I hope this video is helpful! Here are the links mentioned & Table of Contents: Book Bolt 20% OFF: bit.ly/bookbolt-20off [Code: Greg20] ChatGPT: chatgpt.com Google Sheets: workspace.google.com/products/sheets/ Table of Contents: 0:00 Introduction 0:49 What Is Amazon KDP? 2:35 The NEW Way To Do Amazon KDP 4:04 How To Find Book Ideas 6:16 How To Create Amazon KDP Books That Sell 7:47 Book Cover Tutorial 14:04 Word Search Puzzle Tutorial 23:17 How To Upload Amazon KDP Books 34:05 Amazon KDP Pricing and Earnings 35:59 How To Scale Amazon KDP Book Creation 36:58 Resources and Conclusion
I cannot even begin to tell you how much this video helped me. Finally, after watching at least 30 videos from various people, this is the one that actually worked for me! OMG! I have been trying for so long and I used your video using a "play, pause, do" strategy and it worked! Whew! Now... can you consider do the following: I have written a children's story. It isn't a picture book but I do want to include several pictures of the main character in different scenes in the story. How can I do that? AI does not make consistent images. Is this even something do-able? I don't want illustrated. I want what essentially looks like clipart picture of this dog and put him in different scenes.
2 weeks ago I had no idea I needed to publish a book, but since i started listening to your videos while I drive my route. I have 2 already in review on KDP since last night. Thanks for all you do for us.
Words cannot express how appreciative I am for you. Your step by step process is great. I've been wanting to do something like this for a while, and my ADHD always throws me off because no one else could make content that I could consistently stay focused on, until I found you, good sir. Most importantly, even though you are making money for the views as well as the affiliate link to Book Bolt, your willingness to create this content to help other people instead of keeping it all to yourself is commendable. You deserve every penny earned for putting in this work for all of us. Thank you!
That’s awesome to hear… Thank you, I appreciate you taking the time to say thanks. It’s nice to be able to transition to this position of being able to vet business ideas, learn what works within the business, and share the results here with you guys to implement yourselves. I wish I had someone like that when I was getting started, so it’s an honor to be able to offer that to you guys now 👍
@@GregGottfried Well said. Your original video, (the one that led me to this tutorial), somehow created a big enough spark to light my creative engines. I'm setting all this up as we speak!
I have been following you for a few years and I am impressed with how transparent you are with all your info. You give all the details back to back. Thanks for the nuggets!
Thanks Greg I have just submitted my second book following this tutorial and the one you did previously😊 I've had some sales of my first book and you have help me break through a mental barrier and take action 👊🏻💪🏻 Really appreciate all you do 🙏
OMG, you're AMAZING. I watched your video for the first time today and am excited about getting more books on Amazon. I am Carolyn Bethel with 2 books on Amazon just sitting there , but I want to get busy creating more books. As a 64 year old retiree, I need to do it to bring income. Thanks for sharing
I like that you are transparent with the paid tools pricing, I am kindly mentally prepared for what I am going to spend money in order to do this. Most gurus just mention the name of the tool
You're heaven-sent, Greg. I've always wanted to sell on Amazon, but I didn't know what product to sell. You are an eye-opener. I'll be back to this comment in less than five days to mention that I have submitted my word search book for review. Thank you.
Right on! I’m looking forward to your reply, and hoping you can beat my record of 3 days to get a first sale after book approval. Let me know if you beat it!
Greg, I have looked at a lot of how-to videos and I have to say that you this one is the best yet. I am very appreciative that you put this video together and I look forward to looking at the rest of your videos. Blessings to you and yours!
I would add to Chat GBT the sentence Book Bolt gave to several results so that I could edit the CVS file: "Words must contain only letters, spaces, hyphens, or apostrophes." When I submitted my list, it wouldn't take answers with numerals or symbols like "&." The sentence I just gave was the response Book Bolt gave me on how to edit my CVS file. Good luck, everyone! Greg, thank you for the Chat program.
Hallo, thank you so much, it took me days to complete my first project but finally I have submitted my first project. Thanks for the ideas, so helpful 🥰
Thanks, Greg, You're Great. I have created one paperback with the help of your tutorial and am waiting for approval as it's being reviewed. Love from India ❤
@@GregGottfried I am not that lucky to beat your record. I have uploaded total 6 puzzle books, 3 yesterday & 3 today. But all are in review. So no chance of beat your record, if all my paperbacks get approval that also been a record for me 😂, I am a freelancer & in need of money but it's really very very hard as freelancer to earn money. I hope with implementation of your tutorials i will be definitely successful one day. Thanks Greg ❤️
Greg I think out of all of the people that I have followed I think that you are the best and explain and the best detail for someone to understand thank you very much for your time in helping us
After watching n implementation i finally was able to publish my first word search book..Thank u Greg..hope i get sales..Im.planning to make more puzzle books ..
Kdp terminated my account due to a previous account I had years ago but it was not kdp.I have sent appeal let's see if they reinstate as it was unintentional on my part
It is literally a great and very helpful training video. I have watched dozens of training videos so far. You explained the subject completely without any question marks. Thank you very much. Erkan Baran
thanks for a great video and insight. i love the pace of delivery and no bullshit, no talking around it but getting to it with visuals that are easy, look good with good resolution, no ummms and errrrrssss lol and you covered all the little important but relevant details. So thank you for that. I had no plans to do a wordsearch books and i am new to all this but I guess I have to do some now, since you explained it so well! :)
You are a UA-cam educator on speed! This is amazing! I am on vacation next week, so I'm giving this a go along with print on demand and see if I can make me some money. Thank you! 😁
😂 I teach it how l like to be taught: fast and no fluff! I appreciate the comment, and sounds like a great time to dig in. I’ll share my personal fastest time to get a sale with KDP doing these word search books was 3 days, so you may be able to see profit while still on vacation 👍👍
Wow! This has to be the best tutorial I've come across to date! It's just a shame I didn't discover you sooner, as I could have saved myself thousands of pounds! Oh well, we have to go through the swamp before we reach the spring don't we?:) Thank you for sharing this Greg! You've come into my life at the right time. I'll have a go and check back in with you. Excellent work Greg! I appreciate you.
Thank you I was able to get my first word search published ....... not too original but it is called Be My Valentine Word Search. I will continue to do this and I also used the 20% coupon to get the year of book blitz
Hey, thank you for your amazing video, It was super helpful and made things much clearer for me. I really appreciate your effort-keep up the great work!
Your video is super helpful. You're a great teacher! Just published my first Amazon KDP, watching your video side by side- felt super accomplished :) Please make more videos on how we can use Bolt Pro to make more medium content for Amazon?
@@GregGottfried Hey! I've been getting consistent push back for the past 2 weeks while trying to publish my first book. They keep telling me there is an issue regarding the "contributors," but I have none listed. Do you have a personal email I can reach you at? Thanks
Nicely done! Let me know how fast you get your first sale after it’s approved. My record is 3 days to first sale fully organic but I’m waiting for someone to beat it!
Another awesome video!! Greg, your Videos covering Amazon KDT are the best! I will create as many as possible between now and the end of 2024. A good thing to ring in the New Year, 2025! Thank you for al your generous efforts in creating these valuable tutorial videos for us to learn how to generate an income online. Thank you and Happy Holidays to you!
Thank you for such an easy-to-follow guide. Because of your video, I am finally been able to publish my very first book on Amazon. I can't wait for my proof copies to get here. 💜
@@GregGottfried my first word search book just went live!!!!!! It's not perfect by any means, but it's done...which is better. Thank you again for your detailed guide. 💜
Hey, Greg! I just wanted to come back to let you know that I have already made 12 sales on 2 books. Thanks again for this awesome tutorial that finally got me to take action on my KDP journey. 💜
You are literally amazing sir!!Thank you so much i can't wait to get startec with this!!I have been binge watching your videos and you are such a great inspiration to me.
Thank you so much for distilling all of the training and information down to this easy to follow video! I have been getting lost in all of the details, but your video has made a clear path for me to follow.
Thank you so much for sharing your video. After publishing our book, what strategies should we use to generate reviews, and what types of organic or paid marketing would help us drive sales quickly? Additionally, how many books do you recommend we publish each month? Could you create another video to help market our book? Thanks so much!
Seriously Greg, you’re a genius! Tysm for sharing this information! Always wondered how to do this! Half to rewatch in 1/4 of the speed but I’m a slow learner lol
Thank you! I do move at a really quick pace so it's not you lol I'll keep that in mind for the next videos though, I'll make the pace a little easier to process all the info. Thanks again for the comment, I hope all is well!
Your always bringing Awsome content to the table!! Thank you very much for your hard work and to give it to US for free!! Bless you always Greg, you are definitely one of the VERY BEST of my youtubers, the whole reason why I come here! Merry Christmas 🎄to you and your family and a happy festive season 🎉🫶😊
This was an excellent tutorial. I just found a video last night that did a short tutorial and I still had lots of questions, but this answered most and showed me exactly how to do it. Thank you so much, and I'm going to get started right away!!
Royalty is based on list price, not profit. If list is $5.99: You get 60% *minus* printing cost ($1.27). Amazon gets 40% *plus* printing cost ($4.72). You need to raise your price. :D
Nicely done! Nothing else to do but wait and make more books! Helpful video coming this Sunday about finding really good topics to create, I think you’ll like it 👍👍
I followed step by step and it seemed very easy. So in few days I created 5 word search books. I had few difficulties I would like to share here from creating until uploading. Mainly things have been very smooth but when it come to chatgpt, I had lots of struggle cause it took so much of my time. I used your link and just followed as you said replacing camping with the my niche and every time I need the word, chat GPT makes a lot of mistake with repeated words or words that includes number and sometimes 3 words. Anyway I managed to talk more and more until I get the list and I created my books, it just takes a bit more of my time to always ask to make the list over and over. Up to this point my books are in review. Today I found my first book changed status from (In review to Draft) after a quick search it turned out that something need to be changed so I can submit again, however i did not receive any emails about it. And lastly I am writing this cause I was just about to submit one more book now and a message pop-up that I have exceeded the daily title creation limit. Any ideas? And many thanks for your beautiful and well-explained videos.
@@maceyhoggins-k4r I was just explaining that gave chatgpt a hint hint, for example I did one word search book about cars, so I said include brands, spare parts, modifications tools, this way it finally gave me non repeated words after at least 3 false attempts.
@maceyhoggins-k4r Yes. I actually had to play with chatgpt for couple of times giving it more option until I got the unrepeated words. Its like the 5th attempt finally gave me the right results. I made a word search book about films and ì had to tell chatgpt to use film titles, characters, and shooting phrases.
Also as an update, up to this point using exactly the method explained in this video, I noticed some issues. 3 of the books were asked to be reviewed. Some issues the book had was the title on the book and in the form entry was not exactly the same. But one other thing that was not in this video is that Amazon KDP asked me to number the pages of the books, which I went online looking on how to do that, it was an easy process using BookBolt. Something that I am confused right now is one of my book I received an email that they found spelling problem on the title, which I fixed it and submitted again, then I noticed just now I got another email congratulation your book has been published, but they use the version with spelling issue, in fact I corrected the issue as they asked and uploaded the new cover.
But seriously ChatGPT is becoming a real issue. I have to spend lots of time to finally get list of non repeated words and today as I tried over and over to insure getting a non repeated words, in the middle of generating words, it showed the free limit usage and I had to wait hours to be able to continue.
lol plenty of room for us all. It’s funny I’ve been sharing openly about print on demand just like this for years and there’s still unlimited niches wide open that I go into these days all these years later.
Hi Greg, thanks for your very informative and helpful content. Is the link to your word list gpt still available please? Maybe i missed it but couldnt see it in the description. Thanks again.
Hey sorry about that! I must have linked to the wrong video on accident. It’s in the description of this video: How to Start Amazon KDP in 2025 (Beginner Tutorial) ua-cam.com/video/dopQWKDB0lU/v-deo.html This is also the video that shows how to use it. Also a more detailed video on it coming on Sunday 👍👍
Hi Gregg. Loved your video. I actually started my own word search books, and used your step by step and have about 10 books on amazon. Had a question for you that perhaps you can create a video about. Lately I've had 2 book blocked. I created them exactly the same way as the other 10 yet they are being blocked. I am not even given a chance to edit them. It goes straight to blocked thank you
@@Dogiefresh Hey thanks and great question! Is it happening when you publish more than 3 books in a 24 hour period? I know new accounts have a 3 book per day upload limit that gets increased once sales start.
@@GregGottfried I had not created any books in a few days actually. I emailed them and asked specifically if they can pin point what was done to have the book blocked and this is what they just emailed me. After further review, we’ve decided to uphold our previous decision and will not be publishing your title(s) at this time because the content might result in a disappointing customer experience. I asked for a specific reason for both books now and have gotten the same boiler plate response
Great video but im stuck. Its after Christmas so I thought about the next holiday so I wanted to do a Valentines day theme. Chat gpt only gave me 395 words, some are 12 letters and there are no spaces between the 2 letter responses. I am currently editing my list.
Hey good thinking on the holiday and that’s interesting about the GPT. Before you get too far correcting it, try starting g a new chat and doing another list. Sometimes is outputs results that are off, but just starting a new chat from scratch solves it automatically 👍
As usual, excellent video. A follow-up video dedicated to 'trouble-shooting' (based on your own experiences of actually putting one of these books on Sale) would be very helpful. Also, for these kind of books, would you guess that an 'outsourced' professional cover design and / or 'pimping-up' each puzzle-page header, footer & margin with small topic-themed' icons / graphics (e.g., tiny elves, reindeer and the like) - increase the likelihood of lower refund requests or future sales? Does Book Bolt include an option to decorate headers, footers & margins in the fashion just described?
Hi, I have a question about ebook covers. When you open the book, is the inside of the cover typically blank, or can it include an image? If it's possible to add an image inside the cover, how can I create one?
Great question! Yes the inside of the cover is blank, and I’m unsure of a way to put something on it. However you could designate the first page of the book for the info that you wanted on the inside of the cover 👍👍
@GregGottfried, when you say there should be no duplicate words in the puzzles, do you mean out of the 495 words there should be NO duplicates at all, or do you mean there should be no duplicates in the 9 word sections for each puzzle? Thank you for this very transparent and well explained process!
Thanks for the comment. A bit on marketing at the end of this video: ua-cam.com/video/dopQWKDB0lU/v-deo.html but I’ve got to say it really is a publish and walk away business. I know I know sounds too good to be true but I’m watching the results first hand and speaking from real experience.
Hi Greg. Thanks for putting so much (free) effort into your videos. It is much appreciated that you share so much knowledge with the YT community. I do have a question - I tried using Chat GPT to come up with 495 words for a word search topic and used the exact instructions you gave in the video. It unfortunately gave many repeat words even though the instructions say not to repeat any words. I tried multiple different ways to give Chat GPT instructions to not repeat any words, but it didn't help. The topic I chose is very broad and should have no trouble finding words that don't repeat. Any suggestions? Thank you!
Hi, another quick question - I'm at the point where I've created the CSV file, but I can't figure out how to get back to the Book Bolt settings page so I can click the box that says "choose CSV file". That settings page disappeared on me. All I have in front of me is the studio page where I can see/edit the book cover. And I can see all 110 pages along the left-hand margin too. Any help? Thank you.
Got it figured out, and made it to the point of adding the keywords & description on the KDP site and when I went to continue, it says "the service or feature you're trying to use is currently unavailable. We're working to solve the problem as quickly as possible. Please try again later". Ugh, so frustrating as when I tried to refresh (as they instructed), it erased everything that I did on that page, so I had to re-insert all the descriptions, categories, keywords, etc, and it still isn't working. Grrr!!!!
Hey it sounds like you got a lot of this solved already but I wanted to tell you that I’ve just updated the GPT to fix this issue. It has run into an issue of not finishing the list all the way but you should be good now 👍👍
Thank you for this, please can you do a video on how to use a complete free tool to generate your word search Book strictly for beginners using mobile phone cause some of us can't afford the premium tools
Hello, you are sharing very valuable and encouraging information with us. Thank you very much for this. What about promoting your book among the thousands of books sold on Amazon? Is it not necessary to spend money on advertising the book on Amazon? I think, knowing the answer to this question beforehand is useful. Does anyone know the answer to this question? I would be very grateful if you could answer this question. Thank you in advance for your reply.
Nice work! You can just keep creating more books and not do any marketing if you’d like. That’s what I prefer because it’s a great use of time. You’ll get organic sales from Amazon customers without having to lift a finger. But if you’re up for it, TikTok is a really good platform for marketing right now. It’s definitely a bit of work and nothing guaranteed, but when it works it works really well 👍
Thank you for the comprehensive guide on how to make these books. However, is it required to have a business license to become a merchant on Amazon DKP? If so, what is the process of getting a business license and is it cumbersome when it comes to tax season?
Thanks! No you do not need a business license to do Amazon KDP. Video on this coming soon for more details, but you can do it all just as an individual 👍👍
@ No worries. That video coming Sunday will explain that too, but in the meantime, essentially we just add up total profit received for the year to ‘other income’ on our taxes. Nice and simple 👌
Thanks for this. Well done. I did notice when before submitting pricing globally. So i am from Canada are you saying we can possibly get revenue from all around the world, we are not restricted to local country?
Exactly right! Your book will be available is all the marketplaces and you’ll get sales from them the same way as your local Amazon. The currency will be converted to your local currency automatically when paid out to you each month 👍
@GregGottfried hello Sir Thank you so much for doing this video, i want to know how long does it take for the Puzzle Books to be reviewed, how long does the review process take?
Hey great question. I don’t personally recommend advertising. I think it’s hard to get it right and actually turn a profit. Instead of advertising, my recommendation is to create a lot of designs. Simply put, I have a lot of experience with businesses on these marketplace style websites and if you can create a lot of great listings, you will build up a really consistent income that’s 100% organic 👍
Hi Greg, I have been following your videos and love the way you get straight to the point..finally decided to take the step and get started, thanks for an awesome video tutorial! I have one question do you need to create a business gmail account for this or POD? And could you please do a video on how you manage taxes when self-employed?
I really want to start doing this, but I'm just wondering a few things. What do you do about taxes and sales tax? I'm from Sweden and just want to know if I need to register for something or how it works (if you know)? this would help me a lot!
I hope this video is helpful! Here are the links mentioned & Table of Contents:
Book Bolt 20% OFF: bit.ly/bookbolt-20off [Code: Greg20]
ChatGPT: chatgpt.com
Google Sheets: workspace.google.com/products/sheets/
Table of Contents:
0:00 Introduction
0:49 What Is Amazon KDP?
2:35 The NEW Way To Do Amazon KDP
4:04 How To Find Book Ideas
6:16 How To Create Amazon KDP Books That Sell
7:47 Book Cover Tutorial
14:04 Word Search Puzzle Tutorial
23:17 How To Upload Amazon KDP Books
34:05 Amazon KDP Pricing and Earnings
35:59 How To Scale Amazon KDP Book Creation
36:58 Resources and Conclusion
I cannot even begin to tell you how much this video helped me. Finally, after watching at least 30 videos from various people, this is the one that actually worked for me! OMG! I have been trying for so long and I used your video using a "play, pause, do" strategy and it worked! Whew! Now... can you consider do the following: I have written a children's story. It isn't a picture book but I do want to include several pictures of the main character in different scenes in the story. How can I do that? AI does not make consistent images. Is this even something do-able? I don't want illustrated. I want what essentially looks like clipart picture of this dog and put him in different scenes.
Well well
Pleaseeeee pleaseeeee I need some help ok I am stuck on the part where you upload the words to the spreadsheet
@ happy to help! What’s going on? Have you tried right click pasting and control or command v pasting? Sometimes it only works one way or the other.
Chatgpt is not being cooperative. Having problems coming up with decent words instead of Joy Light
2 weeks ago I had no idea I needed to publish a book, but since i started listening to your videos while I drive my route. I have 2 already in review on KDP since last night. Thanks for all you do for us.
Nicely done!! It’s awesome because it’s a business that can grow really fast. You’re crushing it!
Words cannot express how appreciative I am for you. Your step by step process is great. I've been wanting to do something like this for a while, and my ADHD always throws me off because no one else could make content that I could consistently stay focused on, until I found you, good sir. Most importantly, even though you are making money for the views as well as the affiliate link to Book Bolt, your willingness to create this content to help other people instead of keeping it all to yourself is commendable. You deserve every penny earned for putting in this work for all of us. Thank you!
That’s awesome to hear… Thank you, I appreciate you taking the time to say thanks. It’s nice to be able to transition to this position of being able to vet business ideas, learn what works within the business, and share the results here with you guys to implement yourselves. I wish I had someone like that when I was getting started, so it’s an honor to be able to offer that to you guys now 👍
@@GregGottfried Well said. Your original video, (the one that led me to this tutorial), somehow created a big enough spark to light my creative engines. I'm setting all this up as we speak!
I have been following you for a few years and I am impressed with how transparent you are with all your info. You give all the details back to back. Thanks for the nuggets!
Thank you, I appreciate that. Also thanks for sticking around that long! As always, if you run into any questions during a video just let me know!
Thanks Greg
I have just submitted my second book following this tutorial and the one you did previously😊
I've had some sales of my first book and you have help me break through a mental barrier and take action 👊🏻💪🏻
Really appreciate all you do 🙏
Nice work!! Skies the limit now 👍👍
OMG, you're AMAZING. I watched your video for the first time today and am excited about getting more books on Amazon. I am Carolyn Bethel with 2 books on Amazon just sitting there , but I want to get busy creating more books. As a 64 year old retiree, I need to do it to bring income. Thanks for sharing
@@carolynbethel2900 That’s awesome! Nicely done! Excellent business model for extra retirement income because it’s 100% passive income 😀
I like that you are transparent with the paid tools pricing, I am kindly mentally prepared for what I am going to spend money in order to do this. Most gurus just mention the name of the tool
@@ZhuldyzUpeshova-sp7no Thank you, I appreciate that 😀
You're heaven-sent, Greg. I've always wanted to sell on Amazon, but I didn't know what product to sell. You are an eye-opener. I'll be back to this comment in less than five days to mention that I have submitted my word search book for review. Thank you.
Right on! I’m looking forward to your reply, and hoping you can beat my record of 3 days to get a first sale after book approval. Let me know if you beat it!
Greg, I have looked at a lot of how-to videos and I have to say that you this one is the best yet. I am very appreciative that you put this video together and I look forward to looking at the rest of your videos. Blessings to you and yours!
Glad it was helpful! Thank you for the comment and as you are watching and putting into action just let me know if you run into any questions!
Thanks!
Thank you 🙏 🙌
I would add to Chat GBT the sentence Book Bolt gave to several results so that I could edit the CVS file: "Words must contain only letters, spaces, hyphens, or apostrophes." When I submitted my list, it wouldn't take answers with numerals or symbols like "&." The sentence I just gave was the response Book Bolt gave me on how to edit my CVS file. Good luck, everyone! Greg, thank you for the Chat program.
Hallo, thank you so much, it took me days to complete my first project but finally I have submitted my first project. Thanks for the ideas, so helpful 🥰
Great job! If you run into any questions going forward just let me know 👍
Thanks, Greg, You're Great. I have created one paperback with the help of your tutorial and am waiting for approval as it's being reviewed. Love from India ❤
Nice! Fastest I’ve gotten a sale so far is 3 days after uploaded (with just organic traffic from Amazon). Let me know if you beat that record!
@@GregGottfried I am not that lucky to beat your record. I have uploaded total 6 puzzle books, 3 yesterday & 3 today. But all are in review. So no chance of beat your record, if all my paperbacks get approval that also been a record for me 😂, I am a freelancer & in need of money but it's really very very hard as freelancer to earn money. I hope with implementation of your tutorials i will be definitely successful one day. Thanks Greg ❤️
@@navkarproperties nice! Oh yes I should say it was actually 3 days after getting approved, so there’s still a chance!
@navkarproperties how is it going so far? Any sale?
@@felixmosicho No Sale yet 😂
This was so amazing and so informative. There is no way that everyone can’t create one
Greg I think out of all of the people that I have followed I think that you are the best and explain and the best detail for someone to understand thank you very much for your time in helping us
I appreciate that! If you run into any specific questions just let me know 👍
After watching n implementation i finally was able to publish my first word search book..Thank u Greg..hope i get sales..Im.planning to make more puzzle books ..
Nice work!! If you run into any questions just let me know 👍
did you have to copywrite your book title?
Kdp terminated my account due to a previous account I had years ago but it was not kdp.I have sent appeal let's see if they reinstate as it was unintentional on my part
Was it worth your time did you make any money?
Did you make any money?
This is definitely one of the BEST tutorials!!
It is literally a great and very helpful training video. I have watched dozens of training videos so far. You explained the subject completely without any question marks. Thank you very much. Erkan Baran
Glad it was helpful! Thanks, and if you run into any questions just let me know 👍
Greg thank you for creating this easy to follow tutorial. Published my 1st word search puzzle already!!
Nice work!
thanks for a great video and insight. i love the pace of delivery and no bullshit, no talking around it but getting to it with visuals that are easy, look good with good resolution, no ummms and errrrrssss lol and you covered all the little important but relevant details. So thank you for that. I had no plans to do a wordsearch books and i am new to all this but I guess I have to do some now, since you explained it so well! :)
That’s awesome to hear, thank you very much. If you run into any questions just let me know!
You are a UA-cam educator on speed! This is amazing! I am on vacation next week, so I'm giving this a go along with print on demand and see if I can make me some money. Thank you! 😁
😂 I teach it how l like to be taught: fast and no fluff! I appreciate the comment, and sounds like a great time to dig in. I’ll share my personal fastest time to get a sale with KDP doing these word search books was 3 days, so you may be able to see profit while still on vacation 👍👍
I'm doing it! I'm so amazed... thank you sooooo much for the detailed video.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge on making this low content book.
Wow! This has to be the best tutorial I've come across to date! It's just a shame I didn't discover you sooner, as I could have saved myself thousands of pounds! Oh well, we have to go through the swamp before we reach the spring don't we?:) Thank you for sharing this Greg! You've come into my life at the right time. I'll have a go and check back in with you. Excellent work Greg! I appreciate you.
I'm so glad I discovered your channel. You explained everything so well!
Thank you! If you run into any questions just let me know 👍
Thank you I was able to get my first word search published ....... not too original but it is called Be My Valentine Word Search. I will continue to do this and I also used the 20% coupon to get the year of book blitz
Nicely done! It’s all good, you may be surprised that it starts selling on its own even when you think it’s not your best work. Good luck 🙌
Hey, thank you for your amazing video, It was super helpful and made things much clearer for me. I really appreciate your effort-keep up the great work!
Thank you! If you run into any questions just let me know 👍
Your video is super helpful. You're a great teacher! Just published my first Amazon KDP, watching your video side by side- felt super accomplished :) Please make more videos on how we can use Bolt Pro to make more medium content for Amazon?
@@bollywoodsparkles9789 Thanks! Yes I can 😀
YOU ARE AMAZING FOR PUTTING US ON!!! I'M DEFINITELY DOING THIS...THANK YOU GREG!! GOD BLESS!
I appreciate you taking the time to write this! I hope you build a huge business with it! If you run into any questions just let me know 👍
@ thank you!! 🤞🏾
@@GregGottfried Hey! I've been getting consistent push back for the past 2 weeks while trying to publish my first book. They keep telling me there is an issue regarding the "contributors," but I have none listed. Do you have a personal email I can reach you at? Thanks
Hi Greg, I hope you are doing well. This video is quite helpful, thanks.
thank you so much for this. It really helped me. My puzzle book for teens has just been submitted for approval :)
Nicely done! Let me know how fast you get your first sale after it’s approved. My record is 3 days to first sale fully organic but I’m waiting for someone to beat it!
More tutorials like this! really helpful, thank you ❤
Deep dive version of this coming tomorrow 😀
@@GregGottfried Awesome! Can't wait :D
You are amazing thank you!!! This has been so helpful!!! I have been really hoping for a side hustle for 2025 an this was soooo good soooo good!
Glad it was helpful! This is definitely great timing for this side hustle. It’s the right place at the right time to start 👍👍
Hi Greg!
Thank you so much for this!
I wanted to know how much return you've got on average by selling using kdp.
The puzzles can be forward going in any direction up, down, forward, backward and diagonal. Any words having a space will be compressed into one word
Another awesome video!! Greg, your Videos covering Amazon KDT are the best! I will create as many as possible between now and the end of 2024. A good thing to ring in the New Year, 2025! Thank you for al your generous efforts in creating these valuable tutorial videos for us to learn how to generate an income online. Thank you and Happy Holidays to you!
Awesome plan!! If you run into any questions just let me know 👍 👍
Thank you for such an easy-to-follow guide. Because of your video, I am finally been able to publish my very first book on Amazon. I can't wait for my proof copies to get here. 💜
That’s awesome! Really glad to hear that 🙌 As you keep going I’m here if you need any help!
@@GregGottfried my first word search book just went live!!!!!! It's not perfect by any means, but it's done...which is better. Thank you again for your detailed guide. 💜
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Hey, Greg! I just wanted to come back to let you know that I have already made 12 sales on 2 books. Thanks again for this awesome tutorial that finally got me to take action on my KDP journey. 💜
@@spiresmedia nicely done!!!!
Thanks Greg!. It is what I have been waiting for! I will watch it again.
Excellent! As always, I’m here if you need any help abetting started 👍
You are literally amazing sir!!Thank you so much i can't wait to get startec with this!!I have been binge watching your videos and you are such a great inspiration to me.
Awesome, thank you! I’m here if you run into any questions as you get going too 🙌
Thank you so much for distilling all of the training and information down to this easy to follow video! I have been getting lost in all of the details, but your video has made a clear path for me to follow.
Glad it was helpful! If you run into any questions just let me know 👍
Thank you so much for sharing your video. After publishing our book, what strategies should we use to generate reviews, and what types of organic or paid marketing would help us drive sales quickly? Additionally, how many books do you recommend we publish each month? Could you create another video to help market our book? Thanks so much!
I've always wanted to do KDP but kind of intimidated...but with this tutorial, I think I'll give it a try. Thank you Greg.
Nice! I can definitely vouch for it and say that it works with this strategy 👍
@@GregGottfriedokay sir how do we go with it
Seriously Greg, you’re a genius! Tysm for sharing this information! Always wondered how to do this! Half to rewatch in 1/4 of the speed but I’m a slow learner lol
Thank you! I do move at a really quick pace so it's not you lol I'll keep that in mind for the next videos though, I'll make the pace a little easier to process all the info. Thanks again for the comment, I hope all is well!
Your always bringing Awsome content to the table!! Thank you very much for your hard work and to give it to US for free!! Bless you always Greg, you are definitely one of the VERY BEST of my youtubers, the whole reason why I come here! Merry Christmas 🎄to you and your family and a happy festive season 🎉🫶😊
This was an excellent tutorial. I just found a video last night that did a short tutorial and I still had lots of questions, but this answered most and showed me exactly how to do it. Thank you so much, and I'm going to get started right away!!
Really glad to hear that! If you have any lingering questions just let me know 😀
@@GregGottfried Thank you, will do.
@@GregGottfried Hi Greg, I just sent you an email, I'm having a problem with duplicates in Chat GPT, thanks.
@@eyeadreamer89 @GregGottfried I was trying the prompt in chatgpt and there were many duplicates too. Anyway to resolve it?
Royalty is based on list price, not profit. If list is $5.99: You get 60% *minus* printing cost ($1.27). Amazon gets 40% *plus* printing cost ($4.72). You need to raise your price. :D
Excellant video. Plan to start as well.
Thanks and right on! If you run into any questions just let me know 👍
Do you suggest starting with a blank book vs. a word search book?
I have published 6 books almost 10 days but no result yet. But I am waiting for my first order. Thanks ❤
Nicely done! Nothing else to do but wait and make more books! Helpful video coming this Sunday about finding really good topics to create, I think you’ll like it 👍👍
@GregGottfried Thanks a lot. I will wait for your new video tips and tricks. Love from Bangladesh.❤️❤️❤️
Love your class. Looking forward to more topics from you.
Thanks! If there’s anything is specific you’d like to see just let me know 👍
Hi. you're just came across some of your videos and they are very helpful.
Legend! Thank you for the run through Greg. Just used your discount code :)
Nice! Thanks for the comment and support, and if you run into any questions just let me know I'm here to help! 👍
I followed step by step and it seemed very easy. So in few days I created 5 word search books. I had few difficulties I would like to share here from creating until uploading. Mainly things have been very smooth but when it come to chatgpt, I had lots of struggle cause it took so much of my time. I used your link and just followed as you said replacing camping with the my niche and every time I need the word, chat GPT makes a lot of mistake with repeated words or words that includes number and sometimes 3 words. Anyway I managed to talk more and more until I get the list and I created my books, it just takes a bit more of my time to always ask to make the list over and over. Up to this point my books are in review. Today I found my first book changed status from (In review to Draft) after a quick search it turned out that something need to be changed so I can submit again, however i did not receive any emails about it. And lastly I am writing this cause I was just about to submit one more book now and a message pop-up that I have exceeded the daily title creation limit. Any ideas? And many thanks for your beautiful and well-explained videos.
did you figure out how to make it stop repeating words?
@@maceyhoggins-k4r I was just explaining that gave chatgpt a hint hint, for example I did one word search book about cars, so I said include brands, spare parts, modifications tools, this way it finally gave me non repeated words after at least 3 false attempts.
@maceyhoggins-k4r Yes. I actually had to play with chatgpt for couple of times giving it more option until I got the unrepeated words. Its like the 5th attempt finally gave me the right results. I made a word search book about films and ì had to tell chatgpt to use film titles, characters, and shooting phrases.
Also as an update, up to this point using exactly the method explained in this video, I noticed some issues. 3 of the books were asked to be reviewed. Some issues the book had was the title on the book and in the form entry was not exactly the same. But one other thing that was not in this video is that Amazon KDP asked me to number the pages of the books, which I went online looking on how to do that, it was an easy process using BookBolt. Something that I am confused right now is one of my book I received an email that they found spelling problem on the title, which I fixed it and submitted again, then I noticed just now I got another email congratulation your book has been published, but they use the version with spelling issue, in fact I corrected the issue as they asked and uploaded the new cover.
But seriously ChatGPT is becoming a real issue. I have to spend lots of time to finally get list of non repeated words and today as I tried over and over to insure getting a non repeated words, in the middle of generating words, it showed the free limit usage and I had to wait hours to be able to continue.
Great job Greg, I love your work. very informative. keep up the great work
Thanks 👍 If you run into any questions just let me know!
You are awesome! You make life simple:) I appreciate all of your guidance on this:)
Thanks Staci, it’s great to hear that. I’m always here if you run into any questions or need help 😀
Thanks Greg, it was very detailed and informative as always!
Glad you enjoyed it! If you run into any questions just let me know 👍
Thank you Greg for the help all the way from South Africa, good luck to all. Start copying and pasting all lol....
lol plenty of room for us all. It’s funny I’ve been sharing openly about print on demand just like this for years and there’s still unlimited niches wide open that I go into these days all these years later.
God bless you sir❤
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You're the best, i swear ❤😂
That's awesome, thank you 🙌
Thanks Greg for so valuable content 🎉
My pleasure! If you run into any questions just let me know 👍
Bro thanks for your help, best video in this theme, and also thanks for the coupon ❤
No worries! If you run into any questions just let me know 👍
Thank you, so much for sharing such an amazing information!
Hi Greg, thanks for your very informative and helpful content. Is the link to your word list gpt still available please? Maybe i missed it but couldnt see it in the description. Thanks again.
Hey sorry about that! I must have linked to the wrong video on accident. It’s in the description of this video: How to Start Amazon KDP in 2025 (Beginner Tutorial)
ua-cam.com/video/dopQWKDB0lU/v-deo.html This is also the video that shows how to use it. Also a more detailed video on it coming on Sunday 👍👍
Amazing content ,great tutorial thanks for your information
Thank you 🙏
thk U very much this is what am looking for....this tutorial is the best great job 👍👍👍👍
Glad it was helpful! If you run into any questions just let me know 👍
Super , well done !
Thanks! If you run into any questions just let me know 👍
Thanks, Greg, this is an excellent video...great job
Glad you liked it! If you run into any questions just let me know 👍
Great job Greg. Please more videos on KDP. If you can make more 🤞
Thanks! Can do!
Hi Gregg. Loved your video. I actually started my own word search books, and used your step by step and have about 10 books on amazon. Had a question for you that perhaps you can create a video about. Lately I've had 2 book blocked. I created them exactly the same way as the other 10 yet they are being blocked. I am not even given a chance to edit them. It goes straight to blocked
thank you
@@Dogiefresh Hey thanks and great question! Is it happening when you publish more than 3 books in a 24 hour period? I know new accounts have a 3 book per day upload limit that gets increased once sales start.
@@GregGottfried I had not created any books in a few days actually. I emailed them and asked specifically if they can pin point what was done to have the book blocked and this is what they just emailed me. After further review, we’ve decided to uphold our previous decision and will not be publishing your title(s) at this time because the content might result in a disappointing customer experience. I asked for a specific reason for both books now and have gotten the same boiler plate response
thank you Greg!!
No worries! Thank you for the comment 🙌
Wow it makes so much sense
Excellent tutorial. Thanks for doing this.
My pleasure! If you run into any questions just let me know 👍
Thanks for the informative video Greg. I'm sort of having a bit of an issue with Chat GPT however, is there a way to get it to not repeat words?
Hey thanks and sorry about that! I've just updated the GPT to make it super strict on not repeating any words. Should be better now 👍
Thanks Greg! This is really great.
No worries! If you run into any questions just let me know 👍
Great video but im stuck. Its after Christmas so I thought about the next holiday so I wanted to do a Valentines day theme. Chat gpt only gave me 395 words, some are 12 letters and there are no spaces between the 2 letter responses. I am currently editing my list.
Hey good thinking on the holiday and that’s interesting about the GPT. Before you get too far correcting it, try starting g a new chat and doing another list. Sometimes is outputs results that are off, but just starting a new chat from scratch solves it automatically 👍
Thanks for replying!! I had to do some minor editing but finished my list. Made the book. Thanks again!!
I got an error uploading. It reads there is a problem with my interior. I checked and it looks fine. Suggestions?
As usual, excellent video. A follow-up video dedicated to 'trouble-shooting' (based on your own experiences of actually putting one of these books on Sale) would be very helpful. Also, for these kind of books, would you guess that an 'outsourced' professional cover design and / or 'pimping-up' each puzzle-page header, footer & margin with small topic-themed' icons / graphics (e.g., tiny elves, reindeer and the like) - increase the likelihood of lower refund requests or future sales? Does Book Bolt include an option to decorate headers, footers & margins in the fashion just described?
Love it, Greg can you make a tutorial on how to create a blog for affiliate marketing 🥰
Hi, I have a question about ebook covers. When you open the book, is the inside of the cover typically blank, or can it include an image? If it's possible to add an image inside the cover, how can I create one?
Great question! Yes the inside of the cover is blank, and I’m unsure of a way to put something on it. However you could designate the first page of the book for the info that you wanted on the inside of the cover 👍👍
Awesome!! Thank you Greg.
Welcome! If you run into any questions on this one just let me know 👍
@GregGottfried, when you say there should be no duplicate words in the puzzles, do you mean out of the 495 words there should be NO duplicates at all, or do you mean there should be no duplicates in the 9 word sections for each puzzle?
Thank you for this very transparent and well explained process!
No duplicates at all in the entire 495 word list. Just put in an update 👍 Should be running a lot smoother now!
Very good information about kindle publishing... keep it up
Thank you. If you run into any questions just let me know 👍
@@GregGottfried I want to start my online business. Looking for different programes but dont know how to start.. Please help
Nice walkthrough about KDP, thanks Greg!
Thanks! Hope all is well 👍
Great tutorial. I wish you had talked about marketing. This makes it sound like publish and walk away. We both know better than that.
Thanks for the comment. A bit on marketing at the end of this video: ua-cam.com/video/dopQWKDB0lU/v-deo.html but I’ve got to say it really is a publish and walk away business. I know I know sounds too good to be true but I’m watching the results first hand and speaking from real experience.
Great tutorial. Thanks
Glad it was helpful! If you run into any questions just let me know 👍
Hi Greg. Thanks for putting so much (free) effort into your videos. It is much appreciated that you share so much knowledge with the YT community. I do have a question - I tried using Chat GPT to come up with 495 words for a word search topic and used the exact instructions you gave in the video. It unfortunately gave many repeat words even though the instructions say not to repeat any words. I tried multiple different ways to give Chat GPT instructions to not repeat any words, but it didn't help. The topic I chose is very broad and should have no trouble finding words that don't repeat. Any suggestions? Thank you!
Hi, another quick question - I'm at the point where I've created the CSV file, but I can't figure out how to get back to the Book Bolt settings page so I can click the box that says "choose CSV file". That settings page disappeared on me. All I have in front of me is the studio page where I can see/edit the book cover. And I can see all 110 pages along the left-hand margin too. Any help? Thank you.
Got it figured out, and made it to the point of adding the keywords & description on the KDP site and when I went to continue, it says "the service or feature you're trying to use is currently unavailable. We're working to solve the problem as quickly as possible. Please try again later". Ugh, so frustrating as when I tried to refresh (as they instructed), it erased everything that I did on that page, so I had to re-insert all the descriptions, categories, keywords, etc, and it still isn't working. Grrr!!!!
Hey it sounds like you got a lot of this solved already but I wanted to tell you that I’ve just updated the GPT to fix this issue. It has run into an issue of not finishing the list all the way but you should be good now 👍👍
@@GregGottfried what was the update to the GPT?
Thanks Greg!! Is there a way to do KDP with higher quality leather/harder cover books like for Journals? Or would need to go elsewhere?
Thank you for this great video! Just curious though, what do you think the the earning potential is with this business model?
Thank you for this, please can you do a video on how to use a complete free tool to generate your word search Book strictly for beginners using mobile phone cause some of us can't afford the premium tools
Hello, you are sharing very valuable and encouraging information with us. Thank you very much for this. What about promoting your book among the thousands of books sold on Amazon? Is it not necessary to spend money on advertising the book on Amazon? I think, knowing the answer to this question beforehand is useful. Does anyone know the answer to this question? I would be very grateful if you could answer this question. Thank you in advance for your reply.
Thank you for the video and the code for Book Bolt/. My first book is in review, lots of ideas in the mind. Just need to create marketing strategy//
Nice work! You can just keep creating more books and not do any marketing if you’d like. That’s what I prefer because it’s a great use of time. You’ll get organic sales from Amazon customers without having to lift a finger. But if you’re up for it, TikTok is a really good platform for marketing right now. It’s definitely a bit of work and nothing guaranteed, but when it works it works really well 👍
Thank you for the comprehensive guide on how to make these books. However, is it required to have a business license to become a merchant on Amazon DKP? If so, what is the process of getting a business license and is it cumbersome when it comes to tax season?
Thanks! No you do not need a business license to do Amazon KDP. Video on this coming soon for more details, but you can do it all just as an individual 👍👍
@@GregGottfried Thanks for the response! How do you conduct taxes on the gross income?
@ No worries. That video coming Sunday will explain that too, but in the meantime, essentially we just add up total profit received for the year to ‘other income’ on our taxes. Nice and simple 👌
Thanks for this. Well done. I did notice when before submitting pricing globally. So i am from Canada are you saying we can possibly get revenue from all around the world, we are not restricted to local country?
Exactly right! Your book will be available is all the marketplaces and you’ll get sales from them the same way as your local Amazon. The currency will be converted to your local currency automatically when paid out to you each month 👍
@GregGottfried hello Sir Thank you so much for doing this video, i want to know how long does it take for the Puzzle Books to be reviewed, how long does the review process take?
I would love you to make a vidéo about the key words for the title/subtitle
I share my templates for title/subtitle in this video if you need them: ua-cam.com/video/dopQWKDB0lU/v-deo.html Hope that’s what you’re looking for!
Thank you Sir.
Welcome!
Greg thanks for great content , what is the reason for both manuscript and paperback to say error when uploading ?
Great job, create more videos for other ideas
Thanks Greg. Very informative. Will you cover how to increase sales with Amazon ads in a future video, or have you already done this?
Hey great question. I don’t personally recommend advertising. I think it’s hard to get it right and actually turn a profit. Instead of advertising, my recommendation is to create a lot of designs. Simply put, I have a lot of experience with businesses on these marketplace style websites and if you can create a lot of great listings, you will build up a really consistent income that’s 100% organic 👍
Super helpful video. Thanks for sharing.
Glad it was helpful. If you run into any questions just let me know 👍
Hi Greg, I have been following your videos and love the way you get straight to the point..finally decided to take the step and get started, thanks for an awesome video tutorial! I have one question do you need to create a business gmail account for this or POD? And could you please do a video on how you manage taxes when self-employed?
I really want to start doing this, but I'm just wondering a few things. What do you do about taxes and sales tax? I'm from Sweden and just want to know if I need to register for something or how it works (if you know)? this would help me a lot!
Call the Sweden tax office and ask about it. I live in EU country and here taxes are very strict rules.
@@nerys723 thank you so much