This was the first video that explained the details needed to complete my book. I draw my own pictures due to replicas so, I'm m glad you mentioned DIY. Brava!
I want to draw my own too. But I’m concerned about people copying my artwork. Any thoughts about this? Also I read that once you publish something on Amazon, you can’t publish it on other platforms.?
Thank you for this information! Now I have to find out if I need to license my work, because I draw the pictures myself and if I publish my book I don’t want the content sold out from under me!
Great video, thank you! I have the same questions as another viewer. Amazon doesn't mind us mentioning that a digital version can be purchased on our own website? Seems like that might be a problem, i.e., taking their digital business away. Could you share a link where a seller has done this? Thank you!
When I hire a new illustrator, I always start off only paying for work that's been completed and submitted. I then usually swap to a pay per time model if they want that. For me, each book normally costs about £700-£900 for 26 high quality adult colouring pages plus the cover.
Ive just recently started making my first coloring book on canva free one...but I don't know how to work out the spine size. Canva gives me 2 seperate pages to make the cover, so how do I put them together and add the spine? My book is a 8.5 x 11 inches, with 80 pages.
Is it okay to add a few AI black outline illustrations to my other non AI illustrations in the same book or not? And please explain how to work out the spine size and how to include it in my cover. My coloring book is a 8.5 x 11 inches, with 80 pages. I see people doing the front and back covers on the same page but I don't know how they got to the double size page. 😊
If you are going the stock route, you need to buy the more expensive license. Read the Terms and Conditions of Use for images. The regular images can be use anywhere except to make merchandising. Basically, you cannot profit from using the image as is _unless you pay more_ for it.
Thanks Caroline, could be interesting to produce our own simple coloring images for KDP I'm not sure how we do this, get them onto our pages etc will see if there are any videos about it. Plus I was using Canva elements a fair bit for my books but there are several videos saying that we cannot really do that anymore so I was looking at maybe getting a subscription to C. Fabrica or similar. Apart from the issues that you mentioned with coloring pages is CF safe to use generally?
Thanks Caroline - I tend to go down the AI route, but some of the simpler images are much better done by hand still. Are there any issues contractually selling a digital version of the book you've published in KDP? Can you use the same cover etc? We all know how easy it is to get your account terminated!
Could you perhaps do a video on how to sell your digital products like coloring books on Shopify and what you need to look out for, and how to make it copyright protected? Are there any other websites that you can use to sell your digital products?
If someone buys a digital coloring book, they can reprint it as many times as they want. Would they really be back to buy another digital copy? Would they recommend their friends buy it, or would they just print them a copy? The gain short term hurts long term sales.
The could reprint it as many times as they want. In terms of sharing it with friends - you would hope they would do the right thing and not do that but that part of the risk of selling digital versions.
250th...Thanks !!! Better to create our own website. While Im creating a website for blockchain selling some products, I might consider adding coloring books on which buyers can download the PDF.
Isn't the claim "Stress Relief" the language/claim that got some of your books in trouble with Amazon? I'm wondering why you would validate this publisher's use without consequence for his/her/their account?
I tried doing this using MidJouney and I found that the styles of the different images were not always the same. Doesn't the coloring book need to have the same style of graphics? How do you get the style to be very similar from one animal to another? Even the seed function did not help much.
MidJourney is a game of catch and release... If you keep working with the same source material and "What do you imagine?", AI learns from your decisions... You like or don't, similar or not? keep working that single picture, it will improve and the 3 right next to it will start to have the same style.
How do you know how much money these books are making per month? Are these you book? Just curious because Amazon does not share that type of information.
Hi! I sell novels on Amazon, they have my website on the last page, so they're very okay with that :) My advice would be to print the website on the cover for coloring books if you have a series of books to sell ;)
Yep! Channels like this show how easy a book can be published BUT they don’t detail how much money was spent on advertising. A book might make a creator $2,000 a month but they might spend $3,000 promoting it.
Nothing to do with thinking twice. Litterally costs nothing to free software and publishing. Did you give up? Or, are you doing more than TikTok? How many followers do you have? It’s not about a making button, but the effort and grind you put in.
Great channel. She took you to the well, but didn’t drink. I find whiners are seriously deficient in hard work. They throw things together to “make money quick” and can’t sell their crap.
@@favoritesonline No, unlike some KDP content creators, Caroline does not talk about advertising costs enough. She mentions advertising in vague terms but not the actual amounts.
They won't tell you. I suspect none of them are really making the amount what they say from KDP. They make money from somewhere else, selling courses or via ad affiliate programs. KDP is a glorified marketing scheme at this point, a get-rich-quick course assembly line oversaturated with prospectors.
Interesting ... do you know of any actual sellers making money on selling pdf coloring books after the expense and time of setting up a website linking a store with those costs and actually getting customers that want to download and print out your book that they can get for under $10 bucks. ?? Sorry but it seems like it's a stretch ... but I could be wrong :) it has happened.
I have noticed on a lot of the coloring book social media sites that *A LOT* of people will actually print out their coloring books, choosing their own paper (mostly a card stock) to print out on because they're very picky about their paper, and the standard paper that kdp uses for it's coloring books isn't the best as far as markers and gel pens bleeding through. IMHO!
@@SophieMcDougal Ok cool! Ask a question and get an informed answer.... I didn't realize that there even were social media coloring book sites, much less their inclination, in any numbers, to print a book out a coloring book on card stock. Thanks.
You cite 3 color book producers as effectively the carrot to get into CBs, which serves your own viewership, talking about others’ content. You then go on top talk down the pro illustration/design route and seem to promote lazy and uncreative methods. My question is what is the approach of the 3 successful brands you talk about? Do they use stock imagery or are they are more inclined to invest in pro creative skills? This is not a snipe at your content, I’ve watched a few of your videos, I just worry that you show what is possible ($10k per month) but effectively talk your audience into the impossible…big money for little effort or investment. Clarity is important for all of us to avoid wasting time and effort, and in my opinion quality and distinction counts in a crowded market, both unavailable from stock imagery, lowest common dominator imagery (toddlers for example (though this is a questionable concept)) and what is currently an immature AI landscape.
I should hire myself....Unless you do it first!🤔🤔🤔 I think if you use stock images and "pre-designed" page layouts you are guaranteed to come up with a mediocre result. If you use AI you will come up with the typical "AI look"- ..And you couldn't copyright, either AI or stock images! Drawing yourself rules!!!
You are simply amazing! The more I hear and see you, the more informed I am.
Creating a book is quite easy and so much fun! Uploading becomes easy after learning how KDP works. Sales...well that's a different story. :)
This was the first video that explained the details needed to complete my book. I draw my own pictures due to replicas so, I'm m glad you mentioned DIY. Brava!
I want to draw my own too. But I’m concerned about people copying my artwork. Any thoughts about this? Also I read that once you publish something on Amazon, you can’t publish it on other platforms.?
Thank you for this information! Now I have to find out if I need to license my work, because I draw the pictures myself and if I publish my book I don’t want the content sold out from under me!
Thank you for such an insightful video!
You mention the necessity of an image upscaler. Did you have any in mind? Thanks.
Great video, thank you! I have the same questions as another viewer. Amazon doesn't mind us mentioning that a digital version can be purchased on our own website? Seems like that might be a problem, i.e., taking their digital business away. Could you share a link where a seller has done this? Thank you!
When I hire a new illustrator, I always start off only paying for work that's been completed and submitted. I then usually swap to a pay per time model if they want that. For me, each book normally costs about £700-£900 for 26 high quality adult colouring pages plus the cover.
Wonderful information! Thanks for sharing the various options! 🎥🎥🎥🎥🎥
Thank you so much Caroline! Your tips are very helpful!
Ive just recently started making my first coloring book on canva free one...but I don't know how to work out the spine size. Canva gives me 2 seperate pages to make the cover, so how do I put them together and add the spine? My book is a 8.5 x 11 inches, with 80 pages.
Is it okay to add a few AI black outline illustrations to my other non AI illustrations in the same book or not? And please explain how to work out the spine size and how to include it in my cover. My coloring book is a 8.5 x 11 inches, with 80 pages. I see people doing the front and back covers on the same page but I don't know how they got to the double size page. 😊
If you are going the stock route, you need to buy the more expensive license. Read the Terms and Conditions of Use for images. The regular images can be use anywhere except to make merchandising. Basically, you cannot profit from using the image as is _unless you pay more_ for it.
Thank you so much! I want to know is shopify free?
Thanks for the tips😊
I was hoping to learn how to publish with KDP, like the caption said.
If you're looking for a tutorial how to create and publish, this is not it.
Any idea where I could find advice as an artist trying to publish my own work?
can you please make a tutorial about helium10 niche research?
Thanks
Thanks Caroline, could be interesting to produce our own simple coloring images for KDP I'm not sure how we do this, get them onto our pages etc will see if there are any videos about it. Plus I was using Canva elements a fair bit for my books but there are several videos saying that we cannot really do that anymore so I was looking at maybe getting a subscription to C. Fabrica or similar. Apart from the issues that you mentioned with coloring pages is CF safe to use generally?
Exactly my question! Can we sell coloring book pages we get from Canva?
With the last tip, you do pay for Shopify to have the digital version on a website correct?
If you are an artist and can illustrate. how do you make the illustration ready for KDP ?
Thanks Caroline - I tend to go down the AI route, but some of the simpler images are much better done by hand still. Are there any issues contractually selling a digital version of the book you've published in KDP? Can you use the same cover etc? We all know how easy it is to get your account terminated!
I asked a kdp rep about this. You can sell the same digital version. You just can’t use any isbn that kdp gives you for free
@@Lgkpublishing thanks - that's really good to know :)
@@Lgkpublishing thanks for checking into that!😀
Great content. Thank you.
Thanks for the great info. 🙂
What kind of CatGpt ur using?
Could you perhaps do a video on how to sell your digital products like coloring books on Shopify and what you need to look out for, and how to make it copyright protected? Are there any other websites that you can use to sell your digital products?
If someone buys a digital coloring book, they can reprint it as many times as they want. Would they really be back to buy another digital copy? Would they recommend their friends buy it, or would they just print them a copy? The gain short term hurts long term sales.
The could reprint it as many times as they want. In terms of sharing it with friends - you would hope they would do the right thing and not do that but that part of the risk of selling digital versions.
please tell us step by step process how to create & publish it.
Thanks for giving us great content! 😁
250th...Thanks !!! Better to create our own website. While Im creating a website for blockchain selling some products, I might consider adding coloring books on which buyers can download the PDF.
When i started i did a coloring book on tabby cats, drawn myself, it was awesome but took me 6 months. Never sold
how did you get your drawings ready for KDP?
If you draw your own images, how do you copyright them?
Isn't the claim "Stress Relief" the language/claim that got some of your books in trouble with Amazon? I'm wondering why you would validate this publisher's use without consequence for his/her/their account?
If we use the coloring pages from Shutterstock, would that be plagiarism in Amazon's eyes since the works are not original?
I tried doing this using MidJouney and I found that the styles of the different images were not always the same. Doesn't the coloring book need to have the same style of graphics? How do you get the style to be very similar from one animal to another? Even the seed function did not help much.
MidJourney is a game of catch and release... If you keep working with the same source material and "What do you imagine?", AI learns from your decisions... You like or don't, similar or not? keep working that single picture, it will improve and the 3 right next to it will start to have the same style.
Thank you very much.
Don’t all these books end up looking the same given they come from the same sources? Also, what do we put on the front matter?
How do you know how much money these books are making per month? Are these you book? Just curious because Amazon does not share that type of information.
Use the best seller rank and KDP royalties to estimate book sales.
If you promote your website by putting your website info in your book, won't that be a problem for Amazon?
Hi! I sell novels on Amazon, they have my website on the last page, so they're very okay with that :) My advice would be to print the website on the cover for coloring books if you have a series of books to sell ;)
My granddaughter would be my graphic designer
Please pray for me to get work. Thank you.
Hi! I tried tiktok to promote my coloring books. Didn't work. Think twice before You publish your coloring book.
Yep! Channels like this show how easy a book can be published BUT they don’t detail how much money was spent on advertising. A book might make a creator $2,000 a month but they might spend $3,000 promoting it.
Meant generate $2K in sales revenue
Nothing to do with thinking twice. Litterally costs nothing to free software and publishing.
Did you give up? Or, are you doing more than TikTok? How many followers do you have? It’s not about a making button, but the effort and grind you put in.
Great channel. She took you to the well, but didn’t drink. I find whiners are seriously deficient in hard work. They throw things together to “make money quick” and can’t sell their crap.
@@favoritesonline No, unlike some KDP content creators, Caroline does not talk about advertising costs enough. She mentions advertising in vague terms but not the actual amounts.
we want how to find the 7 profitable keywords
They won't tell you. I suspect none of them are really making the amount what they say from KDP. They make money from somewhere else, selling courses or via ad affiliate programs. KDP is a glorified marketing scheme at this point, a get-rich-quick course assembly line oversaturated with prospectors.
Simply through Amazon it's self look what you're competitors titles
Interesting ... do you know of any actual sellers making money on selling pdf coloring books after the expense and time of setting up a website linking a store with those costs and actually getting customers that want to download and print out your book that they can get for under $10 bucks. ?? Sorry but it seems like it's a stretch ... but I could be wrong :) it has happened.
I have noticed on a lot of the coloring book social media sites that *A LOT* of people will actually print out their coloring books, choosing their own paper (mostly a card stock) to print out on because they're very picky about their paper, and the standard paper that kdp uses for it's coloring books isn't the best as far as markers and gel pens bleeding through. IMHO!
@@SophieMcDougal Ok cool! Ask a question and get an informed answer.... I didn't realize that there even were social media coloring book sites, much less their inclination, in any numbers, to print a book out a coloring book on card stock. Thanks.
@@petersongallery That's the beauty of YT, we're all here to learn! And Adult Coloring Books are my jam 🙂
The audio quality of the video is very bad, the microphone is far too loud set therefore there is clipping.
I wonder why you don't make and sell them?????
I do.
@@MyFreedomEmpire ok perfect!! Can you give me the amazon store name I will buy it
You cite 3 color book producers as effectively the carrot to get into CBs, which serves your own viewership, talking about others’ content. You then go on top talk down the pro illustration/design route and seem to promote lazy and uncreative methods. My question is what is the approach of the 3 successful brands you talk about? Do they use stock imagery or are they are more inclined to invest in pro creative skills? This is not a snipe at your content, I’ve watched a few of your videos, I just worry that you show what is possible ($10k per month) but effectively talk your audience into the impossible…big money for little effort or investment. Clarity is important for all of us to avoid wasting time and effort, and in my opinion quality and distinction counts in a crowded market, both unavailable from stock imagery, lowest common dominator imagery (toddlers for example (though this is a questionable concept)) and what is currently an immature AI landscape.
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I wouldn't want an AI coloring book either, I think it's dishonest to sell something using AI without disclosure. I think that's pretty sleezy.
thanks for sharing, how can contact you privately
I should hire myself....Unless you do it first!🤔🤔🤔 I think if you use stock images and "pre-designed" page layouts you are guaranteed to come up with a mediocre result. If you use AI you will come up with the typical "AI look"- ..And you couldn't copyright, either AI or stock images! Drawing yourself rules!!!