Can you make money from Kindle publishing?

Kindle is a huge part of my business. I have TONS of fun with it and make good money with it as well.

I'm sure you've noticed this thread where myself and others are sharing information on the subject:

http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...wants-one.html

Feel free to PM me or add me on Skype if you want to talk more in-depth about Kindle, I love helping people get started!

My guess is that they wouldn't be posting on the forum because they'd be out profiting from the work they are doing with the kindle platform...

I've published a couple of short ebooks on Kindle and make a couple of sales a day just from correct title naming.

So there isn't any secret, it's just about actually doing it...

-Matt

my view is to be careful with this genre, it's only a matter of time before Amazon have another round of slaps and erotica may be on the receiving end.

Kindle is a big part of my business friends. They have a LOT of fun with it and make good money with it too.

The Kindle publishing business is a great way to make money on if you know how to.

These are some tips to help you:

1. Judge a book by its cover

Remember that, when it comes to actually SELLING your book (as opposed to reading it), the cover is king. Spend time on it.

2. Choose your keywords carefully

Until recently, Amazon allowed uploaders to add as many keyword tags to their Kindle titles as they liked (i.e. words which will help the book show up in searches), but not any more. You’re currently allowed just seven, so choose them with great care.


3. Don’t underestimate the value of your work

There’s great debate all over the ebook world about pricing. All to often, the advice is: make it as near to free as possible. While this does entice some readers, it also badly devalues the long hours of work you’ve put into your book.


4. Throw away your copy of Word

Although you CAN upload Word documents for conversion into Kindle format, I’d say don’t. Unless you’re prepared to re-upload it every time you find some weird formatting glitch in the finished product. And ebook readers HATE formatting glitches.


5. Plan ahead

When you come to write your next masterpiece, think ahead. If needs be, don’t write it in Word at all, just use a simple text editor. It makes for less work later on.

I agree not to undervalue your work. If you choose the right niche and really deliver value, you can charge a lot more than 0.99c. Then you don't need to sell that many to make a good income and establish yourself as an authority in that market if you want to too.

I've got a few books up on Kindle and they have made me some decent money. I love the platform and the ease to upload ebooks, HOWEVER...

I would not use KDP as my Primary Business Model simply due to the fact that all it takes is for Amazon to change their algorithm or something (which they have over the last couple of months) and BOOM...your business could spiral completely out of control.

For an additional income stream I'd say "YEAH, go for it, there's money to be made there". But as a Primary Business.... I'd say "NO". That's just my personal opinion on the matter though..

I wrote a handful of books a year or so ago and they continue to earn autopilot commissions.

These books are in a variety of niches and generally sell without any promotion at all.

So yeah, you can definitely make money with Kindle

I love publishing on kindle.... I have a few books out there and they do ok... it is essen5rally easy money once the book has been written....

Danny

I'm interested in writing books to publish on Kindle but not really sure since the market is so saturated these days and a lot of people have far more knowledge than I do on the hot topics. How do you get people to your book? Just promote on your blog or when you write articles?

Most of the stuff on kindle these days are PLR anyway.

We have dabbled with it - still prefer publishing ebooks and information products on other platforms where I get more control and higher perceived price.

We have had some success with lower-priced Kindle reports driving traffic into sales funnel for higher-end products...this is one way that I only see a few people leveraging the Kindle network

Jeff

I have not tried Kindle yet, is this similar to selling ebooks via Amazon? And can you sell the ebooks you created for Kindle at Amazon as well?

Kindle can be good for business. Just make sure it's a 100% original ebook that you wrote yourself.

I'm a living example of this. I make money from kindle these days but there are some dirty secrets that you must learn when it comes to kindle publishing,

Its so easy to set up but making money or getting people to buy in bulk is the main thing. If you can build a follower first (I prefer email list) then its so much okay.

Sheyi

How much money do you consider money?

I published a book over a month ago, it has been pulling two sales a day. I did promote it, but not anymore. It is on its own and the curve of sales seems to be growing slowly. This one is non fiction.

Yesterday, I released another one. Fiction. Today I saw three sales.

One was me.
One was a good friend. (TY)
The third one... I don´t know.

So... can you make money in the book industry? Definitively. Is it a get rich fast thing? I would say NO.

8 Tips How To Publish On Amazon Kindle For Cash.

It must start with finding a hot topic niche, then finding the right keyword. you must have great covers for your books. Aways be your own work.

Tip 1. Give your first book earnings to a charity to build you as a star auther to other supporters, make sure the charity has a good follow on facebook or some social network, and set this up with them. supporters of the charity will buy your book to help that charity.

Tip 2. Have your second book in your series ready to go,

Tip 3. Build an email list with the supporter that purchased your book. (ready made buyers).

Tip 4. pre-launch for your second book, get them ready with a free gift.

Tip 5. Launch with a bonus.

Tip 6. Get your next book in your series ready to go.

Tip 7. Add more marketing to your business to gain more sales.

Tip 8. Rince and repete

Here is my tip for you.

1. Pick a niche with no competition - zero.

Well, you will find that your book sells even if it is poor.

This tip is worth its weight in gold I say. In fact, you can sell more books than even established authors because they are not competing with you.

Maybe you should think of it this way. If you go into a grocery looking for salt and there is none. Will you buy extra sugar. The answer is no. However, you will buy some brand that is generic. It does not matter what the brand is. Also, you are willing to pay more. In fact, going back home without salt is not an option for you. Heck, you will even buy special salt from the sea. That one is very expensive. It does not matter as you are not willing to exit the grocery. Without salt that is.

People will type the keyword into amazon. Well, yours is the only book that will pop up. After a while it will get some reviews. This will make sales increase. It takes about a month for a new book to catch fire and then amazon puts your book in the HOT NEW RELEASES area. Oh yes, that will help you even more.

Trick is to find a niche with no competition - zero.

Selling ebook on Kindle is funny and really produce cash, and also subscribers.
I'm selling on Italian Amazon Kindle store, mainly, but I've tried also the USA one.
With a bit of attention to SEO, and a good cover, half of the job is done.

See you soon!

Making money with Kindle can be quite diverse. There's definitely no one path to success.

Some have success selling fiction. Some with non-fiction. Some with both.
Some price their books at $9.99 and benefit from the 70% royalty. Others price it at $0.99 and benefit from increased sales.
Some people write a series of books. Others a series of short stories. Or reports (for non-fiction)
Some people do no marketing and are successful. Others spent more time marketing their books, and make even more.
Some people use their Kindle books as lead generators, sending readers back to their website or blog.

There are LOTS of ways to make money with Kindle. You just have to find the method that works best for your specific talents, experience, and goals.

Can you make money on Kindle? Yes.

Is it easy? No. It used to be, but it isn't AS easy. That being said, there are so many people making money with Kindle that never made a PENNY after years doing internet marketing.

The only way to know for sure is to publish that first book.

Best wishes,

KateD

Hi,
I am also very interested in publishing some books on Kindle. It's not saturated at all. There are tons of niches to write about. I understand that you need to pick the right keywords and have the right cover. I know that there are systems around from people who are making 6 figures from Kindle books that they are publishing.

Geri Richmond

Looks to me like you've got some good advice from some good people above, so no need to repeat.

Besides all of said above, you should have almost the same approach to kindle biz as to general on-line biz, meaning market research, competition research, keyword research...
And then if you want to succeed, if you've done the homework properly, stand out from the crowd!
Be bolder, better, show different angle to the niche, topic, problem, theme...
And this is really it in a nutshell, of course.

I wish you all the best,

Veo

There are loads of people making a living off of Kindle right now! It is extremely profitable, but not for everyone. It's great because it allows users to self publish their book, set their own price etc...Kindle lists the book in their database for users to browse, however you will still have to market and promote the book elsewhere. If you have a quality book to sell and know how to market it, then there is a lot of money to be made!

I have been selling non-fiction Kindle books for over a year now. I have several titles online in 2 niches and have a few more coming out shortly. If you decide to do Kindle it does take a little work and there are NO shortcuts. make sure you read Azons TOS from top to bottom & stick to it. B&N, Smashwords & Createspace all have their own rules & formats.

1. Make sure you have a nice cover. If you cant self design a cover, then outsource. Lots of people on Fiverr do a nice job & it will save you hours of work. The cover has to be accepted by Amazon too. Some people outsource the whole book. I like to write my own.

2. Invest in one of the Kindle formatters. It's well worth the money to have your books ready to go instead of being disappointed in having to re-format your book several times before it's accepted. What one publisher will accept, another may not. They are all different.

3. Do keep a copy in Word so that you can make changes for each of the publishers. I also recommend keeping a backup copy on an external source (disc,hardrive) in case your computer crashes. It would be a heartbreaker to lose all of that hard work.


4. Base your title & description on keywords. Also write the first chapter of your book ( the part that shows in the preview) so that it attracts buyers. A tool called 'Merchantwords' which is an Amazon keyword search tool ( Like Google for Amazon). I was part of the beta test for this. A nice tool. https://www.merchantwords.com/

5. Join a few of the Facebook Kindle groups. A great source for tips & tricks.


6. No matter what you do, no cheating. Amazon or any of the other publishers will ban you in a second if you break their terms of service. There are no shortcuts here.


I make a few hundred dollars a month from e-books, however my books are very 'nichy'. If you have a more generalized topic, you will attract more readers. Children's books seem to well.

I've heard erotica is one of their top sellers. It's not one of my niches, but Azon likes to make money & I think they would be hard pressed to let that niche go.


Good luck !

I've been selling books on Kindle for a few years now, and I have certainly made more from that platform than I did selling the books for ten times the price via ClickBank. These days the competition is hotter so you have to work harder on your promotion than before but it's definitely worth pursuing.

If you are serious about writing for Kindle then definitely invest in a copy of the Scrivener app which makes writing a breeze and formats for Kindle so everything looks good too.

Hi,

when you not can write 10-20 pages in good novel quality, you must outsource. A good ghostwriter when you have luck,will cost you around $100 for 15-20 pages of content and then you must invest in theese kindle formatters.......

So you have to spend little more than $100 to start with that business on azon. The chance will be high,that in the $2,99 price range you will not make any break even point,when you selling 10 of your kindle books,you have made $29,90- but you had invest more than $100.

I'll be little bit skeptical about this business model, you must know before start how much kindle you can sell in your niche in a month, it should be 100 to make decent profit for 1 kindle.


marco005

Good to hear that some of you have published some books to Kindle and are making money from them on autopilot without any need to market. I have a children's book I wrote a while back which I've been sitting on - I feel inspired to go ahea now and publish it!

Hi,

@KateD; thanks you have make my eyes little bit open in that kindle buzz...

But how I find out a "hot" niche? How I find out the price people will spend on my kindle?
Are there any ways to find out how many kindle I will sell in month?

Keyword research? ?????
Full of questions.....???

I need a tutorial or so to learn about the kindle business.

And yes, when I have 5 kindles in portofolio, so whenn all 5 sells good every month-they bring money back and profit.

best wishes
marco005

I have a few books up on kindle now, but have not started promoting them yet. Just waiting to finish my next one, and then will start to promote them. While they are just sitting in very busy genres, though - they are still pulling a buck or two here and there, so I'm sure promotion will reap positive results.