I Published Over 1500 Books on Amazon KDP: 15 Lessons I've Learned

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  • @LeytonJayCougarWolfDaddy
    @LeytonJayCougarWolfDaddy 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    incredibly great presentation and great information...thank you!

  • @moneymanifestation9505
    @moneymanifestation9505 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I made 4 million selling ebooks and now im going to teach you how to do it to😂😂yea because all millionaires bust their asses to be successful, to then share their secrets on TH-cam 😂no actual millionaires or billionaires have TH-cam channels, you people know this right 😂

  • @somtodominic2666
    @somtodominic2666 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Hey Peter, I am Sommie pls accept me into your community 🙏

  • @Fithara
    @Fithara 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +50

    Great video but let's be real... a lot of these strategies require a budget that not all of us have. As a new seller, it's tough to invest in marketing when you're just starting out. Would love to see more content on free or low-cost marketing tactics that can help us indie authors get our foot in the door

    • @peterholmquist
      @peterholmquist  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Thanks for your comment, I will keep this in mind.

    • @Skadivore
      @Skadivore 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      When you are starting out, you can do all of these things by yourself and get good enough at them.

    • @jackabsalom9405
      @jackabsalom9405 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Not going to lie, I wrote 10 eBooks on self care that I bundled for $19.99 for all 10 and then published them to my own website which was simple and cheap then I advertised on Pinterest at $16/day and made $32,000 in 2 months. It’s not hard, you just have to make attractive covers using canva, attractive deals by bundling for a low price, and have a small capital for advertising. $500 is not hard to save up if you have a full time job. Keep in mind I have a wife with a shopping addiction and 2 kids and I was the sole income earner as a cleaner earning $AU47,000/year after tax so if I can do it, anyone can. I think most of my success came from my niche which was self care and all 10 eBooks covered all the most popular niches so that was an easy win tbf. Start with something like that with the highest chance of success then use the profit you make to reinvest in whatever you want. I stopped with the eBooks temporarily and am now using that money to make mobile games because I believe I can beat most of the existing games considering the bar is so low at the moment and the potential for massive returns is high even for those B grade games. I started with eBooks, moving onto mobile games, hopefully start making films because that’s what I’m really passionate about.

    • @ienjoyworkingonmuddycars.9793
      @ienjoyworkingonmuddycars.9793 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Making tiktoks is free advertising. Tiktoks algorithm is by far the best algorithm to get things Into the public eye. Research how to make TikTok’s go viral

    • @jake3762
      @jake3762 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Thank you for this video. It was very helpful to me.

  • @TimelessTunesRewind
    @TimelessTunesRewind 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    I did this and sold $600 mostly to my friends and family but other then that no sales. Competing on Amazon is so hard to compete with.

    • @jasonwilliams3095
      @jasonwilliams3095 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      it means they don't provide inner traffic inside platform to their memebers that are selling ebooks? We need to drive traffic using our own resources?

    • @CelebsTracker369
      @CelebsTracker369 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@jasonwilliams3095 I can help you

    • @schoolingdiana9086
      @schoolingdiana9086 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Did you use any of Neil Patel’s keyword search engine for the posting title and description? And are you promoting them on your social media channels with the right keywords?

    • @ianflanagan209
      @ianflanagan209 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You have to use social media to promote it, make posts about it and share it in relevant groups and make videos about it on youtube and Tictoc. Also asks your friends and family to share the posts you make and to write reviews on Amazon.

  • @heard3879
    @heard3879 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I've watched a bunch of videos of people unhappily saying that their Amazon KDP accounts were suspended, but this video is the first where I've seen someone say they hired a lawyer, found a way to get ahold of a real human, and convinced Amazon to reinstate their account. That's awesome! Great going! I'm subscribing to this channel!

  • @harryfarmer3867
    @harryfarmer3867 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Martinez Larry Thompson Elizabeth Williams Karen

  • @AlexR-yx5bk
    @AlexR-yx5bk 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What about Amazon's guidelines regarding direct links to email lists, isn't that prohibited?

  • @MathiasMortensen-nv3dh
    @MathiasMortensen-nv3dh 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    White Kevin Rodriguez Thomas Miller Richard

  • @VisionNick-n5f
    @VisionNick-n5f 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Jackson Cynthia Lopez Edward Moore Kenneth

  • @GuyBoyce-o4j
    @GuyBoyce-o4j 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Williams Steven Walker Deborah Young Ronald

  • @cryptorich614
    @cryptorich614 หลายเดือนก่อน

    1. I noticed you don't have a link to ur amazon page, to see those 1500 books you published.
    2. You are saying that you published 1500 books in 7 years, so you writed 5 books in 3 days.
    3. If you earned millions, why you are making TH-cam videos?
    U r not sincere in what you saying

  • @DanielThomason-c1t
    @DanielThomason-c1t 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Robinson Dorothy Thomas Patricia Lopez Gary

  • @AnthonyColon-v3e
    @AnthonyColon-v3e 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Wilson William Lopez Linda Young Kimberly

  • @DebraLittle-pz5um
    @DebraLittle-pz5um 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Rodriguez Gary Lewis James Harris Daniel

  • @lynnessjeffree3206
    @lynnessjeffree3206 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Martinez Robert Johnson Christopher Jackson Karen

  • @HarrodMaud-i3y
    @HarrodMaud-i3y 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Lopez Jeffrey Williams Linda Miller David

  • @RooseveltStjohn-j5m
    @RooseveltStjohn-j5m 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Lopez Jessica White Jennifer Jackson Mary

  • @Billie-n2x
    @Billie-n2x 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Martin Gary Jackson Jennifer Anderson Michael

  • @stevo728822
    @stevo728822 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You essentially became a one man publishing company.

  • @WycliffeSherry-o2m
    @WycliffeSherry-o2m 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Williams Ronald Miller Betty Harris Susan

  • @FrancesPierce-o4p
    @FrancesPierce-o4p 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Perez Charles Robinson Betty Johnson Anna

  • @DonaldCarroll-i8m
    @DonaldCarroll-i8m 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Perez Ronald Gonzalez Maria White Brian

  • @EtanRowleS
    @EtanRowleS 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Perez Deborah White Christopher Martinez Lisa

  • @TobiasMeade-l5z
    @TobiasMeade-l5z 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Lopez Paul Brown Jose Harris Melissa

  • @JomilaHosan
    @JomilaHosan 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Gonzalez Carol Lewis Laura Lewis Edward

  • @Egonxresh-t5y
    @Egonxresh-t5y 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Harris Angela Perez Scott Moore Gary

  • @LyndMavis
    @LyndMavis 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Anderson Ronald Lee Dorothy Johnson Sarah

  • @xooq_
    @xooq_ หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Can you explain how you made 1500 high content books because thats just insane

    • @peterholmquist
      @peterholmquist  หลายเดือนก่อน

      By hiring and putting systems in place.

    • @anniebananie
      @anniebananie หลายเดือนก่อน

      That was step 3 of this video. Maybe watch it again.

  • @ThackerayAudrey-j5g
    @ThackerayAudrey-j5g 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Garcia Sandra Johnson Daniel Moore Frank

  • @frantzjeanbaptiste5654
    @frantzjeanbaptiste5654 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you so much for your advice.

  • @VictoriaGetsVocal
    @VictoriaGetsVocal 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This content is brilliant ❤ I’m excited to see your channel grow, I’ve watched a lot of publishing content and this is some of the BEST. I predict you will do well. Now, I’m off to binge watch the rest of your content. Well done Peter and thank you for sharing. 😊👍🤩

    • @peterholmquist
      @peterholmquist  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks for your kind words Victora, happy to hear that you're finding value in the content, more to come!

  • @PhinBonn-n8z
    @PhinBonn-n8z 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Martinez Mary Smith Larry Lopez Mary

  • @SharpViola-g6d
    @SharpViola-g6d 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Perez Laura Walker Barbara Taylor Deborah

  • @TeresaGonzalez-r2q
    @TeresaGonzalez-r2q 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Moore Brenda Brown Jose Brown Melissa

  • @happilylivingtoday9885
    @happilylivingtoday9885 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    1500 books multiplied by $2000-$3000 book cost will make 3-4 million in publishing costs. Are you breakeven after 8 years?

    • @peterholmquist
      @peterholmquist  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Many of the books are translations.

  • @DM-2630
    @DM-2630 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you Peter for a pure and solid information about KDP or publishing books I am sure many are here will agree with me why dont you make a Step by Step course on how to published a book. I am sure everyone will buy it, I will be the first one to be your student. Wish you all the best on your channel I am sure it will grow more. I have subscribed already. More power! 👍

    • @timgebhard4928
      @timgebhard4928 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That course is available for free in his skool community👍

  • @ingerichardsonauthor
    @ingerichardsonauthor 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Thank you for your honesty.😊

  • @monstar5603
    @monstar5603 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hello sir
    I am published food snacks sweet and drink coloring book but I am book not sell
    Please guide me.....

    • @peterholmquist
      @peterholmquist  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Are you in the free community on Skool?

  • @GallacherKelly-o6e
    @GallacherKelly-o6e 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Martinez Elizabeth Garcia Barbara Martinez Maria

  • @LucyTaylor-n4m
    @LucyTaylor-n4m หลายเดือนก่อน

    Robinson Matthew Walker Amy Davis Joseph

  • @akoroguche2147
    @akoroguche2147 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thank you very much, Peter. Very loaded content.

    • @peterholmquist
      @peterholmquist  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for your comment, much appreciated!

  • @jenjenstock
    @jenjenstock 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    7 lessons of why - OMG. rest of the content is great too, but that was a lovely personal insight and SPOT ON

    • @peterholmquist
      @peterholmquist  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for your comment Jen!

    • @davidclark573
      @davidclark573 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      KDP Publishing scammed ]me out of over $3000 dollars and will not respond to my emails.

  • @lomejordecadatiendablog6248
    @lomejordecadatiendablog6248 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video! You said you spent tens of thousands of dollars in education, could you let us know some of the courses that you took that you found most valuable? Thanks!

    • @peterholmquist
      @peterholmquist  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Great question, it's hard to pinpoint to what exactly has helped the most but wherever I was stuck, I aimed to find a book or a course on that topic. For example, Jim Edwards taught me some great stuff about copywriting while other books such as Great By Choice gave me concepts to follow. Sometimes, my return on investment has not been there, but overall, I think investing in oneself is a good strategy because over a long enough time horizon, even the "lesser" investments I made in self-education might pay off.

  • @JohnsonKongor
    @JohnsonKongor 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thanks for simplicity. It's highly educative.

  • @Bopo
    @Bopo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That you think about Apple Vision Pro for writing?

    • @peterholmquist
      @peterholmquist  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I haven't used it or looked into it enough to comment on it at this point.

    • @Bopo
      @Bopo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@peterholmquist I want to buy them for editing scripts and composing video and animations- please tell me did it have way to open many texts pages around me? Thanks Peter

  • @thomas-c4g
    @thomas-c4g 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    do you run ads? and do you have someone do it for you?

    • @peterholmquist
      @peterholmquist  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, my team handles the optimization of the ads.

  • @Tomkurek1234
    @Tomkurek1234 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Top notch content Peter! If you or anyone else is interested, I’ve got custom S.M.A.R.T goal templates weekly task planners and priorities templates, checklist To do list, milestone moments all of these are in pretty sweet and unique templates my friend and I helped create for anyone who likes writing out your goals and having your tasks and events planner, written out where it’s very useful and easy to implement into your current routine. I be got a ton of custom t sheets that are all based in organizations. Like I got Morgan an adhd task planner/organizer; one that helps the person who’s mind is all over the place

  • @hackersir4808
    @hackersir4808 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for answering in advance.
    Sometimes a channel with a very less subscriber count is actually the most honest one, thanks.
    I have just published my first book on the KDP and its on review stage, but i have something very important to ask.
    1. How exactly does one sell a successful KDP account, as in do they have to give away the email id which they made the KDP account from? or there exists another method.
    2. Also, lets be honest, the payment delays might not be as short as promised by the Amazon, so what was your experience with the payouts from KDP soo far.

    • @peterholmquist
      @peterholmquist  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for your comment.
      1. I think they change the email for the account in most cases.
      2. Royalties are paid every month, approximately 60 days after the end of the month in which the sale was reported (90 days for Expanded Distribution). So far, this has been my experience.

  • @barrygeorgioukdp
    @barrygeorgioukdp หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Super valuable video Peter :)

    • @peterholmquist
      @peterholmquist  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks, Barry, I appreciate your videos as well; great stuff!

  • @The.DailyDrive
    @The.DailyDrive หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey im just gone over your channel and i really enjoy your content im currently publishing 5 journals at the moment, is there any way i can get in contact with you and run over a couple things that you think i could improve on.

    • @peterholmquist
      @peterholmquist  23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Hi,
      Thanks for your comment. I don't offer personal mentorship at this moment, but you can join the free Skool community, post there, and message me there.

  • @tremtoronto6462
    @tremtoronto6462 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great content 👌. Thanks for your usual objective and honest piece 👍

  • @albostudio7470
    @albostudio7470 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Such a great video man! thank you thank you!!

  • @kwakumiller7323
    @kwakumiller7323 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you for this great video Peter. I really appreciate your invaluable knowledge that you share with us

    • @peterholmquist
      @peterholmquist  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for your comment Kwaku!

  • @akinmuyisesandamilareemman943
    @akinmuyisesandamilareemman943 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Please can you enlighten me on how can i add map to my travel guide book? Because the one am seeing on TH-cam keeps making me feel uncomfortable because of Amazon policy and i don't want to get blocked,, please enlighten me

    • @peterholmquist
      @peterholmquist  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Make sure there are no copyrights on the map. Ideally, join the Skool community in the description and ask if someone can help answer your question there.

  • @smallzinc
    @smallzinc 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amazing! Thank you for this. Do you have a website or email to use for contact?

    • @peterholmquist
      @peterholmquist  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You're welcome. peter@drivenpublishers.com

  • @Pamela-mb6bj
    @Pamela-mb6bj 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Constructive feedback - kindly be mindful of wiggling the images while we are trying to watch your video. Thank you.

    • @peterholmquist
      @peterholmquist  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Noted, I appreciate that feedback.

  • @timgebhard4928
    @timgebhard4928 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Very insightful! Thank you so much Peter🤗

    • @peterholmquist
      @peterholmquist  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks for your comment Tim!

  • @MaryamSanan-te3qw
    @MaryamSanan-te3qw 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi Peter, I hope you are doing Great!
    I need help with my 100 page book paperback dimensions with 8.5×11 inches.
    What would be it's interior size and cover size.
    I will be awaiting your response Thanks.

    • @peterholmquist
      @peterholmquist  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hi Maryam,
      I hope you're doing great! I don't convert covers for paperbacks myself, but I recommend hiring someone on Fiverr to assist you. You can also join the free community on Skool, linked in the video description, to see if someone can help.

  • @MrSillyFun
    @MrSillyFun 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi Peter, you mention (15 mins in) that your editor receives the first draft of your manuscript from your guideline creator. Is that correct? Is it a full manuscript or just an outline at this stage?

    • @peterholmquist
      @peterholmquist  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hi, it's only a the outline at this stage.

  • @mahdicourse1622
    @mahdicourse1622 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    when you are an expert on Inspect element😆😆😆

  • @anikabiva
    @anikabiva 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Very informative video. Thank you for taking the time to do this. Thoughtfully put together and presented!

    • @peterholmquist
      @peterholmquist  13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      You're very welcome!

  • @PEBBLETHEREBEL1985
    @PEBBLETHEREBEL1985 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    you mentioned a book on the productively paranoid, what is the name of it again? When you mentioned the name in the video, I couldn't understand what you said unfortunetely

    • @peterholmquist
      @peterholmquist  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Great By Choice by Jim Collins.

  • @jasonwilliams3095
    @jasonwilliams3095 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    it means Amazon don't provide inner traffic inside platform to their memebers that are selling ebooks? We need to drive traffic using our own resources?

    • @peterholmquist
      @peterholmquist  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think this video will answer your question, if not, let me know: th-cam.com/video/nzJT9yuSFNU/w-d-xo.html

  • @historicalcanvas
    @historicalcanvas หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is nice one❤

  • @liny3843
    @liny3843 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What about pay ads? I haven't got a sell for since 2 months 😅

    • @peterholmquist
      @peterholmquist  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I recommend Amazon ads.

  • @simondowd5648
    @simondowd5648 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So I have a question and I’m new to the whole world of self publishing and actually writing a message on TH-cam lol…..
    You are one of the most knowledgeable of TH-camrs I’ve come across so I’ll ask you and I would be extremely grateful if you could try and help with this one if you can…
    Say I self publish on KDP, would there be any issue with me producing a TH-cam video of me or someone else or maybe even a puppet reading out my storybook? I’m thinking this could be a way to expand my brand. But don’t know if any red tape would prevent that . Sorry for the long message 😢

    • @peterholmquist
      @peterholmquist  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      If you do something like this, I don't think you want to be exclusive to KDP (enrolling in KDP select). Otherwise, I don't think there should be a problem, but my best advice for this is to simply email KDP and ask them before you publish the videos (then you have an email to refer to in case they bring it up in the future).

    • @simondowd5648
      @simondowd5648 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@peterholmquist that’s a great idea. Thank you so much for such a swift response. I hope you didn’t mind me asking. I appreciate your help.

  • @noorlu5209
    @noorlu5209 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fake ?

  • @4n68er6
    @4n68er6 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi Peter
    How can I get in touch with you re consulting ?

    • @peterholmquist
      @peterholmquist  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hi,
      I'm not offering consulting at this moment but you can reach me at peter@drivenpublishers.com or inside the free Skool community: www.skool.com/self-publishing-entrepreneurs-9850

  • @hkh7067
    @hkh7067 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Your number looks very big to me. I have seen other youtubers do actual filter change on their dashboard to show these are real numbers and have not been tampered with, as it is very easy to do. If you have a video where you do that, please copy the link.

    • @peterholmquist
      @peterholmquist  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      See the latest video, is this what you mean?

    • @hkh7067
      @hkh7067 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@peterholmquist yes great! Good job!

  • @gayanrajapaksha9871
    @gayanrajapaksha9871 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I am a designer, this video is a treasure. I'm starting publishing some books for kids

    • @peterholmquist
      @peterholmquist  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks, best of luck on your journey!

    • @MaryamSanan-te3qw
      @MaryamSanan-te3qw 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hi Gyan, I hope you are doing Great!
      I need help with my 100 page book paperback dimensions with 8.5×11 inches.
      What would be it's interior size and cover size.
      I will be awaiting your response Thanks.

    • @davidflorez1196
      @davidflorez1196 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hi how it's going did you have already some sells?

    • @MaryamSanan-te3qw
      @MaryamSanan-te3qw หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@davidflorez1196 this one is first I am going to sell.

    • @davidsam6590
      @davidsam6590 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@MaryamSanan-te3qw look in google for kdp templates

  • @Maze.Labyrinth1
    @Maze.Labyrinth1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Maze for kids 5 and above
    Is right keyword for my maze book?

    • @peterholmquist
      @peterholmquist  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, perhaps consider adding Ages before the 5.

  • @Mikeblanco12345
    @Mikeblanco12345 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I appreciate your content. As an author with a couple thousand units sold from two books, the scaling doesn’t compute for me.
    For instance, if you hire a quality writer for a small 30k nonfiction job, that’s about $3k. If that book nets $100/month, it would take three years to break even.
    I agree the covers, formatting, etc is cheap. But, I’ve never found good writers that are inexpensive and trustworthy (no AI).
    How much do you pay for ghostwriting ? Can you refer me to writers who will pay you a referral fee? Or would you entertain joining in a revenue share on a project together?

    • @peterholmquist
      @peterholmquist  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Do you think you'd be able to transfer your knowledge to another writer and steer him or her in the right direction while you provide the outline, review as he progresses, etc.? I agree that it's hard to find skilled writers. I don't have anything like that to provide now but I'll let you know if it changes.

    • @Mikeblanco12345
      @Mikeblanco12345 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I can do the keyword research, provide chapter outline, and give them a target length, but I don’t see how I could transfer the knowledge of what to write.
      I’ve been publishing for six years and I’m a project manager for a well-known publishing and marketing firm. Once you know the process, you need the personnel or you have to write yourself.
      Even as a decent writer, I can only write a high quality, no AI book every few months. To get to your 1500, that would take me 400 years.
      I’ve never found a class where the leaders share their writing resources. To me, I can only think of two reasons: 1) they don’t or no longer have those inexpensive writers or 2) they have them but don’t want to share them because they keep them busy on their own projects.
      The fact is that no publishing strategy that relies on scaling can be successful without these low cost writers.
      Books don’t make much money. So, you can’t afford to turn out books for the usual $2-$4k and make a profit. If you know the rest of the process, as we both do, and I had quality writers at $.03/word, making long term profit is pretty easy.

    • @peterholmquist
      @peterholmquist  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@Mikeblanco12345 I appreciate you sharing your experience and point of view. I don't think the goal should be to publish 1500 books but rather to have a bigger impact from the books published. Ideally, we want the books to make more than $100/month. My plan for 2025 is to decrease the publishing pace and focus more on making sure the books published have the best possible chance for success.
      One reason why it has worked for me is because of the editors and the way they work with the writers (the writers improve with time).

  • @BruceWayne15325
    @BruceWayne15325 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If you use AI be EXTREMELY careful where and how you use it. AI has a high chance of violating copyright and being ignorant of the violation is no protection to you. Each violation is punishable by up to $250,000 and 5yrs in prison, so it wouldn't take very many books violating this law to spend your entire life in prison when the lawsuits start rolling in.
    I love AI, and I use it a lot. Just be smart about it. Don't let it write for you, it's terrible at it anyway, and it will land you in hot water when it goes off the legal rails. If you use it for artwork be very careful since there's not an easy way to determine if it's reproducing copyrighted artwork, but if the original artist comes forward you can get in big trouble.

    • @BibleBreakout
      @BibleBreakout หลายเดือนก่อน

      That’s what Grammarly is for

  • @matthewgleeson14
    @matthewgleeson14 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It was more than a amazon kdp video, it was therapeutic watch this wholesome video

    • @peterholmquist
      @peterholmquist  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you very much, I appreciate hearing that.

  • @Nina_2288
    @Nina_2288 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very nice summary, thank you. I published 900 and am super happy with the passive income. ✅✅

  • @fernandajansen9827
    @fernandajansen9827 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    pure gold!! 👏👏

    • @peterholmquist
      @peterholmquist  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Glad you liked it Fernanda!

  • @mdmanik887
    @mdmanik887 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video ❤

    • @peterholmquist
      @peterholmquist  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for your comment, glad you liked it!

  • @PallaviChauhan91
    @PallaviChauhan91 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fans of Ollie are everywhere🤣

    • @peterholmquist
      @peterholmquist  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Great work naturally earns respect.

  • @csli9131
    @csli9131 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can you please help me to promote my books?

    • @csli9131
      @csli9131 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I am a new author, I really need some experienced KDP to help me.

    • @peterholmquist
      @peterholmquist  หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm unable to provide individualized help at this moment but I think the free Skool course can provide some help: www.skool.com/self-publishing-entrepreneurs-9850/about

  • @kevinalmiron8693
    @kevinalmiron8693 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    1500 books in 9 years? That's like one book a month I mean come on dude you gotta be focusing on quantity rather than quality popping out as much as you can and see what hits. You can't really say you focus on quality with that amount of books.

    • @peterholmquist
      @peterholmquist  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for your comment, I answered you on the newest video now.

    • @YTJayell
      @YTJayell 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      That is actually 14 books a month….

    • @kevinalmiron8693
      @kevinalmiron8693 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@YTJayell even worse. And he says he focuses on quality

  • @SaraSenkal
    @SaraSenkal 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi Peter, thanks for your great video❤ “I have posted 20 children’s books, coloring books, and activity books on Amazon over the past two months, but I haven’t made a single sale yet, even though my books are really beautiful. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong or if I should give up. Something isn’t working for me. Could you please give me some advice on what to do? It would be really helpful. Thank you in advance❤❤😊

    • @peterholmquist
      @peterholmquist  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hi Sara,
      Are you in the free Skool community? If so, that could be a good start to post there and see if you can get some feedback (I will look out for it too). I suspect that it's the niche/angle that's the problem if the other components (cover, title, etc.) are on point.

    • @ianflanagan209
      @ianflanagan209 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Promote them on social media

  • @davidrusterholz127
    @davidrusterholz127 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That is amazing Peter!

    • @peterholmquist
      @peterholmquist  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Glad you liked it, David!

  • @blackboysominc1288
    @blackboysominc1288 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you so much

    • @peterholmquist
      @peterholmquist  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You're most welcome.

  • @DesignDesigns
    @DesignDesigns 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good advices....

  • @olwynnsay237
    @olwynnsay237 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Not so great when you have nothing to spend on advertising.

  • @texasowl5356
    @texasowl5356 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    2k a book? And hats not really that good.

  • @SW-fh7he
    @SW-fh7he 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The numbers are probably fake and edited with browser editor

    • @canaday2k
      @canaday2k 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Nope, this guy is legit

    • @SW-fh7he
      @SW-fh7he 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@canaday2k prove it

    • @canaday2k
      @canaday2k 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@SW-fh7he I can't, and neither can you 🙃

    • @SW-fh7he
      @SW-fh7he 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@canaday2k probability is on my side though

    • @canaday2k
      @canaday2k 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@SW-fh7he Please explain your logic?

  • @charlesweaver8302
    @charlesweaver8302 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You hire people for their IT and other skills. What is stopping those people from taking your ideas and then going into business on their own account?

    • @peterholmquist
      @peterholmquist  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Contracts, drive, and a deeper understanding/experience.

    • @charlesweaver8302
      @charlesweaver8302 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@peterholmquist In my experience, contracts and agreements mean nothing in real life. To enforce them you have to pay lawyers.

  • @Gta_Selection
    @Gta_Selection หลายเดือนก่อน

    How good are these books, stories, are they worth reading?

  • @Shahnwazshah-h7r
    @Shahnwazshah-h7r 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

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  • @gausulazam804
    @gausulazam804 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I need your help