Okay so I just spent like three hours in Canva last night setting up a new planner template and honestly the workflow has gotten so much smoother than it used to be. Let me walk you through what actually works because there’s a lot of outdated advice floating around. Setting Up Your Canva Account for […]
Okay so Canva is basically gonna be your best friend for KDP covers and interiors, I’ve been using it since like 2018 and honestly can’t imagine going back to the Photoshop days even though some people swear by it. First thing you need to know is get Canva Pro. I know, I know, everyone wants […]
Okay so the front cover is obviously where everyone starts but honestly the back cover is where I see most people completely drop the ball and it’s such a wasted opportunity because like… Amazon actually shows both in the preview now so you gotta think about them together. Let me back up. Front cover first […]
Okay so here’s the deal with KDP covers – I literally spent like three months testing different designs last year and lost probably $800 on covers that just tanked, so lemme save you that headache. The Thumbnail Test Nobody Actually Does First thing, and I cannot stress this enough, your cover needs to work at […]
okay so here’s what actually works for KDP covers in 2026 So I just updated like fifteen covers last month and the difference in click-through rates was honestly kinda wild. The thing nobody tells you about Amazon book covers is that you’re designing for a thumbnail that’s literally 120 pixels tall on most mobile screens. […]
Okay so here’s the deal with KDP covers – I literally just finished uploading three new notebooks last night and realized my cover approach has completely changed from when I started seven years ago. The Size Thing Nobody Gets Right Your cover needs to be 2560 x 1600 pixels minimum for Amazon. But here’s what […]
Okay so I’ve been deep in the Amazon KDP trenches since like 2017 and honestly the platform has changed SO much in just the past year that I had to completely rethink how I approach digital publishing. Let me just dump everything that’s actually working right now because the old playbooks are basically useless at […]
Okay so the colouring book market on KDP is honestly still pretty solid but it’s way different than it was like 3-4 years ago. I was just looking at my sales dashboard yesterday while my cat was walking across my keyboard and I noticed something interesting about seasonal patterns that I’ll get to in a […]
Okay so I just pulled the 2026 data from my dashboard last week and the category shifts are kinda wild compared to what was working even six months ago. Let me break down what’s actually selling because everyone keeps asking me about this. The Big Picture Nobody’s Talking About First thing – and this is […]
Okay so I just uploaded three new planners last week and two of them are already ranking on page one for their keywords, which is kinda wild because the competition looked brutal at first glance. Here’s the thing about low content books on KDP – everyone thinks it’s saturated but they’re looking at the wrong […]