AncientTimes:



On covers, make sure that you choose the appropriate designing software and you will imagine how great you will avoid mistakes.

slimjoe007:


Send me a PM and i will send you a written document on the easy steps to start. It is free o am not requesting anything o before they turn me to marketer.

AncientTimes:



The links is dead, it does not go at all.

Joseid:
1am? Too bad you're not a night crawler like some of us. I slept past four in the morning yesterday.
Let's just keep at it and employ the CANi strategy (constant and never ending improvement).
Next year will be a great year for us all.

GoldPencil:

Aida baby. How much did the guys at okada collect. For u to enter featured section? And if possible, link to the necessary contact persons? DM?

AncientTimes:


No I can't go that far because I work in the morning. I use my free office time for my online publishing and my weekends. That is what I do. Besides, I have two sales on another of my Book. It is slowly trickling in. I blessed God. With time, I will reach the top 500 and above. Besides, I don't want to believe that you need more books to sale more on Amazon and make money. With one single quality book, information-packed, good cover, excellent key words, and excellent blurb, you can see sales coming in like waves. Let us emphasize more of quality than quantity

bros1234:
Thanks to you all, Joseid, AncientTimes, AgreatMan, gentlesilver,slimjoe007, GoldPencil, Aida13 and every one

Thank you all for keeping this thread alive. Sorry for my absence for the last few weeks. I was carried away with the festive season and prayer-planning for the new year.

I am glad we are learning on the job. Thats the purpose of this thread. To learn while doing. I have learned a lot by all of your contributions. I really like the CANi key up there.

Once again. lets keep the fire burning. I wish us a great seaon and prosperous 2017

AncientTimes:



Thank you so much, you are a motivation to us. I imagine one day getting to your level and raising above that.


Just one quick word, I need explanation on Key. Can I combine two keys in some single space. Like if I have Visions of Glory and Heaven Joy as keys that I want to use. Then I combined then in a single keyword space as Visions of Glory Heaven Joy. Will. It work?. Thanks for the

answer.

bros1234:


Pls where are you putting these keywords? Thats what determines. If it is to be the title or sub title of your book, then only use keywords that eventually makes meaning and readable. But if it is on the keyword supply area that amazon requires while trying to publish your books, then it doesnt matter what you type there.

bros1234:


Try KDP select for 6 months. I don't see you making 10,000 from okadabooks in 3 months. But then I could be wrong.

Aida13:


Happy Holidays to you and everyone

Good news...

I just withdrew my first 10k from "O k a d a b o o k s...." it feels great lol. Before I earned 5k from Amazon I see weeehnnn. Published on Saturday 17 Nov. and by Nov. 27 and made good sales even after they took the 3o per cent per copy.

I would love to rave more on this but last time I did I got "b a n n e d" for 72 hours lol...not nice.

Joseid:
Oh! Once I get to this point, May I give you a mention? Seems you've made considerable progress already.

Joseid:
Oh! Once I get to this point, May I give you a mention? Seems you've made considerable progress already.

AncientTimes:


Good for you but for some of us, it is Kindle and createspace all the way.

Aida13:


Happy Holidays to you and everyone

Good news...

I just withdrew my first 10k from "O k a d a b o o k s...." it feels great lol. Before I earned 5k from Amazon I see weeehnnn. Published on Saturday 17 Nov. and by Nov. 27 and made good sales even after they took the 3o per cent per copy.

I would love to rave more on this but last time I did I got "b a n n e d" for 72 hours lol...not nice.

bros1234:


Wow sis. I love good news like this. Indeed, I was wrong about Okada. Thanks for proving me wrong. It's good for one to stick to his/her convictions and test them out before making conclusions. When I went into Kindle and Createspace publishing some old timers told me my books would not sell until I remove my name from them and use a pen name and also write on hot selling niches. I believe they are right but I just had to get started and test things myself.

I got confused trying to find a niche to write on. But something...that inner voice ...kept telling me to start with what I know. So I started writing on Prayer and using my real names. I'm glad it has paid off. November alone I made over $1000 and this December I have crossed $1,300 in sales alone. In fact, two of my books have been classified by amazon as Bestsellers. While the cash is small, its not bad for me as a Nigerian just getting started and less than 6 months old.

So you see, its good for one to stick with what the inner voice tells him/her despite what other well-meaning folks advice.

Now that I have gained considerable experience I can now branch out to other niches, which is what 2017 will be for me.

Thanks once again for this life lesson you have reminded me again. Maybe sometime later I will also try Okada. Afterall I take okada almost everyday in Nigeria (lol)

Blessings

bros1234:


Wow sis. I love good news like this. Indeed, I was wrong about Okada. Thanks for proving me wrong. It's good for one to stick to his/her convictions and test them out before making conclusions. When I went into Kindle and Createspace publishing some old timers told me my books would not sell until I remove my name from them and use a pen name and also write on hot selling niches. I believe they are right but I just had to get started and test things myself.

I got confused trying to find a niche to write on. But something...that inner voice ...kept telling me to start with what I know. So I started writing on Prayer and using my real names. I'm glad it has paid off. November alone I made over $1000 and this December I have crossed $1,300 in sales alone. In fact, two of my books have been classified by amazon as Bestsellers. While the cash is small, its not bad for me as a Nigerian just getting started and less than 6 months old.

So you see, its good for one to stick with what the inner voice tells him/her despite what other well-meaning folks advice.

Now that I have gained considerable experience I can now branch out to other niches, which is what 2017 will be for me.

Thanks once again for this life lesson you have reminded me again. Maybe sometime later I will also try Okada. Afterall I take okada almost everyday in Nigeria (lol)

Blessings

bros1234:


Wow sis. I love good news like this. Indeed, I was wrong about Okada. Thanks for proving me wrong. It's good for one to stick to his/her convictions and test them out before making conclusions. When I went into Kindle and Createspace publishing some old timers told me my books would not sell until I remove my name from them and use a pen name and also write on hot selling niches. I believe they are right but I just had to get started and test things myself.

I got confused trying to find a niche to write on. But something...that inner voice ...kept telling me to start with what I know. So I started writing on Prayer and using my real names. I'm glad it has paid off. November alone I made over $1000 and this December I have crossed $1,300 in sales alone. In fact, two of my books have been classified by amazon as Bestsellers. While the cash is small, its not bad for me as a Nigerian just getting started and less than 6 months old.

So you see, its good for one to stick with what the inner voice tells him/her despite what other well-meaning folks advice.

Now that I have gained considerable experience I can now branch out to other niches, which is what 2017 will be for me.

Thanks once again for this life lesson you have reminded me again. Maybe sometime later I will also try Okada. Afterall I take okada almost everyday in Nigeria (lol)

Blessings

AncientTimes:



I won't ask you to screen-shot your account because you have been very sincere. However, I will say that those figures are scary lol. They look as though they are merely imaginary. You have said it. Stick to what you know and what to write . I perceived strongly in my Spirit that God is blessings the works of your hands this is really exciting and I am happy for you. Please keep posting these things to encourage some of us who have just 2 books in the system. The more you make sales, please let us know about it as this will keep us on our toes. Thank you for not hiding your account from us. God bless you sir. Any idea on how to improve sales? It will be welcome.

Joseid:
Bros1234, you advised I should increase the pages of the books. I just doubled one of the pages of the books. It was kinda strenuous though.
May I ask how many pages you devote to a book on an average basis?

bros1234:


Lol bro @ the scary aspect of it. I guess it's because you converted the figures to Naira. In reality $1000 is meager compared to the potential that I see with online publishing. My goal is to earn $3-$4k dollars monthly. I know it's a tough call but it's a dream I have to achieve in 2 years time.

And yes, God is blessing the works of my hands, just like He blesses all hardwork. The Bible says that in all labor there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads to poverty. Just keep on producing books, you will get better with time and eventually find your area of strenght.

Like I keep saying here, some of your books will not sell. Just keep writing. I have books that do not sell at all. In fact, of all my 25 books, only 2 make the most sales. For instance, one of the books has sold over $400 income this month. Imagine that I stopped writing after my first 5 books because they werent selling. Just think about that.

So bro, keep writing. Keep publishing. Dont stop writing. You'll make mistakes. But try to publish at least every week or every two weeks.

Here's the screenshot you asked for. Add that with $290 in createspace and expected income from KENP reads which is around 25,000 reads.

Blessings

sweetjeremiah:
I need help can any help me create ecover for my amazon book for 1000naira good ecover for 1000naira for me now call me or message me at 08069192200 or sweetpeajeremiah@gmail.com God bless you

AncientTimes:




You are a great source of encouragement to us. I have decided to screen shot this on my phone and keep it as a source of encouragement. One day, I will earn zillions of dollars from publishing online alone. Thanks for always letting us know about your accesses, God bless you for us In Jesus name.

bros1234:


Lol at the bolded. All ways to success is strenuous bro.

To the question, my smallest book is 41 pages and is sold at the hated $0.99 . Others are from 60-200 pages (priced at $2.99). Then from 200-500 pages (priced at $4.99).

I have books in those number of pages. You may price your books any amount inspite the number of pages, but I seem to think that it's like Oyibo think about the number of pages when trying to part with their money. I have read about it in some reviews of actual buyers on Amazon

Joseid:
Quite instructive...
I just re-published and pegged the price at $1.99 for over 80 pages. I hope it is cool.
You mentioned about a free promotion on amazon worth $50. Is it still available? If yes, how can one take advantage of it?

Joseid:
Bro, I'm here already. Lol.
I would like to know how to design a cover for createspace.

AgreatMan:


@ancienttimes. Yeah, the promo is on, you get 50usd in free adverts from Amazon, it will end by the end of this year tho. However, you will need to register a seller account with Amazon.com, but you cannot have a seller-central account as a Nigerian.

I sent an email that I am only interested in the sponsored adverts and I am not selling, but they said NO! In my case however, I happen not to be in Nigeria and the country I am in, is allowed to have an Amazon seller account. Again, I mailed them and they replied this time around, that it doesn't matter if I already have createspace, kdp or amazon.com account with my Nigerian details, and that I can still register on seller central with my foreign details.

I just wanted to share this, so that people will realize this. With time, as I stabilize in this thing, I will share my niche information with the group. I really don't have a proven strategy yet. There isn't really nothing to be proud of that much. But if it will inspire ancienttimes, I made 800 from one book this December. But guess what? I have some bad reviews (which were not related to the actual quality of the books) and I will consider myself lucky if I can make 1\4 of that in subsequent months. But I am not giving up, I will keep expanding. In my view, 2 successful books might be enough to get you there. The focus must always be on quality.

Joseid:
Bro, I'm here already. Lol.
I would like to know how to design a cover for createspace.