Thank you so much for sharing this. I am new at this and just getting a handle on the basics, but this will significantly enhance my product. 🙂

With all due respect, very good video and very good content, but, one small thing that differentiates "work" from "slavery" is the "payment for time", so encouraging people to work for a small business or influencers FOR FREE seems to me to be the reason why you should have hired a copywriter for yourself.

Thanks, Renee, that helps a lot.

Great video! do you need a video editor btw?

Love your videos! ❤

Hello Renee. I want also to start one book to sell on Amazon but i found all these websites that you suggested and others but i understand need a lot of money that i don't have to offer. I want to make one children book, i have an idea but i think i need a help someone to organize everything for the book because i dont know also how to publish. Can you suggest me something? For example the designrr need a lot of money in order to help me with my book ?, thank you.

I want 2025 the year to tell you... Happy New Year !!! 2025 !!! And thank you for the great video !!! 2025 to tell you !!! You Are Beautiful !!!!

Amazon charged me for shipping for my author copy, so the price came out to almost as much as the book. Also, I've heard that Amazon carefully looks at reviews. If they notice that your reviews are coming from friends and family (not sure how they can tell, but I hear they are pretty sophisticated in figuring it out), they will not list them...I know someone who had their reviews section shut down. Also, something to be aware of: if you have friends and family buy your books....they are more than likely people who don't buy the genre you're selling....say they are usually buying books on gardening, sports, etc. If your buyers are people who wouldn't really buy your type book, it can mess with the algorithm which looks at who is buying your books and presents it to people with similar interests. Just some things I've learned along the way....thank you for the video.

@Renee Clancy I was wondering if you might have template for the art boards/print ratios you show at the beginning? thank you awesome tutorial

Your videos on side hustles are really amazing I'm planning on starting something new now that my kdp side hustle is stable and bringing in passive income

I am halfway through my ebook and want to include info graphics and quote graphics. Should I include these things or just keep it simple.

Are you a Royalty Hero member?

I'm new as well, (This is Dec, and I started in October 2024), but dabbled a couple years ago because I really wanted to write a non-fiction book that I knew had a very small audience. I also really love quilting, and a friend offered me a spot in his booth where he sells T-shirts, so I was 'Sewing to Sell', but no one has any money - like no one bought at ANY of the booths, but there was a lot of looky-Lou's just wandering. Anyway, you have to get these things out of your system - it's like clutter clearing: There's no money in quilts unless I mail them (UGH), so my other love is writing, so I'm putting books out there. My novel (that I love!) has been on hold while I make books for KDP. I do study under Sean - who Renee mentions, although I'm not strictly following his plan yet - getting fun things out of my system. Sean doesn't say this, but I do like the idea of putting out five or ten books in one niche. I have a word search out, which is about horses and I have some horse social media following and sold a few organically. Nothing I've put out yet is something that I want to advertise, mainly because I have other things to do like my author central page, learn to make the 3-D mock ups, etc. I love BookBolt and Canva as well, and absolutely hate the Shape Word Search - very difficult, the training is in heavily accented 'Indian-British', and the guy is a horrible teacher. I'm about to give up on that, although the FB group is trying to help me, but I'm not the only one who can't figure it out. No refunds - because they know everyone will have a hard time. Shoulda known better than to buy that, but I thought I'd get in on a new type of word search. I'm sticking to the easier to use software like Book Bolt.

KDP blocks books in a few hours with only the statement that it can cause customer dissatisfaction (something like that) I had one book (word search) published but all others get blocked. Though the second word search book was made exactly the same way with a different niche using Book Bolt. What does it mean when they say it might cause customer dissatisfaction?

Hello Mrs. Renee Clancy.... How much big the field of low content book like composition notebook, blank lined book is...?? Is there scope to earn on it?

Well made video! I randomly had the urge to learn about maybe getting into this and this video was very informative!

Thank you for the thought you put into this video. Great start for 2025! 😊

You started your store in July of 2024. In that time you set up 73 listings and you've made 35 sales. That's it. Just 35 sales in 6 months. So, I'm curious, if this is such a fantastic passive income method, why isn't it working for you? Also, how do you have the audacity to post a video like this claiming it would work for others while promoting a secondary program (Alura) that certainly doesn't seem to be helping you get ahead?

Hi Renee..I have been getting on average 1 sale a day since 4 months mainly from Etsy ads. I turned off my Etsy ads 4 days ago and have had zero sales since then. I sell personalized name necklaces that come with a meaningful message card. Yesterday I had 20 visits and today I only had 15 visits to my shop. Is this because I have turned off the ads or is it because it is usually this slow as we approach Christmas considering today is December 23? Is advertising my products on Pinterest and KZbin shorts a good strategy? How do I increase views to my shop without Ads? I only sell to customers in USA. I would really appreciate your response, thanks!

This was great! So motivational. 💕

WOW i'm amazed by the kids toy channel success you're talking about!!!!!!!! I'm going to have to look into it.

Great video ! Thanks for sharing

Im going to give this a try! Thanks ❤

It sounds like me 🤣🤣🤣. It’s funny but not funny. The easier the better. I’m like you. I would not start with the easier one.

It’s great to show us what went wrong. It was such a small detail but I like this company. Ty.

Well I have published one book, I didn't sell even one book though... can you please look into it and give me some feed back?

Thank you Renee

Where is the checklist available?

Great video! Etsy has a 90 day funds reserve hold policy for sellers but I am aware that this policy is there for only physical products sellers. Does this policy also apply to digital downloads though if I am only selling products on my store that can downloaded digitally?

Thank you

still not lazy enough

Hi ! Thanks a lot for this useful information , I want to create my first colouring book , can you tell me in which app do you create this book ?

How do you feel about book bolt? Pros and cons? Ty!!

Im the big fan of Tom Clancy.. Clear and present danger...the sum of all fears..the hunt for red october.. Pls do keep the good work, Renee Warm regards from Jakarta, Indonesia ❤❤❤

Designrr has tons of BAD, HORRIBLE reviews!!!

Ebooks aren't over looked they are freaking everywhere smh most of em are a waste of $ you can google or youtube EVERYTHING I use free apps that pay me real cash daily

Hope your chanel will grow faster! Great content and well explained!

Do you think i will make sales if i make my ebook on Amazon? Can you suggest me and other things also that i can publish the ebook? Also this platform that you referred the design if i say right i think you must pay money in order to make you the ebook. Please i need help i want a lot to make something alone and to have a side hustle, thank you your ideas are amazing 🙂

Thank you, Renee, I am grateful for all your great advices but for me is unacceptable to give any of tools such power Vidiq requests: "Read and change all your data on all sites. Modifying the data you copy and paste.” In this case I say bye ASAP.

Thank you Renee. Much appreciated

Good info - thanks!

Hey Renee, thanks for sharing your niches and actual web properties. Not many are so transparent. Thank you! 😊

WhatProgram are you using to experiment with Ella?

FYI. Coco Wyo is a group of artists making coloring books, they are based in the Vietnam but their US presence is located in Wyoming hence the Wyo part of the brand name. They have recently applied for copyrights on most of their phrases such as "Bold and Easy" "Cute and Cozy" so be aware that any books that have those phrases might lose their books if the copyrights are approved and go live. They have also recently partnered with Penguin Books.

Another great vid, really enjoying the length of the vids too, can fit them in my breaks between work! Awesome! 😁

Great video! very relatable as i start my scary social media presence/ side hustle journey! I have finance background and in my 40s...it doesn't feel such a natural thing to do definitively outside the comfort zone! Others can feel a bit 'showy' I wanted to find a series i could believe & feels realistic. Keep up the good work & I look forward to more excellent tips & tricks!! a good day all! :)

Would you please put links to all four of the KDP Success Series? Thanks!

Book Bolt throws an error. It won't accept the "Puzzle #1 (Title)??? Says it won't accept symbols #( ). I can only use letters and numbers. Looks like you were able to. Is there a fix?

This video, and your channel, inspired me to start my own children's channel! Thank you @reneefclancy ! About halfway to monetization. Hoping to apply for YPP by Christmas!

Wow! What a valuable tutorial! I am so grateful for your generosity in sharing your experience and knowledge. Your pace is great and when I am ready to make my word search I will certainly follow along (with a lot of pauses 😂).