Is anybody actually making money with Kindle books?

[OutSourCed]

Originally Posted by JamieSEO

Yes



Wrong question - you need to be focusing on ROI (money and time)

Here are some tips on making profit from Kindle:

1 - Don't bother re-labeling and selling PLR eBooks - most are either junk or already flooding Kindle.

2 - Every time you write an article/blog post/forum post/email on a topic - save it under a folder on that topic. Glace at the folders each month to see what topics you have gathered a fair bit of content on, then throw it together into an eBook and publish. That way you are not spending any time producing content, just some minor editing/formatting. This should take a max of about 3 hours to compile.

3 - Compile good quality PLR articles on a topic, then throw them together into an eBook and publish. Again you are not spending any time producing content, just some minor editing/formatting. This should take a max of about 3 hours.

4 - Always price below $10 so you get 70% royalty.

5 - Create your own cover. Just grab a royalty free image and write your heading/author details on it. You can do this in under 10 minutes.

5 - Send in form to get tax reduction.

5 - Also upload your ebook to Smashwords to get extra sales. Takes about 10 minutes.

6 - Promote! Twitter, Facebook, your blog posts, forum signature links, sidebar of your blog, at the end of your ebook put links to your other ebooks, write a guest post on a blog on your topic and have your link included.

I can usually get an ebook done and promoted within 4 hours. The amount per sale is low, but it is genuinely passive income as once you publish (on an evergreen topic) you continue getting sales months/years later.

Case study:

Ebook Niche: Dinner Recipes
Length: 59 pages (about 5,000 words)
Compiled PLR recipes
Total Time (compiling/editing/publishing/promoting): 5 hours
Published: September 2010
Pricing: $4.84 - $9.95
Avg Sales per Month: 14
Avg Royalty per Sale (after tax): $4.41

Royalties received to September 2011 (after tax): $740.88

This ebook is still selling on Kindle.

I don't know about you, but I think $740.88 in my pocket for 5 hours work is a good return on investment

The effect is cumulative. I now have over 50 different ebooks published on Kindle in various niches/pen names. Some do better than others, but the ebook case study above is about average

By the way - Kindle is not really something I focus on to earn money. I generally try to publish 3-4 a month (12-16 hours) and just keep letting that cumulative effect grow

Thanks Jamie. That's $997 worth of information. I kid you not.

[brownmarketing1]

I know most posts are old, but I am seeing a lot of products coming out pushing Kindle and I am starting to look.

[cashp0wer]

I haven't gotten into Kindle just yet but I do know of some close personal friends that are doing very well with it.

[chrisg942]

Although I don't write recipe books, I know a several people that have and they have met the wrath of these reviews. There is one person in particular that leads the reviews for recipe books (most people in this genre know her name) from what I understand. From some of the reviews I've have been told about she gets nasty.

That's why I recommend people sticking to fiction for the most part, thats what I do.

Chris

[RhondaG]

I'm confused about recipe books anyway because people are slapping them up and the recipes are copied from somewhere else. I was told that if the recipe can be found online for free don't make a book out of it, yet I was on a webinar last night where this guy has a huge recipe book that is doing well. Personally I would not take a chance getting my Amazon account banned by copying recipes or the work of anyone.

This guy did outsource the book and I don't think a writer would just "know" over 100 recipes off the top of their head.

hmmmm???

[Rod Cortez]

Originally Posted by chrisg942

Although I don't write recipe books, I know a several people that have and they have met the wrath of these reviews. There is one person in particular that leads the reviews for recipe books (most people in this genre know her name) from what I understand. From some of the reviews I've have been told about she gets nasty.

That's why I recommend people sticking to fiction for the most part, thats what I do.

Chris

That wouldn't stop me from publishing an original recipe book on Amazon. I've seen those do pretty well. You can't let fear rule your business decisions.

RoD

[chrisg942]

Right Rhonda!

Unless I was a Chef maybe. I know quite a few people that are writing recipe books, more or less because there to compile and submit.

Strangely I hardly ever take the easy route, maybe that's why I have been successful with my kindle books.

Chris

[chrisg942]

Originally Posted by Rod Cortez

That wouldn't stop me from publishing an original recipe book on Amazon. I've seen those do pretty well. You can't let fear rule your business decisions.

RoD

That's not fear, I just don't write recipe books. I write original content.

I'm not worried about my business decisions, you shouldn't be either. I sell a lot of books on kindle, I have been doing this fulltime for over 9 months and sales are skyrocketting on what I'm doing.

Chris

[Rod Cortez]

Originally Posted by chrisg942

That's not fear, I just don't write recipe books. I write original content.

I'm not worried about my business decisions, you shouldn't be either. I sell alot of books on kindle, I have been doing this fulltime for over 9 and sell are skyrocketting on what I'm doing.

Chris

Point well taken. I've been fulltime for a long time too and you're right, I shouldn't be worrying about your business decisions.

I'm glad to hear you're doing well on the Kindle platform. It's definitely going to continue to grow. I've been putting up about one book a month and I'm fascinated with the whole tagging, keywords, getting reviews, etc. Amazon is behemoth.

RoD

[chrisg942]

Sorry if last post came off as snarky. I didn't mean it to be like that. Just hard in forum to express yourself sometimes.

Yeah Rod there is a science to it all, I experimented with the whole process many times to get what I have now. I still try new things in the process daily.

Chris

[Rod Cortez]

Originally Posted by chrisg942

Sorry if last post came off as snarky. I didn't mean it to be like that. Just hard in forum to express yourself sometimes.

Yeah Rod there is a science to it all, I experimented with the whole process many times to get what I have now. I still try new things in the process daily.

Chris

No worries. If anything, I came off that way. I'm cranky when I wake up this early (it's like 6:50 am over here hahaha). So it was my bad.

One of the best things I ever did was sign up for KD select and sell one of my short e-books for free for a day or two, as it helps with the whole ranking thing (you get more reviews, more downloads, etc.). I'm learning a lot as I go. There are a lot of little "tricks" within the Amazon system to help one's books rank well and get more traffic.

I also hear that putting your e-book in physical format and sending it to Amazon's distirbution warehouse (fulfillment) is also another way to go, they handle all of it for you and you don't have to wait 60 days to get paid. But I'm not quite there yet. I'm juggling too many pins in the air as it is.

RoD

[RhondaG]

Well thanks Chris and Rod. I only write original too and I guess it just makes me mad to see someone not writing original material making more money. I just need to do more experimenting and then I can maybe add some zeros to my monthly check. And no matter what the size of the check I sure was happy to get my Amazon check in the bank this morning, lol.

I wish everyone on this thread the best of luck with kindle and I know that those of use who care about what we put on there will eventually win the race!

[creativeways]

Hi there,

I just started out like last month publishing ebooks to kindle.

And I have started to make money not much but it is a start. I believe that if you keep adding more ebooks to kindle that are quality ebooks well written and to a good audience you will make good money.

That crap with PLR well people who just add ebooks to kindle from just PLR well I am not into that I write my stuff original and written by me.

even though PLR can help with idea's for a ebook I would never just take it rewrite and then put out there. I like my ebooks original.

[AprilCT]

Originally Posted by RhondaG

I'm confused about recipe books anyway because people are slapping them up and the recipes are copied from somewhere else. I was told that if the recipe can be found online for free don't make a book out of it, yet I was on a webinar last night where this guy has a huge recipe book that is doing well. Personally I would not take a chance getting my Amazon account banned by copying recipes or the work of anyone.

This guy did outsource the book and I don't think a writer would just "know" over 100 recipes off the top of their head.

hmmmm???

Hi RhondaG...I'm doing some recipe books myself and waiting around to see how this all shakes out before rushing to finish them and publish as ebooks. That's okay because I do have some other types I am working on for now.

It wouldn't surprise me one bit that a lot of ebooks are copy and paste work--easy, profitable, probably in violation of someone's copyright.

My husband has complained since we were first married that I don't write down recipes while I cook. Since I've been actually measuring what I use and writing the recipes as I do them, it doesn't take all that long to get a rather large assortment.

I wanted my recipe books to be very different from what is already out there. While I won't divulge what is different and ask for opinions--although I'd love to--with all the negativity going on in the Amazon recipe section reviews and who knows what Amazon will do about it, it just seems best to wait it out on Amazon or perhaps start them, whenever they are finished, somewhere else.

[RhondaG]

Thanks April for the info. I like to experiment with recipes too but I have never written them all down. I wish you the best of luck because people LOVE recipes, lol

[chrisg942]

It's good to see so many people making money with kindle books.

Best advice with any book is to have something that sets it apart from the others in that genre. That will work with cook books also. I have a line of fantasy books that has little or no competition because how they're written. Most people haven't seen anything like them.

Well I'm headed out in the morning. On a well deserved vacation for the next couple weeks. Yes I will be writing on my laptop while I'm gone, so it's not 100% vacation.

Chris

[craig2012]

Originally Posted by savesulli

I have read this thread with great interest and am genuinely impressed by the time and thought given by a lot of people to help other people. I am interested in kindle however would like some help from someone who has published from Australia as it appears that we have different rules regarding kindle. If anyone could clarify this for me it would be much appreciated.
thanks Sue

I'm Aussie. What are these rules of which you speak? Payment/tax issues? Like Createspace, Kindle will only pay you by cheque which your bank will charge you between $10 and $20 to cash.

On top of that, you're automatically losing 30% of your earnings as US tax withholdings. Apparently the taxation rate issue is too complex for amazon, so they simply hang onto a big chunk of the earnings made by "foreigners" such as ourselves. You can apply for a TIN (Tax ID No.) with the US IRS, but be aware that you'll need to provide them with original primary ID (birth cert/passport, etc.) and it can take 4 weeks to process. Best bet is to call up the US embassy in Can'tberra or the US Consulate in your state and see if they can accommodate a personal visit for you to fill in the forms, get the ID no, etc. Once you have it, you need to post it to Amazon. They'll process it and your tax withholdings will be reduced to 5%. This 5% is a consequence of some tax treaty between Australia and the US.

There are ways and means to avoid being paid by cheque, but I don't know the details - I'm currently looking into opening a US bank account in a couple of weeks when I visit the Big island, but I'm not even sure yet whether I can. I'll report back.

apparently Smashwords has trialled a direct deposit payment system for Australian and selected other overseas authors, which is heartwarming. This makes Smashwords a viable alternative to Kindle, especially since they assume that we will look after our own tax withholdings.

As for the general topic, yes, I have made money. I'm only new at Kindle, but I made over $100 my first month and will aim to at least double that this month.

Please note that I'm a writer, not a marketer, so this is my livelihood, not a get rich quick scam. I've conquered the print biz, but I'm determined to learn the ropes with ebook publishing in general and Kindle in particular.

Can't say I'm sorry that Amazon has slapped all the PLR peddlers. They weakened the Kindle machine. If the machine stays strong then everybody benefits - except the PLR peddlers, but by that time they've already moved on to the "next big thing".

[Aditeo]

Hey , Jamie tnx for this great ideea :d will give it a try and report back 1

[lossman29]

I tried the whole Kindle thing a while back. It's really difficult getting conversions. I wouldn't get into it unless you have some serious high volume traffic. Conversion rates are extremely low for this sorta thing, at least they were for me.

[Henry White]

Originally Posted by Peeps66

How do you easily create content?

Focus on something you are genuinely passionate about and build your niche around that. Passion is the key element. You cannot teach/learn passion; but all the other "necessary evils" you can learn - or learn to outsource.

And as pointed out already, once you're an established authority in your niche(s), you have your "following" and they will be more than happy to help you build your business through unsolicited reviews and word-of-mouth advertising better than anything you could ever buy. Best of all, they'll actually give you topics for your blog or next project!

[aaaa33030]

Well without marketing or promotion of any sort, a kindle book I have on "youtube for newbies" sells about 2 a month

[Suzanne Morrison]

I published my first book on Kindle just over a month ago as a bit of an experiment. It's just a small 5000 word EBook, in a very small niche, but I am surprised at the number of sales that it made without me having to do much in the way of promotion.

So far after just over a month I am sitting at 94 sales.

I'm not going to get rich from that little EBook, but I am now working on a second book in a slightly larger niche this time and it will be interesting to see how it sells and if having two related books can increase the overall sales.

Cheers,
Suzanne

[chrisg942]

Originally Posted by Suzanne Morrison

I published my first book on Kindle just over a month ago as a bit of an experiment. It's just a small 5000 word EBook, in a very small niche, but I am surprised at the number of sales that it made without me having to do much in the way of promotion.

So far after just over a month I am sitting at 94 sales.

I'm not going to get rich from that little EBook, but I am now working on a second book in a slightly larger niche this time and it will be interesting to see how it sells and if having two related books can increase the overall sales.

Cheers,
Suzanne

Having two related books or a series of books is a very smart way to increase sales and get your name/pen name out there. It's all about gathering a following for your content. Also don't forget to make a page at the back to link to your other book.

I only write books in a series of volumes and that does very well for me.

Chris

[Blade Runner 77]

Originally Posted by Lambert Klein

I started publishing Kindle books last November. Made $10 the first month.

My sales have increased every month so far. I'm up to $1400 per month now and hope to keep rising.

Lambert

Ok, er, how, what in your opinion, has set you ahead of the others I see commenting here that they get no sales despite doing their research? Thanks BR

[xTrav]

My cousin is a writer and told me that most book authors make less than $500 per book. Is this not true? Is he just settling and accepting the fact that his book is no good?

I feel that thousands can be made on selling your own Kindle books, but like anything else, there is a strategy to it.

Am I correct?

[plongmire]

Originally Posted by JamieSEO

Yes



Wrong question - you need to be focusing on ROI (money and time)

Here are some tips on making profit from Kindle:

1 - Don't bother re-labeling and selling PLR eBooks - most are either junk or already flooding Kindle.

2 - Every time you write an article/blog post/forum post/email on a topic - save it under a folder on that topic. Glace at the folders each month to see what topics you have gathered a fair bit of content on, then throw it together into an eBook and publish. That way you are not spending any time producing content, just some minor editing/formatting. This should take a max of about 3 hours to compile.

3 - Compile good quality PLR articles on a topic, then throw them together into an eBook and publish. Again you are not spending any time producing content, just some minor editing/formatting. This should take a max of about 3 hours.

4 - Always price below $10 so you get 70% royalty.

5 - Create your own cover. Just grab a royalty free image and write your heading/author details on it. You can do this in under 10 minutes.

5 - Send in form to get tax reduction.

5 - Also upload your ebook to Smashwords to get extra sales. Takes about 10 minutes.

6 - Promote! Twitter, Facebook, your blog posts, forum signature links, sidebar of your blog, at the end of your ebook put links to your other ebooks, write a guest post on a blog on your topic and have your link included.

I can usually get an ebook done and promoted within 4 hours. The amount per sale is low, but it is genuinely passive income as once you publish (on an evergreen topic) you continue getting sales months/years later.

Case study:

Ebook Niche: Dinner Recipes
Length: 59 pages (about 5,000 words)
Compiled PLR recipes
Total Time (compiling/editing/publishing/promoting): 5 hours
Published: September 2010
Pricing: $4.84 - $9.95
Avg Sales per Month: 14
Avg Royalty per Sale (after tax): $4.41

Royalties received to September 2011 (after tax): $740.88

This ebook is still selling on Kindle.

I don't know about you, but I think $740.88 in my pocket for 5 hours work is a good return on investment

The effect is cumulative. I now have over 50 different ebooks published on Kindle in various niches/pen names. Some do better than others, but the ebook case study above is about average

By the way - Kindle is not really something I focus on to earn money. I generally try to publish 3-4 a month (12-16 hours) and just keep letting that cumulative effect grow

This is a great post...and a very effective model to follow. thank you for this post...

[golfer57]

I have seen a bunch of stuff about kindle publishing, does this stuff really work? I have been thinking about doing this.

[lbradshaw]

I just published my first kindle book last week. I have made a few sales (friends and family haha). The person that I learned from said that in order to really make money from it you do have to promote it through a blog. I plan on getting that done soon as it will be a series.

I wrote the book myself in its entirety, no PLR. Did all the research on it and put it in my own words and used personal experience. Whether it makes a lot of money or not, I am still pretty proud of it.

I'm sure that if you use good keywords in your title and book description it will come up in organic search results but it also helps if you promote it yourself.

Liz

[grafiplanet]

hello Edlewis,)

I bought your kindle info product and find that really great,
thanks a lot for such a nice product = simple, efficient, rich in information

I have a question for you =
I am newbie on emarketing and I noticed that a lot of Kindle ebooks for the"" how to ""(specially in France, cause it is from where I come..) need kind of Autority level to let readers buy the kindle ebooks with blind trust. I am not at all an autority in any field,...how can we avoid this obstacles , this kind of Autority syndrom that sine qua non pretend your content is worth buying?
Cause for now i get this bloody feeling from all theses litterate overgraduate experts that write topics I like, that if you re not enough Autority identified, you can not really make it seriously (at least in France)
Thanks a lot for your time to reply, but I think this question is very usefull for a lot of people concerned to make a great deal with Kindle

[bloomingrose]

Working through Geoff Shaw's course on Kindle - which I think is the best out there. Both fiction and non-fiction.

There also is a woman Deborah Drum who sells quality information on fiction, and Tink who sells some stuff on erotica - all are quality products.

Have I made money yet? No, because I have not got any books up yet. But that will not be the case by this time next year, as I am convinced in this method of marketing and I am interested in writing.

[eddywebs]

Changing the cover and title to rebrand the PLR/MRR to sell it at amazon is that viable ?
or does amazon do a content check against duplicate content in the kindle store ?

I do understand flooding PLR eBook at amazon is decreasing the quality of overall marketplace (and thats is why they are cracking down on it) however there are some really good eBooks out there with genuine quality advice under the PLR rights, its just matter of digging through the pile and find the right book to sell.

[AprilCT]

Originally Posted by eddywebs

Changing the cover and title to rebrand the PLR/MRR to sell it at amazon is that viable ?
or does amazon do a content check against duplicate content in the kindle store ?

I do understand flooding PLR eBook at amazon is decreasing the quality of overall marketplace (and thats is why they are cracking down on it) however there are some really good eBooks out there with genuine quality advice under the PLR rights, its just matter of digging through the pile and find the right book to sell.

Don't do PLR or MRR or plagiarize anyone. You will lose your Kindle publishing privileges. Read all the terms and conditions on any site you want to publish before you do something that will give you such a headache!

[Scott Worthington]

Yeah, I'm definitely on board with that. You have to ENTICE me to get my 99 cents.

[Sonomacats]

Do NOT simply rebrand PLR or anything else that someone else has written. You won't get far with it.

However, you can take that material and use it for research. Then write your own. Then it will be original and will pass the Amazon inspection just fine.

Which makes sense if you want to build a true business, i.e., a publishing house with multiple books - both digital and physical through Create Space. Plus with more than one solid original title, you start getting a following and cross-pollenization which helps you sell more books.

And don't sell them for .99 unless you're using that as a temporary enticement to get people to check you out. People now equate the .99 price with dreck. Plus, you only get 35% commission on that instead of the 70% for titles priced $2.99+.

[Sonomacats]

Originally Posted by grafiplanet

I am newbie on emarketing and I noticed that a lot of Kindle ebooks for the"" how to ""(specially in France, cause it is from where I come..) need kind of Autority level to let readers buy the kindle ebooks with blind trust. I am not at all an autority in any field,...how can we avoid this obstacles , this kind of Autority syndrom that sine qua non pretend your content is worth buying?

Cause for now i get this bloody feeling from all theses litterate overgraduate experts that write topics I like, that if you re not enough Autority identified, you can not really make it seriously (at least in France)

If you want to look like an Authority, create a separate website using WordPress and blog about the subject. Do a Twitter and Facebook post every time you post something, plus social bookmarking.

It also won't hurt if you put up a few articles on the subject on the article directories, create a Squidoo lens, do Pinterest, forum posting, and all the other things that will help increase your visibility.

You can also give away the first 4 chapters for free in a PDF on your website with appropriate links to your book on Kindle, Smashwords, etc.

Also, if your subject lends itself to doing teleseminars or webinars, start doing a bunch of free ones.

When Jeff Herring was just starting out in early 2007, he did free teleseminars 3-5 days a week, plus he had articles everywhere. In 6 months he was seen as THE article marketing expert and has made a lot of money since.

It's not hard to look like an Authority if you're everywhere on that subject.

[ImamHariyanto]

Good Idea
You can run that business and get profit, just be focus and be optimist
I think many members of this forum have a success guide for running that business
I am sorry, I am a flipper, can't tell you about the guide

Imam Hariyanto

[Michael Ten]

Some people are earning lots of money with Kindle books.

[lerxtjr]

I have a couple of kindle books out there and we've had trickle-in sales for a few months. That process showed us that we'll have a lot better potential success by producing a product line, book series, instead of just one book. So, we have our next "5" ebooks set to launch in the next two weeks while working on the other 20 to be complete and launched throughout the summer. Remember, they don't have to be 300-page works here.

[STaylor]

I bought a Kindle a couple years ago and the Fire when it came out, and was going balls happy downloading a ton of free books and the 99c books - it's too easy...it's like the candy bowl in the Dr's office, once you grab a handful, you want to keep dipping in there.

I've definitely picked up some garbage that's 3rd grade grammar fail, badly edited, not proofed, inaccuracies, and all, but for the most part there is some amazing talent out there.

Eventually I got my book (The Dumbass Guide To Scoring 2.0) in the ring and had intended to go with an affiliate solution to get it in more hands but screwed myself putting it in Select so have to wait til August. Because of it, I've not really promoted it other than my site and FB/Twitter a few times. Before I did this one, which is a solid, accurate, well edited work, I put up a little incest porn short story pushing every last one of the boundaries to see what, exactly they would be and to have something to use as a test case to get an idea how the whole self pub thing worked.

In both cases, within an hour of putting them up I had half a dozen sales. I don't know if that's typical or a fluke but I aint whinin about it I did pull the porn one because it was a tester. What I need are the reviews. I know it's good stuff, and I know there are areas in it that will threaten the bejeezus out of sensitive romantic sorts looking for a soul mate but that's okay - I did it on purpose.

The book is selling, and I went with a 3 day promo through the end of June to get it free and have had a lot of downloads. Once it's over, I upped the price from 4.99 to 7.99 and see if that makes a difference in sales. Once it's out of select, I think it'll do a whole lot better.

Ebooks do make money though. No doubt about it. I'm in for the count and have 500 more books in there fighting for air time...I got my new career, easy!

[anymore]

I purchased a number of courses on the WSO on how to make money with kindle

After doing a little research on kindle, I can see that most of the best selling books on kindle are romance related books.

This is not helpfull for me because I can not write interesting points about romance

[STaylor]

That's why you need my book, so you can bone up on what women are all about

[JamieSEO]

Originally Posted by Sandra Martinez

Fiction seems to be selling better than non fiction, isn´t it?

Fiction has far more books/writers than non-fiction, so although there are more sales, there is also stronger competition.

[JamieSEO]

Originally Posted by craig2012

I'm Aussie. What are these rules of which you speak? Payment/tax issues? Like Createspace, Kindle will only pay you by cheque which your bank will charge you between $10 and $20 to cash.

On top of that, you're automatically losing 30% of your earnings as US tax withholdings. Apparently the taxation rate issue is too complex for amazon, so they simply hang onto a big chunk of the earnings made by "foreigners" such as ourselves. You can apply for a TIN (Tax ID No.) with the US IRS, but be aware that you'll need to provide them with original primary ID (birth cert/passport, etc.) and it can take 4 weeks to process. Best bet is to call up the US embassy in Can'tberra or the US Consulate in your state and see if they can accommodate a personal visit for you to fill in the forms, get the ID no, etc. Once you have it, you need to post it to Amazon. They'll process it and your tax withholdings will be reduced to 5%. This 5% is a consequence of some tax treaty between Australia and the US.

Actually, there is an easy way around that. Check out my Warrior thread Tip to Get an Extra 20% Royalties for Australian Authors Publishing Through Amazon or CreateSpace to find out how you can overcome the tax saga in 10 minutes! The tax treaty used to be 10%, but has now dropped to 5%

[JamieSEO]

Update re: Recipe Books

Yep - Amazon has recently been paying closer attention to recipe books, so PLR recipes are now a no-no.

However, you CAN still sell recipe books, just need to create them differently.

Ingredients are not copyrighted, and taking a recipe and adding your own spin to make it unique is what chefs do all the time!

The new way of creating the recipe books takes me longer (about 3-4 days), but still works out very profitable.

My old recipe book made from PLR recipes had to be unpublished, however Amazon has no problems with the new recipe book I have published that does not use any PLR.

The new recipe book sold over 947 copies in the past 6 weeks, and I just recently published a paperback version as well.

It is in the Special Diets niche... ah heck, I may as well give you the link so you can check it out yourself...

Gluten Free Recipes for Dinner: Jamie Cawley:...

The Title and Tags are vital to helping readers find your book.

A good cover gets great conversions.

For Kindle books that you specifically create for the purpose of making sales, I highly recommend pricing between $ 2.99 and $ 9.99 so that you get that 70% royalty.


After helping out a bunch of Warriors get started publishing on Kindle I decided to launch a service and blog specifically aimed at getting new writers published and their books promoted. If you're interested feel free to check out Alotta.Info to find out more.

[WinstonTian]

One of my students is a Kindle publisher, and she's
published over a dozen titles. All of them are bringing
in the bacon!

The key thing is to leverage your skills. If you're good
at writing, then get into noveling after research.

No one wants a half-assed story.

Get an education in storyboarding, screenwriting or
something along that sort.

Nothing's easy. I often tell the students who venture
into writing novels/non-fiction to EDIT. There are really
two things that matter in the whole process:

1) The preparatory setup phase
2) The editing phase

You need to set up the plot outlines, and all the
"turning-points", like where to place all the plot points,
climaxes, etc.

And then the next thing after you complete the whole
draft, is to edit... edit over 10 times until you turn the
coal into diamonds!

Nothing's easy, as you'll realize once you start writing.

Winston Tian

[planetlubs]

Are people making money with kindle? Yes they are. Very ordinary people like me are making money from kindle. And if any one would ask me of the most honest and easy way to money online if you are just starting out, I would tell them kindle. The reason being that, unlike other internet marketing fields where you have to learn alot of stuff to start making any dime, with Kindle, you only have to learn a few things, publish your book (which is also easy) and apply what you have learn t, then the money will come in. It is that straight forward and I do not think it is going any where so soon. You just have to play to the amazon.com terms.

The only problem is that people think in terms of PLR. That no longer cuts it on amazon because it is deleting them as fast as they can spot them. If you are unlucky, your account goes with the PLR.

Some people have been copying content from the internet, modify it a little bit and submit it as a book. Now amazon is also coming after that with what they call content freely available online. I am sure many people have got their recipe books deleted.

What amazon wants now is pure quality not spam content that can be got any where or which has no value. You can easily write this if you dedicate your effort on it. I have some good courses here on the warrior forum that show you how to get good ideas and write a good book out of that. For example some WSOs from Sam England can help.

You can also write fiction. Though people say it is hard to market, it has always made me the most money. I am not a writer so I outsource everything or 90%. But I do alot of marketing.

When it comes to marketing your Kindle books, you have to think outside the box. You have to experiment on alot many things to bring traffic to your books.

Like anything else in life, in order to succeed on Kindle, you must apply your self to learning everything you can about it. Try to look at the Kindle authorities on this forum. You will see that they breath and live kindle. They have put all their time into mastering it. They do not hop from this to that. I am not saying that you should not diversify. Suppose it were perfectly certain that the fortune you seek depend upon your winning or losing a game of chess. Would you consider it your primary duty to learn atleast the names of the pieces and how to position them on the chessboard?

Lastly, I do make money from Kindle. Not too much as Amanda. But just enough to make me provide the best for my people. But I keep on scaling up and learning new things as the platform and the dynamics change. So, I would encourage you to give it a try.

[planetlubs]

Originally Posted by anymore

I purchased a number of courses on the WSO on how to make money with kindle

After doing a little research on kindle, I can see that most of the best selling books on kindle are romance related books.

This is not helpfull for me because I can not write interesting points about romance

You are right, romance and Fantasy sell alot on Kindle. But you do not have to be a writer or know how to write romance to benefit from this. Most successful marketers use what is called outsourcing. You can outsource the writing of all most anything you want.

A good place to outsource if Elance.com and Odesk.com . So do not let that stand in your way.

[Zimmerp]

I just became aware of publishing on Kindle

Great information on the thread.

Thanks to all

[PhilJensen]

94 sales in a month doesn't sound bad. What is it priced at?

Phil

Originally Posted by Suzanne Morrison

I published my first book on Kindle just over a month ago as a bit of an experiment. It's just a small 5000 word EBook, in a very small niche, but I am surprised at the number of sales that it made without me having to do much in the way of promotion.

So far after just over a month I am sitting at 94 sales.

I'm not going to get rich from that little EBook, but I am now working on a second book in a slightly larger niche this time and it will be interesting to see how it sells and if having two related books can increase the overall sales.

Cheers,
Suzanne

[BeautifulGratitude]

I hope this isn't lost on anyone, but whenever I find myself getting really bogged down in the details of the how to... I stop and take a breath and simply remember that everything is energy and it is all in alignment. All we can do is just keep planting seeds and wait for them to grow, water them, watch over them, and give them plenty of love and sunshine, one day they will bear fruit. There is no magic formula or secret bullet in this business, unless you have lots of money to throw around... haha Cheers to all those who tend their garden daily, just keep showing up and following the simple directions of the day, no need for us to be chasing our tails... ~ christian locke