[quote author=Charisplus post=46162860]There have been a lot of questions here about copyright issues with pictures from the internet. Why do you want to go that route? Why don't you use your phone to take original photos as the OP advised?

Yesterday I was able to follow the instructions provided here and did the necessary registrations - payoneer, kbp and created a photo book with 50 pictures which was approved and published within a few hours. I received a mail before 10 pm yesterday congratulating me that my book was now live and available in the Kindle store. I used photos I already had. I hardly did any editing!

If you have any questions about the process I am willing to provide some directions based on my experieince
Pls can you direct me on how to open a KDP account thank.

lovean:
my day is going gud...glory to God n urs?

well am happy .. yesterday was June 29 and it was payment date for publishers on amazon which I also got my payment..so for now am happy...

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@doyinisaac, good one from you. I can only wish you more success.

Do you also have another means through which one can drive traffic to his amazon author page? I have been reviewing people's works and posting my author page link just as crazymommy said.

Thanks

doyinisaac:
well am happy .. yesterday was June 29 and it was payment date for publishers on amazon which I also got my payment..so for now am happy...

I am really happy for u.......congrates... I need help to get started dough...

lovean:
I am really happy for u.......congrates... I need help to get started dough...

alright...am listening...

doyinisaac:
my payment for April was payed yesterday because kdp Amazon pays 60 days after the month which the sales occurred..I hate doing this but I have to do this today...will be removing it within 24 hrs...checking my payoneer account from my iphone6+ after I made some withdrawals today...though I don't focus on photobooks but I based on normal book but that does not mean someone with a photobook on Amazon cannot make money..people selling photobooks make money too,but if u want to make quick better sales on Amazon with your photobook then focus on the "animal" niche meaning that you should be selling photobooks that contains pictures of animals e.g dog,cat,etc...white people or should I say most Americans and Europeans love pets a lot especially dogs so creating a photobook in that niche will help you...one thing crazymommy did not tell you guys was that this book publishing business needs patience,hard-work,intelligence,luck and GOD.....or maybe she told you people but I did not notice....Goodluck to you guys.even if you cannot write a book just go to freelancer.com and you will see people who can write books for you so u do not have to be a writer before you can start publishing books on Amazon..though my own niche is "languages"so I sell translated books..:.don't ask me how I get them translated,.do your own research too and think out of the box...think!!!!i repeat think!!!!!!!GOD gave you that brain not for fun but to use it to think..:.please do not send me pm because I won't reply.:if u have any questions just ask me here and I will answer all your questions...if I can make it you can make it too..GOD bless us all..

wow! this is something big. congrats and more money to your accounts.
Now my questions are these:
where are the all the photobooks on Amazon site located?
if i type photobook in the search box of books or kindle store on amazon , i don't seem to get much. what I see are books on photography and how to take good pictures. It makes me wonder if photobooks are really sold on that site. of course i have uploaded a photobook but I have never seen it come up in any of my search on that site.

My second question; do you translate your own books or other people's books?
which other book niches will you advice one to venture into?
Thank you.

tafrica:
@doyinisaac, good one from you. I can only wish you more success.

Do you also have another means through which one can drive traffic to his amazon author page? I have been reviewing people's works and posting my author page link just as crazymommy said.

Thanks

well the thing about review strategy is that the results is not as fast as some publisher on Amazon will want so patience is the key and also such strategy might not give quick result for some book depending on the niche under which the book is,another method you can use to drive traffic to your author page is through wikihow.com on wikihow post an article about how to Create photobook and on that article you will include your author page or tell them about your own photobook and that they should buy it to know the examples of what a good photobook should look like ...through Google you can get free articles on how to create good photobook,you will publish the article on wikihow ,wikihow.com gets millions of viewers every month so your article can get even get at least 100000 views within the first week and when people see your article most people among the viewers who saw the article will visit your author page....second method is goodreads.com you will register on goodreads as an author and create free threads about your book or books...those two methods are free...there are other methods but those ones involve spending e.g Google adword,Facebook advertising..etc...but paying to get traffic to your author page if you only publish photobook might not really be the best for a starter....is your book on createspace now??

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doyinisaac:
my payment for April was payed yesterday because kdp Amazon pays 60 days after the month which the sales occurred..I hate doing this but I have to do this today...will be removing it within 24 hrs...checking my payoneer account from my iphone6+ after I made some withdrawals today...though I don't focus on photobooks but I based on normal book but that does not mean someone with a photobook on Amazon cannot make money..people selling photobooks make money too,but if u want to make quick better sales on Amazon with your photobook then focus on the "animal" niche meaning that you should be selling photobooks that contains pictures of animals e.g dog,cat,etc...white people or should I say most Americans and Europeans love pets a lot especially dogs so creating a photobook in that niche will help you...one thing crazymommy did not tell you guys was that this book publishing business needs patience,hard-work,intelligence,luck and GOD.....or maybe she told you people but I did not notice....Goodluck to you guys.even if you cannot write a book just go to freelancer.com and you will see people who can write books for you so u do not have to be a writer before you can start publishing books on Amazon..though my own niche is "languages"so I sell translated books..:.don't ask me how I get them translated,.do your own research too and think out of the box...think!!!!i repeat think!!!!!!!GOD gave you that brain not for fun but to use it to think..:.please do not send me pm because I won't reply.:if u have any questions just ask me here and I will answer all your questions...if I can make it you can make it too..GOD bless us all..

wooow...that's nice...gud for u..congrates..

Thanks @doyinisaac for your reply, and to your questions, I've got my book on createspace.

doyinisaac:
photobooks are usually called "collections"on Amazon...so what you need to do to see photo books is that you will click "photography" under photography you will see "arts and photography"under "arts and photography ...you will look for "collections"on collections you will see different books that showcase pictures of anything including pictures of great men and women... Concerning your second question if you are a female go for the "recipe or romance" niche...if you are a male you can go for the "business and investment or technology "niche..I translate outsourced books...I go to freelancer or odesk and pay someone to write a book for me then I on my own will do the translation

ok, thank you very much.
Hmm, payment is after 60 days and i am yet to sell a single copy of my book after how many weeks. It requires real patience O.
when you say recipe, are you referring to Nigerian recipes or "Oyinbo" recipes that I have no idea of? On romance, I can think of a plot but can't write I don't think I can write romance books. outsourcing is a good idea which requires money. who will lend me money to start? don't worry I will pay with interest once the income arrives .

God bless you and crazymommy for these insights.

Btw, I have a problem uploading one of my photobooks on createspace. I googled the resolution and other issues sighted by CreateSpace and I got a practical solution but I am having a problem installing the dopdf converter. The issues bother on trim line and images less than 200 dpi. I want to format the files and save as pdf. Anyone in-house with a successful solution?

doyinisaac:
my payment for April was payed yesterday because kdp Amazon pays 60 days after the month which the sales occurred..I hate doing this but I have to do this today...will be removing it within 24 hrs...checking my payoneer account from my iphone6+ after I made some withdrawals today...though I don't focus on photobooks but I based on normal book but that does not mean someone with a photobook on Amazon cannot make money..people selling photobooks make money too,but if u want to make quick better sales on Amazon with your photobook then focus on the "animal" niche meaning that you should be selling photobooks that contains pictures of animals e.g dog,cat,etc...white people or should I say most Americans and Europeans love pets a lot especially dogs so creating a photobook in that niche will help you...one thing crazymommy did not tell you guys was that this book publishing business needs patience,hard-work,intelligence,luck and GOD.....or maybe she told you people but I did not notice....Goodluck to you guys.even if you cannot write a book just go to freelancer.com and you will see people who can write books for you so u do not have to be a writer before you can start publishing books on Amazon..though my own niche is "languages"so I sell translated books..:.don't ask me how I get them translated,.do your own research too and think out of the box...think!!!!i repeat think!!!!!!!GOD gave you that brain not for fun but to use it to think..:.please do not send me pm because I won't reply.:if u have any questions just ask me here and I will answer all your questions...if I can make it you can make it too..GOD bless us all..

wow, I'm impressed.

Beatricev:


ok, thank you very much.
Hmm, payment is after 60 days and i am yet to sell a single copy of my book after how many weeks. It requires real patience O.
when you say recipe, are you referring to Nigerian recipes or "Oyinbo" recipes that I have no idea of? On romance, I can think of a plot but can't write I don't think I can write romance books. outsourcing is a good idea which requires money. who will lend me money to start? don't worry I will pay with interest once the income arrives .

God bless you and crazymommy for these insights.

Btw, I have a problem uploading one of my photobooks on createspace. I googled the resolution and other issues sighted by CreateSpace and I got a practical solution but I am having a problem installing the dopdf converter. The issues bother on trim line and images less than 200 dpi. I want to format the files and save as pdf. Anyone in-house with a successful solution?

I do not know how to borrow someone money so I can't borrow you.......I will give you 15k....send your account details to officialdoyinisaac@gmail.com and on the subject write "book publishing thread(Beatrice)" so that I can know it is you...because I won't reply if it is another person.......concerning createspace just focus on kdp for now....and for the recipes it can be African recipes too but the problem is that some of the ingredients for the African recipes might be strange to those foreigners......so better follow the oyinbo recipes......goodluck...

@doyinsaac, good job and more cash to your pocket for this community service you rendering here.
I tried loading my book on create space and from all indication, all my pix are bigger than the given dimension of 6"x9".
did that mean I will have to review it n kdp too?
2) Is there a way that I can change all the pix at once to the desired length?
thanks.

doyinisaac:
First of all this is not crazymommy ..it is not only crazymommy that knows about publishing on amazon or shutterstock and so on...there are many people on Nairaland that is aware about the business and that is what they do..


now back to your question on shutterstock every photographer that have their pictures on shutterstock can get the website link to their pictures by Going to their profile..the link is just like the page where the picture can be seen...when you are on the page of your picture on shutterstock just go to the address bar and copy the link ,after copying the link you will Now go to pixabay and edit your profile and paste the link there..

@doyinisaac thank you for your answer. However, where exactly in my pixabay profile do I paste the link? Thank you.

doyinisaac:
what kind of account details are they asking you?

They ask me acct no and also route number please can you give me break down

doyinisaac:
... on Amazon there are more than 10000books uploaded every blessed day and most of those books are written in English making it more difficult than before to sell a book on Amazon because getting visibility on Amazon now requires more work...but books translated in for example Spanish ,it means that Spanish speaking readers on Amazon will prefer buying a book written in Spanish and there are lesser books in the foreign language section thereby making it easier for your book to get more visibility and more visibility of your book will lead to more sales ..

Yhellooow, very insytful answers from u, I did not fully get clearity from ur answer to the person abt book writting or translation. Say I write an e-book now on some topic, how exactly do I get it translated to other foreign languages. Will I get such services from Odesk and d likes? A second question? I am in the reviewing status with Shutterstock waiting on their response though as I had an ID issue using my driver license for reg, but if I do get to pass, how do I get traffic to up sales?

Please i am so confused here who can i pm so i can get full explanation, help a brother please, i read the whole page still didnt get it, my Paoneer acct was not successful, i didnt submit because i was ask acct detail, please anybody help i didnt sleep all night was reading

@doyinisaac, do you personally converse with crazymommy? I asked cuz I don't know if she might feel you're hijacking the thread from her (I hope she understands you're contributing to the thread to help her). You guys are doing great, and God bless duo of you.
No pun intended.

doyinisaac:
my payment for April was payed yesterday because kdp Amazon pays 60 days after the month which the sales occurred..I hate doing this but I have to do this today...will be removing it within 24 hrs...checking my payoneer account from my iphone6+ after I made some withdrawals today...though I don't focus on photobooks but I based on normal book but that does not mean someone with a photobook on Amazon cannot make money..people selling photobooks make money too,but if u want to make quick better sales on Amazon with your photobook then focus on the "animal" niche meaning that you should be selling photobooks that contains pictures of animals e.g dog,cat,etc...white people or should I say most Americans and Europeans love pets a lot especially dogs so creating a photobook in that niche will help you...one thing crazymommy did not tell you guys was that this book publishing business needs patience,hard-work,intelligence,luck and GOD.....or maybe she told you people but I did not notice....Goodluck to you guys.even if you cannot write a book just go to freelancer.com and you will see people who can write books for you so u do not have to be a writer before you can start publishing books on Amazon..though my own niche is "languages"so I sell translated books..:.don't ask me how I get them translated,.do your own research too and think out of the box...think!!!!i repeat think!!!!!!!GOD gave you that brain not for fun but to use it to think..:.please do not send me pm because I won't reply.:if u have any questions just ask me here and I will answer all your questions...if I can make it you can make it too..GOD bless us all..

I feel motivated with this. Not just your earnings motivated me, but the fact that you believed that God helps. I've met different writers, many of which do things the way they deemed fit, not regarding God. Glad I finally found a writer who also believed in God.

I think Kindle publishing is one business that gives you the chance not to go against God's will and your conscience. I'm a blogger, but I must say it's difficult to earn without compromising. Many fellow bloggers around me are earning huge money with adsense monthly. But you know how they earn? Blogging Soft porn and lies. My conscience and my faith in God won't allow me do that. Therefore, I earn some little money with freelance writing.

I feel motivated with this. Good work bro

doyinisaac:
I do not know how to borrow someone money so I can't borrow you.......I will give you 15k....send your account details to officialdoyinisaac@gmail.com and on the subject write "book publishing thread(Beatrice)" so that I can know it is you...because I won't reply if it is another person.......concerning createspace just focus on kdp for now....and for the recipes it can be African recipes too but the problem is that some of the ingredients for the African recipes might be strange to those foreigners......so better follow the oyinbo recipes......goodluck...

Thank you so much. I have sent it. God bless you.

@doyinisaac, please i am much interested on the selling of books on kdp, i have been looking for a way to go about it for a long time now, but do not know how, can you mentor me on it? Thanks

Interesting15:

I feel motivated with this. Not just your earnings motivated me, but the fact that you believed that God helps. I've met different writers, many of which do things the way they deemed fit, not regarding God. Glad I finally found a writer who also believed in God.

I think Kindle publishing is one business that gives you the chance not to go against God's will and your conscience. I'm a blogger, but I must say it's difficult to earn without compromising. Many fellow bloggers around me are earning huge money with adsense monthly. But you know how they earn? Blogging Soft porn and lies. My conscience and my faith in God won't allow me do that. Therefore, I earn some little money with freelance writing.

I feel motivated with this. Good work bro

Gud day sir.... pls can I pm u? tnx...wanna inquire more about blogging.., if u don't mind dough.

Ucheosefoh:
What problem are you encountering when you want to open it

bae,gud day dearii.....thankz a whole lot for ur concern...I finally did it today ..I appreciate yah alot.....but am feeling lyk I made mistake ni, u know the address has two line I only wrote my house address and left the second blank den I put my postal code at the postal code/ zip code....cause the space wasint enough to add zip code....lyk since they already know am from Nigeria, they should be able to send the master card correctly to me ryt...I finished the reg before I remembered u guys said somin about 2 address..

lovean:
Gud day sir.... pls can I pm u? tnx...wanna inquire more about blogging.., if u don't mind dough.

Sure

lovean:
bae,gud day dearii.....thankz a whole lot for ur concern...I finally did it today ..I appreciate yah alot.....but am feeling lyk I made mistake ni, u know the address has two line I only wrote my house address and left the second blank den I put my postal code at the postal code/ zip code....cause the space wasint enough to add zip code....lyk since they already know am from Nigeria, they should be able to send the master card correctly to me ryt...I finished the reg before I remembered u guys said somin about 2 address..

What matters most is the address make sure you put your correct address, as for the space you left unfilled no problem. Second most important is the zip/postal code make sure it is the the one that belongs to the post office near you. zip/postal code are the same thing

Interesting15:
Sure

owkk..tnxxx

Ucheosefoh:
What matters most is the address make sure you put your correct address, as for the space you left unfilled no problem. Second most important is the zip/postal code make sure it is the the one that belongs to the post office near you. zip/postal code are the same thing

owkk dear,them on the ryt track...yeah ..ah asked at the post office..... now I have another probs....my account has be approved and they said it has been shipped... I should expect it between 8-13 th of this month....I then tried login in my account.... and they gave me catch up ...I wrote wat I saw but got error messages till they told me ...I now have two more attempts to log in before my account is locked....watsup with them na....my account login details are correct.. and the catch up figures n words I saw I wrote...donno wat to do now.