Be sure to watch my video featuring the upgraded Book Bolt Studio, where I give you a quick tour of the new software, as well as show you how to create puzzle books using it. You can watch that video here: ruclips.net/video/U4D04_AOMP4/видео.html
Craig, I thoroughly enjoyed your step by step instructions. I will be re-watching this video over & over!!! Thank you so very much. Outstanding Video :0)
No, that was a limited time offer. But you can still get 20% off by using the link in the description section of this video, along with using my promo code "craigbabin" when you sign up.
Oh my goodness, I am only half way through this video, and I realise how much time this software could save me. Luckily I found you early in my KDP Journey! Only have 14 Books up, but it was so slow for me. I think this will really help. Thank you 🙂
Craig, I started off watching your videos last month, and a month later I have 4 books published in a particular puzzle niche and I have generated 21 sales or about $45.50 in Royalities. Thing is, I have spent $105 to get those sales. Well, at least 16 of those sales are attributable to my ads. 5 of them are organic. Now I know I could tweak some of those many switches and settings on Amazon Ads to get better results, but I am not sure WHAT I need to do exactly. What three weeks of having Ads have done is generate a lot of data. Where could I take this data and have it checked out to see what I could be doing better to have a little less of an ad spend and/or more sales? Thanks for your help and assistance!
I'm no expert on advertising, but this is how I've run ads in the past. You've gotten 21 sales, so you have proof that there is an interest in your books. What I would do now, is lower all of my bids on targeted words and phrases that aren't getting clicks, and on those that are getting clicks but not sales. Lower them all down to about $0.15 per click. You won't get as many impressions, but that's okay, because you weren't getting any sales from them anyway. Only keep your bids high on those key phrases that you're getting sales on. When I say high, I mean price your bids in the mid to lower range of Amazon's suggested bids. You should only have 1 or 2 keywords that you have high bids on. As you get more sales, start to bring those bids down as well. If your lower bids (the $0.15 bids) are still getting clicks but not sales, turn off those keywords all together. They're costing you money without any returns. Ultimately what you're trying to do is figure out which 2 or 3 phrases, target the exact audience that buys your book, and then just focus on those. When it comes to self publishing, it's all about momentum. And unfortunately you may have to lose some money before your books gain momentum.
OMG I learned so much!!! I can't believe it, ALL my questions got answered! all the stuff I was stuck on, you addressed! I'm so grateful. Thanks a mil.
I noticed the ISDN was created during the download to KDP, but I need to put that number on the inside of the front page as well. Can I do that after the system creates the number for me? At this moment I forget exactly when it is created. I know where it is placed on the back.
Yeah, you can change the interior of your book at any time, even after your book has been published. The only things you can't change are the books title and the author.
Nice, but I wish it was in Studio since I didn't find the option to add a new font. Are you selling these Labels? I am not interested in Interiors since Studio has all the interiors and I don't have Illustrator so Illustrator files won't help me. I liked your Composition Notebook Label. Thanks
You're watching a video showing the old studio. Watch this video here: ruclips.net/video/U4D04_AOMP4/видео.html You can add your own fonts in the new studio. Just go up to the font style selector in the text tool menu and from the drop down choose "My Fonts". There will be an option under that tab to upload your own fonts. The individual PNG labels come with the interiors. And just keep in mind, Book Bolt doesn't offer a lined interior that bleeds right to the edge of the page. My interiors do and they are ready to upload to KDP as is. You can buy the Low Content Book Bundle in my Gumroad store for $3: bit.ly/37ZFCM5
My question is, do you really make money with this? I'm tired of Doordashing to make ends meet, especially with gas not going down. But while I'm in school with a full time job I just need a little nudge.
If you're creating only low content books (notebooks, journals, etc), what's basically selling the book is the theme of the cover. So if you do your research (which most people don't), and find niches that have demand but very little competition, you can make money. If you're willing to put in a little more time on your books and create medium content books (puzzle books, coloring books, activity books, etc), they sell far better. You still need to pick good niches, but you're relying less on the cover and more on the entertainment factor of the interior content.
My videos tend to focus more on the design aspect of creating books as opposed to the research, simply because there are so many other RUclips channels that focus on that part.
I'm not sure. If you sign up to the trial version using my link you may be able to still get the rebate when you eventually move over to the paid version. But if when you do upgrade, the discount isn't being offered to you, then just come back to this video and use my link and promo code one more time, but use a different email account to sign up with and cancel your trial version.
Hi Craig thank you for this step by step info. You explained so I could follow easily. On the free images info I want to download for creating notebooks, what size should I download and does it matter if it’s vector or illustrator ?
Thanks Sheri, I'm glad you found the video easy to follow. I always download the largest size images, just make make sure I get the best print quality on my book cover. And no it doesn't matter whether it's a vector illustration or a rasterized drawing, you can use either on your book covers.
Listen Sir.. this was an hour long and I didn't even feel it.. while watching I was jotting down some of my own ideas you answered questions that I had.. and your creativity is amazing.. I really enjoyed this tutorial so informative and useful thank you so much now I need to save money to get this software.. it's alot costly in my side of the world but definitely worth it.. Thank you for all your information Sir
@@CraigBabin lol no apology necessary at all for that, I'm quite the same and you covered alot for us in this video so beautifully detailed, so I appreciate the Length. Again thank you, I'm really excited to begin my journey .. I'm gonna check out the rest of your videos as I go along.. God bless you Sir 🌻
My wife and I really enjoy your content however, when I purchased your $3 kdp download bundle it gave it to me in an rar file. Not sure what to do with it. any help would be appreciated.
The RAR file is a zip file that the bundle comes packed in, if you can't open it, you can download free RAR extraction software here: www.win-rar.com/start.html?&L=0 All of the documents are PDF format in the bundle. If your computer is trying to open them with notepad, it's because you don't have the Adobe Acrobat software on your computer. You can download it for free here: get.adobe.com/reader/
There are a lot of factors that go into whether or not your books will sell. So ask yourself these questions: 1. Are you "ONLY" uploading notebooks? If so, you're reducing your odds. Books like activity books and coloring books tend to sell far better. 2. Are you creating books for niches that have high search volumes but low product counts? If not, that's a problem. Research is 50% of the game, so don't skip it. 3. How are you promoting your books? It's up to you to drive traffic to your books. Don't just upload them and expect them to sell ... it doesn't work that way. 4. How good are the quality of your book covers? Are your covers as good as the books that are selling? If not, go back to the drawing board. There are so many factors that go in to being successful in Low Content Book Publishing. This is why most successful publishers have well over 1000 books uploaded. And the reality is, they make 90% of their income from about 5% of their books. The higher quality (both content and cover) and more niche your books are, the better chance you have of making money off of fewer books. Believe it or not, creating the books is the easy part ... researching and promoting, is the hard part. That's why I created videos on how to promote your books, how to add A+ content to your listings, as well as how to create higher content books like coloring books. Low content book publishing is not an easy game, but if done right, it can be very profitable.
thank you for the content. Your design skills are outstanding. Do you have any tips or course recommendations on how I can get better with the cover design aspect of my kdp publishing journey please? thanks in advance
I have a few videos in my Self Publishing 101 playlist that cover the topic. You may want to start by watching this one here: ruclips.net/video/4bgNP9O-Tcs/видео.html
You can still save 20% by using my link and promo code in the description. But as for the 60% deal, you'll probably have to wait until Black Friday rolls around in November. And if you're new to my channel, just know that this video features the old Book Bolt Designer. If you want to see how to use the new Book Bolt Studio, then watch this video here: ruclips.net/video/U4D04_AOMP4/видео.html
Thank you for all your help! I am still stuck on a couple of things. I did find my book cover ( saved in my computer), however I don't see anyway of knowing if it contains the 120 inside sheets. My computer image doesn't look like yours at the top, so I can't tell if it has the inside pages (all I see is the cover). I made the "inside" sheets and saved them into my computer, but they are located in a different area from my "cover". I think we may have different features on our computers. Maybe??
Hello, I ordered your $3 book front cover label software and it won't open. Not sure how to reach you to get a refund on resend. it's the low content book bundle. Thanks.
All digital files come zipped in a compression folder. The RAR file is a zip file that the bundle comes packed in, if you can't open it, you can download FREE RAR extraction software here: www.win-rar.com/start.html?&L=0 Once you've installed the software on your computer, all you have to do is right click on the RAR file and choose "Extract Files Here".
Thank you very much for this video. I was looking for a video showing how to create different interior pages for one low content book. I'm all for adding a little something in the book than just a plain interior, like you said down in the comments they sell more. I just wish I had watched this & taken advantage of that Thanksgiving offer :(. I'm gonna have to rewatch it again from minute 49:14 coz you flew through that part :) especially adding the alternating pages I didn't quite get it. I'm also interested in making a 150 page journal/notebook.
Yeah, there's a lot of information in the video and I didn't want to make it too long, viewers tend to skip long videos. So some of it may be a little fast paced. Sorry for that.
@@CraigBabin I love that you covered a lot of stuff. Not only do I sit for the whole thing. I'll watch it more than once. I mean, it's RUclips. We can always pause and come back. I keep a RUclips research journal and note the time stamp where I left off just in case my TV forgets to let me resume where i left off. The first time through, I note in my journal why I was drawn to the teacher and make first impression notes. The next time through I zero in on the skills I want to really understand deeper. It's all good.
This is the old version of the Book Bolt Designer. If you want to see how to use the new Book Bolt Studio, watch this video of mine here: ruclips.net/video/U4D04_AOMP4/видео.html
Craig, really frustrated right now working on interior a week plus with no results. Unless I select one interior page for the entire journal. I do not want that. Prefer to customize, using 4 selected interior templates, couldn't figure out how they would show up? I did 25 pages , will have to do 2 pages at a time till I get to 100? When I hit download after 25 pages I get nothing showing.. but when I did choose only 1 interior 1/100 was downloaded. The tutorials for Book BOLT DOES NOT EXPLAIN THIS. It seems their goal to to use 1 template per book. Still trying, it is really defeating. Any suggestion would be appreciated.
Hey Linda, I'm sorry you're frustrated. If you just want to mix multiple template pages from the Book Bolt library, you can do that easily in the Interior Pro section of the designer, I show you how to do that at this time stamp in the video: 49:14 . I also briefly go over how to customize pages at the 55:28 time stamp (and I mention that it is going to take more time to create interiors this way). If you want more that 2 customized pages in your book interior, then you're going to have to create them 2 pages at a time (and save them as PDF's in increments of 24 pages), and then assemble the book by uploading all of the PDF's into the Interior Pro and putting the book together there. You have to remember that Book Bolt is "first" a research tool for low content book publishing (that's really what you're paying for) that happens to offer additional software for creating book covers and interiors. But as useful as the software can be, it's still no match for professional software like Adobe Indesign (and yes, you can do what you are trying to do, way quicker and easier in InDesign). And that's why Book Bolt is only $9.99 per month and Adobe Creative Cloud is $52.99 (unless you get it on sale). You can watch my video on how to create low content books using InDesign here: ruclips.net/video/J5IvD_-3KBo/видео.html If you're serious about making money through all aspects of monetization that I teach on my channel, then you'll need to consider upgrading to professional software at some time. Here's a link to Adobe CC Software: bit.ly/36Hk0DQ Just a heads up, the entire Creative Cloud Suite is a far better deal than subscribing to just one individual software. I hope this helps Linda.
amazing video. you have exceptional design skills. how do you upload say a few pages of introductory text pages before the repeated pages. I would like to create a diary and to do list but with an intro chapter on some theory summarised in 6 pages.
Create the individual pages in the same spot as you create the cover (only choose interior), and then save them out as PDF's. Then put your book interior together in the interior pro and upload those individual pages under the uploads tab.
I purchased the book bundle, downloaded, downloaded the extractor but I’m not able To open the files 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️. Tech challenged lol. Working on a MacBook (feels like a foreign language)
Did you install the extraction software on to your computer? If so, are you able to unzip the file that you downloaded and get access to the individual files?
@@redesignedbydelicia3052 Okay, that makes sense. For some reason I just thought that you had Windows partitioned on your MacBook. Here's a free version for MAC: theunarchiver.com/
That depends, Book Bolt's research helps you to figure out which niches (topics) people are looking for. But would you really want to base what you're going to write about on what's popular at the moment? Most writer's write what they are passionate about, not what the market wants. That being said, if you've written a book that's in a particular niche, the research tool could help you market it (keyword research etc.).
@Craig Babin That makes sense. As much as I want to write passionately, I also need to provide for my children and if my passion does not draw any profitable audience, I'll rather create work that draw audience first then fund what I'm passionate about. The research part is actually what matters to be as far as my writing as I do make many passions
I was worried that anything made with book bolt wouldn't look as good as Canva pro, but you did an excellent job. I learned a lot in this video. A lot... Subbed you. Thank you!
It's not the tool, it's the artist. With a little ingenuity, you can make anything work. I'm glad that you got something out of this video Angela. And thanks for subbing!
Thanks for the tutorial! I really wish they had a way to help a person get things evenly placed on one side or the other. Also can you use the images from bookbolt? I think it’s under resources.
If you're having a problem with placement, then you're probably using the old Book Bolt Designer. The new Book Bolt Studio has a snap feature that you can turn on at the bottom of the art board. You can find a link to the new studio in the top right hand corner of the old designer. I walk you through how to use the new studio in this video here: ruclips.net/video/U4D04_AOMP4/видео.html You can use the images in the resources because they come from Pixabay. If you want a bigger selection just go to pexels.com or free-images.com.
You must select interior (guitar Tabs) FIRST. Then SECOND you must select bleed or no bleed and page size, otherewise it goes back to the default size 5 X 8. I noticed in this video and while on Book Bolt design.
That's right. You always have to choose your template first and then pick the settings afterwards. Each template has a default setting of 5X8. There are quite a few tools in Book Bolt that reset to default once you stop using them.
First off, just because I'm saying high quantity, doesn't mean that I'm saying your product can be garbage. You still need to put out books that have high quality covers and interiors, you just need to put out a lot of them. Quality always takes priority over quantity, but a KDP low content book business is a numbers game. If you search RUclips and find videos from low content book publishers who are making over $1,000/mo selling on Amazon, you will be very hard pressed to find anyone who has less than 1,000 books on Amazon. It also depends on what your definition of a low content book is. I personally don't really see books like coloring books and puzzle books as low content books. If you're actually illustrating a coloring book yourself, it can take just as long to illustrate one page, as it does to write a full page of text. So why people consider it low content, I don't understand. Most successful KDP authors will tell you that their best selling books are the one's that have the most content in them (i.e. activity books, coloring books, daily planners, etc). Which I don't really consider low content. So if you're going to focus on purely low content books, and when I talk about low content books, I'm primarily referring to notebooks, journals, sketchbooks, drawing prompt books or any book interior that you can create in about an hour from scratch. Then you are definitely going to have to upload a high volume of books to make money. Because there is a lot of competition for those types of books.
Thank you so much Craig! After watching several videos happy to have found yours. Having absolutely no skills, and not super tech savy. I can still tap this market, I do want to add quotes on pages and as your steps are easy to follow hoping this is easy to do. What do you suggest? I'm excited to begin.
It depends, are you trying to add quotes on to existing Book Bolt template pages, or just blank pages that you want to insert in with Book Bolt template pages? Any customization of interior pages has to be done in the "Interior Designer" using the interior option (so the same place you create the covers). And if you want each page to be unique, you're going to have to create them two at a time. What I would recommend is to create your custom pages using the interior designer (two at a time), and then save them out as PDF files. Then, once you have your entire book interior created, go back to the "Interior Pro" section and assemble those pages into one cohesive book interior. I hope that helps Linda.
This is amazing Graig. So much wealth thank you. 🙏 It is almost 2 am and watching this on my phone and just listening. I’ll have to watch this again on my big screen so I can follow along By the way have you thought of doing Voice Over Recording because you have the talent to do that too. 😊
Thanks for the compliment Halima. Unfortunately as I get older my voice is getting rougher and rougher. So I think if I did voice over work I'd probably lose my voice all together.
Thanks Josephine. Just make sure to check out my video on the updated Book Bolt Studio. The version I'm using in this video, no longer exists. Here's a link to my tutorial on how to use the new studio: ruclips.net/video/U4D04_AOMP4/видео.html
Yes you can. When you click on an image, there will be a little blurb on the right hand side that says something like this "This image was acquired from pixabay and pickupimage. It was marked as Public Domain or CC0 and is free to use." That's your permission to use it.
@@CraigBabin thanks...! Just want to appreciate your videos btw. Been going thru them and they are all equally valuable..! Thanks again! Oh and by any chance you'd have another 60% link again soon? Missed that one!
@@kym.kdcchannel It probably won't be until Black Friday in November. Just be aware that if you are going to purchase a subscription to Book Bolt, that this is an old video, the new Book Bolt Studio looks a lot different than it does in this video. I have a video showing you how to use the new Studio here: ruclips.net/video/U4D04_AOMP4/видео.html
When you're at the final page of check out, Book Bolt will ask you if you have a promo code, just enter "craigbabin" in that box. And make sure you're going to Book Bolt via the link in the description section of this video, don't just go there through Google search, you won't be offered the discount!
Love this video. I purchased the KDP Low Content Book Bundle, but I am unable to use it. It is not a PDF, it came up in note pad, unreadable. Any suggestions?
All of the documents are PDF format in the bundle. If your computer is trying to open them with notepad, it's because you don't have the Adobe Acrobat software on your computer. You can download it for free here: get.adobe.com/reader/ If it's the RAR file, that the bundle comes packed in, that you can't open, you can download free RAR extraction software here: www.win-rar.com/start.html?&L=0
There's no need to copy and paste in the interior pro, just click the plus sign to add a template, and if you want multiples of the same template, use the number of pages feature in the template pop up menu. If you're referring to being able to copy and paste something external onto a page, you can't do that. The only option for that, is to create a PDF of the entire page, the way you want it to appear, and then upload it in the "upload" section. The pdf that you upload will then appear with all of the other templates when you click the plus icon to add a template.
Thank you, and yes Book Bolt is definitely my next step. Have been using Canva and can see that the inside of the book creation is more efficient in Book Bolt.
@Craig Babin We mamas tend to be, but yours is not. P.S Did you know Amazon no longer give a free ISBN to "filler" books that requires byers to fill most of the book. I just found out last week. I hope it's a rumor. It will suck for us Americans
@ESTHER Olawuyi No, you're misinterpreting that. ISBN numbers are no longer required for "no content" books like journals and sketch pads. You can still create them, but because they don't contain any content, there isn't a need to have an ISBN on them. ISBN's were created as a means to catalogue literature all around the world with one universal system. No content books don't contain literature, or art, or anything else for that matter, so they don't need to be catalogued.
@Craig Babin THANK YOU SO MUCH. I did misunderstand that. I'll share that with my group because a lot of us got the same mis information. I'm off to watch your updated video on Bookbolt and create me 5 low content books today!
Craig, thank you for your detailed response. I will work on the pages 2 at a time and then save them, and will check out your video on InDesign. I have looked at some of your other videos, you make it look so effortless, so your are doing a great job and educating me. I have so many ideas for low content books but have to get through this first hurdle. I appreciate you taking the time to support and encourage me to work out the issues I'm having doing this project. Many blessing to you.
I've been doing this for many, many years and that's the only reason it looks effortless. I remember what it was like learning all of this stuff for the first time and it was difficult. But stick with it Linda, you'll eventually pick it up. The most important thing is that you have many ideas for books, because inspiration is what will keep you motivated to continue when things get hard.
Hi Craig! What a wonderful video this is. I just have one question, I wanted to crop an image I'm using on my bookbolt cover designer by using the crop icon under the Images tab. I can select an area with my cursor but once I've done that, I can't get it to apply on my cover page. Do you know how to solve this?
I just tried it myself and it seems to be working fine. This is what I did: 1. Drop the image onto my cover template. 2. With it still selected, I click on the crop icon in the top left hand menu. 3. In the crop menu, I adjust the crop border (the moving dotted line) to the size I want using the anchors in all four corners. 4. Once I have it where I want, I click the "Save" button. The crop is applied. If it's not working for you, try using a different browser ... I'm using Firefox and it works fine. If it's still not working for you in a different browser, then contact Book Bolt, it could be a technical issue.
@@CraigBabin Thanks, I see that one of my pictures does show the save button but for the rest of my pictures the toolbars don't show at all, just the pictures. I guess I'll have to crop the images on another program on my PC. Your comment helped me out a lot, I hope you have a good day!
Thank you, i rarely say this, but fantastic video! The possibilities we have today and how easy it all is are amazing. No coding, no poor looking design. Just drag and drop.
When I opened mine up when downloaded I couldn't find my inside 120 sheets for my Sketch Pad. All I seen was the outside cover. And I have no Idea how to download to KDP. It downloaded into PDF, but I don't see the same stuff you see on yours when I open it. I have been in tears trying to figure this thing out all day! I am 64 yrs old, and feel so stupid!
@@CraigBabin Thank you for answering. Ok today I learned I had to make an account with KDP. I thought I could just upload the sketchpad from Book Bolt into KDP. That may be my problem I was having. I will try again now that I have made an account. Also I'm having trouble finding the book I created when I go back into Book Bolt.
@@Dee-qr7yb Okay two things you should know. First, you absolutely need a KDP account to upload a book. Second, if you don't save your book cover or book interior to your computer once you've finished it in Book Bolt, it may get deleted. Book Bolt doesn't hold on to files very long. So always make sure you are saving whatever you create, to your computer as soon as you are done.
@@CraigBabin Thank you for all your help! I am still stuck on a couple of things. I did find my book cover ( saved in my computer), however I don't see anyway of knowing if it contains the 120 inside sheets. My computer image doesn't look like yours at the top, so I can't tell if it has the inside pages (all I see is the cover). I made the "inside" sheets and saved them into my computer, but they are located in a different area from my "cover". I think we may have different features on our computers. Maybe??
With your help I've now got a few notebooks live! Thank you! Could you please tell me what interior paper you would use for doing sketckbooks. and how many pages I should go with? I tryed doing some, but kdp is saying I have too many blank sheets! I don't understand that, because I thought a sketchbook is all blank sheets! I have watched this video several times to get a better grasp of things, and I love it! Thanks again
I would go with a drawing prompt book instead of a sketch book. Most of the people who purchase sketch books are artists and they're very fussy about their paper. The KDP paper isn't high enough quality for most artists. So insert a border on each blank page and type in a drawing prompt, you'll have less chance of getting your book refused by KDP that way.
@@CraigBabin Thank you for the info! A slowing down your video on the weekly planner (on the slowest setting, lol) I seen that book book has a skeetbook template! I was trying to use just blank paper😞. No wonder kdp was telling me I had too many blank pages!
Sorry about the errors in my last message. I meant After slowing down the video (to the slowest setting), I seen that Book Bolt has a "sketchbook" template. Would this work for artists? So sorry for all the questions. You are amazing!
I wouldn't create a sketch book if I were you Dee, the KDP paper quality is not the greatest, so you'd be competing with high quality sketch books that have high quality paper ... a competition that you are not going to win. Speaking as an artist, there's no way in hell that I'd ever buy a KDP blank book for sketching. But I would buy a drawing prompt book, just for practice. Sketches go into your portfolio, while practice work ends up at the bottom of a box somewhere. That's my opinion anyway.
So super helpful. I am teaching my 18-year-old granddaughter how to do KDP and this is one of the videos she will be learning from. She is an artist and studies design. This will be great for both of us! Thanks!
That's awesome Lee. If she's an artist stick around, because I'm going to be uploading a lot of videos that'll be extremely useful to her. Also, watch for my speed drawing video coming out next month. I'll be giving away a 1 year subscription to 21 Draw, which is an digital drawing tutorial website.
Be sure to watch my video featuring the upgraded Book Bolt Studio, where I give you a quick tour of the new software, as well as show you how to create puzzle books using it.
You can watch that video here: ruclips.net/video/U4D04_AOMP4/видео.html
Craig, I thoroughly enjoyed your step by step instructions. I will be re-watching this video over & over!!! Thank you so very much. Outstanding Video :0)
Thanks KC, I hope it helps you to create an extremely profitable low content book business.
Probably the best video on bookbolt. Thank you so much
I'm glad you like it.
Is your 60% for $39 promotion still valid since now we are in 2023? Thanks
No, that was a limited time offer. But you can still get 20% off by using the link in the description section of this video, along with using my promo code "craigbabin" when you sign up.
Oh my goodness, I am only half way through this video, and I realise how much time this software could save me. Luckily I found you early in my KDP Journey! Only have 14 Books up, but it was so slow for me. I think this will really help. Thank you 🙂
I'm glad you're finding my videos useful Roma.
Craig, I started off watching your videos last month, and a month later I have 4 books published in a particular puzzle niche and I have generated 21 sales or about $45.50 in Royalities. Thing is, I have spent $105 to get those sales. Well, at least 16 of those sales are attributable to my ads. 5 of them are organic. Now I know I could tweak some of those many switches and settings on Amazon Ads to get better results, but I am not sure WHAT I need to do exactly. What three weeks of having Ads have done is generate a lot of data. Where could I take this data and have it checked out to see what I could be doing better to have a little less of an ad spend and/or more sales? Thanks for your help and assistance!
I'm no expert on advertising, but this is how I've run ads in the past. You've gotten 21 sales, so you have proof that there is an interest in your books. What I would do now, is lower all of my bids on targeted words and phrases that aren't getting clicks, and on those that are getting clicks but not sales. Lower them all down to about $0.15 per click. You won't get as many impressions, but that's okay, because you weren't getting any sales from them anyway.
Only keep your bids high on those key phrases that you're getting sales on. When I say high, I mean price your bids in the mid to lower range of Amazon's suggested bids. You should only have 1 or 2 keywords that you have high bids on. As you get more sales, start to bring those bids down as well.
If your lower bids (the $0.15 bids) are still getting clicks but not sales, turn off those keywords all together. They're costing you money without any returns. Ultimately what you're trying to do is figure out which 2 or 3 phrases, target the exact audience that buys your book, and then just focus on those.
When it comes to self publishing, it's all about momentum. And unfortunately you may have to lose some money before your books gain momentum.
OMG I learned so much!!! I can't believe it, ALL my questions got answered! all the stuff I was stuck on, you addressed! I'm so grateful. Thanks a mil.
It's my pleasure Nancy.
Thanks Craig you are a great teacher. Very simple and clear instructions. Good tools to start up with.
I'm glad you find the video useful.
do you have a video on uploading your book to KDP AND SELF PLUBLISHING I KEEP RECIEVING AN ERRO CODE
It may be a little out of date, but it should cover the jist of it.
ruclips.net/video/6aVbQY3ow8Y/видео.htmlsi=KQ0KssvaF2mUJTwp
I noticed the ISDN was created during the download to KDP, but I need to put that number on the inside of the front page as well. Can I do that after the system creates the number for me? At this moment I forget exactly when it is created. I know where it is placed on the back.
Yeah, you can change the interior of your book at any time, even after your book has been published. The only things you can't change are the books title and the author.
Nice, but I wish it was in Studio since I didn't find the option to add a new font. Are you selling these Labels? I am not interested in Interiors since Studio has all the interiors and I don't have Illustrator so Illustrator files won't help me. I liked your Composition Notebook Label. Thanks
You're watching a video showing the old studio. Watch this video here: ruclips.net/video/U4D04_AOMP4/видео.html
You can add your own fonts in the new studio. Just go up to the font style selector in the text tool menu and from the drop down choose "My Fonts". There will be an option under that tab to upload your own fonts.
The individual PNG labels come with the interiors. And just keep in mind, Book Bolt doesn't offer a lined interior that bleeds right to the edge of the page. My interiors do and they are ready to upload to KDP as is. You can buy the Low Content Book Bundle in my Gumroad store for $3: bit.ly/37ZFCM5
My question is, do you really make money with this? I'm tired of Doordashing to make ends meet, especially with gas not going down. But while I'm in school with a full time job I just need a little nudge.
If you're creating only low content books (notebooks, journals, etc), what's basically selling the book is the theme of the cover. So if you do your research (which most people don't), and find niches that have demand but very little competition, you can make money.
If you're willing to put in a little more time on your books and create medium content books (puzzle books, coloring books, activity books, etc), they sell far better. You still need to pick good niches, but you're relying less on the cover and more on the entertainment factor of the interior content.
Good video but you left out the most important part which is the keyword research to find good keywords with low competition and high search volume.
My videos tend to focus more on the design aspect of creating books as opposed to the research, simply because there are so many other RUclips channels that focus on that part.
One more question, can I activate the trial version first, or do I have to buy straight away.
I would hate to lose the bonus
Any instructions?
Thanks
I'm not sure. If you sign up to the trial version using my link you may be able to still get the rebate when you eventually move over to the paid version. But if when you do upgrade, the discount isn't being offered to you, then just come back to this video and use my link and promo code one more time, but use a different email account to sign up with and cancel your trial version.
Thank you,
that's what I needed to know, I won't risk it, I'll pay straight away, I want this program.
Thanks again
Hi Craig thank you for this step by step info. You explained so I could follow easily. On the free images info I want to download for creating notebooks, what size should I download and does it matter if it’s vector or illustrator ?
Thanks Sheri, I'm glad you found the video easy to follow. I always download the largest size images, just make make sure I get the best print quality on my book cover. And no it doesn't matter whether it's a vector illustration or a rasterized drawing, you can use either on your book covers.
Listen Sir.. this was an hour long and I didn't even feel it.. while watching I was jotting down some of my own ideas you answered questions that I had.. and your creativity is amazing.. I really enjoyed this tutorial so informative and useful thank you so much now I need to save money to get this software.. it's alot costly in my side of the world but definitely worth it.. Thank you for all your information Sir
You are quite welcome T.M.K. (and sorry about the fact that it was an hour long ... I tend to ramble).
@@CraigBabin lol no apology necessary at all for that, I'm quite the same and you covered alot for us in this video so beautifully detailed, so I appreciate the Length. Again thank you, I'm really excited to begin my journey .. I'm gonna check out the rest of your videos as I go along.. God bless you Sir 🌻
Glad to see you're coming along for the ride Taz.
My wife and I really enjoy your content however, when I purchased your $3 kdp download bundle it gave it to me in an rar file. Not sure what to do with it. any help would be appreciated.
The RAR file is a zip file that the bundle comes packed in, if you can't open it, you can download free RAR extraction software here: www.win-rar.com/start.html?&L=0
All of the documents are PDF format in the bundle. If your computer is trying to open them with notepad, it's because you don't have the Adobe Acrobat software on your computer. You can download it for free here: get.adobe.com/reader/
@@CraigBabin thank you. I ended up finding the rar extraction widget. Got what I needed.
I started this 3 month ago and did 49 books and haven't made no money
There are a lot of factors that go into whether or not your books will sell. So ask yourself these questions:
1. Are you "ONLY" uploading notebooks? If so, you're reducing your odds. Books like activity books and coloring books tend to sell far better.
2. Are you creating books for niches that have high search volumes but low product counts? If not, that's a problem. Research is 50% of the game, so don't skip it.
3. How are you promoting your books? It's up to you to drive traffic to your books. Don't just upload them and expect them to sell ... it doesn't work that way.
4. How good are the quality of your book covers? Are your covers as good as the books that are selling? If not, go back to the drawing board.
There are so many factors that go in to being successful in Low Content Book Publishing. This is why most successful publishers have well over 1000 books uploaded. And the reality is, they make 90% of their income from about 5% of their books.
The higher quality (both content and cover) and more niche your books are, the better chance you have of making money off of fewer books.
Believe it or not, creating the books is the easy part ... researching and promoting, is the hard part. That's why I created videos on how to promote your books, how to add A+ content to your listings, as well as how to create higher content books like coloring books.
Low content book publishing is not an easy game, but if done right, it can be very profitable.
thank you for the content. Your design skills are outstanding. Do you have any tips or course recommendations on how I can get better with the cover design aspect of my kdp publishing journey please? thanks in advance
I have a few videos in my Self Publishing 101 playlist that cover the topic. You may want to start by watching this one here: ruclips.net/video/4bgNP9O-Tcs/видео.html
@@CraigBabin awesome, thank you
Ooh noooo... i just landed here for the first time and just noticed the date... I'm late for the bookbolt 60% off!😢
You can still save 20% by using my link and promo code in the description. But as for the 60% deal, you'll probably have to wait until Black Friday rolls around in November.
And if you're new to my channel, just know that this video features the old Book Bolt Designer. If you want to see how to use the new Book Bolt Studio, then watch this video here: ruclips.net/video/U4D04_AOMP4/видео.html
@@CraigBabin 😊 thanks
Hi if we use your line interior will it not be a duplicate content on kdp?
No. Lined notebooks are pretty much all the same, so they don't fall under that rule.
Thank you for all your help! I am still stuck on a couple of things. I did find my book cover ( saved in my computer), however I don't see anyway of knowing if it contains the 120 inside sheets. My computer image doesn't look like yours at the top, so I can't tell if it has the inside pages (all I see is the cover). I made the "inside" sheets and saved them into my computer, but they are located in a different area from my "cover". I think we may have different features on our computers. Maybe??
Hello, I ordered your $3 book front cover label software and it won't open. Not sure how to reach you to get a refund on resend. it's the low content book bundle. Thanks.
All digital files come zipped in a compression folder. The RAR file is a zip file that the bundle comes packed in, if you can't open it, you can download FREE RAR extraction software here: www.win-rar.com/start.html?&L=0
Once you've installed the software on your computer, all you have to do is right click on the RAR file and choose "Extract Files Here".
@@CraigBabin
Thank you very much for this video. I was looking for a video showing how to create different interior pages for one low content book. I'm all for adding a little something in the book than just a plain interior, like you said down in the comments they sell more. I just wish I had watched this & taken advantage of that Thanksgiving offer :(. I'm gonna have to rewatch it again from minute 49:14 coz you flew through that part :) especially adding the alternating pages I didn't quite get it. I'm also interested in making a 150 page journal/notebook.
Yeah, there's a lot of information in the video and I didn't want to make it too long, viewers tend to skip long videos. So some of it may be a little fast paced. Sorry for that.
@@CraigBabin I will reach out with questions because I'm not sure I grasped it all.
@@CraigBabin I love that you covered a lot of stuff. Not only do I sit for the whole thing. I'll watch it more than once. I mean, it's RUclips. We can always pause and come back. I keep a RUclips research journal and note the time stamp where I left off just in case my TV forgets to let me resume where i left off. The first time through, I note in my journal why I was drawn to the teacher and make first impression notes. The next time through I zero in on the skills I want to really understand deeper. It's all good.
@@TippyMueller I'm glad you're finding it useful.
What version of Book Bolt is this? The version (pro) I have does not have these options at all.
This is the old version of the Book Bolt Designer. If you want to see how to use the new Book Bolt Studio, watch this video of mine here: ruclips.net/video/U4D04_AOMP4/видео.html
@@CraigBabin thank you
You're so cool. Thank you
Awww, thank you!
Craig, really frustrated right now working on interior a week plus with no results. Unless I select one interior page for the entire journal. I do not want that. Prefer to customize, using 4 selected interior templates, couldn't figure out how they would show up? I did 25 pages , will have to do 2 pages at a time till I get to 100? When I hit download after 25 pages I get nothing showing.. but when I did choose only 1 interior 1/100 was downloaded. The tutorials for Book BOLT DOES NOT EXPLAIN THIS. It seems their goal to to use 1 template per book. Still trying, it is really defeating. Any suggestion would be appreciated.
Hey Linda,
I'm sorry you're frustrated. If you just want to mix multiple template pages from the Book Bolt library, you can do that easily in the Interior Pro section of the designer, I show you how to do that at this time stamp in the video: 49:14 .
I also briefly go over how to customize pages at the 55:28 time stamp (and I mention that it is going to take more time to create interiors this way). If you want more that 2 customized pages in your book interior, then you're going to have to create them 2 pages at a time (and save them as PDF's in increments of 24 pages), and then assemble the book by uploading all of the PDF's into the Interior Pro and putting the book together there.
You have to remember that Book Bolt is "first" a research tool for low content book publishing (that's really what you're paying for) that happens to offer additional software for creating book covers and interiors. But as useful as the software can be, it's still no match for professional software like Adobe Indesign (and yes, you can do what you are trying to do, way quicker and easier in InDesign). And that's why Book Bolt is only $9.99 per month and Adobe Creative Cloud is $52.99 (unless you get it on sale).
You can watch my video on how to create low content books using InDesign here: ruclips.net/video/J5IvD_-3KBo/видео.html
If you're serious about making money through all aspects of monetization that I teach on my channel, then you'll need to consider upgrading to professional software at some time. Here's a link to Adobe CC Software: bit.ly/36Hk0DQ
Just a heads up, the entire Creative Cloud Suite is a far better deal than subscribing to just one individual software.
I hope this helps Linda.
amazing video. you have exceptional design skills. how do you upload say a few pages of introductory text pages before the repeated pages. I would like to create a diary and to do list but with an intro chapter on some theory summarised in 6 pages.
Create the individual pages in the same spot as you create the cover (only choose interior), and then save them out as PDF's. Then put your book interior together in the interior pro and upload those individual pages under the uploads tab.
I purchased the book bundle, downloaded, downloaded the extractor but I’m not able
To open the files 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️. Tech challenged lol. Working on a MacBook (feels like a foreign language)
Did you install the extraction software on to your computer? If so, are you able to unzip the file that you downloaded and get access to the individual files?
@@CraigBabin clicked link for software-I’m not seeing an option for install-says this application can’t be opened- does it work on a Mac?
@@CraigBabin I figured it out! I found something for Mac! 7 day trial so if you’re thinking of making more do it now .. 😂😂😂. Love the videos.
@@redesignedbydelicia3052 Okay, that makes sense. For some reason I just thought that you had Windows partitioned on your MacBook. Here's a free version for MAC: theunarchiver.com/
@@CraigBabin thank you!
Do you think BookBolt will be good for research if I'm actually a writer?
That depends, Book Bolt's research helps you to figure out which niches (topics) people are looking for. But would you really want to base what you're going to write about on what's popular at the moment? Most writer's write what they are passionate about, not what the market wants.
That being said, if you've written a book that's in a particular niche, the research tool could help you market it (keyword research etc.).
@Craig Babin That makes sense. As much as I want to write passionately, I also need to provide for my children and if my passion does not draw any profitable audience, I'll rather create work that draw audience first then fund what I'm passionate about. The research part is actually what matters to be as far as my writing as I do make many passions
@@estherolawuyi4204 I hear ya. Unfortunately in this day and age, money has to come first.
Thank you Craig. This is my first time knowing about BookBolt in my quest for knowledge about Book Publishing. Thank you.
You're quite welcome Segun.
Great Video.
Thanks Joanne.
I was worried that anything made with book bolt wouldn't look as good as Canva pro, but you did an excellent job. I learned a lot in this video. A lot... Subbed you. Thank you!
It's not the tool, it's the artist. With a little ingenuity, you can make anything work. I'm glad that you got something out of this video Angela. And thanks for subbing!
Thanks for the tutorial! I really wish they had a way to help a person get things evenly placed on one side or the other. Also can you use the images from bookbolt? I think it’s under resources.
If you're having a problem with placement, then you're probably using the old Book Bolt Designer. The new Book Bolt Studio has a snap feature that you can turn on at the bottom of the art board. You can find a link to the new studio in the top right hand corner of the old designer. I walk you through how to use the new studio in this video here: ruclips.net/video/U4D04_AOMP4/видео.html
You can use the images in the resources because they come from Pixabay. If you want a bigger selection just go to pexels.com or free-images.com.
You must select interior (guitar Tabs) FIRST. Then SECOND you must select bleed or no bleed and page size, otherewise it goes back to the default size 5 X 8. I noticed in this video and while on Book Bolt design.
That's right. You always have to choose your template first and then pick the settings afterwards. Each template has a default setting of 5X8. There are quite a few tools in Book Bolt that reset to default once you stop using them.
Hello, you say it is a numbers game but most KDP authors say in 2021 quality is a priority over quantity. What is your standpoint?
First off, just because I'm saying high quantity, doesn't mean that I'm saying your product can be garbage. You still need to put out books that have high quality covers and interiors, you just need to put out a lot of them. Quality always takes priority over quantity, but a KDP low content book business is a numbers game. If you search RUclips and find videos from low content book publishers who are making over $1,000/mo selling on Amazon, you will be very hard pressed to find anyone who has less than 1,000 books on Amazon.
It also depends on what your definition of a low content book is. I personally don't really see books like coloring books and puzzle books as low content books. If you're actually illustrating a coloring book yourself, it can take just as long to illustrate one page, as it does to write a full page of text. So why people consider it low content, I don't understand.
Most successful KDP authors will tell you that their best selling books are the one's that have the most content in them (i.e. activity books, coloring books, daily planners, etc). Which I don't really consider low content. So if you're going to focus on purely low content books, and when I talk about low content books, I'm primarily referring to notebooks, journals, sketchbooks, drawing prompt books or any book interior that you can create in about an hour from scratch. Then you are definitely going to have to upload a high volume of books to make money. Because there is a lot of competition for those types of books.
Thank you for the info!
You're welcome!
Very engaging...just passing by but ended up watching to the end! I will definitely dive into this next! Thank you!!!
I'm glad you stuck around.
Thank you so much Craig! After watching several videos happy to have found yours. Having absolutely no skills, and not super tech savy. I can still tap this market, I do want to add quotes on pages and as your steps are easy to follow hoping this is easy to do. What do you suggest? I'm excited to begin.
It depends, are you trying to add quotes on to existing Book Bolt template pages, or just blank pages that you want to insert in with Book Bolt template pages? Any customization of interior pages has to be done in the "Interior Designer" using the interior option (so the same place you create the covers). And if you want each page to be unique, you're going to have to create them two at a time.
What I would recommend is to create your custom pages using the interior designer (two at a time), and then save them out as PDF files. Then, once you have your entire book interior created, go back to the "Interior Pro" section and assemble those pages into one cohesive book interior.
I hope that helps Linda.
This is amazing Graig. So much wealth thank you. 🙏 It is almost 2 am and watching this on my phone and just listening. I’ll have to watch this again on my big screen so I can follow along By the way have you thought of doing Voice Over Recording because you have the talent to do that too. 😊
Thanks for the compliment Halima. Unfortunately as I get older my voice is getting rougher and rougher. So I think if I did voice over work I'd probably lose my voice all together.
Thanks for the thorough explanation. I learned so much from you video.
Thanks Josephine. Just make sure to check out my video on the updated Book Bolt Studio. The version I'm using in this video, no longer exists. Here's a link to my tutorial on how to use the new studio: ruclips.net/video/U4D04_AOMP4/видео.html
Amazing information, hard to find in here w so many details , great voice n articulation. U channel should have a millón + soon
Haha ... from your lips to the RUclips gods ears, let's hope. I'm glad you find the video informative.
Craig, thank you so much! You've help me believe I can do this..
I'm glad I could help Luis.
question? can i use any pic from that site you linked free images and use them for covers?
Yes you can. When you click on an image, there will be a little blurb on the right hand side that says something like this "This image was acquired from pixabay and pickupimage. It was marked as Public Domain or CC0 and is free to use."
That's your permission to use it.
do you think it is already too late to join this low content book in 2023?
No, there will always be a demand for new and unique books.
@@CraigBabin thanks...! Just want to appreciate your videos btw. Been going thru them and they are all equally valuable..! Thanks again!
Oh and by any chance you'd have another 60% link again soon? Missed that one!
@@kym.kdcchannel It probably won't be until Black Friday in November. Just be aware that if you are going to purchase a subscription to Book Bolt, that this is an old video, the new Book Bolt Studio looks a lot different than it does in this video.
I have a video showing you how to use the new Studio here: ruclips.net/video/U4D04_AOMP4/видео.html
Thanks for this great video 🙏
How to uploud on kdp and how to work with tags or ads?
How to upload on KDP, I've done: ruclips.net/video/6aVbQY3ow8Y/видео.html
Tags and ads are coming.
You are an extremely good educator! 🤩 Thank You!
I appreciate you saying that Chris.
How do I enter a promo code?
When you're at the final page of check out, Book Bolt will ask you if you have a promo code, just enter "craigbabin" in that box.
And make sure you're going to Book Bolt via the link in the description section of this video, don't just go there through Google search, you won't be offered the discount!
Thanks😀
Huge help! Thanks
Great video. Ty
Love this video. I purchased the KDP Low Content Book Bundle, but I am unable to use it. It is not a PDF, it came up in note pad, unreadable. Any suggestions?
All of the documents are PDF format in the bundle. If your computer is trying to open them with notepad, it's because you don't have the Adobe Acrobat software on your computer. You can download it for free here: get.adobe.com/reader/
If it's the RAR file, that the bundle comes packed in, that you can't open, you can download free RAR extraction software here: www.win-rar.com/start.html?&L=0
Thanks. I really appreciate the feedback.
the interior pro version is missing a copy paste option for the pages or did i just not see it?
There's no need to copy and paste in the interior pro, just click the plus sign to add a template, and if you want multiples of the same template, use the number of pages feature in the template pop up menu. If you're referring to being able to copy and paste something external onto a page, you can't do that. The only option for that, is to create a PDF of the entire page, the way you want it to appear, and then upload it in the "upload" section. The pdf that you upload will then appear with all of the other templates when you click the plus icon to add a template.
I just found you. Thank you for the video, nicely done! I'm sad I missed this promotion though :(
You can create quite a few books in one month ... try it for a month and see if you like it.
Thank you, and yes Book Bolt is definitely my next step. Have been using Canva and can see that the inside of the book creation is more efficient in Book Bolt.
Thanks Craig!!! Amazing content!
Thanks Iara.
So, Craig. You're basically amazing huh?
Well that's what my mother used to tell me, but I think she was a little biased. lol
@Craig Babin We mamas tend to be, but yours is not. P.S Did you know Amazon no longer give a free ISBN to "filler" books that requires byers to fill most of the book. I just found out last week. I hope it's a rumor. It will suck for us Americans
@ESTHER Olawuyi No, you're misinterpreting that. ISBN numbers are no longer required for "no content" books like journals and sketch pads. You can still create them, but because they don't contain any content, there isn't a need to have an ISBN on them. ISBN's were created as a means to catalogue literature all around the world with one universal system. No content books don't contain literature, or art, or anything else for that matter, so they don't need to be catalogued.
@Craig Babin THANK YOU SO MUCH. I did misunderstand that. I'll share that with my group because a lot of us got the same mis information. I'm off to watch your updated video on Bookbolt and create me 5 low content books today!
@@estherolawuyi4204 Have fun!
Craig, thank you for your detailed response. I will work on the pages 2 at a time and then save them, and will check out your video on InDesign. I have looked at some of your other videos, you make it look so effortless, so your are doing a great job and educating me. I have so many ideas for low content books but have to get through this first hurdle. I appreciate you taking the time to support and encourage me to work out the issues I'm having doing this project. Many blessing to you.
I've been doing this for many, many years and that's the only reason it looks effortless. I remember what it was like learning all of this stuff for the first time and it was difficult. But stick with it Linda, you'll eventually pick it up. The most important thing is that you have many ideas for books, because inspiration is what will keep you motivated to continue when things get hard.
@@CraigBabin Thank you. :)
Hi Craig! What a wonderful video this is. I just have one question, I wanted to crop an image I'm using on my bookbolt cover designer by using the crop icon under the Images tab. I can select an area with my cursor but once I've done that, I can't get it to apply on my cover page. Do you know how to solve this?
I just tried it myself and it seems to be working fine. This is what I did:
1. Drop the image onto my cover template.
2. With it still selected, I click on the crop icon in the top left hand menu.
3. In the crop menu, I adjust the crop border (the moving dotted line) to the size I want using the anchors in all four corners.
4. Once I have it where I want, I click the "Save" button. The crop is applied.
If it's not working for you, try using a different browser ... I'm using Firefox and it works fine. If it's still not working for you in a different browser, then contact Book Bolt, it could be a technical issue.
@@CraigBabin Thanks, I see that one of my pictures does show the save button but for the rest of my pictures the toolbars don't show at all, just the pictures. I guess I'll have to crop the images on another program on my PC. Your comment helped me out a lot, I hope you have a good day!
@@lemontea9735 Sorry I couldn't be more help.
Thank you, i rarely say this, but fantastic video! The possibilities we have today and how easy it all is are amazing. No coding, no poor looking design. Just drag and drop.
Will there be another big discount soon? :D
Technology is definitely making the process a lot easier, that's for sure.
I don't know, that's up to Book Bolt.
Thank you so very much
You're quite welcome.
Perfect! I am getting your labels :)
Thanks for the order Elsie.
@@CraigBabin, you are welcome!
where is the bundle?
It's listed in the description of the video. I'll reprint it here.
Low Content Book Bundle for $3: bit.ly/3nBaRCM
When I opened mine up when downloaded I couldn't find my inside 120 sheets for my Sketch Pad. All I seen was the outside cover. And I have no Idea how to download to KDP. It downloaded into PDF, but I don't see the same stuff you see on yours when I open it. I have been in tears trying to figure this thing out all day! I am 64 yrs old, and feel so stupid!
Okay first off Dee, you're not stupid, but I do need to know what you opened up and from where? Are you talking about inside of Book Bolt or KDP?
@@CraigBabin Thank you for answering. Ok today I learned I had to make an account with KDP. I thought I could just upload the sketchpad from Book Bolt into KDP. That may be my problem I was having. I will try again now that I have made an account. Also I'm having trouble finding the book I created when I go back into Book Bolt.
@@Dee-qr7yb Okay two things you should know. First, you absolutely need a KDP account to upload a book. Second, if you don't save your book cover or book interior to your computer once you've finished it in Book Bolt, it may get deleted. Book Bolt doesn't hold on to files very long. So always make sure you are saving whatever you create, to your computer as soon as you are done.
@@CraigBabin Thank you for all your help! I am still stuck on a couple of things. I did find my book cover ( saved in my computer), however I don't see anyway of knowing if it contains the 120 inside sheets. My computer image doesn't look like yours at the top, so I can't tell if it has the inside pages (all I see is the cover). I made the "inside" sheets and saved them into my computer, but they are located in a different area from my "cover". I think we may have different features on our computers. Maybe??
@@Dee-qr7yb Your book cover and your book interior are two separate PDF files. You also have to upload them separately on KDP.
With your help I've now got a few notebooks live! Thank you! Could you please tell me what interior paper you would use for doing sketckbooks. and how many pages I should go with? I tryed doing some, but kdp is saying I have too many blank sheets! I don't understand that, because I thought a sketchbook is all blank sheets! I have watched this video several times to get a better grasp of things, and I love it! Thanks again
I would go with a drawing prompt book instead of a sketch book. Most of the people who purchase sketch books are artists and they're very fussy about their paper. The KDP paper isn't high enough quality for most artists. So insert a border on each blank page and type in a drawing prompt, you'll have less chance of getting your book refused by KDP that way.
@@CraigBabin Thank you for the info! A slowing down your video on the weekly planner (on the slowest setting, lol) I seen that book book has a skeetbook template! I was trying to use just blank paper😞. No wonder kdp was telling me I had too many blank pages!
Sorry about the errors in my last message. I meant After slowing down the video (to the slowest setting), I seen that Book Bolt has a "sketchbook" template. Would this work for artists? So sorry for all the questions. You are amazing!
I wouldn't create a sketch book if I were you Dee, the KDP paper quality is not the greatest, so you'd be competing with high quality sketch books that have high quality paper ... a competition that you are not going to win. Speaking as an artist, there's no way in hell that I'd ever buy a KDP blank book for sketching. But I would buy a drawing prompt book, just for practice. Sketches go into your portfolio, while practice work ends up at the bottom of a box somewhere. That's my opinion anyway.
@@CraigBabin Oh ok, I will take your advise then 🙂. Thanks again!
how to upload but???
I don't understand your question. If you are referring to how to upload to KDP, then watch this video.
ruclips.net/video/6aVbQY3ow8Y/видео.html
So super helpful. I am teaching my 18-year-old granddaughter how to do KDP and this is one of the videos she will be learning from. She is an artist and studies design. This will be great for both of us! Thanks!
That's awesome Lee. If she's an artist stick around, because I'm going to be uploading a lot of videos that'll be extremely useful to her. Also, watch for my speed drawing video coming out next month. I'll be giving away a 1 year subscription to 21 Draw, which is an digital drawing tutorial website.