How Many Books Do You Need On KDP To Make Money? My Low Content Publishing Experience.
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- Опубликовано: 23 июл 2024
- 🎬How many books do you need on KDP to make $1000 a month, $2000 a month or a full-time income? Do all successful people on KDP have over 500 books?
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Welcome to another KDP video, where I talk about how many books you may need to make money on KDP…. But why focusing on numbers may be the wrong way to look at things.
In this video, I explain why having a large quantity of books may have had a significant role to play in why I’ve managed to make a full time income on KDP… But that is definitely not the whole story and I explain why in this video.
Let me know your thoughts on this topic and how many books you had on KDP when you started to make a decent income online?
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Do you need tonnes of books on KDP to make a full-time income? What's your experience? Let me know in the comments! 😃
I built and flipped a kdp account that I started in 2017. I was making between 4K to 7k ish per month. I had back then about 800 low and no content books along with kids story books. After selling it in 2021 on empire flippers, I restarted a new one early 2022. I have about 60 books and I make on average 5k to 6k and Oct 8k, nov 9kish dec about 18k last year. I’m always tempted to resell this account and restart a new one 🫣
@@Snowfox23 That’s awesome! I’ve been tempted to sell the account I have now. But I’m not sure I could, as some books can’t be edited now- due to the titles being too long etc they get flagged now if I try and edit so I leave them. They were some I did at the start that still sell well, before Amazon got stricter with titles etc. Not sure if it matters but anyway, I also heard you can’t go into the same niches when you sell your account? So that would be annoying too! I’d be scared to start over lol…. But it is very tempting!!!
@@RagsToNichesyes for 3 years you can’t do the same books. You basically can’t be the new owner’s competition but to be honest, they have no way of knowing!
@@Snowfox23 yeh I was wondering about that 🤔. Did you find the whole process relatively easy?
i guess when you speak of volumes of books uploaded, we need to take into account pareto's principle, 20/80 rule. 20percent is defined as those that will really bring home the greenbacks while the other 80percent will flounder here and there. a little bit of pencil-pushing here is required. the Pareto ratio is not an exact number, the "20percent" could be anywhere between 19percent and 24percent. if I am targeting usd1000 net of all taxes, fees and charges from govt, online marketplace platforms, and payment processors, and payment for paltform/socmed ads, I need to come up with 160 titles. 160 titles will give me 37 books (if say, 23.5percent pareto success rate). Now, these 37 top-selling books need to sell 6 a month, and if my royalty is around usd 7.99, I will have usd1802 per month. Reducing this amount to pay for ads, fees, charges, will give me a net of usd1000
Agree wholeheartedly with the sentiments here. I have over 500+ books published too but a lot of them are duds and do not sell. I think as you stated the more books you make, the better you get. There is no magical "number of books" to publish that equates to success. There are people that have only 150 books that make great money and some even lower than that. It really all just depends. Success looks different for everyone. Thanks for sharing these golden nuggets.
Heyyyyy Kim, thanks for stopping by. Glad you agree and have had a similar experience. Exactly, we all have our own individual paths! Hope you’re doing well! 😊
Thanks for your video. I'm doing the 10th month of kdp. I had 140 books last month. And the last three months always made a profit of 100 to 150 euros. I hope it becomes more with time
Hi, thanks for watching - it sounds like you’re well on the way. Great you’re making a consistent profit each month. 😊
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Love this! Even though I didn't do too many notebooks, what you experienced echoes what I experienced when I began when I was trying with quantity with coloring books. Now I focus on making higher quality books. Great video!
Glad you relate and thanks so much. 😊
Thank you for all of the weath of information you provide. It is so encouraging to hear from someone successful and to learn about your journey. Im am very new. I only have about 7 books published but i have been trying to take my time with each one. I sent an email out to you and I wasn't sure if you still checked that. I was hoping to be able to ask you more questions. Thank you again for your videos. I am always looking forward to them.
Thank you so much for your kind words, I’m really pleased that you find my videos useful. I haven’t seen an email but I will double check again - was it sent to support@ragstoniches.com Thanks again for watching!
I’m writing my 1st book - hopefully will finish it until end of the month - new subscriber here…
Wish you all the best and thank you!
Thank you so much for this video. You motivated me. And I’m doing it for fun. And I also got one sale that wasn’t friend or family. I only have about 12 books on there ❤❤❤❤
That is awesome! 🙌 Congratulations! And thank you for watching. 😊
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Love your calm energy and soothing music it's a nice differentiating tone from the rest of kdp RUclipsrs that basically script read their videos. I've been publishing for almost a year now and I see some decline on sales lately even with ads do you think it's because of saturation? I'm into low and medium content like journals planners logbooks and activity books for kids and adults. I'm wondering if it's still a good job for full time income or it has become too hard to succeed, I still pay more in ads to rank my books and get reviews and hope to reduce that amount in the near future..
Thank you! I appreciate that. I’ve also seen a decline in sales. Although, it’s hard to say what it is because KDP does go up and down and also the royalty decrease had some impact also. However, I think there is always room for new books and new ways to stand out. I’m putting more books out there at the moment, so I guess I will see how those go! How long have you been on KDP?
@@RagsToNiches thanks for your positive vibes. I've been publishing since last August I've 49 books total and best time was December 2023 q4 sales. Since the beginning of the year I had ups and downs but cant break my upper limit only trending down that's why I'm worried it's getting harder because of kdp becoming popular. But it gave me nice motivation that most of your income comes from books published ages ago!
@@foxbatmg25 oh yeh, 💯- I have lots of older books that sell well. But definitely some newer ones too. One I made at the end of last year was one of the top ones I sold overall in December. So, you just never know! You sound like it’s going well with 49 books, I’d focus on getting some other stuff out there and focusing on some niches that have already worked for you - or also, related niches!! 😊
@@RagsToNiches thanks, will keep that in mind and push forward. My first goal is hit 1k profit per month and second 10k but it feels still far away for me now. I'm also trying medium to high content and also new niches as you mentioned, let's see how these new books that I'll publish in the next month are gonna perform later this year! What's your opinion on a plus content and reviews? Do they increase significantly your sales or not always the case? Cheers
It may happen sooner than you think! I absolutely always add A+ content to every book once it’s live. I do think it’s important now that you can’t see the inside of the low content ones. I also think it’s easier to get sales once you have some reviews. Even if it’s just a few. That’s why I’m happy to run ads at a loss initially - then after a small number of sales I sometimes pause the Ad if it’s not performing well and wait (and hope) for some reviews. Once they come - I start Ads again and they usually perform better.
Hey Nat! Very imformative video. Quality over quantity for sure, but having as many quality books as possible will increase the chances of sales.
Hey Ben!! How are you doing? Not seen you on here for a bit? Definitely agree with that - I’m trying to get more books done at the moment. 👍
I'm great, thank you! I had to take a break from YT in order to create my A to Z self-publishing course. It's nearly finished!
I'm looking forward to a nice rest! 😅
How are you?
Wow you’ve been busy, that’s great. I keep thinking I should do some kind of course but I am just not sure what I want to do! I’m good thanks - but still not found the right work balance yet. Good luck completing your course!! 😊
@@RagsToNiches Don’t do it Nat! Please don’t do it! 😂. There is so much that goes into it, I’m at 80+ videos 🥱.
Maybe dip your toe in with a dedicated part of the selfpublishing process lol.
Thanks Nat! It’s good to enjoy life so maybe you don’t need to change a thing, you’re crushing it. 🙂
lol 😂…. 80 videos omg…. Yeh I was thinking more a mini course 😂. That sounds like a huge course and a mass amount of work too- well done. I’m sure it will be worth it in the end 👏. Re work … things are down this year so, feel like I can’t be complacent. Actually, I’ve considered selling it and starting over lol. But …. Not sure I will! 😊
Hi Natalie. thank you for sharing your thoughts on this topic with us. I still only have 149 books from publishing in my spare time since the end of 2021. I sold a handful of books a month organically, after I had made 30 books. Nowadays i don't sell any without running ads. I think the best time to start was pre 2019, which was before I discovered KDP for myself. I have graphic design experience but didn't know anything about marketing or running ads. I've learned about those slowly over the last 2/3 years but my budget is low. I think you need to spend a lot more money now just to get books seen and then take it from there.
Hi Denise, thanks very much for watching. Do you make a reasonable amount from those books? It’s good you’ve managed to do that in your spare time and build up something from it. Yes, I’ve noticed with some new books I’ve published that it’s been a real push to get some initial sales. But after a while, some take off after a bit it seems. It usually takes a few reviews to trickle in and that helps.
@@RagsToNiches I still don't sell that many, 30 books so far this month. I find i either break even or spend a little more on ads than profit I make. I think i will try increasing my bids and being more focused. I know I need to expand my catalogue of books. A few i have will never sell anymore. I wanted to build this up into something, I like making them so won't give up! I wish I could be half as successful as many low content publishers I see on You tube ;)
Do you have any reviews on those books that you’re advertising? If not, hopefully that will lead to some. Do you have a+ content on them all too? If not, I would definitely do that. But after that yes, I’d focus on creating more. Good luck! 😊
@@RagsToNiches a few of my books have a some reviews - less than 5 per book though. There are a handful that sell fairly regularly. My best seller was one I made for the Coronation, so it did well for it's main keywords at that time. No I haven't created A+ for most of them, something I can do for ones with a little more content when i have time. Do you still have to repeat it for each marketplace? Thank you for your reply, means a lot as I'm working alone on it :)
Anytime - I understand what it’s like working alone in this business. Btw - I even do A+ content for notebooks now! Just something simple but I think it makes them stand out. Only new ones though, haven’t done it for older. Yes! You do unfortunately need to add it to each marketplace and you need an account with each one to do so. I did a video about it a while back - if you just search A+ content on my RUclips page, you should see it. 😊
These are nice, informative videos about the Amazon KDP market for beginners. Could you tell me what is a great average price for a low-content book and how many pages are ideal for customers?❤
Thank you! Well, it somewhat depends on the book but if you scroll down to the “book details,” on Amazon, it says how many pages the book contains. So, when you do your research you can check how many some of the best sellers have. Often it’s between 100-120 for a notebook. I tend to price a lot of my books between 6.99 and 7.99 or so - but again - check in the niche you’re publishing and see roughly what others are doing. Don’t price too low, it will pay you pennies and doesn’t help anyone. I hope that helps! 😊
Hey Natalie, another great video.. I have a genuine question, would you consider being my mentor? Just to run ideas and advice on my books? For a fee of course.. 😊
Hey, thank you very much. I'm honoured your ask but I don't do personal mentorship or coaching. Maybe some day, but not at the moment. x
@@RagsToNiches No worries Natalie, it was worth a shot 🙂 If you ever decide to, I'd be the 1st to sign up 🤗
@@TheDigitalExplorer Thank you so much! I will certainly let you know if I do 🤗
I am curious about this as well. I would love to take your course. Or pay for you to mentor me.
@@anastasiajarrell9006 Thank you very much. I don't do private mentorship and I don't have a course at the moment - aside from a free one. That's just a mini one for beginners though and is in the description of the video. Thanks for watching! 😊
I have written and published a motivation book but it has not sold. Is there any possibility of publishing it many times?
Sorry, you mean publishing the same book? You only publish the original book once.
I have published each of these twice. So, deleted duplicate copy book. Is it good?
Why did you publish them twice? Yes definitely unpublish duplicates.
@@RagsToNiches a storm in the vacuum (amazon)
Please say what books duplicate
I will delete duplicate book
Ok!
I often hear you should build a brand and stay in one niche. However I have ideas for books in multiple niches. Should I try making all of them and see whats working and then niche down or could that harm my account?
I have lots of different brands personally. However, I do also have some brands that have books in different niches too. It’s more of a style of book - the way it looks, so you can tell it’s the same brand. But it has books across different niches. I also have some brands more based on age range. Then I have others more based on niche. So, it’s really up to you! If you feel that certain books just don’t match under one brand, you can do them under a different pen name and see which ones take off. Then you can focus more on the ones that work for you. 😊
@@RagsToNiches Thanks a lot for your answer. However I read it's not allowed to have multiple accounts. Or can you have mutliple pen names under one account?
@@Nightmare-Chronicles Hi, no definitely only one account!! Yes, do not open more than one account. However, you can have as many pen names as you like under one single KDP account.
@@RagsToNiches Thanks so much! I didn't knew that.
You’re welcome! ☺️
My ad dashboard is showing up total 20 clicks and 9.8 ad spend for this month, while invoice is showing 178 clicks and $50 ad spend. Is there anyone else who has been the same issue
It depends when it’s from - so I believe click validation process may take up to three days to show on the report. So you may have clicks show up several days later and that can mean there is a difference on the invoice vs report but if you have any concerns, definitely contact Amazon directly.
I only have 61 books. I stopped last year but plan to start again. Of those 59 are low content. I made about $100 this month. I don’t run ads. I have one book that is always landing on page one for its main keywords but it’s not that in demand. So its sales vary but it’s my top seller then some books I made in 2022 sell around this time a year sometimes in bulk so I see a small spike with one or two of them. There are a few in that category I have. I’m thinking of doing medium content this time around. I too have a modest budget for ads like a poster mentioned above. So will see! I have done some research a have picked a niche to start in.
Medium content is a good idea, that's what I'd like to do more of too. Good luck in starting again. Re Ads, thankfully it is possible to get started with Ads on a modest budget - which is pretty much what I did when I first started with them. 😊
@@RagsToNiches Thank you! I'm finally excited about this again! It seems to suit me and at least I learned the process. I got discouraged for a couple of reasons... some to do with the low content changes they made but really it was due with some life circumstances. I had originally planned to move into children's chapter books but then I see the demand is not that great and could not afford to do the picture books the way I'd like. Not off the table but yeah...trying medium content and will see how it goes. May move back to some low content after I get this going or maybe high content. Will take it one step at a time!
All the best with it and remember - you don’t have to stick to one or the other. As medium content takes a bit longer, doing the odd low content book can give you a bit of a break too! 😊
@@RagsToNiches That's true! Thank you for that!
how much active book you have ?
I haven’t looked recently but I think still 550 or something! Maybe a bit less.
@@RagsToNiches no , i speak about the active books who you make a good income report
@@boudali6174 it’s a mix. A few make over 1k a month.. probably 12-15 make between $100-$500 and then maybe 100 in total make at least a sale a month. Of course, it all depends on the month. In Q4 all sorts of books sell that may not most of the time.
@@RagsToNiches ok , good, last question you target all markets ?
@@boudali6174 yes I do 👍
I think the 80/20 rule is definitely true - for me it is. I actually only have about 20 books - few of those make me any money.
That’s good you have a few making money at this point 👍
None! Forget KDP. You will finally have your account closed because of some lame excuse forty books ago.
Hi, sorry - did you have your account closed?