I hope this video helps you on your publishing journey in 2024! As mentioned I think Creative Fabrica is a fantastic resource for fonts, images and KDP interiors. Get the best discount possible by using my referal link www.creativefabrica.com/ref/2717942/
@niki-mars95511 ай бұрын
I can't tlek to you how helpful this video has been. I've been searching trying to find a video that explains the actual publish process. Thank you so much!
@selfpublishingempire11 ай бұрын
@@niki-mars955 My pleasure! Glad you found it useful.
@willahill849610 ай бұрын
This information was very useful.
@MonikaLemp2 ай бұрын
Thank you very much for this excellent, clear and well-presented how-to video. Definitely helped ease the worries I have about this new (to me) process of printing books. As a designer, I usually work with printers directly which leaves me with more control over the project. This video gave me some of the straight answers and examples I needed. Thank you again!
@Dean-q2u2 ай бұрын
Very genuine video. Thorough and useful/quality content. You are the real deal, I appreciate that you're really helping others and are not a scammer. Thank you very much!
@selfpublishingempire2 ай бұрын
Thank you that's what I'm trying to do with the channel :) show an honest journey from side hustle to hopefully full time income.
@nathalie0327ify Жыл бұрын
¡Gracias!
@selfpublishingempire Жыл бұрын
Gracias! :)
@paulturke2055 ай бұрын
Very helpful, and presented nicely. Thank you.
@AlastairBrowne4 ай бұрын
I admire his honesty.
@beansbeans40793 ай бұрын
So incredibly helpful and in depth. Thank you will be following this guide for sure
@sylviecaron68698 ай бұрын
Thank you! Very good information for somebody like me who is totally new! 🙂
@selfpublishingempire8 ай бұрын
You're so welcome!
@Bernhardseifert17 күн бұрын
Thank you!
@AmberCrowley9 ай бұрын
Great video thank you!
@selfpublishingempire9 ай бұрын
Glad you liked it!
@SigmaPMConsulting-i4w4 ай бұрын
Great video; well narrated!
@sandrabush12324 ай бұрын
This was an excellent presentation. Exceptionally good for beginners such as I. The steps were presented in an easy to follow and understand way unlike so many tutorials that seem geared to the understanding of experienced techies. Can't thank you enough! Blessings.
@selfpublishingempire4 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful, I've got a playlist for beginners which will hopefully help as you get to grips with it all!
@NikNicOnNYC6 ай бұрын
Thank you! What an amazing video!
@1029ha16 күн бұрын
Very helpful! Excellent video. This is the first video I have ever watched and commented on, as I have no time… but I thought I wanna do this here because it is exceptionally clear genuine and useful. Would like to contact you to assist me with the coming steps I am planning for my book. Let me know if there is an email address I can use. Thanks.
@selfpublishingempire16 күн бұрын
Glad it was helpful. You can contact me over on my website at publishwithme.com
@Handler-e4e7 ай бұрын
Thank you for this walkthrough! I had a writer approach me to illustrate her picture book, but it seems like she would have all the sales information, and I would just have to take her word for it. I think I'll just publish my own picture books 😅
@selfpublishingempire7 ай бұрын
Yeah once you figure out how to self publish it can be really rewarding! :).
@drdehailey7 ай бұрын
Thanks . . . good information.
@conniemallon54215 ай бұрын
Thanks helped me greatly
@lilibethvilella7 ай бұрын
Published a book on finding wholeness after divorce called “THE SUN ALWAYS PIERCES THROUGH” 🌳☀️
@selfpublishingempire7 ай бұрын
What a great idea for a book. Make sure to utilise things like tiktok as I'm sure there's a lot of people out there it could help:)
@mwj53686 ай бұрын
Wow great title, plus you will hit on a lot of universals with many!
@jillrossiter87574 ай бұрын
really helpful, but I have a lot to learnxxx
@michaelimoleme30716 ай бұрын
Thanks a lot for your eye-opening video on Amazon KDP self - publishing. I really enjoyed it. I have problem getting my book pass the review stage. The very first work book I submitted for Amazon review passed the test and was published by Amazon. After a day or two, it was blocked. Since then, I have submitted two workbook for review, and were equally blocked . What do I do?
@selfpublishingempire6 ай бұрын
What reason did Amazon give? Id usually assume quality issues or copyright issues?
@olgaadams746Ай бұрын
Need a touch of clarification please. For a novel, do I need special formatting program like Bolt Bolt or canva?
@selfpublishingempireАй бұрын
Nope, you can publish with word! if you want to publish an ebook you just need to download Kindle Create and adapt your book using that software :)
@curran854 ай бұрын
Great presentation thanks, I'm just starting to think about this as I've just finished my first book. What kind of money do you get for publishing a book??
@selfpublishingempire4 ай бұрын
Depends on how many you sell 😉😅
@tradingrules2228Ай бұрын
At 16:21 - I owned the Copyrights. Do you need to register the KDP ebook somewhere or as long as you have used your own text and commercial usage allowed items, one can simply choose I own copyrights tab ?
@selfpublishingempireАй бұрын
Nope, just select you own the copyrights :)
@tradingrules2228Ай бұрын
@@selfpublishingempire Thank you
@hotproducts4223 ай бұрын
Please make a video how to make low content and medium content books
@selfpublishingempire3 ай бұрын
I've already made some, have a look through my videos. Latest one is on how to make activity books!
@edrigg678 ай бұрын
Thank you. Very helpful. I am writing a novel with two or maybe three planned sequels. After downlading my first novel into Amazon KDP can I make editing changes and iclude chapter headings and add correct page numbers etc. Also can I add information about the sequels and planned launch dates?
@selfpublishingempire8 ай бұрын
Yes you can update an already published book, just edit and re-upload the manuscript. A note that if this changes the page length, you'll need to remake the cover in the correct dimensions.
@zacharyjames80268 ай бұрын
I appreciate the info, it's been very helpful. I was just wondering about the book cover/wrap. I've hired a friend to do the book cover and we've already settled on a design for the front. I didn't realize that I'd also need him to do the spine and back but I don't think that should be an issue as he's a talented artist and has done artwork for people's books in the past. I was curious about the information about the book on the cover itself, mainly on the spine and the back cover. Is that all info that I should give to him to add or is that information I add in the KDP program? Again, thank you so much for the info!
@selfpublishingempire8 ай бұрын
If it's an ebook you just need the front cover, if a paperback then you need the wrap :). Go to kdp cover calculator for the dimensions and you can include whatever you want really on your book cover! But there are industry standards that most follow... And yes that all needs to be on the cover by your designer as a printable pdf file
@adebayosamuel92754 ай бұрын
This is really a comprehensive tutorial on Amazon kpdp, pls, I want to know if it's possible to publish textbook on Amazon kdp, thanks
@selfpublishingempire4 ай бұрын
Yes it might end up expensive but definitely a possibility. If you know how long it'll be use the Amazon royalty calculator to find out what price point you'd need to place it at.
@idatong9764 ай бұрын
Thank you for a clear instruction. It's my first time and I spent the whole day on the process. Finally everything went through, but after going through all the bank info, it got disconnected itself. What should I do besides doing it all over again? Please give me advice. Thanks in advance. Ida
@selfpublishingempire4 ай бұрын
What do you mean disconnected? :(. Sounds like you need to do it again perhaps
@idatong9764 ай бұрын
@@selfpublishingempire Thanks, it keeps asking me to do the same thing, to update my bank info, which I have done it already, over and over again. I couldn't go back to press the "publish" button.
@selfpublishingempire4 ай бұрын
Have you done the tax info form? If not till that in, might just take some time
@idatong9764 ай бұрын
@@selfpublishingempire yes I did. Should I go to my Amazon account that I created for this process? Would all my info and download of my book still there? Or I have to start everything from scratch? Thanks.
@selfpublishingempire4 ай бұрын
Not 100% sure of the issue so just make sure your account is all set up, bank details entered, tax interview completed and then go to Amazon kdp sign up, go to the bookshelf and create a book. Enter the info and upload your manuscript (which should be on your computer so no need to download from amazon?) and cover . If there were errors before the book should be in draft state and you can edit.
@idatong976Ай бұрын
Hi there, you've helped me through this video to self-publish my first book in Aug/Sept. I'm trying to do a second book for the last two days and I'm running some problems. Perhaps, I didn't start with a proper protocol, I really don't know. The problem is that the system won't let me approve my manuscript and formatting. One of the warning tag says: "It looks like you've made some changes to your manuscript or book cover. Please preview and approve these changes before continuing." No matter how many times I preview and correct, it won't let me approve.... any suggestions? Please help. Thank you in advance! Ida
@selfpublishingempireАй бұрын
Normally Amazon says that when you've changed something and not clicked preview again to review your manuscript before going to the next page. If it's not that try a different browser.
@idatong976Ай бұрын
@@selfpublishingempire Thanks, I'll do that.
@birthrighttrainingacademy5534 ай бұрын
Thank you. Very helpful info. I am a published author of 2 books (Random House) which are sold on amazon. And I really want to get into self publishing on Amazon. Do you know if this will impact me in any way? or can I leverage off this? Susan
@selfpublishingempire4 ай бұрын
I think you'll be absolutely fine. If you were to publish under a new pen name then there's not really any conflict and/or benefit really. If you wanted to use the same author name, liklihood is that you wouldn't be able to link to the two trad published books, but people may find you by searching for your name - I'd just check any contracts to make sure you're allowed to do so!
@birthrighttrainingacademy5534 ай бұрын
@@selfpublishingempire Many thanks for your prompt reply. Much appreciated.
@mwj53686 ай бұрын
Hi! Thanks for a very nice presentation! Your books look fantastic! I have a lot to do before I release my trilogy via "Rapid Release" and I want to have all three with front and back covers. My front covers I had a pro design, but can't afford back covers and must design my own and the spines. I want POD in paperback and hard cover. The ideal for me is get all three books ready but not publish for a while and keep them in reserve. I'm not sure how long it will take to make my own author/musician website. I'm thinking its better to have a website than just an author page on Amazon, right? Also how can I get all three books ready but not set a date? If I set a date then there's pressure to get all ready in time and I don't want that. Plus I will leave with copies of Book One to give to relatives on a 650 mile bicycle trip to visit them and also get three gift shops to sell copies and maybe newspaper and radio interviews on the way. I want to have a sign on my bike noting "Author Selling his book!" or the like. I want to get things ready and publish in reasonable time but in my newbie case there are a lot of unknowns. . Does KDP allow for that kind of situation? AI read my whole trilogy but did nothing but praise my story all the way except ChatGPT said to shorten some of my lengthy dialogue at the start of my Book One. AI didn't do any editing, grammar... nothing else. Is ChatGPT designed to only praise writer's stories, or will the be critical when necessary? If ChatGPT likes my story very much does it mean my story is actually good? Do I have to say AI helped me with my story? I wrote my trilogy entirely by myself with comments from free lance editors and several beta readers. Any input from anybody is much appreciated!
@gladysp63236 ай бұрын
Very informative video..thank you. I am hoping to self publish a non fiction book on health coaching in the next couple of years, with the view to also marketing paper back copies in a shop outside UK. I am certain I will go the KDP way but was wondering if there's a best way forward to print the actual copies ? How do I engage a printing company to print once I go with Amazon? Any advice will be most welcome pls.I am a little green in this area😊 Thanks
@selfpublishingempire6 ай бұрын
Thanks! There's two main routes. 1/ Self Published through Amazon KDP. Thjey supply an ISBN for free and you sell only on Amazon (for the majority) and whenever a purchase is made Amazon print it in their warehouse and ship it, and they take a fairly decent royalty for that. 2/ Buy your own ISBN and then print via a third party like Ingram Spark who also help with distribution and then sell 'wide' - on Amazon and other areas. 3/ If you're looking for physical copies to sell on and not worried about distribution, I'd google and get quotes from people and get a sample done :)
@gladysp63236 ай бұрын
@selfpublishingempire Thank you very much for the breakdown.
@strangedean4 ай бұрын
Great video, thanks. If my paperback has just 6 pages of photos of 172, can't I get the writing in cream? do I have to pick white so photos are colour?
@selfpublishingempire4 ай бұрын
Sorry Dean I don't completely understand the question... If you want to only have a few pages colour and the rest black and white, I think it still needs to be a colour book (which is more expensive) - if that helps at all? Else if it's between cream and white, you can choose cream and still have colour I believe?
@tjules77 ай бұрын
Great video. How do I go about uploading pictures of the book if the book is not yet created?
@selfpublishingempire7 ай бұрын
Thank you! Where are you looking to upload pictures of the book to? If for Amazon a+, then you'll need to wait until the book is finished and uploaded to amazon
@beaupillarvids6 ай бұрын
Thank you for this informative video. Does anyone know if there's a threshold for what is considered "low content?" I'm working on a book in which I've created illustrations and original quotes that are placed throughout the book (sort of a motivational ledger of sorts), but other than that, it IS a book to be filled out by a user (it has pages and pages of blank lines). So despite my content additions, is it still just a "low content" book and therefore, in the Amazon upload process, it MUST be indicated as such?
@selfpublishingempire6 ай бұрын
yes that's still low content (unfortunately :))
@ecomandelse959611 ай бұрын
Awesome video. Can I self publish on my own website and also have it publish on Amazon? Is there a way I can advertised my own website on the book I publish on the Amazon website? Can I put the buying options as 1. direct from me or 2. Amazon and out both options on my website?
@selfpublishingempire11 ай бұрын
Double check the terms of service but as long as its not an ebook in kindle unlimited i believe you can sell on your website as well :). The only thing is you’d need to print it somehow yourself if not selling through amazon (eg ingram spark)
@hotwheelskingbrazil85822 ай бұрын
Hi I’m having a hard time for do the físicas book never fit the pages can you help me
@bhavnatomar40403 ай бұрын
If I want to add my affiliation where can that be added? As I'm currently working at a University and want to reflect it as one of my research progress at the University also. Please advise.
@selfpublishingempire3 ай бұрын
You can add Contributors when uploading but sounds like you just want to include them upfront in your book
@AlexiGropper8 ай бұрын
How do we create a formatted manuscript? Is there a curtain format we should be using ?
@selfpublishingempire8 ай бұрын
make sure to look through Amazon's KDP guidelines as to what's expected/accepted and then you'll need to use a program, either free like Canva or paid like Book Bolt/Adobe InDesign to format and export your manuscripts in the correct formats/settings :). If you're just writing a book then Word will be fine too.
@jahidjohny11 ай бұрын
nice
@bhavnatomar40403 ай бұрын
Hey, What if we are 2 authors working on one book. will both the names be mentioned on the book cover?
@selfpublishingempire3 ай бұрын
Add them both on the book cover, but you'll need to add one author name and then the other as a contributor.
@robertsandoval7917 ай бұрын
Thank you, if you no longer have a paid subscription to Creative Fabrica, do you lose your copyright license for a product that was published when you were a paid subscriber? Thanks!
@selfpublishingempire7 ай бұрын
Yes, double check the subscription type but from the rights FAQ you can "Keep selling products after you cancel your subscription. For example, you are allowed to keep selling existing "Quotes / Banners / Shirts / etc" that you created while you had an active subscription."
@ross95805 ай бұрын
Is it possible to offer paperback only? I realize it's unusual to forgo ebook sales.
@selfpublishingempire5 ай бұрын
Yes you can chose to do either paperback or ebook (or both)
@Golemofstone Жыл бұрын
Hi, great video, just one question on the name section. I've seen a lot of note books that have "Insert niche name here" (e.g Kawaii characters) NOTEBOOK : (then the subtitle etc) but the only WORD on the cover is NOTE BOOK although it has Kawaii images on the cover. My question is if i start out in Journals etc is it ok to have the COVER text just state Journal while the cover design has the images of whatever niche im targeting (As i seem to be finding on amazon) and to have the Description name be for example Kawaii Character Journal : A cute daily journal of my thoughts, Or would that cause problems? Sorry if this seems a no brainer but i don't want to cause issues before i even beggin, Thanks :)
@selfpublishingempire Жыл бұрын
Yeah I’m sure that’ll be fine as it you’re describing the product for customers :)
@Golemofstone Жыл бұрын
Thanks for helping to clear this up for me, and anyone else who may have the same thoughts. Thanks again and, Hope you have a great Newyear@@selfpublishingempire
@selfpublishingempire Жыл бұрын
@@Golemofstone Happy new year to you too! And good luck with your book sales!
@denisedeakins482811 ай бұрын
Hi, I was using Canva's free elements to create my KDP books, which I understood was fine as long as you modify and make you own design from them which is what I did. however, I've just seen videos from a few months ago saying that we can no longer do this as we have to tick the copyright box when uploading our book. Can you confirm this is the case as I have just been creating another book with Canva elements. Thanks :)
@selfpublishingempire11 ай бұрын
Sorry I can’t be more helpful on this, I don’t use Canva! But I’d recommend reading through their usage guide and maybe google where those elements come from to make sure you have tights to those elements!
@denisedeakins482811 ай бұрын
Thanks for your reply :) I'm now getting the impression from a couple of other videos I have seen that the problem is with using Canva's paid elements. The Free ones may be ok to use.@@selfpublishingempire
@dansjourney53154 ай бұрын
So i have a kids book the has a total of 16 pages inside I need a minimum of 24 pages how do I get this to 24 pages any ideas?
@selfpublishingempire4 ай бұрын
Unfortunately the best answer is add more pages. If it was say 2 pages short you could pad it out
@dansjourney53154 ай бұрын
All done added a few Activity pages at the end so it's now in review
@MarlenaBooks7 ай бұрын
I'm new to Amazon KDP and I have made a series of 30+ coloring books around one niche. But I and I have made over 50 color books total in different niches. And today I decided to upload my very first one on Amazon KDP and I can't get the cover page correct. 😢 I'm so discouraged.
@selfpublishingempire7 ай бұрын
Well done on creating the books that's awesome and the hard part! Go to kdp cover calculator to find the exact specs for your cover and then it should be relatively plain sailing, especially once you've made one!
@MarlenaBooks7 ай бұрын
@@selfpublishingempire ya I figured it out yay 😁 now I can load all the other coloring books I made. All are kawaii but hopefully some of mine stand out in the crowd 😉
@selfpublishingempire7 ай бұрын
@@MarlenaBooks Woop woop! Focus on crafting good quality covers and do your keyword research for each book :)
@sarahsule68297 ай бұрын
Can i advertise my publish book on my social media account?
@selfpublishingempire7 ай бұрын
Of course :). Social can be a great way to market your book, especially video content on TikTok/Reels.
@AlanAlanAlanDave5 ай бұрын
One thing that nobody tells you is that there is a minimum number of pages required for a paperback
@selfpublishingempire5 ай бұрын
Yes there is. All of that type of info can be found on Amazon KDP's publishing guidelines.
@LeeJackson-ur3mb6 ай бұрын
Publishing 2nd book but have no idea how people buy the book Internationally ie Japan, Australia/NZ, S. Africa etc and can't get answers from Amazon.
@selfpublishingempire6 ай бұрын
You just publish it to Amazon and it'll be available where amazon publishes self published books. Other marketplaces may take a little while to be available after it being approved.
@jobpreparationbd07 Жыл бұрын
I am struggling to get sales.. I have already published 29 books. I have got only 3 unit sold. I am working on this from last 6 months..Can you give me some free marketing ideas that I can implement? As a beginner I don't have much money to spend on amazon ads
@selfpublishingempire Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately amazon ads are needed from my experience to scale your business. So for now just continue with adding more quality books and lower competition niche research
@Bless1121610 ай бұрын
GST is needed to sell the own book in Amazon.. I am the author of book I have doubts.
@unregisteredaccount20 күн бұрын
no one is a little bit OCD - and OCD is nothing about being particular about how your book looks and saying this diminishes what a debilitating mental illness it is. Apart from that the information is good.
@selfpublishingempire20 күн бұрын
Thank you for the feedback, I'll be more conscious about how I use that term in the future. Thank you for checking out the video!