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dedonfranco:
Tinubu is the best politician in Nigeria, Nobody can win presidential election without Him.

...the same way Obasanjo won in 1999 & 2003 with Tinubu's support, Yaradua in 2007, Jonathan in 2011, all with Tinubu's support........
You sycophants hype this Tinubu more than what he is self.
Let him contest against a northern candidate in 2023 and see how he will be thoroughly trashed.

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clementbiola:
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Hi, please message me you if you need Chemistry tutor. Thanks

And this one still get mind?

HeliosHay:
To your question..
1. I've only tried the later i.e. image only occupying a space. This was accepted. Can't speak for wrapping text around the image as I've never tried that b4.
2. You can upload the formatted manuscript in word .doc, .docx, epub or mobi

Thanks for your reply, I really appreciate. I've been working as a graphic designer (including book cover designs) for a while now, I'm just trying to delve into eBook formatting.

HeliosHay:
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 and gets you higher quality books). I share the company I personally use with my students.

- 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. I share with my students the FREE software I use to design my kindle and paperback covers..I rarely outsource those out these days. If you're the creative type, then $5 saved over numerous books adds up!


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. (hint: you need to learn how to optimize this to maximize your royalties)


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

BENEFITS:

1. I will show you how I do my research and publish books in niches that sell well
2. I will show you the writing companies I use to create high-quality books
3. I will show you how to design the book cover yourself if you're creative and good with design
4. I will show you simple and effective marketing tricks that will ensure every book gives you money each month.
5. Even though Audiobook publishing via ACX is limited to people living in the US, UK and Canada. I will show you how you can bypass this restriction and earn royalties from Audiobooks while living in Nigeria

and much, much more

This is in addition to all the benefits you'll get from the below Ebook.


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). I can also communicate via email if that's your preference


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 (become the Dangote of your niche)
2. Maximize the royalties I earned from each Kindle and paperback book (plenty of people leave a lot of money on the table because they don't optimize this. I show you how to do it properly)
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 (there are plenty of ways to achieve this!)
5. Maximize my earnings from page reads - Earning over $4500 in 2 years from page reads alone (a lot of people don't know about this LEGITIMATE strategy, I've only seen a handful of people implement it)
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

Thanks for posting this, please I want to ask you few questions on eBook formatting for KDP:
(1) When you have images in the text, does KDP accept manuscript with text wrapped around the image or just the image only occupying a space?
(2) Do you upload the formatted manuscript in word .doc, .docx, epub or mobile?
Thanks in anticipation.

BookEditor:
Send in your questions.

Kudos to you for good job you are doing here, meanwhile, if you need services of a professional book cover designer (front, spine and back) with its 3D mockup, I'm available. Thanks.

enkennor:
GRAPHIC PERSON NEEDED ON A PART TIME JOB that can work on photoshop and corel draw please call 234 903 250 7563

What type of work do you have? I'm a Photoshop expert and I work online and offline.

OneNaijaMan:
Profile Description
- You have to reword it. Remove things like "I have special interest in", "You've found me, I will do anything you want". You have to show some level of confidence in your skill and why anyone should work with you.

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- Your average response time is very very poor. That will put people off when they feel you are not available. A lot of people want that jobs quickly and if they feel they cannot talk to you quickly, then it is a problem especially when it is a profile that doesn't have any review.

- Your gig images are not trendy nor bold. Your gig will be shown along with loads of other gigs. You need to prove you are really a professional graphic designer by designing banners gig images that catch the eye. For example, I can't see if you can really make facebook banner ads because there are so many in a single image.

- Also, try and use shorter gig titles and be more creative.

- Fill up your skills section

- Videos help!!! Infact this cannot be stressed enough

Thanks very much, I will work on all the tips you have given.

OneNaijaMan:
I'm a seller on Fiverr and I want to try and help in the little way I can. Send me your profiles and I will check it and give you my little advice.

I've been on Fiverr for years and I have risen through the ranks.

Also, you can ask me any questions.

Ps. I can't disclose my username on Fiverr.

Thanks for this. Please help me check my gigs.I haven't gotten it right with this my acct at all.
https://www.fiverr.com/femstic

etebefia:
I need a graphics designer who can produce quality and neat job.

Tell us what you are really looking for. If you want quality book cover, label & packaging design, ticket & gift vouchers, podcast art covers and other related designs, I'm always available.

Ibadan people, please any info about Akinyele lg?

dozies1:
Why don't you use a template generator. It will make things easier for you.

https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/cover-templates

God bless you for this.

Please Graphic designers that make book covers, I need your help.

A book cover has a dimension of 5.5" x 8.5".
It has 81 pages.
Can anybody kindly help me with what the width of the spine will be? I know that the spine will have the same height of 8.5" as front and back cover. It's just the width that will be determined by the number of pages.

Thanks in anticipation.

Lord I pray for good job in year 2019!
@op, I will advise you to weigh the two options well b4 taking decision.

Lord I pray for good job in year 2019!

Hmm, I witnessed something related to this in Crystalyte Care Venture (GNLD affiliate) in Ibadan in 2014.

My own dey come soon

Ogbonna Ubani aka CilicMarin, Ngeneukwuenu, Cleverly etc

jeff1607:
ok bro

Maybe as something is wrong with my DM settings
Pls mail me on oluwafemi487@yahoo.com

jeff1607:
I replied sir

Oh, I checked my mail and spam, but couldn't find it. I sent the DM again.

jeff1607:
no problemo

Thanks bro, I sent you DM

jeff1607:
agbara ,ogun state only
for now

Pls bro, can I PM you?

sirkunzy55:
Hello guys,

I need a great book writer ASAP

Kindly contact me on WhatsApp with relevant samples

08163044018.

Very quick please

Mystery books

Hi bro, though I'm not an ebook writer, I make book cover designs, I will message you on WhatsApp, I want to make some inquiries.

Pm me, UI area.

992finland:
You are madt saying that.lol.ur useless father land

...and what should have warranted this statement you made?

pls if anybody has a used and good cheap android phone for sale in Ibadan, pls message me.

But where is MURIC when you need them most? Or is it because it is a case of Muslim (buhari) dealing with muslim?