Hello Everyone,

I am opening this thread to raise awareness of the business opportunity that's currently available on Amazon - specifically how to make money online with Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing.

I’ve been a self-publisher for over 2 years now and I can honestly say it is one of the easiest ways to make money online - especially as a beginner. It will not make you rich overnight but IT CAN MAKE YOU RICH. I've been Self Publishing for about 2 years now and I've made over N18 million from it

I love it because it is very passive. Once your books are written (by you or a ghostwriter you hire), you do not have to do anything again. Amazon will publish it, market it and send you your monthly payments for life (as long as your books continue to sell).

What's more? Kindle publishing is completely legal, you will use your real names, no changing of IP address and your money will be sent to you here in Nigeria.

If you are ready to do the work and get good books into the KDP system, the rewards are truly tremendous. I sleep and wake up to check the number of people that have bought my books in countries I have never been to.


PICTURE THIS
- Imagine earning money from books you wrote years ago
- Imagine not having to rely on pension or money from relatives for your survival
- Imagine earning in dollars and spending in naira (the added appreciation in value!)
- Imagine buying a car or building the house of your dream (without taking a mortgage from a bank)
- Imagine contributing to a charity of your choosing or starting a foundation to help the poor
- Imagine quitting your job, living life on your own terms and travelling the world (and still tracking the progress of your business on your laptop)

All these (and more), you can achieve with the power of publishing


THE BASICS OF KINDLE DIRECT PUBLISHING

Step 1. Register
- Go over to kdp.amazon.com and open an account. This first step is necessary so you can commit yourself to the project.

- Use an email that you open frequently because they will communicate with you.

- Use your real names, real Nigerian address and other relevant details.

- If you're doing this from Nigeria then you'll need a US bank account to receive payment from Amazon. (Amazon doesn't pay directly into Nigerian Bank accounts). You can get a US Bank account from Payoneer: https://www.payoneer.com/

- Amazon deposits your royalty into your Payoneer account. You can then withdraw the money from your payonner account to your Nigerian Bank account


Step 2. Research
- Research is one of the crucial aspects of success with Kindle Direct Publishing. You need to do accurate research to figure out which keywords are profitable with good demand. This can be seen in the books best sellers rank (BSR). Ever book on Amazon has this. The lower the number the better!
- Once you confirm books in that keyword are selling well, you move to step 3.


Step 3. Write Or Outsource The Content
- Get materials and write quality content for your books. The content must be original or your book will not be published.

- If you don't want to write the book yourself, you can hire writers from Fiverr (https://www.fiverr.com/) or Upwork (https://www.upwork.com). Just make sure that the writers you hire are legitimate. Some writers on upwork/fiverr sell you manuscript they wrote for other people, these sort of things can get you in trouble with Amazon

- To help you detect unscrupulous sellers, look at their reviews and profile history. If they have good, relevant and recent reviews from customers saying they did a good job for them thats a good start.

- Looking at their profile history, have they been around for a long time? if so, then thats another good sign (just use your judgement, unscrupulous sellers frequently get their accounts terminated so the longer a seller has been around the more likely he/she is legit)

- You can also contract writing companies to write for you (this option is slightly more expensive but has less hassle)

- Once you have the manuscript, check that it doesn't violate any copyrights (that the writer didn't just copy and paste everything from google). You can use the Copyscape for this (http://www.copyscape.com)

- Also, ensure you proofread properly. Kindle readers will kill you with bad reviews if there are a lot of errors/typos.


Step 4. Design A Cover
- Just check other books in the category you chose and make a similar cover. You can get good covers made for you for as little as $5 on Fiverr.com. You can also design the cover yourself


Step 5. Format The Book Properly
Formatting is another aspect that can easily mar your work. In fact some people are offering this service online and they are making a lot of money from it. You need to know the right way to format so the book will work well on different types of mobile devices apart from the Kindle Reader.


Step 6. Write A Good Description

This is self-explanatory. Your description could be two or three paragraphs or more. This is what will represent your sales page so you need to do it well. You need to communicate to the customer why they need to purchase your book and not those of your competitors. This is key. Get it right and you'll sell a LOT of books. (hint - you need to hit customers pain points, you need to overcome objections, you need to emphasize the benefits they'll derive from buying your book etc.)


Step 7. Upload Your Book To KDP

Once your manuscript and book cover is uploaded, you can input your book description, set the price of your book and hit the "publish" button. Your book will then enter a review process where amazon will check to see if it meets their standards (i.e. it doesn't violate any copyright etc.). This process usually takes between 12-72 hours. If it passes the review process, viola your book is now on sale on amazon and you can begin to earn royalties for each unit that sell.

I believe the above information will be enough to get you started


PROOF OF MY EARNINGS

Why qualifies me to speak authoritatively on this subject matter?

Well, I have attached below screenshots showing my earnings from Audiobooks for October, November and December 2018 as well as my royalty earnings life to date since I started publishing in 2016. They show that I've made more than $50,000 from kindle and paperback royalties since 2016 and between October-December 2018 I made more than $15,000 from audiobook royalties alone.


ONE-ON-ONE TRAINING

Feel free to do your own research about this business opportunity and learn as you go. However, for those of you who will like me to personally mentor them as they go through the process of publishing their first book, this mentorship program is for you.


This mentorship will be carried out via Skype or Facebook video calls. I will show you everything step-by-step from keyword research, to hiring writers, outsourcing cover or creating covers yourself for free, give you the template to writing effective book descriptions and help you publish. You'll also be added to a secret facebook group consisting of students in my mastermind. There, you can download the pdf documents summarizing the key steps (including book pricing strategies) as well as get the opportunity to network with other mentees.


FEE For Guided Mentorship: N250,000

PAYMENT PLAN: N150,000/month for 2 months

REQUIREMENTS FOR MENTORSHIP
1. You need access to a computer (preferably a personal laptop)
2. You need access to internet (so you can join in skype/facebook video calls)
3. Your startup cost (excluding mentorship fees) will vary from $100 - $400 depending on the size of the book you want, the quality of the book and whether you are publishing audiobooks as well. I will give a more detailed assessment of your startup cost for students that meet the 2 requirements above and are eager to start.


ALTERNATIVELY

If you can't afford mentorship with me, I have a simple 40+ page pdf booklet that summarises the key strategies I used to scale up my Kindle publishing business from 0 to $10k within 2 years. This booklet is tailored to people who already understand the basics of Kindle publishing. That being said, absolute beginners can pick up a few strategies that will help them set up their publishing business the right way

The book retails at N20,000

In this book, you'll discover the strategies I used to:

1. Dominate niches that I found to be very profitable
2. Maximize the royalties I earned from each Kindle and paperback book
3. Increase the number of books I had without paying to get more books written
4. Increase the customer lifetime value of my readers by selling to them over and over again (instead of once)
5. Maximize my earnings from page reads (Earning over $4500 in 2 years from page reads alone)
6. Launch multiple books that went on to earn more than $300 per month each (and still continue to do so consistently)

and much, much more!

Shoot me an email if you're interested in either the mentorship or the book and I'll give you the payment details.

In addition, my mentorship program is available at a 60% discount price of N100,000 (one-time fee) to people who purchase the book.

More details about the book can be found here: https://michaelezeanaka.com/kindle-direct-publishing-blueprint/

If you're interested in a copy, shoot me an email

To Your success,

Michael

Email: obinnaezeanaka@yahoo.com