order an author copy for your customer after they purchase on your website. Are you selling physical copies and digital?
Hi! Thank you so much for watching the video! No it won't, I do this all the time. It only has the watermark if you haven't yet published it to the Amazon KDP platform 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
@AntoinettesCreativeOdyssey AHHHH! That's SO GOOD and VERY needed. A very timely book! When do you want to publish by? You could create an activity book companion, a video course companion, printable flash card companions, maybe even a coloring book highlighting your books important themes! You can bundle your book UP, sis!
@@GodlywoodGirl ...the book is an actual story activity workbook that has mazes, crossword puzzles, word search puzzles, item search puzzles, etc .. With a link to a read along video. I just need to learn how to market it. That is where my issue lies. Marketing, marketing and more marketing.
@ Yes thank you for this useful information. I’m a new author/ poet but also a musician. I’ve created my own online store so I think I wanna take the full independent route
@ thank you I appreciate it 🫶🏽🫶🏽💫 Actually I’ve been writing music since a little girl (about 10yrs) and then I realized my true gift to write all across the board then create the vision
Awwwww I'm so excited for you. What an incredibly creative purpose God has given you. Please keep me updated as you write. I hope you journal the entire process!
Somehow I think Amazon would frown on this technique and it also probably violates their TOS (Terms of Service). Assuming that you are signed up for the 70% commission on KDP, you did so with a non-compete clause saying that you are selling on Amazon EXCLUSIVELY. That means you cannot sell your books somewhere else and continue to get the 70% royalties already, and using the Author's book route just seems really dishonest to me. Yes, you DO have the right to charge however much you want for your products, but you have binding legal agreements in place with Amazon and I can guarantee you that they can afford a better lawyer (team) than you can. If you want to continue to enjoy the benefits of using Amazon for those recurring royalties, I would suggest either keep using Amazon and change your royalties to the lower percentage that allows you to sell elsewhere. This is honest. You don't have to like it (I sure don't) but it's honest and LEGAL. Teaching people to defraud Amazon is neither.
You are incorrect with this entire comment. PLEASE BE CAREFUL when sharing your opinion under someone else's TH-cam video. Amazon says it is LEGAL and PERFECTLY FINE to sell author copies on your own website. This is the EXACT wording they say on their page: "Author copies are prints of your live book offered to you at print cost. Author copies don’t include unpublished (draft) changes you’ve made on KDP. You are welcome to resell or give away author copies you ordered from KDP." And this is the link you can find the page to read it for yourself - kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G7BBN68RYX5UMDZF. Don't give your "legal" opinion and accuse me of teaching people of defrauding a platform when I'm going by what Amazon says on their own page! We must be more responsible with the information we put out!
Thank you! I love love to hear people encourage others to NOT go by “hear say”!!!! I love your channel, your video - genuine and authentic as well as very much informative! New sub here!! 😊
Oh my goodness Jennifer YESSSSS! Thank you so much! This is so encouraging!
Thank you very much. You were very helpful. I need to make that leap. I am very much an introvert as well. And, not too techy😟. However, you are inspiring. May God continue to bless you and thanks again 💖🙏🏾 🙏🏾🙏🏾
Thank you for this video Stephanie. I just saw one of my books in your amazon cart and it made me smile :) I have my books listed on a wide range of platforms and this year I listed them on my website as well. I'm hoping to create bundles and drive traffic to my website to get more direct sales.
AHHHHH! I didn't know you're THE Joan Embola! That is so cool! I'm so excited to read your book! I found it by searching the Christian romance category on Amazon and I fell in love with your book cover. And then someone on Christian TikTok suggested your book and I knew I had to have it! It's such an honor to meet you!
@ aww wow that’s so amazing. What a small world. Yes it’s me. I’m the author of those books. Aww I pray it blesses and encourages you. Loving your videos
I am still geeking out. You are so amazing!
@@GodlywoodGirl Aww you are so kind Stephanie. You are so amazing. I find your journey so inspiring. Thank you for sharing all your awesome ideas about excelling as a faith based author, your journey makes me believe that it is possible to build a sustainable online business as an author 💕
@@LoveQualified I mean ... Sisssss, let's connect! I'll show you what I did on the backend of my business to do this! Are you on Instagram?
I can’t wait to thank you in my thank you portion of my book!!!
I was thinking this same thing and here goes a great explanation. Thank you ma'am!
New subscriber here and I just started publishing on Amazon in Aug. and I do think it's rather expensive. I'm still trying to figure everything out. So glad I came across your channel. Thanks so much.
AHHHHH!! Congratulations on becoming published!!! That is so exciting! Let me know if you have any questions, I can record another tutorial for you!!! Do you write personal development books? I love your TH-cam handle name!
@@GodlywoodGirl I'm starting out in the children's book arena-I would love to hear more on marketing/advertising books. That's where I appear to be stuck at getting the word out. I have another channel "motivated2soar" with almost 200 subs and there I can do promos so I may go that avenue plus I need to do a mock up-so yes I have some work to do. Thanks for responding and take care!
Thank you for this video and your network.
Stephanie, thank you for this video. I'm so glad this video came across my feed. New sub here.❤
Awwww this is so encouraging! Thank you so much!! I'm so grateful for your feedback! Are you working on a book?
@@GodlywoodGirl yes.
Love your hair sis!! :o)
Excellent.. I am looking at using Draft To Digital to sell my Print books.. I will sell the DIgital PDF version for INSTANT download and offer people the option to buy a print version.. for things like Bible Journals, some times people WANT nice bound book. So I was just looking around and your video popped up.
Amen! Thank you for the encouragement.
All glory to God!! Are you working on creating your own author platform?
your HAIR IS BEAUTIFUL
Oh my goodness you are so kind! Thank you soooo much! Are you working on a book?
When ordering on Amazon as a gift, does the payment section state the customer's address? Can you make specific instructions on this step?
Yes, I can definitely record a video! Thank you for the suggestion!
Hi, thank you for sharing. I would definitely like to see a video on setting up a KDP account and adding a book on Amazon. Also, do you have a video on how to create a successful faceless TH-cam Channel?
What about returns? If there is a printing issue or the book is damaged in shipping?
GREAT question! It's the same as ordering from Amazon, except you'll need to contact Amazon customer service and tell them they damaged the book. This has very rarely happened to me, but when it did Kindle just shipped the customer another copy.
Excellent advice! I have my books & Planners on my website.
Yay!!!! Congratulations on publishing! Do you already have a marketing strategy in place for promotion?
@ I do, not a great one, but I don’t have a lot of time and have a lot happening at Busy Mom Media! 😂
Let me know if you need some ideas! I just recorded a TH-cam video sharing some marketing strategies that have worked for me!
Thank you. Kindly send me the video on how to publish your book on kdp.
Working on it now! Thank you so much for checking out the video!
Great info! Who's your new POD vendor?
Thank you so much Romona! Are you working on a new book?
What do you think about Ecwid to publish books etc. I hope you respond❤😊
Ooooh I never heard of this tool until you just mentioned it. I looked it up and it's AMAZING!!! YES YES YES use it to build your website! Have you already started?
New subbie! Im still growing my yt channel but want to add to that so AKDP was on my radar and Im so glad I saw this video.
I earn four figures a month (five a year) from Amazon. i would never recommend authors not publish via KDP.
Hi Cheryl! Thank you so much for the comment! Did you watch the video? In the first 60 seconds I say authors should put their book on Amazon KDP, but I explain why when doing marketing, they should promote the book on their own website and then just use KDP as a dropshipping platform. This way they keep most of their profits and have the customer's email address so they can tell them about their second / third books! I would LOVE to hear your strategy for how you make $1000 a month selling your books on Amazon KDP! Are you able to share how you are doing it? Is it with your author name Cheryl Wright?
AHHHHHH very very cool and welcome to the channel! Thank you so much for subscribing and watching the video! Are you building your TH-cam channel to promote your books?
@@GodlywoodGirl I have others products but I want to add books. I may start a new channel just for that, I'm not sure yet.
Oooohhh I love that! I started a feed on TikTok to review Christian romance novels and share thoughts on them. I was thinking of adding those shorts to this channel but I'm not sure if I should combine them or start a new channel! Let me know what you decide!
Hi. I've heard that KDP is not available in certain countries. Is China one of those, do you know?
Oh wow I didn't know that! I'm not sure. When you have a chance check out KDP's help page. They may have more information
Great advice love it. Question when you order the author copy doesn’t it come with the band around it? How do you explain that to customers?
Thank you so much for watching the video! That's a great question. If you have published the book to Amazon, there is no band around the author copy. if you are still in the proofing phase and haven't yet published to Amazon, there's still a band. You'll want to do the dropshipping process I recommend in the video after you approve your final book on KDP and publish it to Amazon :-)
@@GodlywoodGirl❤thank you!
My pleasure!
Great video! When ordering an author copy to send to a customer, plus checking off that it's a gift, does the little receipt inside print the sender address? Thanks in advance for your help!
Thank you so much for watching and commenting! I truly appreciate it! No, the receipt doesn't print the senders address 😄😄😄
Same thoughts, I endorse you lady
Awwww thank you so much! You are so kind!!!
Oh yeah, I'm a new subbie, too!! 😆😁😂👍🏾👍🏾
But when you order an author copy doesn’t it says author copy on it?
Great question! No, it doesn't say Author Copy on it. It only has the stamp when you are still proofing your book for Kindle (before it's officially published). Once you have published it on Amazon, they remove that stamp on the cover. I think Amazon KDP does that because back in the day, we used to be able to just upload the book to KDP and order copies without having to put it on Amazon. Now we have to publish it to the Amazon platform first before we can order the copies without the proof stamp lol.
Blessings 🌹
God bless you too! I pray all is well with you and any book projects you're working on!
Who do you use to sell your book in physical format?
Even tho author copies are $2.00 each, shipping is $4. So, a $10 book is still bringing in $3 to $4.00.
YESSSSSSS. So true!
Is there a POD that you can also use, if the customer prefers not a digital copy??
Great question! Yes, you can use Amazon KDP as your print on demand vendor. In the video in step 3, I show how to order an author copy for your customer after they purchase on your website. Are you selling physical copies and digital?
If you order the author copies, it will have the author copy watermark
Hi! Thank you so much for watching the video! No it won't, I do this all the time. It only has the watermark if you haven't yet published it to the Amazon KDP platform 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
@ got it! Thank you
My pleasure!
but how you will get your customers
And do you know if you can do a blog on the pensight? I can't seem to find any answers to that anywhere.
No, you can not. You can with beacons.
No Pensight is more of a sales platform instead of a blogging platform. It's so cool you're a blogger! Have you already started?
Thank you so much for sharing this resource!
Any platform that is not Stripe driven? My Stripe account got suspended.
Great question! Have you tried PayPal or Shopify?
great video
Thank you so much for watching and commenting! I truly appreciate it. Are you working on a book?
Awesome info...😊
Awww thank you so much! All glory to God! Are you working on a new book?
@GodlywoodGirl yes....a book for children focusing on morals and ethics..
@AntoinettesCreativeOdyssey AHHHH! That's SO GOOD and VERY needed. A very timely book! When do you want to publish by? You could create an activity book companion, a video course companion, printable flash card companions, maybe even a coloring book highlighting your books important themes! You can bundle your book UP, sis!
@@GodlywoodGirl ...the book is an actual story activity workbook that has mazes, crossword puzzles, word search puzzles, item search puzzles, etc ..
With a link to a read along video.
I just need to learn how to market it.
That is where my issue lies. Marketing, marketing and more marketing.
@@GodlywoodGirl Thank YOU for the information and great encouraging words.
Do you have an email where we can connect I am looking for an editor.
Oh very cool! Have you tried Reedsy? They have AWESOME editors!
Thank youu
Thank you so much for watching and commenting! Are you working on a new book?
@ Yes thank you for this useful information. I’m a new author/ poet but also a musician. I’ve created my own online store so I think I wanna take the full independent route
AHHHH THAT IS SO EXCITING! Congratulations on launching sis. I'm so happy to hear that! Do you write poems and then set them to music?
@ thank you I appreciate it 🫶🏽🫶🏽💫 Actually I’ve been writing music since a little girl (about 10yrs) and then I realized my true gift to write all across the board then create the vision
Awwwww I'm so excited for you. What an incredibly creative purpose God has given you. Please keep me updated as you write. I hope you journal the entire process!
Somehow I think Amazon would frown on this technique and it also probably violates their TOS (Terms of Service). Assuming that you are signed up for the 70% commission on KDP, you did so with a non-compete clause saying that you are selling on Amazon EXCLUSIVELY. That means you cannot sell your books somewhere else and continue to get the 70% royalties already, and using the Author's book route just seems really dishonest to me. Yes, you DO have the right to charge however much you want for your products, but you have binding legal agreements in place with Amazon and I can guarantee you that they can afford a better lawyer (team) than you can. If you want to continue to enjoy the benefits of using Amazon for those recurring royalties, I would suggest either keep using Amazon and change your royalties to the lower percentage that allows you to sell elsewhere. This is honest. You don't have to like it (I sure don't) but it's honest and LEGAL. Teaching people to defraud Amazon is neither.
You are incorrect with this entire comment. PLEASE BE CAREFUL when sharing your opinion under someone else's TH-cam video. Amazon says it is LEGAL and PERFECTLY FINE to sell author copies on your own website. This is the EXACT wording they say on their page: "Author copies are prints of your live book offered to you at print cost. Author copies don’t include unpublished (draft) changes you’ve made on KDP. You are welcome to resell or give away author copies you ordered from KDP." And this is the link you can find the page to read it for yourself - kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G7BBN68RYX5UMDZF. Don't give your "legal" opinion and accuse me of teaching people of defrauding a platform when I'm going by what Amazon says on their own page! We must be more responsible with the information we put out!
was enjoying the content til you said this is for women of christ...
Lolol! As a woman of Christ I very much enjoyed your feedback.