2024 Prep Crash Course – “Products” Module #3: Selecting New Products: Predicting 2024 Trends
Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) has revolutionized the world of self-publishing, empowering authors and publishers to reach global audiences with their creative works. As KDP offers a vast array of categories, it’s essential for publishers to not only create compelling content but also to predict what will sell in the coming year. In our third entry […]
2024 Prep Crash Course – “Products” Module #2: Analyzing Your Unsuccessful Products
We started off our look at “Projects” (one of the modules in this crash course) with a happy exercise: an analytical look at what contributed to the success of your most successful products. That’s to take the sting out of this week’s second of four entries on a 2023 look back on “Products”. This time, […]
2024 Prep Crash Course – “Products” Module #1: Analyzing Your Successful Products
If your goal is growth, the first thing to ask is “What am I doing right?” Sometimes the answer is hard work. Sometimes it’s luck. Sometimes it’s the price. Whatever the reason for the success of one of your titles, it’s in the data. That’s why the very first step of this entire journey is […]
How to create POD adult coloring books for stress relief using Book Bolt
Coloring books have evolved from a child’s pastime to a leading trend in adult stress relief. Grown-ups worldwide are rediscovering the joys and anti-stress benefits of coloring in, creating tremendous opportunities for POD book sellers on Amazon KDP. This article will guide you on how to create your own adult coloring book success story using […]
Min-Maxing Your Royalties: How To Get The Most Profit Out of the Cheapest POD Books?
In the ever-evolving landscape of self-publishing, authors are constantly seeking innovative ways to make their mark in the low- and no-content book space. And while POD books offer convenience, the question of maximizing profits often remains unanswered. Can you earn satisfactory profits and offer competitive pricing at the same time? Below, we answer this question […]
Best KDP Niches to Make Passive Income Online in 2023
The year might have already started but the new trends keep coming. In this article, we will discuss some of the most successful KDP niches that have high probability of cutting through the clutter in 2023. All of these niches have the potential to generate a very good monthly income if you choose the proper […]
Should I Copyright or Trademark My Books?
There’s a common misconception that copyright and trademark are either interchangeable or need to be registered together, if at all. They both offer virtually guaranteed intellectual property protection, but they are very different. One protects the specific content of a work, the other protects a product or service. As a writer, do you need to […]
How to Start Making Money with No/Low-Content Books
You’ve heard about the low-maintenance ways you can earn passive income publishing and it seems like something you would like to try for yourself. But if you are new to all of this, what training should you go through first? Advantages of Starting with a “Low-Content Book” To clearly define our topic, paperback books with […]
Low Content Book Distribution – Where Can You Make The MOST Sales?
Every day is a new adventure when it comes to book publishing. What will you publish? Where will you sell it? What marketing will you do? Every day is what YOU make of it when you are in business for yourself, and that’s great! But when it comes down to it, what matters MOST is […]
Bleed Or No Bleed When It Comes To Printed Books – Your Definitive Guide
I’ve been involved in the print industry since my first job operating a sheet-fed one-color press in 1984 (no, it wasn’t the one Gutenberg invented, thank you very much). Although I’ve made multiple kinds of products, both physical and digital, printer’s ink flows through my veins. Since those ancient days, technology has made it easier […]
