Okay so I just wrapped up creating another coloring book last week and honestly the whole process is way simpler than people make it sound but there’s definitely some stuff you gotta know upfront. The Basic Setup You Actually Need First thing – you need design software and I’m gonna be real with you, Canva […]
Okay so puzzle books on KDP are honestly one of the easier low-content niches to get into but there’s some stuff nobody tells you upfront that’ll save you like weeks of headache. First thing – don’t overthink the puzzle types. I started with sudoku because everyone does sudoku right? Wrong. Well not wrong but the […]
Okay so I just uploaded three new adult coloring books last month and here’s what actually worked versus what everyone on YouTube tells you to do. The adult coloring niche is saturated but not dead, which sounds contradictory but hear me out. The market’s flooded with generic mandala books and “stress relief” patterns that all […]
Okay so I just spent like three hours last Tuesday messing around with KDP’s dashboard and honestly the interface is way more powerful than most people realize. Let me walk you through the actual features that matter. The Book Creation Setup So when you’re setting up a new book, you’ve got two main paths – […]
Okay so KDPrint is basically Amazon’s print-on-demand service that’s built right into KDP and honestly it’s one of those things that seems complicated until you actually do it once, then you’re like oh that’s it? The main thing to understand is KDPrint isn’t a separate platform you sign up for. When you upload a paperback […]
Okay so the whole KDP and Amazon connection thing is actually way simpler than people make it sound but there’s some weird quirks you gotta know about. First off, KDP is literally Amazon’s self-publishing platform, right? So when people say “connecting to Amazon” they usually mean one of three things – getting your KDP account […]
Okay so Amazon KDP is basically the self-publishing platform that changed everything for people like us who don’t wanna deal with traditional publishing gatekeepers. I’ve been using it since 2017 and honestly it’s wild how much money you can make if you just understand the system. Getting Your Account Set Up First thing you gotta […]
Okay so KDP Direct is basically just Amazon’s regular KDP platform, there’s not actually a separate “direct” version anymore but people still call it that from the old days when you had the choice between KDP and going through aggregators. Now it’s all just KDP and you access it straight at kdp.amazon.com with your regular […]
Okay so here’s the thing about publishing both ebook and paperback on KDP – most people overthink it but there’s actually a specific order that makes everything way easier and I wish someone had told me this back in 2017 when I was fumbling around with my first planner. Start with the ebook version first. […]
Okay so the KDP and Amazon.com integration thing is actually way simpler than people think but also weirdly complex in spots you wouldn’t expect. Let me break down what’s actually happening behind the scenes. The Basic Connection Most People Miss When you publish something on KDP, it doesn’t just sit in some separate KDP universe. […]