pabon:
I follow Dean Wesley Smith and one of the things he advised is not to wait until your book is perfect. What's the guarantee that your perfect book that took you years to write will sell? Do you know the number of people that publish books on Amazon monthly? Your book will be like a dot in an infinite space.
What should be your goal should be to always develop yourself. So, learn, write, publish, and repeat. Don't wait until your book is perfect.
This doesn't mean you should just put out a badly written, badly edited book out there. You'd only be doing yourself a world of evil.
I've been studying the writing business (especially self-publishing for a while now now). I follow some of the highest earners in the industry (especially fiction). I've watched dozens of videos, listened to near a hundred podcasts. It will surprise you to note that one thing about them is that they publish pretty regularly.
Jonathan Greene said, "Quantity is a quality' of its own.
You could decide to wait until your book is inch-perfect. When it comes out, you'd still have to compete with a host of others who have the money to spend on advertisements, who have employed the best cover designers and the best editors. You might end up depressed with the results you get.
Someone else will write a book a month, learning all the way, and still make better money than you'd make with your perfect book.
Self-Publishing these days is a game of numbers.
Yes, people do hit it with their very first book. But, the statistics will shock you. They are the exception, not the rule.
You think every one can be JK Rowlings? You'd be surprised that apart from the Harry Potter books, the other books she's written hasn't sold nearly a much, some with pennames. So, isn't it with the same perfection she wrote those books.

I've learned that your readers, not you, are the best judges of your book. Stop licking your wounds. Get up and move to the next. Don't stop learning. Don't stop implementing.
You learn as you go. And what's to say that you can't go back and edit the older books you'd published some months or years ago?

My first self published book didn't make anything (save for $2 that someone spent pre-ordering my book), few days ago, something else happened. First time I saw myself and the word bestseller associated. And I didn't even write that book to be perfect.

My two cents

The white man's low quality book is not the same as the average Nigerian. I know someone who made $1k from one book in its first month in January but subsequent months was terrible and in may the book sold zero. Bad reviews killed it. He found a winning keyword and like most Nigerians, just wanted to milk kdp. If he had made that book a lot better, it would've been a long term success. The average Nigerian does not hire a proofreader or editor. They just write and churn out nonsense. From the book description you'd know it's a Nigerian. Draft2digital has already shown us the door and it's only a matter of time before Kdp does. Checkout Isaac Clifford on Amazon he writes on every single keyword he can think of. Churning out tens of books monthly from nonsense to nonsense. People like that will get us in trouble. Amazon does not like low quality things and when they trace low quality books to Nigerians, they'll close the door.

Penboy:


Hey chief.. Still need writers?

Yea

Meedon:



Lol

My nigga I the reason am too ooooo

That time he was boasting now see us now

Don't mind him. E never write 20k words book sell o and after sometime they begin chargeback.

I need a content writer to outsource orders to. You'll write content ranging from website content, product descriptions and ebooks.

Please send a pm

Can I pm?

Can u write? If u can write ebook, I can pay 40 a month

emperorsversion:
You spoke really well "KDP is a long term business" a time will definitely come when you will start racking in lots of sales and tons of cash, until then keep dropping quality contents and take it as an alternative for passive income

Lol. I remember you saying something about making $1k within 3 Months. Have u made that?

eliok:
sorry for replying late. Its a similar message I got a year ago when I wanted to publish on google play. I had to give them an attach copy of the paperback and send them a message that I used a pen name. B4 they lifted the hold on my Google books account

Hi

How lucrative is Google books

Ahumanbeing:

14,784 words

How did u get 444 pages with less than 20k words

Biko recommend something like Jumong

Old USA fiverr acct needed

Any proofreader?

Genesils:


Hello, in case he's busy,
I'm a content creator and a proofreader, and i'm available.

Send a pm

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I can deliver an improved document for you in record time devoid of spelling, grammar, or punctuation error. I will send a mail to you in a few minutes.

Hi
I need help too

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moriss33:
How do I go about getting the worker account ?

You'll apply but chances of getting approval is slim

moriss33:
I stumbled upon this post, but am at loss as to how one can earn money with the Amazon Mturk account, I just created one today. HELP !!!

You signed up as a requester not as a worker. Your acct is more like a fiverr buyer acct not the seller

Davidoff2000:


When pride goes before a fall.

You posted blurbs of your book here around 2015. Somebody gave you quality advice. You were very aggressive in shutting him down, told him he knew nothing and you were going to blow. He even told you to change this your funny sounding name, but you refused.

You said it was for mindshare and recall. You wanted your name to be popular, bestselling author, valid aspiration. You forgot that once your book blows, that pen name gets blown, the real writer becomes known.

But you wanted your name out there, befoe the book. Now, four years later, you have come around.

When children dont listen.meanwhile, your books still carry your real name on kindle.

To your books- you write okay. But you dont paint vivid scenarios, your stories lack synopsis, and they dont kick quick enough.

Without a good synopsis, without a quick hook on page one or two, why would anyone keep reading your book?

One was about an Abdul coming into a house, one about some kindergarten school kids playing love. One story just 13pages long. Your longest story was 79kindle pages, meaning the source file in word was only like 25 or 30pages.

The guy who adviced you told you to write more quality and longer fiction, you said you will do low content novellas and series.

Why would anyone pay you a dollar to read a 30page novella set in nigeria. If i saw a 300page kindle book, well written and set in Nigeria or siberia at 4.99 or even 9.99, i will buy.

People buy a good story, not location. Things fall apart was written in an african village, set in pre colonial times but white people,even loved it more than blacks.

The problem with most people on this thread and i have read more than 100pages so far, is that they mercenaries who are looking for a quick buck.

You are even a decent (just decent) writer, so you even stand a chance. Most of these other people will not get a dime from kindle as this thread has proved. They are just desperate to make quick money, without a story.

Thats why the nonfiction yarn as promoted by MK82 kicked in. If its non fiction, all you need to do is copy and paste, rejig, change words, pass the plagiarism test and you are on kindle. You have your How-To book or recipe, getting you $30 a month.

If its fiction? How do you do this with someone's story? Rejig? You'l be found out

There are no genuine, natural born writers here, just business men.. Even MK82 himself is just a business man who hires ghost writers for his kindle books. But atleast he has a strategy.

Many of the books written by writers here should be flushed out of amazon. They are making the whol place a mess with their low quality poorly written books- 20page recipe books, plagiarised stories sold as self help and motivational.books.

You will see the occassional $100, $300 or even buy a car, as MK82 always says of his mentees, but long term, you wont make anything out of this.

I have been a writer since i was 8years and i can tell you confidently that you cant write a well researched 200page, MS Word manuscript in under a month. No matter how fast and inspired you are. That is almost 300pages or more on kindle.

Just writing o- you havent editted, you havent proofread, you havent published and (now marketted on kindle), yet people are here saying they write 5books a week. How? Ghostwriters. If they were that good, they will be challenging for a spot on the kindle bestseller list.

With all these 10,000word efforts, you havent written a book, you have written a pamphlet. You think its without reason that the likes of Clancy, Ludlum etc wrote barely a dozen or two dozen books over a lifetime and writing career spanning 65years?

Someone even came here, saying he wrote a 198,000 word book in two days. Almost 200k word book fa. In kindle that is almost 1,000pages in two days. Atleast MK82 shut him up.

What manner of fuckery?

Thats why the enthusiasm on this thread is dying down, because they all thought, writing a book and being a bestseller is mashing up material on the internet and publishing a pamphlet as a book on kindle, littering the whole place with junk and bragging i have 100books, i have 200books.

Rubbish.

Research your niche, write a quality story that should be atleast 50,000 words long or 250pages on kindle and do your marketting.

If you get 5,000downloads of that book every month you are good- fiction or non fiction, location Nigeria or American(but pen name shd be foreign). Frederick Forsyth wrote Nigeria themed stories.

If you want, write junk 20word recipes or nooks on weight loss or how to books, you will just be wasting your time on Amazon.

There's a difference between a writer and a publisher/businessman. MK82 is a publisher cum business man who curates other peoples writing and publishes it as his, making his cool money.

You are writer who writes, but can now throughAmazon, publish your work too, and make money. But you must have talent, do this or just bring out money and get ghost writers , to atleast write you high quality content, so you can be publisher business man too.

Choose your hustle, properly.
White people are very smart, they now know better.

OP, thanks for this thread by the way. God will bless you

Your comment was long but I just couldn't stop reading. Thank you for the tips.

charlsy:



Its been a while I made an update on this thread, I guess the reason is because I have been working more than ever at breaking even in publishing, learning, unlearning and relearning new strategies and testing them out to see what works. So yes, helioshay has said it all, the work has to be put in + smart work + hard work and I love to say + God's involvement = Success, Money, Joy etc. My screenshot is a little encouragement to those that feel discouraged, I know how I started, what drove me to publishing and thanks to helioshay who responded to my post about where to invest, he was the only one that suggested publishing that sounded great to my ears and today, I am in a better place in publishing than I was last year. It was not easy, so don't expect to cut corners, but much of the tactics and strategies I use today is as a result of being consistent in publishing and been open to new ideas. I don't make as much as others do, but in due time, I would get better results. Please don't message me privately to ask any questions, I also don't offer mentorship, simply start with what you have learnt and read so far, I wont respond if you message me but can respond on this thread.

PS. The ad stats is exclusive of organic sales obviously and more so, I dont outsource my books, I did for the first book I wrote but I realised it was not sustainable finacially if I wanted a very high quality book, so, I started writing my books my self because I am good at it and I design my covers myself using photoshop because I am good at colors and whats good and not. The morale of this is, do what you need to do to get to where you desire to get to, learn how to write quality books if you cant outsource and learn how to design good covers with any software that can help you get the job done.

God bless us all

This is great

I'm looking for a ghostwriter to write a number of books.

Pay can be per book or on a monthly basis.

Requirements:
Applicants should have a good command of English
Excellent writing skills and
Excellent research skills.


Plaigiarism will not be tolerated.

If you're interested please send a mail to musicblog094@gmail.com

tubolancer:
Done everything in the past.

You're good

bjstardom:


I did tax interview, and a mail was sent to me sometimes last month regarding the issue but the message in it was ambiguous.

They asked for an ID. That's the new pattern

tubolancer:
what about old account? I am still on the platform.

Old accounts are safe. Did u do tax interview?

bjstardom:


Is it true that Draft2digital has banned Nigerians from using it's platform? I just wanna confirm something

Yes.

ambitiouschap1:
Lol werey

Idiot

All4good:
After the poor sales resulting from a stop in Paperback shipping things are looking up again, and sales has been good. All Glory to God
Writers and KDP hustlers keep publishing and worry less about get rich Keywords.
As you roll on you will stumble on what works perfectly for you and fits into your skill set. Just keep creating quality content. That is one thing you will never regret.
Account termination is real in this business. I know because besides publishing over 40 books of mine in 2 accounts, I offer book cover design and formatting so I interact with so many Publishers. I have seen many making some immediate gains from plagiarised content or copyright images and after some months or years a report is made and their account is terminated.
* Always confirm the nature of license for images used by your Designer
* Only allow up to 10% plagiarism in your books were Dictionary or Bible quotations are at the core of your book; otherwise 0% is the ideal. I have achieved this even for a cookbook that I outsourced. Think of it, uploading a book with over 50% plagiarism is saying that more than 50% of your book belongs to someone else meanwhile you clicked/ told Amazon at time of Publishing that you own copyright to the work. A recipe for account termination.
* You are creating a timeless content that becomes yours and your heirs for life, so quality shouldn't be spared nor mediocrity accepted in any form. However at the end the choices are yours to make and live with. Yes some prefer instant success that is short lived instead of a long spanning success that takes time to achieve.
Shalom

Its only a matter of time before Kdp bans Nigerians with this mindset. You have two accts and you encourage people to churn out books. Some people will create 2 just like u. Abi draft2digital is no longer permitting Nigerian accts. Soon it will be kdp

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