Two days ago I knew nothing about KDP and now here I am on your page. Keep the videos coming. Us the newbies and I guess the not so new appreciate them so much!!
@@paulmarles thank you. As we speak I have 11 books made now with new ones on the way this week. I am still waiting on reviews to be settled with so they can be on the market.
Paul, exactly what I am looking for. Suggestion break up first image into one video, then children's photo and illustration conversion into second. But still all good, Thank you.
Thanks for this great tutorial. The video was a great, hands-on practical demonstration. (And @Marjo - regarding what is cheap or of value - the book-buying market determines that, regardless of how many hours an artist put into a piece.)
Thank you so much for the great, thoughtful tutorials, they really help me as a novice. I'll tell you that some of your videos refuse to load for me, I just get the "spinning arrows"..... just mentioning in case you weren't aware. Thank you for the inspiration & encouragement. 🙏
Paul, I LOVE your tutorials! I may now need to invest in AI and it is something I should have done a long time ago. I am over the whole vector image thing, can't seem to make it work for me. I like this much better! Thank you. :-)
Great tips Paul and thanks. I'm using Inkscape for my vector drawing and most of my POD graphics, so I'll see if they have the same tools as AI for these tasks.
To sell books on Amazon through KDP do you have to register with HMRC for the income purpose and be a business seller, just working on book covers thanks to your good informative videos they are brilliant
I'm not a tax adviser but when I first started on KDP I didn't register with the HMRC but declared the income as a sole trader. Later on I then formed a company.
I appreciate your effort, however, I personally would never buy a coloring book at this quality. Edit: I just watched a couple more vids this morning and they were excellent. After coming back to this video, I need to correct my statement above, because it wasn't 100% accurate. First off, you're showing us techniques, not selling us a book. Secondly, there are some great techniques, and a bad one or two, which led me to my initial statement... but, again, you're not trying to sell those to us as books. And lastly, I think I'll stick around because you have some great advice overall!
Thank you so much! I can't wait to try this. I have had Adobe Creative/Photoshop added to my new laptop, but have not learned anything on it yet...so just some tips on the simplification of the process is help enough. It's a blessing for those of us stuck home a lot to be able to produce work from videos like this. Blessings!
Hey Paul, thanks for all the info but is it possible that you can do a video on how to find an illustrator to do the images for you,for those who are not to artistic and savy on how to edit the videos as you did.
You’ve given me all the info I ever wanted and needed about coloring books! Thank you! Any chance we can get these instructions via Inkscape?! Maybe too much to ask! Lol You’re awesome!!! Thanks!
check out logos by nick on youtube. He has some of the best inkscape tuts. to do what Paul has done today in inkscape you would use the PATH>TRACE BITMAP option. Play with the settings.
@@sovereignsoulutions6612 I would suggest if you can afford it to pay for Designer and Publisher. Both are brilliant packages and bring different aspects
This is amazing. As a colorist myself, I would find those images way too busy, a bit toouch like paint by number, is there a way to erase some more of the lines?
there are 7 days free trial on illustrator on adobe.com however remember to cancel immediately if you dont want to pay 120$ year subscription and to click the pay per month option, so if you forget to cancel only have to pay for one month of use (also adobe will ask you for your creditcard nr btw in the registering process that is the only downside).
Affinity designer doesn't have image trace unfortunately. You would have to use 3rd party software such as vectornator if you are going to use this process to create these interiors in Affinity Designer.
Thanks Paul this opens up lots of possibilities. The problem now is I have too much content to create for books and not enough time. Have you looked at getting a Virtual Assistant to help with creating interiors?
Not for books. Some time ago I had virtual assistants creating content for websites that I was building. Website I used was onlinejobs.ph Not sure if it is still around.
O now I see okay just have to buy Adobe illustrator thanks. Question okay can you change normal family pictures to animated images for a comic book? Or can Adobe illustrator change photos to animation?
Paul, I think there's been an update to illustrator or something. I've been following step-by-step, but when you change stroke from blue to black, I don't see that. Advise appreciated brother.
Would this technique work for photographing people's faces, for example? is that I think it could be used to generate patterns of blank faces to cut in wood for example?
Muchas gracias Paul por el contenido de valor que nos brindas, una pregunta no habría problema con derechos de autor por usar una imagen como elemento principal del libro? agradezco tu respuesta
Thank u Sir, u r excellent, i used 2 feel design by computer so complicated, but u make it easy. Sir, If am interested in jewelery design is it better 2 use adobe or graphic design or photoshop !, and which version !!
I love your videos, but please can you make a design using inkscape. I'm finding it difficult to trace all this on inkscape. I practically would love it it you repeat this but using inkscape so I can repeat the process
Two days ago I knew nothing about KDP and now here I am on your page. Keep the videos coming. Us the newbies and I guess the not so new appreciate them so much!!
Thank you 🙏
published my first book on kdp a while ago now looking to sell some more and apparently blank journals is an easier way to go.
YOU are a legend!!! Thank you so much. I was pulling my hair out trying to get this. I did not think of using cutout.
paul males is my best kip teachers nothing else .simple and straight forward ...and yes I subscribe for my kdp journey
Thank you. 🙂
Thank you !!! I am a sculptor and I want to take photos of my sculpts and make a coloring book if possible -/ yay !
Your videos are awesome! Thank you
You're welcome.
Stunning and precise explanations that rock! Again, the value you provide is unsurpassed in creating book interiors and income potential. Bravo.
Thank you. 👍
Oh wow. I like original stuff so will be taking this on board. Thanks Paul.
You’re welcome. Glad you found it useful.
I can't wait to try this. Thanks so much for sharing your technique!
You're welcome.
I've been using photos from public domains. Kudos my friend.
You are making my life so much better! Thank you!!!
You're welcome. Glad you found it useful.
I have my 1st fiction story published and 9 journals and log books thanks to u. I just started with the journals this week. Thanks man. Cheers!
Congratulations. That’s great! Best of luck with sales.
@@paulmarles thank you. As we speak I have 11 books made now with new ones on the way this week. I am still waiting on reviews to be settled with so they can be on the market.
@@slasher0630 how's going ur sales ? Did u make any sale?
@@georytv5851 yeah. I changed course. I dont make journals anymore. I write fiction and im doing slightly better with it
You are a genius Captain
Thank you. Appreciate your comments. 👍👍
Oh my goodness finally! Thank you for sharing this!!
You're welcome.
MY NEW FAVORITE VIDEO !! Thank you so much.
You’re welcome. Thank you for watching.
Awesome sir🙏
Thank you. 👍
That's really good got a load of ideas of ideas off this Thank you, Paul 👍🙌
You're welcome. Glad you found it helpful.
I love you channels
Thank you 🙏
Nice gift for my birthday! ;)
Sounds like Michael Caine. Very informated and informative.
Thank you for sharing, Paul
You’re welcome.
Great video! I really liked that you showed so many examples to make sure that we fully understood the process!
Thank you. Glad you found it useful.
This is an amazing technique! I've been looking for this kind of tutorial. Thank you so much for creating this! ❤️ More power!
You’re welcome. Glad you found it useful.
i think that
Very very useful method , I was going crazy about how to obtain new vectors on specific themes, thanks Paul!!!
You’re welcome. 👍👍
An amazing explanation that rock! thank you for sharing.
You're welcome.
Extremely helpful video!! Wow!
Glad you found it helpful. 👍
wanna like this video a million times!!
Don’t let me stop you 😆 Thank you for watching.
@@paulmarles Thank you Paul 👌
Keep up the good work 🤘🏻
Thanks Teacher!
You’re welcome.
You provide very good tutorials.. Thanks
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That was amazingly clear and very helpful. Thank you
You’re welcome. Glad you found it useful.
Thank you for the motivation. I haven't opened AI in a long while. This looks like a fun project that can produce a little $! 🤓
Incredible, you are fantastic. In adition I improve my english with you. You have a perfect diction
Thank you! Glad you've found them helpful.
You are a great teacher
Thank you! 😃
Sir It's really a helpful video. Thank you sir.
You’re welcome.
Very effective & helpful. Thanks paul..
You’re welcome 👍
Thanks for these great videos, they are helping me so much!
*Excellent tips!!!*
Glad it was helpful!
Paul, exactly what I am looking for. Suggestion break up first image into one video, then children's photo and illustration conversion into second. But still all good, Thank you.
thank you for sharing
a true master u are great video thanks
You’re welcome and thank you too.
Thanks for this great tutorial. The video was a great, hands-on practical demonstration.
(And @Marjo - regarding what is cheap or of value - the book-buying market determines that, regardless of how many hours an artist put into a piece.)
Exactly. 👍
amazing that what i search thanks M. PAUL it's very interesting video
Thank you 🙏
thank youuu!! nearly done my colouring book with your videos! thank youuuu
That’s great. 👍👍👍 Well done.
Thank you so much for the great, thoughtful tutorials, they really help me as a novice. I'll tell you that some of your videos refuse to load for me, I just get the "spinning arrows"..... just mentioning in case you weren't aware. Thank you for the inspiration & encouragement. 🙏
Glad you found them useful.
Thank you very much, you helped me a lot with your video. It was very useful. Keep it up, providing this valuable content. Take care of yourself.
Thank you 🙏
Loved this tutorial, Paul! I will try it.
That’s great 👍
Its amazing
Paul, I LOVE your tutorials! I may now need to invest in AI and it is something I should have done a long time ago. I am over the whole vector image thing, can't seem to make it work for me. I like this much better! Thank you. :-)
Think about something cheaper but just as good like Affinity Designer #IHaveNoSkinInThisGame
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Excellent video, Paul. Well explained and presented 👍
Thank you. 👍
😮😮😮 Amazing!! Thanks for this trick!!!
You’re welcome 👍👍
You have shared a valuable stuff.Thanks a lot.
You’re welcome. 👍
Great content, Thank you so much. Go for the Top, I'm with you. Good luck 👋
You’re welcome. 👍👍
I love this video! It's an excellent tutorial.
Thank you. Glad you found it useful.
Thank you so much for great Video
You’re welcome.
Thank you very much ... from morroco 👍👍
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thank you. Really you are a good men my respect
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A great heart-touching, meaningful presentation . The message is full of wisdom.carry on. God bless you.
Thank you 🙏
wow! That was really good. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Thank you 🙏
Thank you very much
Ok this is pretty awesome, I'm following right along with Illustrator open on my PC, this is fun! :D
That's great to hear!
It is perfect 🤩, thank you very much
Great tips Paul and thanks. I'm using Inkscape for my vector drawing and most of my POD graphics, so I'll see if they have the same tools as AI for these tasks.
👍
Thankyouthankyouthankyou!
You're welcome.
Youre the King! , thanks for this!!
Thank you 🙏
wow this was so cool! i loved this video!!
Thank you 🙏
Thank you! That really helped a lot. I gave you a bit thumbs up :-D
To sell books on Amazon through KDP do you have to register with HMRC for the income purpose and be a business seller, just working on book covers thanks to your good informative videos they are brilliant
I'm not a tax adviser but when I first started on KDP I didn't register with the HMRC but declared the income as a sole trader. Later on I then formed a company.
I appreciate your effort, however, I personally would never buy a coloring book at this quality.
Edit: I just watched a couple more vids this morning and they were excellent. After coming back to this video, I need to correct my statement above, because it wasn't 100% accurate. First off, you're showing us techniques, not selling us a book. Secondly, there are some great techniques, and a bad one or two, which led me to my initial statement... but, again, you're not trying to sell those to us as books. And lastly, I think I'll stick around because you have some great advice overall!
🙏🏼thank you so much
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🤝👏 thank you
You're welcome.
Thank you so much! I can't wait to try this. I have had Adobe Creative/Photoshop added to my new laptop, but have not learned anything on it yet...so just some tips on the simplification of the process is help enough. It's a blessing for those of us stuck home a lot to be able to produce work from videos like this. Blessings!
Grazie mille!
You're welcome.
Thanks
You're welcome.
Thank you so much for sharing
You’re welcome. 😊
Amazing , thanks
Hey Paul, thanks for all the info but is it possible that you can do a video on how to find an illustrator to do the images for you,for those who are not to artistic and savy on how to edit the videos as you did.
I'll put it on my list. Good suggestion. 👍
You’ve given me all the info I ever wanted and needed about coloring books! Thank you! Any chance we can get these instructions via Inkscape?! Maybe too much to ask! Lol You’re awesome!!! Thanks!
Thank you. 👍👍 I don’t use Inkscape at all but will try and look into it for the future.
check out logos by nick on youtube. He has some of the best inkscape tuts. to do what Paul has done today in inkscape you would use the PATH>TRACE BITMAP option. Play with the settings.
Thanks for this valuable content! I've already subscribed and liked this one. I'm on my way to my first sale. Congrats on your channel!
That’s great 👍 Thank you for watching.
Loved 😍💟
Awesome man, thanks for these tips! 14:00 (for tiny tot coloring book authors)
You’re welcome 👍
Perhaps with the increasing users of the Affinity Suite it might be possible to do another video using Designer? Something to think about.
I'm considering affinity designer as I am new and prefer to pay for something 1 off instead of a monthly subscription
@@sovereignsoulutions6612 I would suggest if you can afford it to pay for Designer and Publisher. Both are brilliant packages and bring different aspects
This is amazing. As a colorist myself, I would find those images way too busy, a bit toouch like paint by number, is there a way to erase some more of the lines?
Yes, in vector editing software you can delete lines or whatever image components you like.
@@paulmarles thanks for the answe. I must try this then. I am so bad at illustrator.
Amazing video
Thank you 🙏
I love this so much! However, I don't have Adobe Illustrator. Could you possibly do a video on doing this in Affinity?
there are 7 days free trial on illustrator on adobe.com however remember to cancel immediately if you dont want to pay 120$ year subscription and to click the pay per month option, so if you forget to cancel only have to pay for one month of use (also adobe will ask you for your creditcard nr btw in the registering process that is the only downside).
Affinity designer doesn't have image trace unfortunately. You would have to use 3rd party software such as vectornator if you are going to use this process to create these interiors in Affinity Designer.
@@paulmarles Thank you very much.
@@paulmarles would I be able to do this with Inkscape?
Great sir
Thanks Paul this opens up lots of possibilities. The problem now is I have too much content to create for books and not enough time. Have you looked at getting a Virtual Assistant to help with creating interiors?
Not for books. Some time ago I had virtual assistants creating content for websites that I was building. Website I used was onlinejobs.ph Not sure if it is still around.
Thank you very much for this video!!
For my reference
6:10
You’re welcome. Thank you for watching.
Can you make inkscape coloring book
Yes, you can.
@@paulmarles i need some tips in inkscape coloring book
How do you print and actually get paper that is appropriate for a coloring book and where do you up load it into. Real paper, good paper?
Amazon prints out the book and sends it to the customer when someone orders it.
good one
Thank you 🙏
Do you have a tutorial for procreate?
No, not for procreate.
O now I see okay just have to buy Adobe illustrator thanks. Question okay can you change normal family pictures to animated images for a comic book? Or can Adobe illustrator change photos to animation?
Not to animation. You’d need specific animation software for that. Illustrator is just vector editing software for static images.
@@paulmarles thanks now I get it. Thank you for all your help you are a real inspiration 💙
Paul, I think there's been an update to illustrator or something. I've been following step-by-step, but when you change stroke from blue to black, I don't see that. Advise appreciated brother.
Please can you this in affinity?
Would this technique work for photographing people's faces, for example? is that I think it could be used to generate patterns of blank faces to cut in wood for example?
Yes, the technique should work ok.
Muchas gracias Paul por el contenido de valor que nos brindas, una pregunta no habría problema con derechos de autor por usar una imagen como elemento principal del libro? agradezco tu respuesta
Thank u Sir, u r excellent, i used 2 feel design by computer so complicated, but u make it easy. Sir, If am interested in jewelery design is it better 2 use adobe or graphic design or photoshop !, and which version !!
Adobe illustrator or affinity designer.
Sweet
This looks great- But, like you, I have moved to Affinity designer/photo. Could you do a tutorial on that software? Thank you! :)
Do you have a video NOT using Adobe Illustrator for those who don't have it?
I love your videos, but please can you make a design using inkscape. I'm finding it difficult to trace all this on inkscape. I practically would love it it you repeat this but using inkscape so I can repeat the process
I'll put it on my list but have you searched any RUclips tutorials on using Inkscape, in particular how to vectorize and image in Inkscape?