How to Publish a Hardcover Journal on Amazon KDP | Step-by-Step Guide + Exclusive Design Tip!

[@KontafaiTells-c5b]

You are so thorough. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

[@ivyhang5084]

Thank you for your very kind words! :)

[@ReadingsbyCassandra]

You have been the best with explaining how to do things in canva for creating an Amazon published book. Thank you so much.

[@esperanzacarino6673]

as always, great tutorial ! Thank you!

[@ivyhang5084]

You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@nabilff6415]

The most helpful channel and non wasting of time i really appreciate every information from you❤ Keep going you have the most valuable content for kdp

[@ivyhang5084]

Thank you so much for your kind support and comment! :)

[@seadd1]

Thanks for doing these videos! I wanted to do it for about a year, but finally managed to publish my first book yesterday and about to do the second, thankfully to you!

[@rajikannan455]

Thank you so much Ivy..The tip you provided is amazing. Some would actually gatekeep it but thanks again for divulging to your audience. :) :) :)

[@ivyhang5084]

Thank you so much for watching and I’m glad you liked the bonus tip in this tutorial! :)

[@dinniafriani4722]

Hi ivy, i appreciate your help through your video, all your videos helped me a lot, I've been a bit frustrated with all of this work, i am new with this,i have made some on canva and still not confident enough to publish my coloring book, i just added 1 my notebook on KDP and still on review, i have made some story books and also still not confident enough to publish, and i found your channel, i watched all your videos and learned a lot from you, thank you so much,

[@elenavelicinschi5426]

Thank you for your videos! Very informative and useful!

[@nasrinmannan1054]

Hi ivy thanks for all the tutorial 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@LisaCleary]

Thank you so much for all of your advice and helpful tips. Wonderful video!!

[@ivyhang5084]

So glad to hear- thanks for your kind comment! :)

[@adebayoskitchen8907]

Love your channel and content. You are a great teacher. Thanks.

[@ivyhang5084]

So glad you enjoy my content - thank you so much! :)

[@outdoorsychap3111]

Love the tips you shared.

[@ivyhang5084]

Thank you! :)

[@judemartin2878]

Great tutorial. Please make a video about the quality of the book. How it came out, I’m curious to see this too. Would have been nice to see in the video

[@ivyhang5084]

Thank you! And great idea on having a video to show the final outcome of my hardcover books :)

[@LynieAnnDelizo-n7m]

@@ivyhang5084 do they offer suede cover? or just paperback and hard cover?

[@PortokaliColoring]

YOU ARE THE BEST~!!!

[@chanhang3009]

Thanks again ivy. ❤❤❤ The videos

[@ivyhang5084]

Glad you like them! :)

[@mizwandizuandi-356]

Thanks Ivy, love your video

[@ivyhang5084]

So glad you enjoyed this video! Thanks for leaving a comment :)

[@PB-te4pm]

Another great tutorial... Thank you

[@ivyhang5084]

Glad you enjoyed it - thank you! :)

[@aleksadesignmtl]

Thank you very much for this wonderful tutorial. I have a question for you Ivy, could you make another tutorial on whether it is possible to: 1. Change the description of our previously published books on Amazon KDP, add or change keywords, etc.? If so, how? 2. Is it possible to change the name of the author of the books to a better and easier to remember pen name? Thank you very much!

[@shimanwaeke5822]

Brilliant video - but one question - how do we get Amazon to publish the back of the book in the images?

[@maria17933]

Amazing tutorial! It's the only one that helped me understand sizes and bleed with canva. Just one question: if we want to create the same book in different languages, do we have to upload the translated book and then put it in the appropriate amazon link (depending on the country)? Great canva tip for adding the quotes!! :)

[@ivyhang5084]

Thank you so much for your very kind comment! Really appreciate your support :) I'm glad you enjoyed the video and found it helpful. For different languages, you will have to publish as a separate book, but you can publish in all marketplaces if you want (don't have to limit to just the country where the language is relevant for). However, if preferred, you can also just select relevant marketplaces. This can all be selected during your KDP upload process. Hope this helps! :)

[@robynearly2098]

Hi, I just have a couple questions about when you actually make sells on your book. What percentage of the sell price do you receive & how/when do you receive payment? Do you get paid each time one sells or is it like monthly? Thanks for all of your help!

[@ethiocelebrities23]

Thanks 🥰 Can you do video about calendar on Amazon KDP.

[@ivyhang5084]

Thanks for your comment and suggestion! :). Do you mean a tutorial on a daily planner?

[@ethiocelebrities23]

@@ivyhang5084 Yes, a Daily planner

[@adebayoskitchen8907]

That would be nice to share

[@cherrildavidse2868]

So very glad that I found a fellow Canadian! Your videos are easy to follow, your step by steps are very clear and you are easy on the ears! Do have one question, though: approximately how much CAD do you spend on a monthly basis for the publishing tools?

[@ivyhang5084]

Thank you so much for your kind words and glad to see another fellow Canadian viewing my videos! :) In terms of costs, it can honestly vary. When people first start, they could have $0 cost (i.e. I designed all my books using Canva Free version initially). However, after a while, most people sign up for Canva Pro (as you would have access to more features/ elements allowing you to create better books), you can also sign up for keyword/ niche research tools (I use the Self Publishing Titan's research tools) to ensure you are picking the right niches and also for coloring books, I leverage Publisher's Vault, etc. However, if you are just getting started and trying to get a taste of KDP, you could totally just start off with the 30 day Free Trial of the Canva Pro account and then go from there (link in my video description). Hope this helps!

[@cherrildavidse2868]

@@ivyhang5084 Thanks so much. I was more looking at the CAD vs USD in terms of cost differential. For example, I subscribed to the Publishers Vault which is listed at $27 - not a bad price however, it wasn't until I got to the check out that I realized it was USD. I understand that the fluctuations in currency affects the price but I was kind of hoping for a ballpark idea. I am brand new to this and am really just looking for some concrete costing ideas. It is my intent to get the paid Canva but not sure if I should do it now or wait; same for the Self Publishing Titans.

[@riantesperance4696]

Great tutorial ! thank you so much, I loved all the tricks you showed. 💛

[@ivyhang5084]

You are so welcome! I’m glad you enjoyed it :)

[@mmschy]

Your video is very helpful, i am watching this from bangladesh. is that ok if i make book by using Adobe illustrator.

[@ivyhang5084]

You can definitely use Adobe Illustrator, just make sure to still follow Amazon KDP guidelines. :)

[@nasrinmannan1054]

Hi do you have any idea of affiliate marketing with pinterest and amazon please share your your idea on it❤

[@IkePaz]

do you have a contact us page for sponsorships or affiliate promotions? I want to send you full access to our coloring book AI software but can seem to find it on your channel.

[@mustbuyinamazon8453]

Thank you for your valuable and useful information. I would like to ask you for an answer about using the Canva library to create a coloring book. Will I get into trouble?

[@ivyhang5084]

Appreciate your kind comment! Regarding your question, please feel free to check out my other video here on this exact topic - kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3fGYZhtmpJ2iKs Hope this helps!

[@batikbyalmiracustomwear3269]

Thank you for your tutorial video, I have a question: if i choose no bleed , why do I need margings ? And if I wont do margings , how it s effect on inner pages?

[@printadventure1]

Margins are there to make sure your words stay in the safe space when it comes to printing and cutting. This happens if your book has bleed or not. If your book does not have any words and you do not use bleed your lines will not be able to reach to the end of the page. This is because of the margins. If your book has images and you use bleed, the images can reach to the end of the page but they are still restricted by the margin. I hope this helped.

[@ivyhang5084]

Thank you for your kind comment! Regarding your question, what @printadventure1 noted in their response to you is absolutely correct. :)

[@ivyhang5084]

Thank you so much for responding with your insights! :)

[@batikbyalmiracustomwear3269]

@@printadventure1 thank you so much

[@tariqmushtaq6417]

Very informative video.hard cover I will ry ms office.thanks

[@beyoncemuirhead7823]

Hello, I'm here watching from Jamaica, love the content. I have a question, is it only the paid version of chatgpt can you customize the pages?

[@ivyhang5084]

Glad to hear you enjoyed the video! No, you can generate those quotes without the paid version of chat gpt. Hope this helps!

[@beyoncemuirhead7823]

@@ivyhang5084 I know that, but the option to customize the pages I don't see on the free one, like when we type in the specific width and length that's necessary for the paper back and journals

[@allstarbury]

When we will look at amazon journals we will see hard covers journals have best sellers contain some specific photos even when coffe mug. They have mostly just 100+ pages with horitzontal lines and thats all.

[@ivyhang5084]

Yes, you can definitely make a simple lined journal as well that is hard cover :)

[@LynieAnnDelizo-n7m]

@@ivyhang5084 how long does it take to receive the printed hardcover journals?

[@قَناةسورةالبقرة-ح2ض]

Please can make a video on how to create ebook the same like you showed us the paperbook. Thanks

[@sharmilabarua4270]

Thanks Ivy for a good tutorial as always . Today i also had a question, when a book is published where does it first show up ,I mean on which page? If you have put the right keyword in the title and subtitle? Is it random ? The niche keyword has less than 1000 books. Hope to hear from you .Tia

[@ivyhang5084]

When you first publish your book, there is generally a bit of a honeymoon period where Amazon will show your book higher in the rank to see if customers would click/ buy. This information will then be leveraged to decide on your ranking after that. So overall, the more clicks you get and the more sales you achieve, the higher your book will move up in ranking over time. Hope this helps!

[@sharmilabarua4270]

@@ivyhang5084 Thank you for clarifying 😊

[@gildcosta8]

This was such a useful guide. Low Content AI can make low-content book creation much simpler.

[@karenvillapando4288]

Hi, do i need bank account? Because amazon asking my bank account, i can't publish my 1st book, because amazon said complte my account.

[@maria17933]

Do you know if the book is accepted with images in white, black and gray? or only black and white? Thanks!

[@ivyhang5084]

If you are printing in B/W for interior, grayscale images is fine too. Hope this helps!

[@maryamsimpson2040]

cool vids ivy(❤´艸｀❤) love em.

[@ivyhang5084]

Thank you so much! :)

[@mariemomof6200]

Hi Ivy! I just have a quick question for you. I have created a coloring book and followed your example in doing so. But since I have submitted it to KDP, I have gotten it returned back to me with the same issue with the cover like 4 times already. Can you please help me with that? I would really appreciate it!

[@ivyhang5084]

I'm really sorry to hear. I think the best way would be to contact KDP support through their live chat as they can tell you exactly what it is that you need to fix in order to get it published. Sometimes it is formatting issues or copyright issues, but they can give you more direct pointers for your specific situation. Hope you manage to resolve it soon and get your book published!

[@erwinmenesis]

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[@ivyhang5084]

Thank you! :)

[@farhatusman1818]

Hi! I am going to work on a picture storybook, and I need canva pro license. Please guide me how much it cost?

[@ivyhang5084]

Thanks for asking. Canva Pro membership is $120USD / year or you can sign up for a monthly subscription as well. However, you can also leverage my link in the video description to sign up for a 30 day free trial to see if you like it :)

[@farhatusman1818]

When I click on a pro element it takes me to purchase pro canva and price is 6.50$ . In this cost can I get canva pro license?

[@ivyhang5084]

If you have canva pro membership, then you won't need to pay for each element separately. you can use my link in the video description and sign up for a 30 day Canva Pro trial for free if you'd like :)

[@daron8982]

how do you weite the intetnal pages?

[@ivyhang5084]

If you look at the step on interior pages, I will show you step by step how to create the interior pages from scratch in the video. Hope it helps!

[@toptips4880]

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[@ruthra_creationtamil5716]

Hi sister I'm from India. All your videos very useful. My kdp account not verified india documents.pls help me

[@jevoox]

plz next video speak how to stay away and avoid using trademarke , copyright

[@ThePreppingArtists]

Question- how much does it cost to publish a book on KDP? I saw a comment where someone said it starts at $3,000?

[@ivyhang5084]

There is no upfront cost to publish your own book on Amazon kdp :).

[@ThePreppingArtists]

@@ivyhang5084 ok thanks. Do they take a percentage of sales or something? Sorry I’m really new to this and I wanna give it a go so I’m trying to learn everything I can so I can be successful

[@Texhnodroid]

I believe this person was referring to paying to promote the book.

[@ThePreppingArtists]

@@Texhnodroid oh ok thanks

[@lisamariewhiting-wr9yr]

​@@ivyhang5084I created a cover on canva and I am filling out my Copyright page. Do I mention them in the copyright? ❤

[@tany87]

Hello mam...I need your help.... Yesterday i run campaign for my books after setting campaign it shows " Your advertising account has been suspended due to suspicious activity We've suspended your account because of suspicious activity in United States" how to solve this...please help mam

[@ivyhang5084]

I’m so sorry to hear. Hard for me to assess what might have find wrong without seeing the details unfortunately. I would recommend connecting with kdp support via their live chat for support. I hope you manage to get it resolved! All the best.

[@tany87]

@@ivyhang5084 Thanks for your reply...I don't know why this happened. I contacted them and raised a case, and they said to wait for 48-72 hours

[@misbahkhan7873]

This isn't colored book so why choose CMYK ? And we are on canva free so can we still with rgb

[@ivyhang5084]

Yes, RGB is completely fine if you are not on pro account :)

[@judemartin2878]

Your cover file though should be CMYK

[@renee-yu7zw]

Have you ever requested a proof of the book?

[@ivyhang5084]

Yes, I have :)

[@leslie712torres]

The tutorial is amazing, BUT….I’m in SHOCK, that your profit is just .99 cents per book. Amazon is worst than Etsy🤯

[@ivyhang5084]

Thank you for your kind words, glad you enjoyed the tutorial. Regarding profit, that is honestly adjustable and you can play around with it. How much you can charge will depend on the type of book you are publishing and your competitor's pricing, etc. All the best with your KDP journey! :)

[@jivantruth]

Just for me, your voice is very irritating

[@leslie712torres]

If you don’t have anything useful to say, keep it to yourself.

[@jivantruth]

@leslie712torres Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but if you can't handle differing perspectives, perhaps it's best to focus on something productive instead of policing comments.