Well, now we are selling so many copies that we are re-directing a lot of resources to expand our Kindle business. We could write several dozen books in this niche and still not have tapped out all the potential. Awesome resource Spencer – thanks so much. About $150 for cover and $50 for proof reader/formatting. That is the truth most publishing gurus will never tell you. For your chosen book, set your price under the Sell & Distribute tab for the listing. Once our book went to $0.99 we were able to reach out to friends and family and get a couple more reviews. If your book is selling in a fairy popular category then you WILL get copy cats. I’ve only published one book, but I’d wager non-fiction is much easier. Back to your book. Congrats. The best part of all these principles is that they work regardless of whether your books are self-published or traditionally published. When I did the research for my book, I used Publisher Rocket. We also picked up a couple of other “natural” reviews during the first week or so. I do it myself for all of my books. Thanks again! I will just say that things have gotten even BETTER in terms of earnings once I raised the price of my book to .99. Looking forward to the podcast! At the beginning of each chapter we mentioned the main point or the most actionable tips right up front.

That is just awesome. You can see some of the best selling books by browsing all the categories of Amazon. I do have a follow up/housekeeping question. Your email address will not be published. So, even though our units orders is much less, our overall earnings is MUCH more than the $0.99 cent period thanks to the 70% royalty.

Start … You will list your book at kdp.Amazon.com.

So to avoid this, you have to deliver content that is worth the price tag to your audience. Enroll in KDP Select and earn more money through Kindle Unlimited and the Kindle Owners' Lending Library.

I got amazing reviews (one of the books got 27 – “5 stars” reviews).

This is an amazing read.

I have experience creating audio books – read along (juvenile) and audio only. 50 bucks for formatting the book?! The joke is funny because its true . Thanks Justin…I really wanted to try and do this under the radar to show that it really can be done without an audience. So what are the things that make books to sell online? Publishing an ebook on Kindle is one of the most challenging things I’ve ever done, but it was 100% worth it. Dig out some data on the audience size, number of established authors, number and length of best-selling books in the niche and their titles. Compose 280 character stories on Twitter. Getting the right title for your book is one of the biggest factors that will determine whether your book will sell or not. Not all of these are able to be given away for free, but many of them are.

It’s not an easy process.

I can’t emphasize this enough.

I managed to reach #99 in the Free store, and my book is currently priced at 99 cents. You don’t have to come up with just one single idea. Thanks Jason.

Don’t wait until your book is finished to publish your writing. Write your ebook using Google Docs, Word or Pages (MAC). My original plan was to use the eBook to help build my list as a free incentive for a brand new website. I did not know about the marketing bit and this post provides real insights into this. We spent $30 on Fancy Hands. Personally, I’d fallen into this trap with my first published book. Have you experimented with pricing or do you consider $2.99 is the optimum for your subject / length of book?

Yep, its been a while since I’ve written a monster long post like this…felt good! I see no way for your pen name to be tracked to you personally. All Rights Reserved, This is a BETA experience. For my Kindle Book, I used Publisher Rocket to figure out my keywords and rank better on Amazon. So, if I were to going into the Dogs category, I could see that any book related to how Dogs and humans think and communicate is something that people buy. The point is to figure out who actually will read your book. The first step is very simple. Thanks Steve…we appreciate all the exceptional advice you’ve provided both publicly and privately to us along the way. One of the blog posts on Steve’s blog is actually a guest post by Nick Loper from SideHustleNation.com on how he launched a Kindle eBook and got 20,000 downloads in the first week. Hubspot released a blog post with 74 compelling title formulas. I always recommend that people recycle chapters from failed novels and works in progress into short stories. Small question how many hours do you think it took you to write your first book?

Dave Ramsey’s book “Total Money Makeover” nails both the promise and catchiness. That happy chore out of the way, the author faces the single most difficult part of the whole process:  marketing and selling your book. Wishing you well as you explore this new channel! Yea that was kind of an “Ah ha” moment for us. Usually, when potential readers are searching for items they want to buy from your niche, there are particular key phrases they use in searching for these items.