eliok:
Thanks boss. My first audio book . is about to be produce. Actually I want royalty share. No money. The producer refused royalty share option. Seems like I will go solo myself oo

eliok:
Thanks boss. My first audio book . is about to be produce. Actually I want royalty share. No money. The producer refused royalty share option. Seems like I will go solo myself oo

blezdBen:
Well once more, thanks Helioshay. You made me take action. Please, is the "Total Royalty" section of Reports still subject to further deductions? Or you get paid what you see there?

charlsy:
@helioshay...trust you are doing well financially and otherwise.....you know, each time I come across your progress reports, I sincerely wish and hope that was me as well...I know a few of us (speaking for others as well in ghostmode) would like you to show us the ropes and mentor us on this path but for the financial implication in addition to other outsourcing tasks and amazon ads that would be financially demanding (for great and "sellable" books). I would appreciate if you could consider some of us who are very well interested with your services by reducing the cost implication of your mentorship, I know you have stressed so much on this but I nevertheless thought to still bring it up. Another promo as your previously did would go a long way in helping those of us that are very much interested (especially those of us who missed the previous promo). Kindly think through this and the good you would also be doing to most of us out here...in the end, its in your power to reduce or not reduce the cost without flinching.

Thanks in anticipation of your positive response.

charlsy:
@helioshay...trust you are doing well financially and otherwise.....you know, each time I come across your progress reports, I sincerely wish and hope that was me as well...I know a few of us (speaking for others as well in ghostmode) would like you to show us the ropes and mentor us on this path but for the financial implication in addition to other outsourcing tasks and amazon ads that would be financially demanding (for great and "sellable" books). I would appreciate if you could consider some of us who are very well interested with your services by reducing the cost implication of your mentorship, I know you have stressed so much on this but I nevertheless thought to still bring it up. Another promo as your previously did would go a long way in helping those of us that are very much interested (especially those of us who missed the previous promo). Kindly think through this and the good you would also be doing to most of us out here...in the end, its in your power to reduce or not reduce the cost without flinching.

Thanks in anticipation of your positive response.

HeliosHay:
Are You Leaving Money On The Table

As a kindle publisher, the bulk of your earnings will come from paperback sales - yet so many people don't pay enough attention to it.

- Is your book well exposed?
- Are customers incentivised to purchase it?
- Does it have the ideal page count to maximize royalty?
- Is it priced well to ensure you're getting enough sales via expanded distribution?

..and so on and so forth.

Pay particular attention to strategy 5 in the Kindle Blueprint when you're about to publish your book. It's very important you get this right before doing your free promotion as it'll help you boost the amount of downloads you get.

Strategy 3 shows you how to take full advantage of the free downloads (you can monetize it in so many creative ways)

Strategy 7 & 8 helps you ensure you're earning the highest royalty possible without sacrificing sales volume.

Strategy 2 helps you consolidate all your assets to ensure that customers are more likely to keep buying your books.

Strategy 6 & 11 helps you maximize the number of books you have while spending very little etc.

All 13 strategies presented in the blueprint is tailored towards helping you double or triple your Return On Investment with Publishing. Every extra dollar earned is something that can be reinvested to create more books.

For the next 2 days, the blueprint is available at a 25% discount.

Give yourself an edge, work smart, publish strategically and take your earnings to the next level. Your neighbours will mistake you for a yahoo boy doing nothing and living very comfortably!

versashee:
I just feel like i should share my testimony.

I was scrolling through this thread after several attempts to succeed in kdp. I wasn't really happy with my sales and i was just reluctantly scrolling through this thread to see if i will find some inspiration.

I came across a thread and found Helioshay 's screenshots. As usual, i was like; "they have come again". I went to facebook to find "Michael Ezeanaka" to verify if truly he was the one bearing HeliosHay on nairaland. He affirmed that he was the one and that was when my conversation with him started.

I purchased his "publishing blueprint" book that same night and i started implementing his strategies. For those saying he is just after your money well, i paid for the book and not his mentorship program but he is very open and guided me through the phases to success. Summarily, he assisted me just they way he would assist his mentees even though i did not pay for the mentorship program. I explained to him the situation i had and he has been very supportive.

My point is that; what you will gain will surpass the fee u will be paying.

Someone said HeliosHay stole Michael Ezeanaka's sales screenshots and posted it here. Note: HELIOSHAY is MICHAEL EZEANAKA ooooooooooooo

I will be sharing screenshots soon.

Gmasterp:
Please I'll like to know how many books you have in KDP?

HeliosHay:


1. Yes. It also comes with 3 small booklets on AMS Ads
2. No. I just proofread it and, sometimes, make minor corrections here and there. I always order stuff from a high-quality writer so corrections are always minor
3. Yes. It's not just one writer but a team of writers that are collectively well versed in a lot of different niches.
4. It depends on the persons budget. You can always start with one book, get a feel for how the process works and once you understand it, you can then scale up production. When I started, I didn't take it that serious so was producing one book every 2 or 3 months. Now I do 2 or 3 per month.
5. To have a good quality 10,000 words book in Kindle and paperback will cost you:

Hiring a writer to create the book: $140
Cover Design: $5
Book formatting: $10-20 (depends on the freelancer)
Hiring a Narrator to convert your book to an audiobook: $50-100 (you can go for a 50/50 royalty split with your narrator in exchange for zero production cost. A 10,000 words book will be roughly 1-1.5 hours long)

AMS ads: This is a variable cost. AMS ads operate a competitive bidding model where you bid for your book to appear on page 1 and be more visible. The higher you bid, the more likelihood of appearing there. You can perhaps budget $50 - $150 per month for ads. How well that will work will depends on how well optimized your book is e.g. promoting a book that is already in a poor keyword won't make it sell any better. Likewise, promoting a book that has a poor cover, poor book description, no reviews etc will be ineffective...there are many factors that come into play with AMS ads..it's not as simple as just giving you a number.

However, with AMS ads, you can ALWAYS control how much you want to spend. Amazon allows you to set your budget (which can never be exceeded). You can start with a small budget, test and see how your book sales respond, if things take off, you can then gradually increase your budget etc.

For my students, I help them optimize and set up AMS ads for their first book

Furthermore, there is also the cost of bypassing the ACX restriction so you can publish audiobooks from Nigeria. You have the Kindle Blueprint so you know what I'm talking about.

You need to also factor that cost to the stuff i've mentioned above.

[bold]All in all, if you want to publish your first book in Kindle, Paperback and Audiobook (excluding AMS ads), you're looking at $500+[/bold]

Ofcuz, using one of the strategy I mentioned in the kindle blueprint, with this $500+ you can end up with 6+ books instead of 1. This will help you break even a lot faster.

HeliosHay:


The cost of legally bypassing the ACX restriction that will allow you to publish audiobooks from Nigeria is $300+.

There's another way to go about it without paying $300+ but it comes at a cost.

With regards to your other question, I personally don't publish from Nigeria but a few of my students do.