Do Kindle Short Reads Still Sell?
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- Опубликовано: 4 июл 2023
- In this video, I cover the self publishing books question that I get very frequently, Do Kindle Short Reads Still Sell in 2023.
So, watch as I show you how I can prove that kindle short reads still sell as well as answer these additional questions:
How many pages should I write?
How much should I price my book for?
How many books should I publish?
Should I put my book in KDP Select?
And finally, should I publish kindle short reads?
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Keith, you're the only one giving us the information that we all really want. Excellent video brother! Thank you for asking the real down to earth questions and backing it up with examples. Rock on my brother, you're doing well. And thank you.
My pleasure! Thank you so much for your kind words! 😊👍
I wouldn’t count preorder books in your research when looking at these categories. Especially for pricing!
Amazon used to require a book file when setting up a preorder. Lots of authors still upload a placeholder file, which is usually the first few chapters of a full length novel. These get slotted into Short Reads automatically. When the full novel is uploaded, it’ll get removed from Short Reads.
My 75k novel spent several weeks in short reads. My readers knew it would be a full novel, so they paid full novel price while it was in preorder status. It took about three days for it to drop out of the Short Reads category once the full novel went live.
That would skew research for anyone trying to break into this niche, so be aware!
That’s an excellent point! Thanks for sharing!
Wow, thank you so much for such great information!! I've just recently learned about short reads and you have answered all of my questions and then some!
You are so welcome! I’m glad you found it helpful!
First time coming across your channel and I will follow up immediately, I love honest RUclipsrs.❤
Thank you so much for the kind words! Welcome aboard!
Just thinking of this! Thank you!
You're so welcome!
Informative and exactly what I was looking for! Thank you for being detailed :)
You’re very welcome! I’m so glad you found it helpful.
Thanks for watching and subscribing! 😊👍
This is super helpful! Thank you!
You’re quite welcome! Glad you enjoyed it.
Thank you for this video!
You’re quite welcome!
Thank you. This has been very helpful.
Glad it was helpful!
Nice reminder with Amazon's pricing increase. I started writing them because I like to finish a book while sitting in the waiting room, waiting to pick up kids, etc.
That's a great idea!
This is inspiring because I have a ton of stories that will qualify as short reads to publish. I feel like I've been missing the boat on potential makers I've created for years. No time to waste now. I'm going to go for it. Thank you.
Sounds great! Glad I could bring this to your attention! 😊👍
@KeithWheelerBooks I've known about short reads for a couple of years but didn't think I could do anything with it. You opened my eyes with the possibility and opportunity.
So glad to hear that! You made my day!!!
Thanks so much for this.
I'd love to hear your thoughts on if it is likely better to just self publish or if submissions to contests isn't dead 😂
I’d say self publish is likely better.
Super spectacular awesome amazing terrific teaching. I just came across this video and it was so inspirational. Do you have a tutorial on how to make the short reads? Thank you so much.
Yes, I do have a video where I discuss more about what qualifies as a short read.
Thanks for this video, Keith! I am wondering something, though. I want to earn at least 5K per month writing Werewolf Shifter Romance Short Reads. Is that even possible if I am in Kindle Unlimited, even if I am putting out these books super fast? Or is it best to just charge normally at about $1.99 or something?
Excellent question! While it'll be difficult with a short read to pull the page reads needed to make that amount of money, Kindle Unlimited is a good way to get new readers to try out your books.
Therefore, my suggestion would be to put your first 2-3 books on Kindle Unlimited and then publish the rest not utilizing the KDP Select program. Also, I would take all books that are not on KU and publish them wide using Draft2Digital. This will expand your reach to find more readers.
Thanks a lot for this informative video! I have one question; Would you recommend promoting a short story/short reads just as you would with a novel?
Thank you for the kind words. In general, yes you’ll promote your short reads like you would a novel. The important thing is to be sure to mention it’s a short read or short story or X number of pages.
Many times customers don’t read the product detail section and if they’re expecting a longer book and are not told it’s a short read, it can lead to negative reviews.
Hey Keith, thanks for the video. Question: Do the Kindle Unlimited books still make that 35% royalty or do they get paid by page reads? If so, isn't this a disadvantage for shorts? Thanks
Great question! With KU you get paid on a page read basis. It comes to approximately $.004 per page read.
That’s right, less than 1/2 a penny per page read.
If you can't select the Short Reads category, then how do you get your book in front of Amazon for a chance? Can you publish a 1-page book exactly like you publish any other and just hope for a chance at Short Reads?
Once you publish your ebook and it’s live, after a few days, the categorizing algorithm will place your book.
I don't think Sarah J Maas created that reading order guide herself! That's someone capitilizing off her
That could very well be.
would a photograph ebook qualify for short reads, and would you recommend it? thx
I don’t know if it would qualify as a short read, because if it’s strictly a photo book, then you don’t “read” it. That said, Amazon is who assigns what’s a short read or not, so they may qualify it as such.
As for whether or not it’s a good idea, I’d say do some niche research and see what the competition is and if the books there are selling. I have videos that show how to do niche research. That should tell you if it’s a niche worth diving into.
I have no interest in making money so can I submit without giving them any tax info. ?
No, they won’t let you publish it without tax information.
Keith, this might be a silly question but I’ve heard you don’t need to copyright a short story. To me, it’s still your work that can be taken. What are your thoughts?
Technically, you don’t “need” to copyright any written work. Under copyright law, a work is copyrighted as soon as it is created in a “fixed” copy. Which is legal speak for, when it’s written. Digitally is better as you have date and time created on the document.
That said, there are some legal limitations to that form of copyright, which is why many take the added step (and cost) of filing for an official government copyright. This is the type of copyright admissible in court.
So, regardless of whether you file for an official documented copyright or not, your work is copyrighted and should have a copyright page.
Only you can determine based on the work and your budget if you should file for a government copyright, but I hope this helped clarify things.
@@KeithWheelerBooks Yes, this is a huge help! Thank you so much.
You’re quite welcome!
So... you're saying, my story doesn't necessarily have to be a Harry Potter Length novel to sell ?
That is correct! There are voracious readers for short reads. You don’t have to write epic novels.
Does a short story or novella count as short read?
Kindle short reads are only for the ebook version and any ebook that comes in at 100 pages or less is considered. Unfortunately, you can’t request to have your book in short reads categories, Amazon decides that on their own.
This is exactly the additional source of income I've been considering to make some income while working on my longer books and creating a back list in other genres.
You absolutely can do that! Best of luck to you!!!😊👍
Thnx for this eye opening info. I thought Kindle books had to be 24 pages. Would an anthology be considered for shorts?
Short reads are just the ebook version. For paperbacks, kdp does require a minimum of 24 pages.
What is a one page book?
An ebook that’s only one page in length. Kindle short reads is a group of categories exclusively for ebooks.
Sounds like an article to me 😅
Basically! But instead of being on a website, it’s sold as an ebook.
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Awesome! Glad to have you here!
A 'book' that is a reading order checklist?!! omg i can't with these people, cmon SJM!!
Yep! That’s all it is!
She’s a huge author so I really doubt she’s the one who published that!
@@RuthMadisonAuthor Fair, lol