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Business / Re: Making Regular Income Publishing Amazon Kindle Ebooks by mk82(m): 10:03am On Dec 17, 2013 |
GatJokez: How about writing a children's book? Has anyone published children ebooks on Kindle? Any thoughts, advice, ideas would be appreciated. I started with an idea that is in the works and think would be lots of fun for children ages 4-7.I have actually considered putting up a couple of children's books because many books are doing well in that category. I think you'll do well if you have a catchy story/theme and colorful drawings and images. Check out kindleboards.com I think I have seen topics about children's books there. 3 Likes 1 Share |
Business / Re: Making Regular Income Publishing Amazon Kindle Ebooks by mk82(m): 6:50am On Dec 16, 2013 |
darmochy1: I've finally uploaded my book today and awaiting its approval. Thank you OP for opening my eyes to how I can easily monetize my writing skill. God bless You. hamlak: Hi Friends, i have published book number 2 today. The 3rd one should be there in 2 days time. Appliedmaths.:I am happy for everyone who has taken action. Once you start, you can only get better. You will soon start having bestsellers in your accounts if you persevere. Do proper research and produce quality books. Learn from your mistakes and correct your books as many times as possible. ...don't forget to ask questions when you are stuck. 3 Likes |
Business / Re: Making Regular Income Publishing Amazon Kindle Ebooks by mk82(m): 6:32am On Dec 12, 2013 |
Appliedmaths.: Bestlyf: How comes my book is just 18 pages when its more than 4700 words. I just don't understand.If you have 4700 words for a regular book, it should be close to 30 pages. By regular, I mean written in form of a novel. if you are writing recipes, this same number of words can give you 50 pages. The arrangement of your work must be considered. I leave one line between my paragraphs and I also insert a page break after each chapter/subchapter. Images also increase page count. darmochy1: Thank you mk82. I sent u a mail asking for assistance in downloading d kindle previewer for PC. I'm eagerly waiting for ur response sir. Txs once againI didn't see your mail. use the gmail in my profile. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Business / Re: Making Regular Income Publishing Amazon Kindle Ebooks by mk82(m): 2:33pm On Dec 11, 2013 |
darmochy1: Hello everyone in the house, kindly help me assess this cover that I just designed for my book. How is it?TxsNice cover. I like the way the guy's face is covered -saves you copyright worries. I can see your author is a "doctor" hope your content is up to the quality that is expected of a doctor 4 Likes |
Business / Re: Making Regular Income Publishing Amazon Kindle Ebooks by mk82(m): 7:21am On Dec 11, 2013 |
adino: @ mk821.You can publish plays the way other books are published.There is a subcategory for Drama & Plays under the Literature & Fiction category. 2. For regular writing, I use a minimum of 5000 words. This gives about 30 pages in kindle. Check the average number of pages your competitors have. |
Business / Re: Making Regular Income Publishing Amazon Kindle Ebooks by mk82(m): 2:57pm On Dec 10, 2013 |
Appliedmaths.:The payment has been explained in previous pages. Payoneer is the solution you need. Visit the website to learn more about their services. |
Business / Re: Making Regular Income Publishing Amazon Kindle Ebooks by mk82(m): 2:54pm On Dec 10, 2013 |
hamlak: Today I finally published my 1st book on the KDP platform. It has taken months but I finally did it.I am happy for you and thank you for the prayer. Keep going strong... |
Business / Re: Making Regular Income Publishing Amazon Kindle Ebooks by mk82(m): 9:27pm On Dec 09, 2013 |
darmochy1: OP, kimdly assist me by giving a detailed explanation on how I can convert my book cover which I designed in ms word/ corel draw to jpeg format. ThanksI don't think you can convert to jpeg in MS Word because it's not a graphics software. In Corel: Once your cover is ready, go to Export (can be found on the shortcut toolbar or under file). Choose a name for the file and the location you want to save it in. When you click export, you'll have the option to choose the width and height. I use 980x1260 pixels. Then click okay. 3 Likes 3 Shares |
Business / Re: Making Regular Income Publishing Amazon Kindle Ebooks by mk82(m): 2:22pm On Dec 09, 2013 |
Bestlyf: Mk82, I need to understand something. Even after my promotion has expired, my account still reads "free promotion" under my transaction type and has a N/A under Royalty type. As a result my royalty for books sold is not reflected.I don't know where you saw transaction type. To see your sales, borrows and free downloads, go to reports in your dashboard and click on "Month-to-Date Unit Sales" |
Business / Re: Making Regular Income Publishing Amazon Kindle Ebooks by mk82(m): 3:41pm On Dec 07, 2013 |
Saryea83: Can one publish a professional book like research, he has made? I mean practical/research work done by someone!You can publish research books. Just check to see if it will get buyers on kindle. |
Business / Re: Making Regular Income Publishing Amazon Kindle Ebooks by mk82(m): 3:39pm On Dec 07, 2013 |
dombible: Master,i'm worken on a book now,but it nids pictural explanation.is it adviceable to add picture in my ebook?i want to know if is going to be accepted.thank u.You can insert images in your book.Just make sure you don't use copyrighted images. 1 Like |
Business / Re: Making Regular Income Publishing Amazon Kindle Ebooks by mk82(m): 9:54pm On Dec 06, 2013 |
hamlak: Ok thank you mk82 for the advice.Yes you do not have to include a TOC for a short fiction book with very few chapters. |
Business / Re: Making Regular Income Publishing Amazon Kindle Ebooks by mk82(m): 1:13pm On Dec 06, 2013 |
hamlak: @mk82, and other contributors here, thanks for the great job. I am ready to start my Kindle publishing journey.I haven't used the kdp cover creator but I've used the one for createspace. If it is the same standard, you can only use it for simplistic covers. You will have the same images and fonts with every other user. If you want your book to stand out, make your own cover or outsource. 1 Like 1 Share |
Business / Re: Making Regular Income Publishing Amazon Kindle Ebooks by mk82(m): 7:16pm On Dec 05, 2013 |
Bestlyf: Mk82, How do I get a review for my book?Reviews will come naturally if the book is good. It is better not to have reviews than to have bad reviews Some people buy reviews on fiverr or tell friends to review their books but I do not do that. |
Business / Re: Making Regular Income Publishing Amazon Kindle Ebooks by mk82(m): 12:16pm On Dec 05, 2013 |
Opengates: @MK82: Please what do you suggest I do concerning my published book that got 2 bad reviews, one says it should be $.99 instead of $2.99, the second says it is awful and useless! Do I unpublish it totally, make all the necessary corrections and publish it again although I only used 3days out 5 days promotion?Eeyaa, welcome to the club. I've had my share of terrible reviews (when I was just starting) and had to unpublish one book becos I used d same author name for anoda book and it was affecting the sales of dat book. -U do not have to unpublish d book. Just go and make the necessary corrections in the original Ms Word n upload again. - u may have to add more material to provide satisfactory value to buyers. -if you make necessary corrections, oda gud reviews will counter d bad ones later. -your grammar and use of English should be checked. If you know ur level of English is not good enough, hire a proofreader or ask a friend to read n correct it for you. -My aim is to always produce books dat have very high standards n also provide quality information. -Before writing any book, check d books oda people published in dat niche so you can produce similar or even better standard. 8 Likes 1 Share |
Business / Re: Making Regular Income Publishing Amazon Kindle Ebooks by mk82(m): 2:37pm On Dec 04, 2013 |
Appliedmaths.:It is not necessary to save ur book in HTML format. You can upload directly as a MS Word (97-2003) file. Saving to HTML is only needed if u want to view it on ur PC b4 uploading to Amazon. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Business / Re: Making Regular Income Publishing Amazon Kindle Ebooks by mk82(m): 11:35am On Dec 02, 2013 |
Appliedmaths.:It's a system error, check back in a few hours. |
Business / Re: Making Regular Income Publishing Amazon Kindle Ebooks by mk82(m): 10:05am On Dec 02, 2013 |
Appliedmaths.:there is a section for adding up to 7 keywords when u are uploading ur book details. U can go back to edit it at any time. Update the tax field in ur account. There's nothing really to add since u are a Nigerian. Just follow d simple steps. 1 Like |
Business / Re: Making Regular Income Publishing Amazon Kindle Ebooks by mk82(m): 5:07pm On Dec 01, 2013 |
Bestlyf: @MK82, how do I determined a narrowed down micro niche that gets searched a lot but have less competition?RESEARCH: METHOD TO NARROW DOWN A NICHE -Go to Google, type Amazon bestsellers. Click on the amazon bestseller's link -At amazon bestsellers, click on kindle store on the left side (do not use d search box at d top) -at kindle store, click on kindle ebooks below it -under kindle ebooks, u will see many categories. click on anyone dat u want and it will open subcategories. choose any subcategory and click until their is no more subs. - At this point, start checking the 100 books that are listed for dat sub-subcategory. -right click any of the listed books and check d product details. It should have amazon sales rank below 20,000. -determine d keyword of dat book. For instance, it could be a book on anger management. -now open amazon on anoda tab and go to kindle ebooks.use d search box to search for the keyword 'anger management'. when d results open,select 'new and popular' on d right side. -Open about 10 of d books to check their product details. their should be at least 5 to 7 books with amazon sales rank around 10k,20k,30k,40k. there should be many odas below 100k. -this shows money is circulating in dat niche. if these criteria are not satisfied, go to the bestseller's page and start over. Avoid niches with many celebrity authors or those dat require professional qualifications. 32 Likes 7 Shares |
Business / Re: Making Regular Income Publishing Amazon Kindle Ebooks by mk82(m): 5:55am On Dec 01, 2013 |
2s£xy:Do u mean make money online?A few books are doing well there but I don't think there enough purchasing power for the money to go round. Look for niches where many books are having averagely OK sales. Except u just want to 'try'. 1 Like |
Business / Re: Making Regular Income Publishing Amazon Kindle Ebooks by mk82(m): 5:50am On Dec 01, 2013 |
juliebest: Mk84, don't mind ur detractors. Because of this thread, I have published my first book on amazon. It was an ebook I wrote back when I started I'm. I just brushed it up and uploaded and even gave it the whole 5 days free promotion,got 139 downloads.mmh not bad. I have A LOT on my plate this period that I wanted to start publkshinh next year but then I said whT they heck, fire and then aim. I'm writing another that will be better and bigger. Thanks again for starting this threadand don't mind those that want to derail ur thread.Good job. Try n do detailed research for ur next book. Research is key. 139 downloads is small even for 1day. |
Business / Re: Making Regular Income Publishing Amazon Kindle Ebooks by mk82(m): 9:29pm On Nov 29, 2013 |
Bestlyf: A question. I hope there won't be any problem if I disable the KDP select automatic renewal button for 90days?You can disable automatic renewal but the 3 months you are currently on must be fulfilled. 1 Like |
Business / Re: Making Regular Income Publishing Amazon Kindle Ebooks by mk82(m): 5:04pm On Nov 29, 2013 |
Appliedmaths.:You can upload or book as Ms Word 97-2003. You need a separate cover in jpeg format. I use 980 X 1260 pixels. 1 Like 1 Share |
Business / Re: Making Regular Income Publishing Amazon Kindle Ebooks by mk82(m): 4:33pm On Nov 29, 2013 |
Colynx: @mk82, My post you referenced was not to slight you. And if you feel slighted in anyway I am sorry about that. It wasn't my intention to make you feel that. My respect to you for opening this thread and kudos to me for making you to post a screenshot of your account, which you did. lol.Thanks for ur contributions but the bolded looks suspicious. I think everyone that wants to teach here or advertise should upload current screenshots of what they have achieved with their knowledge. For instance, if the master makes $10/month, how much will d students make? 3 Likes |
Business / Re: Making Regular Income Publishing Amazon Kindle Ebooks by mk82(m): 3:56pm On Nov 29, 2013 |
Colynx: @Colynx, I am putting up this post with reference to your insinuation (bolded above) and as a compound reply to all other antagonists and "info marketers" who have attempted to take over this thread in order to sell Kindle Publishing Information to unwary novices. This reminds me of the of the days of Success Digest Extra when all we had were info marketers that were buying cars from selling eBooks and seminars to ignorant people. I have challenged a few people to show proof of their kindle achievement before claiming the status of "online publishing veterans" and none of them has been able to show anything. @Colynx, I was not surprised when I saw your advert in the preceding post. Thank you for your Remittance Advice Screen Shot. However, it showed you made $17.02 dollars in the UK marketplace in the two months of August and September 2013. That is $8.5 each month. That is less than what I make in one week in the UK. I don't know your US marketplace income for those months and I'm not assuming anything. I have uploaded below, the screen shot of my November 2013 income for the US market place up till today(Nov 29). It shows total sales and borrows of 407. None of those books are below $2.99. So using a royalty of 70% that is 407 x 2= $814. If you remove tax and Payoneer charges that is about N85,470 for the US market place sales/borrows alone. I have already crossed N100,000 so far this month when the UK,CA and DE marketplace sales are added. My overall kindle income crossed 1 million naira a few months ago and it is moving rapidly towards the second million. I have been unfairly accused of all sort of things on this thread and the same people turned around "looking for novices to devour". I did not create this thread to market kindle publishing to anybody. I do one-on-one training for N20,000 and I pour my heart out to all trainees so they will not have problems. I also offer as much support as I can until they stabilize. Most people get this money (N20,000) back within 2 months from the sales of their books. I am doing this just to help and encourage more people to come in. (I spend over 1 hour daily replying emails and answering questions because of this thread). When I started in June 2012, there were about 1.69 million books on KDP. Now there are over 2.25 million. That is about 500,000 books. I have just over 30 of those books and I wondered how nice it would be if about 100,000 of those books were published by fellow Nigerians. At a point, this thread became too argumentative and many posters were blowing hot air about "making it" with fiction blah, blah, blah. That is why I stayed off most of this week. I have trained a few people one-on-one and I have access to about 5 accounts of people I trained and the least of them is making over N20,000 every month with 5 to 8 books. They all started less than 8 months ago. One of them a lady, collected over N60,000 yesterday (September sales). I will prefer those that are here to market their information to open their own Amazon Kindle Threads on nairaland so we will not be confused.(Personally, I believe if you are making so much money from the knowledge, you will not have to market it) As the saying goes "it's a free world". If you are reading this and you do not want to follow me, good luck. I do not have the "sweet mouth" to convince anybody because I am not naturally a marketer. What I know is that Kindle publishing works for me and my protégés have been able to repeat similar success. We are no longer doing trial and error. If this thread will produce 10 to 20 individuals who are making at least N50,000 monthly from Kindle Direct publishing, then MY WORK IS DONE. Good day all! 14 Likes
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Business / Re: Making Regular Income Publishing Amazon Kindle Ebooks by mk82(m): 7:23am On Nov 29, 2013 |
Saryea83: Bros, I appreciated ur effort so much in xplaining amazon publishing. However, I still request d whole detail in pdf format let me pay cos difficult for to access nework every time where am serving as a corps member! Pls, do it for me!@ Saryea83 if this request was intended for me, I have not sent you any mail. Be careful with whoever sent you d email. If you want to contact me use the gmail in my profile. |
Business / Re: Making Regular Income Publishing Amazon Kindle Ebooks by mk82(m): 3:50pm On Nov 27, 2013 |
Bestlyf: I just uploaded my first book. It was well formatted. I took a chance on my table of contents and succeeded in making it clickable. I just discovered that your book cover has to be 1000pixels on the longest side and 650 on the shortest side for maximum result.Congrats on ur 1st book. 24 hrs is short.Give it at least 2 days for better exposure. 1 Like |
Business / Re: Making Regular Income Publishing Amazon Kindle Ebooks by mk82(m): 10:19am On Nov 26, 2013 |
akpan aniefiok: Hello guys,There is no minimum/ maximum number of words per page in MS word.Just keep writing till u cover the page n continue to the next one. |
Business / Re: Making Regular Income Publishing Amazon Kindle Ebooks by mk82(m): 9:46pm On Nov 25, 2013 |
einstein_e: you will only get an isbn number if you publish with createspace. The folks here would tell you not to publish fiction but in my opinion, fiction sells. You just have to follow certain guidelines. If you are interested in hearing more, pm me.@einstein_e you keep saying fiction sells and u know d guidelines. 1.Can u reveal some of ur guidelines here without asking people to send u pm or email. 2. Secondly, post a screen shot showing your current sales with kindle fiction books then we'll believe. 9 Likes |
Business / Re: Making Regular Income Publishing Amazon Kindle Ebooks by mk82(m): 9:21pm On Nov 25, 2013 |
frank3.16:From what u wrote above, I will say u have chosen the tough route to online publishing success. It is very tough to make it as fiction writer. Many people check kindle bestsellers n see dat most bestsellers are fiction books. However, they do not know what those authors went thru b4 getting there. There are many such writer' forums like d one you described. Many people there are struggling writers with tales of woe. Many of them are ready to sell off 30,000 word beautifully written stories for $60 on freelance websites. PS. u don't need ISBN on amazon. they'll give ur books ASIN. This is my advice: Since u want to make a name with ur books, continue writing ur fiction books n publishing them with the hope of 'breaking thru' sometimes in d distant future. At d same time, start writing or outsourcing short nonfiction books dat will give u regular income now as I have been teaching. 3 Likes |
Business / Re: Making Regular Income Publishing Amazon Kindle Ebooks by mk82(m): 6:54pm On Nov 25, 2013 |
jdilight:The docx format (Word 2007 till date) has conversion problems when uploaded directly to kindle. Just save as 97-2003 once u are ready to upload. 1 Like |
Business / Re: Making Regular Income Publishing Amazon Kindle Ebooks by mk82(m): 6:09pm On Nov 25, 2013 |
sim4fx: Mk82,1.To answer ur questions. Spiritual topics don't sell except you are a celebrity pastor like Joel Osteen or Rick Warren. -How to handle anger will sell more than parenting but it must not be a spiritual book . 2. If you are a Pastor n author, you will get more sales selling ur books to ur established audience here in Nigeria than on Amazon where nobody knows you. Kindle publishing is successful when you find out what is selling and you ride with the wave. |
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