Appreciate your content and transparent overview of your results. You inspired me so much! I managed to increase my sales to the moon. In March 2024 I had more orders than 2023 in total. Keep going! Thank you!
How much time do you spend on this each day on average ? Seems like a nice little earner if you still have another job ! Thanks for the honesty on your vids
Started focusing on this and UA-cam and other marketing bits full time around 6 months ago 👍. Still growing but all of it together is just about enough!
Amazon automatically takes the printing cost and their cut out of what you receive. My income in these videos is what Amazon pay me (after all their costs)
Thanks! Most nowadays sell some due to better niche research and higher quality products,, but I'd say maybe 1/10 doesn't sell, 4/10 low sales, 2/10 ok sales, 2/10 good sales, and if I'm lucky 1/10 does v good sales
@@selfpublishingempire Very interesting. I’ve recently started creating activity books. That’s what’s made me curious. Would love to see your niche research and validation criteria. Send me the link if you already have a video on it 😊
I use midjourney, but I don't create too many coloring books any more due to the anti AI response that's generally received on Amazon. I now use AI more how one would use stock images, to help decorate a book and add elements, and try to create more by hand/manually where I can
Consumers. Fine for Amazon :). So id either declare it's made by ai in the description or retouch / rework imperfections so that it's very high quality
Yes all set up as a brand! I have 3 pen names. One for my fiction, one for my dinoasaur content (which is the one I've shared on this channel before that I don't really publish to now), and then a main one for all of my medium content books. I wish I had one for adults one for children rather than a dinosaur specific one!
They definitely help, but I wouldn't go out of my way to like pay for reviews/do review swaps etc to try and trick Amazon. Your books will still sell without reviews, and then when it has a good amount of high reviews it will of course help the sell through. So my thoughts on it are don't sweat reviews, if your book is good and you sell copies, they will come
I currently have 12 books out that are a mix of low and mid content that I created over 3 months. I haven't had many sales in most of them. I applied autocampaigns to all initially, but found that they didn't get any sales. Is the expectation that one has to take a loss in the advertising initially and when does it make sense to stop advertising the books? I have a few more questions, but will start with this one. :) Thanks for your time and these videos. @@selfpublishingempire
My account has been terminated due to violations of terms and conditions of kdp but I am using AI image only ..I applied twice but got reply stating that your account can't be installed. I don't know what to do. Please help me
@@selfpublishingempire Hello, We’ve reviewed the information you provided and we are upholding our previous decision to terminate your account and remove all your titles from sale on Amazon. As a result, we will not be reinstating your account. Please note that, per our Terms and Conditions, you are not permitted to open new accounts and will not receive future royalty payments from additional accounts created. Christopher Amazon Content Review Team
What was the content you produced? It doesn't matter if you used ai, photos, drawings... If it was of say Disney or well known characters you can't do that unfortunately
What do you think of the option to increase bids for top of page/rest of search placement? I liked it at first, to try and push into a bigger niche, but I've also noticed that my ad isn't showing up at the top as often in a different (smaller) niche where a different one of my books has been top for months. I've bumped the bid for top of page slightly in response, and restored the rate, but my CPC is creeping up because of that...
Yeah I think you summed it up quite well, it depends on the quality of the book Vs the competition. If you're confident the book outshines all of the other books on page 1 then it's worth trying to increase the top of search percentage
I am pretty confident. It's gaining a sale about every 4-5 clicks, but it's a struggle to move into a bigger niche! I've been spoiled in the smaller niches, but I felt it was time to start hunting bigger game.
Hello Craig,I just want to start and publish my first adult coloring book,do you have any course on how to step by step guide me ? Or do you have any videos with that ? Thank you
What specifically would you like guidance with? Start with my video on publishing a book, start here, and then if you' re struggling with anything or want any advice I can offer one-to-one video consultations to help :)
This is the kind of realistic video I love watching. Not the ones from people who tell you they have sold 5 books which means it's impossible to make money on amazon
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Where do you run ads on?
@@Mindsetmattersmore Currently exclusively on Amazon KDP.
I am a broke person with not even one penny in me so plz I am begging u creat one colouring book for me n cover n turn to pdf n send it to me plz
Appreciate your content and transparent overview of your results. You inspired me so much! I managed to increase my sales to the moon. In March 2024 I had more orders than 2023 in total. Keep going! Thank you!
Absolutely awesome progress! Keep up the good work!
Could you please go through your research process to find opportunities and what research tools you use, thanks!
I like your products, I've seen them on Amazon
How much time do you spend on this each day on average ? Seems like a nice little earner if you still have another job ! Thanks for the honesty on your vids
Started focusing on this and UA-cam and other marketing bits full time around 6 months ago 👍. Still growing but all of it together is just about enough!
Great results for March, I hope it continues to grow in April too 🙌🏾
I hope so too! Thanks Danny!
I like your honesty and details you tell us in the vedio and want to know that 40 percent tax is liable for a person from Pakistan or not
This is a UK thing :). Check your tax requirements in your country as it'll be different
How do you get keywords for manual campaigns? And what’s your strategy to keep them profitable?
Search in the Amazon bar and look at auto fill suggestions mainly, and you can get keywords from learning through auto ads as well
I may be missing it, but you don't mention the costs of printing the books?
Amazon automatically takes the printing cost and their cut out of what you receive. My income in these videos is what Amazon pay me (after all their costs)
Hi Craig. Great results for March! What's your success rate like with the books you publish? Out of say 10 you publish, how many take off?
Thanks! Most nowadays sell some due to better niche research and higher quality products,, but I'd say maybe 1/10 doesn't sell, 4/10 low sales, 2/10 ok sales, 2/10 good sales, and if I'm lucky 1/10 does v good sales
@@selfpublishingempire Very interesting. I’ve recently started creating activity books. That’s what’s made me curious. Would love to see your niche research and validation criteria. Send me the link if you already have a video on it 😊
Thank you! How to make low acos in your ads compaign??
Do you use ai to create coloring books? If so, what kind of ai works for you? What are your parameters for the niche. Are they competitive?
I use midjourney, but I don't create too many coloring books any more due to the anti AI response that's generally received on Amazon. I now use AI more how one would use stock images, to help decorate a book and add elements, and try to create more by hand/manually where I can
@@selfpublishingempire Thank You, Ai's coloring books are poorly received by consumers or by Amazon?
Consumers. Fine for Amazon :). So id either declare it's made by ai in the description or retouch / rework imperfections so that it's very high quality
@@selfpublishingempire thank you so much
If you had $1816 for this month, why not try for 2k for April?
I think you will get it.😉
Thanks Gary, let's hope! I am realistic with my targets and don't think I'm quite there yet but let's see!!
Do you have many author central accounts? Are the books you create set up as a brand?
Yes all set up as a brand! I have 3 pen names. One for my fiction, one for my dinoasaur content (which is the one I've shared on this channel before that I don't really publish to now), and then a main one for all of my medium content books. I wish I had one for adults one for children rather than a dinosaur specific one!
second of your videos i've watched. I've made it my goal to get started this week!
You got this!
Down only for ads? Really nice cpc for coloring booka.
Yeah down only. CPC tends to be more at launch and then I bring it gradually down
Can we use Etsy interiors we bought in our books?
I'd personally advise against that, unless you modify it
What are your thoughts about the importance of reviews for books?
They definitely help, but I wouldn't go out of my way to like pay for reviews/do review swaps etc to try and trick Amazon. Your books will still sell without reviews, and then when it has a good amount of high reviews it will of course help the sell through. So my thoughts on it are don't sweat reviews, if your book is good and you sell copies, they will come
I currently have 12 books out that are a mix of low and mid content that I created over 3 months. I haven't had many sales in most of them. I applied autocampaigns to all initially, but found that they didn't get any sales. Is the expectation that one has to take a loss in the advertising initially and when does it make sense to stop advertising the books? I have a few more questions, but will start with this one. :) Thanks for your time and these videos. @@selfpublishingempire
My account has been terminated due to violations of terms and conditions of kdp but I am using AI image only ..I applied twice but got reply stating that your account can't be installed. I don't know what to do. Please help me
What AI images did you use? Was it of copyrighted content? Sorry to hear that's happened to you!
@@selfpublishingempire Hello,
We’ve reviewed the information you provided and we are upholding our previous decision to terminate your account and remove all your titles from sale on Amazon.
As a result, we will not be reinstating your account.
Please note that, per our Terms and Conditions, you are not permitted to open new accounts and will not receive future royalty payments from additional accounts created.
Christopher
Amazon Content Review Team
What was the content you produced? It doesn't matter if you used ai, photos, drawings... If it was of say Disney or well known characters you can't do that unfortunately
I have just started this Kindle journey, I have posted 6 projects and waiting for the 72 hours review period to pass. Wish me luck , lol
Good luck!!!
What do you think of the option to increase bids for top of page/rest of search placement?
I liked it at first, to try and push into a bigger niche, but I've also noticed that my ad isn't showing up at the top as often in a different (smaller) niche where a different one of my books has been top for months. I've bumped the bid for top of page slightly in response, and restored the rate, but my CPC is creeping up because of that...
Yeah I think you summed it up quite well, it depends on the quality of the book Vs the competition. If you're confident the book outshines all of the other books on page 1 then it's worth trying to increase the top of search percentage
I am pretty confident. It's gaining a sale about every 4-5 clicks, but it's a struggle to move into a bigger niche!
I've been spoiled in the smaller niches, but I felt it was time to start hunting bigger game.
Yeah fair! Well, if it gets enough sales it'll start ranking organically and selling without a need for ads soon ;-)
Hello Craig,I just want to start and publish my first adult coloring book,do you have any course on how to step by step guide me ? Or do you have any videos with that ? Thank you
What specifically would you like guidance with? Start with my video on publishing a book, start here, and then if you' re struggling with anything or want any advice I can offer one-to-one video consultations to help :)
@@selfpublishingempire thank you ever so much,will keep in touch because I will need that 😁 Cheers Craig
No worries :), and this is the best video to start with I think! ua-cam.com/video/4g00QEI3CPc/v-deo.html
@@selfpublishingempire Thank You Craig
Do you made the activities by yourself?
Yeah, there are a few programs that I can share on here that help, but else I make them
@@selfpublishingempire what’s it these programs?
@@selfpublishingempire Could you please share the programs with me too? Thank you!
Great job! Thank you for sharing and giving us all inspiration.😀
This is the kind of realistic video I love watching. Not the ones from people who tell you they have sold 5 books which means it's impossible to make money on amazon