Using AI to Create a Kids KDP Coloring Book From Scratch - MidJourney

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When it comes to creating and publishing Kids KDP coloring books on Amazon, AI is a game changer. If you’re not an illustrator or graphic designer you can now create amazing looking coloring book covers and interiors and do it incredibly fast. In this video I look at using MidJourney V5 to create the cover and interior images of our book and putting it all together using Canva and then uploading it all to Amazon via the KDP dashboard. What was once a process that could take many hours or days can literally be done in a fraction of the time. I go through creating a MidJourney V5 AI prompt that you can use to create your own covers and interiors in virtually any niche. Coloring books are a great book to publish if you’re aiming to make money online building a self publishing business.
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00:00 Introduction
00:39 KDP Coloring Books
01:52 Create Book Interior
02:14 Bleed Settings
02:35 MidJourney
03:00 AI Image Prompt
03:28 Prompt Engineering
04:38 Download Midjourney Image
05:02 Upload Image to Canva
06:11 Download Interior pdf
06:39 Create Book Cover
06:48 MidJourney AI Prompt
07:23 Upscale Image
08:02 KDP Cover Template
11:29 Add Cover Template
15:57 Download Cover pdf
16:16 Upload to KDP
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About this video - In this video I walk you through creating and publishing a kids KDP coloring book using the AI tool MidJourney and putting it together in Canva.

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[@animademachina2747]

I tried this except it didn’t really work as intended instead it gave me color and shading maybe it’s been updated since

[@yingle6027]

I've spent the last 15 years learning illustration on PS and am about to publish my first children's book this year. It's honestly devastating seeing people do the same thing with just a few clicks of a button. I feel obsolete.

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Don’t feel obsolete. The entire world is advancing. Change can be uncomfortable. But you and your creativity are still very much needed. Congratulations on your children’s book 🤍

[@yingle6027]

@@AJ-qm1ex Thanks, but I have a really bad feeling about all of this. AI will make us all obsolete eventually. It is moving so fast.

[@paulmarles]

It's not an all or nothing. Human or AI. AI is just a tool. My advice would be to start learning about AI and these tools and combining it with PS to create amazing images.

[@verbone]

@@yingle6027 I feel the same about photography and music. Currently, one of the biggest songs in the world is entirely AI generated, including the rapper and singer. However, AI is here, and we are only seeing the tip of the iceberg. We all need to adapt or figure out how to remain relevant.

[@yingle6027]

@@verbone Maybe a few will adapt but most people won't be able to. A lot of depressed people in the future with no career path.

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[@sherallgirvan5750]

After watching another video you shared educating us to KDP and publishing a notebook, I had an idea to use an AI image generator and have came across this video today and guided me in the right direction. Thank you for sharing your valuable knowledge and time to help us get started :) I am excited for the journey this year and only wish I had seen these sooner! Please know you're an inspiration!

[@FatBobby92]

I've watched a bunch of these videos but this one has been the most helpful and to the point.

[@TempleOvBlackLight]

So very grateful for the detailed walkthrough of the process and your time spent putting this together! Thanks so much!

[@paulmarles]

You're welcome. Thank you for watching.

[@drsmith10t007]

Thanks for providing us these incredibly informative tutorial videos. I just published my 4th book on KDP utilizing your suggestions, and I'm writing more books and doing more research as we speak! You are someone who is always making a difference in other's lives each and every day, and you ask very little from us, and we thank you for sharing your wisdom and experience!

[@paulmarles]

Thank you. I'm glad you've found the videos helpful.

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[@paulmcgorm4778]

Have you had many sales yet

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[@Basicskill720]

I learned so much from this video, and I'm grateful for the time and effort you put into creating it. Thank you for sharing your insights with us, and for inspiring us to think more deeply about the world around us.

[@breakfreemusicchannel2098]

OMG thank you so much! The details of your video is so amazing, very helpful and professional information. I was very nervous about uploading my first book, trying to read infos on Amazon KDP learning pages, but very confused still. Your video just saved my day! I’m saving your video to watch again! Thank you!

[@psilva7021]

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[@paulmarles]

Thank you and thank you too for watching.

[@TheFactNook]

and to you fellow Dreamer

[@zeej9885]

​@Paul Marles i am bit confused..i heard these Ai creating pictures could fall into the kdp infringement. If you coulf please highlight about the rules of using ai in kdp platform. Thouhh you have showcased which itself shows its ligimate. If you can highlight its dos and dont ...please.

[@icandivideos5743]

This is wonderful. I have just taken a giant leap forward, I used to create children’s books the old fashioned way with photoshop, you just saved me days and days and days of work!!! Thank you! I am subscribing.

[@mFarhanAk7576]

How much you're currently earning in kdp? Please reply to this so that i can get motivation to start 🥺

[@Tchiriklo]

Man, I discover your channel it's absolutely stunning. Best book creation tutorial I found so far. You got another follower🙏. Keep on posting.

[@paulmarles]

Thank you. That’s very much appreciated.

[@amberstreetfilms]

Excellent presentation. I've been binge watching a few of your videos. Always well done.

[@taproot.studio]

Made my first colouring book tonight following along with your video. Brilliant resource - thank you!

[@kevinl.9657]

How's it going?

[@ahthisisgood]

Good God man... You answered every question I had about KDP and self publishing. Amazing content and delivery. Thank you.

[@msfransiscawijanarko]

Amazing! Such a genunine and helpful guide! Well done Paul!

[@prasadjeevaraj]

Thank you so much Mr.Paul. One of the best tutorial I had ever seen about Amazon KDP. It was very informative and you didn't leave even a single step. I had seen so many videos but no one had ever shared these many steps and it was the best videos in KZbin. I appreciate your time and help. May god bless you. Once again thank you so much.❤✨

[@paulmarles]

You're welcome. That's very much appreciated. I'm glad you found it helpful.

[@lisafree9270]

Thank you, thank you, I've been trying for months watching other people. TODAY I ran across your video and within minutes I made my first book by the end of the day I made 5 books so easy. You are the best, thank you, this is going to set me up for a great side hustle for this close to (9 years) retirement teacher

[@paulmarles]

Thank you. Glad you found it useful.

[@TheDiligentSoul]

Have you sold anything?? Wishing you SO MUCH SUCCESS!!

[@workfromhome598]

Paul, thank you so much for this awesome tutorial! Love your channel!

[@paulmarles]

Thank you. 👍

[@diegoandradex12]

Absolutely a masterclass! Very well done!

[@ayoadeoladoyinbo9942]

Mr Paul, thanks for the innovativeness and privilege to learn through your works.

[@paulmarles]

Thank you. Thank you too for watching.

[@boxofficeafrica]

Thanks Paul Wish you could give us updates on sales of this beautiful coloring book I'm blown away Thanks once again Paul

[@HwCollins]

I have followed this video front to back to create my first book. The help that you've provided through this journey cannot be understated, and I can't explain how appreciative I am of your guidance. You've made a subscriber and believer in your word out of me!

[@paulmarles]

Congratualtions on publishing your first book. Glad you found the video helpful.

[@sanasarfaraz7349]

Amazing, you explained each and everything very clearly. Just loved it. Thank you very much for this video.

[@maniacobarcelos2593]

Just followed your video and I have manged not only to upload but also learned how to create ebook. Now just waiting for review. THANK YOU

[@silversurfer4195]

A wonderful tutorial. I was particularly interested in the Midjourney part, as I was familiar with Canva and KDP already. Thanks!

[@paulmarles]

You're welcome. Glad you found it useful.

[@operationmaster6846]

I’ve watched this video more than 10 times and it has been a great source of wisdom and experience. Thank you Paul for sharing it with us. I just published my 1st KDP book yesterday. God bless you!”

[@paulmarles]

Congratulations! That's great to hear. Well done. 👍

[@bob_gamer4249]

Do you get any response on your kdp book.? @operation master

[@operationmaster6846]

@@bob_gamer4249 I plan to do 10 Books then I will promote them. I think its so surprises if I can sale within 1 week after published.

[@operationmaster6846]

@@paulmarles It is an honor for me that you have commented.

[@bob_gamer4249]

@@operationmaster6846but you commented that you have already published a book on kdp

[@TheMarietaylor]

Hey Paul! Thank you so much for your tutorial, it is so fantastic!

[@jamiedowden6327]

Thank you very much, Paul. Excellent video tutorial. Loved the prompt suggestions which made life so much easier. Very generous and much appreciated.

[@paulmarles]

You’re welcome. Glad you found it helpful.

[@krzee_latina]

I made my first low content journal tonight just by following one of your how to vids. I can't believe I actually made a decision and just did it. Thank you for your guidance. You are appreciated! ❤️

[@paulmarles]

That's great to hear. Congratulations on publishing your first book.

[@HandMeDeals]

Any success yet

[@krzee_latina]

@@HandMeDeals just an email that it has been published yesterday. Woot! Woot! But not posted yet. On my second one. Lol.

[@krzee_latina]

@@TheFactNook thank you!!

[@vashdeos]

Congratulations on making that decision ! How is it doing?

[@BlazeShorts820]

Just spend probably 3 hours over the past few evenings making a coloring book, following this guide (very slowly, often pausing and going back) - but I now have a book on amazon. I'll give another few themes a go soon too. Cheers Paul!

[@fishmanc5357]

Any sales?

[@BlazeShorts820]

@@fishmanc5357 sadly not, but it;'s early days. currently working on a 2nd book

[@alvarvisted]

so far. how is it ? sales now ?

[@FaalloBT]

Please give us an update :)

[@sunrisedHorizon]

Update pls

[@HaleZeynepAgacan]

Paul thank you so much for your tutorial 🙏🏻 it's short, clear and easy to understand. I am doing a coloring with midjourney right now. Your tutorial helped me a lot ✌🏻

[@blck_techno7694]

Thank you for your time and effort. This is very helpful. One thing i have to add or suggest, you don´t need to open the image in the browser to get a higher resolution. The resolution stays the same. You can upscale one grid and right click and save directly from Discord. If you check resolution it´s the same as if you open it in a browser. This saves a little time. thanks again.

[@hoopinupnorth]

This vid is an absolute game changer. Thanks so much, Paul, for being so open to sharing your expertise, tools and processes with us! Bless up!

[@paulmarles]

Thank you. Glad you found it useful. 👍

[@TheFactNook]

I like that.. Bless up! Bless You hoopin

[@lifewidelearninghere]

Brilliant thank you. You'll love the new repeat function in MJ now. Just add --repeat 10 and you'll get 40 images at once! 😉

[@paulmarles]

Didn’t know about that! Very interesting. Thank you. 🙂

[@Gina0151]

Omg you’re kidding! I did NOT know that. Fantastic tip thanks 😊

[@inbloom2024]

Thank you so much! Every step was so thorough and well explained!

[@larrywagers6083]

It took me a month as I went on vacation for a few weeks. And only had to make a couple revisions for things I messed up. But I did it and published a coloring book on Amazon. I had zero experience and had never heard of mid journey, Canva or Amazon publishing. Next I'll need to check out the keywords video as this one was just for fun for me. Thank you for the info.

[@nesisnet1415]

Hello Paul and thank you! Everything seems so simple with you! I love it!

[@paulmarles]

Thank you. Glad you found it helpful. 👍

[@DblTapDave]

I literally queued up this video on a Friday evening after work, I was tired but I gave myself 7 days to get a real kids book in my hands. I was familiar and had access to all the tools, 4 hours later at 1:30am my first kids coloring book is in review at KDP, I go to sleep and 6 hours later my book is published on KDP. Thanks for the guidance, I did experience some errors as a result of some of the current KDP templates but got it squared out, by tweaking the custom template settings. Your videos were a huge help, thanks!

[@paulmarles]

Fantastic. That's great to hear. Glad it all worked out for you. 👍

[@kevinl.9657]

How's it going?

[@sy2yd]

Great video. I can finally publish my graphics from 1972 and of course that life story. Awesome teaching and sharing style.

[@4155abc]

Thanks SO MUCH for this very informative video! I like how you explain this step by step. Even though I have never done anything like this before I am sure that I could do this. Your explanations are so simple and easy to understand. If it wasn't 1:23 a.m. I would probably start on this right now.

[@paulmarles]

Thank you. 😆

[@Vincentianbeauty]

61 Years old and thanks to you can now publish my first book and journal on KDP - thank you so much for wrapping my head around it all.

[@paulmarles]

You're welcome. Glad you found it helpful.

[@ESL4Smartkids]

Thank you so much, I just published my first-ever book thanks to you and AI.

[@DarknessRising666]

The BEST BEST tutorial on youtube. VERY DETAILED. Thank you, Sir!!!

[@paulmarles]

You're welcome. Thank you too for watching.

[@JustmeBarb]

Thank you so much, I used your info to understand the kdp process. I love to play with ai generation commands, and you really can make some magical things - especially if you combine that with editing. I'm hoping my book ends up looking nice, it's in review now. I ended up doing Mystical Cat Portraits .... I know... I'm a dork lol. I have so many ideas. The commercial rights thing is so useful. I know I'm unlikely to make money any time soon, but it just feels great to make something and share it with others.

[@paulmarles]

Congratulations on publishing your book! Cats are very popular so mystical cat portraits sounds like a very good idea to come up with.

[@JustmeBarb]

@@paulmarles Thank you very much, no sales yet but maybe one day. I did also put up Kawaii Lovecraft Monsters that I like more than my cats coloring book, but it's still in the first 72 hours of the kdp review process. Thank you so much for the videos, it's been fun learning so much. 🥳

[@mohammedchowdhury5044]

​@@JustmeBarbhow is it going?

[@theresakidd]

Paul! I’m taking notes! I’m taking the leap! Just bought MidJourney for a year to test this out! Here’s to hoping it goes well! 😊 Edit: Well, shoot, Paul! I buy a MidJourney subscription and JSON decides he doesn’t want to deliver any more posts! Edit again: It’s back up already! JSON has resumed his job!

[@kevinl.9657]

Have you published a book? How's it going?

[@morrazzo4432]

Spending my half an hour of my time for Ur video is absolutely worthful! SUBSCRIBED

[@user-tj2wt4wq7x]

Hey Pual, I wanna say big thank you from Thailand. This VDO very informative and useful. And now I am subscribing. " God bless you!"

[@DrPawfection]

Thanks Paul. That was amazing. You may have provided an opportunity for me to work from home. I will be looking into your play list.

[@paulmarles]

Thank you. That’s very much appreciated. I’m glad you enjoyed the video.

[@kevinl.9657]

Did you publish a book? How's it going?

[@Teamshmo]

One thing I will say is make sure you are using V4. You can hit /settings and it will show you which version you are using. I find V4 works so much better. The current newest is V5 and it makes images look too real for these types of designs

[@restrelaxrain8191]

v5 is good for adults coloring pages

[@Dani_UK]

Hi, one stupid question- can someone of you please advise how long it takes for Midjourney to reply back?

[@Teamshmo]

@@Dani_UK like 30 seconds. It's really fast. Unless you're talking about emailing the company. I'm not sure their response time

[@Dani_UK]

@@Teamshmo Thank you for the quick reply! No I am not talking about emails. I am in discord and I am not familiar with it. And some how I ended up there. I have opened one group chat, called newbie’s and tried to type the basic command, but the bot is still replying to people, who asked one week ago and I still haven’t been answered

[@Dani_UK]

Just to update. Don’t kill the nubies 😁. I haven’t used the right command . When I get myself familiar with the user manual it start creating amazing results ☺️

[@LeeGoosen]

The best tutorial on books that I found on KZbin, thank you ♥

[@AmazingDiscountDeals]

Thank you Paul for sharing this wonderful video

[@serrakamanga]

It's like receiving life hacks. I've never thought of doing this but now that you've listed all these steps so easily it seems like such an achievable process because of your detailed video. Thank you very much for sharing this. I had to like, subscribe.

[@paulmarles]

You're welcome. Thank you for watching, I'm glad you found it helpful.

[@sheril8739]

Paul, your tutorial is amazing and easy to follow. Thank you so much for selflessly sharing your knowledge!

[@paulmarles]

You’re welcome. 👍

[@Latoxica717]

Much appreciated for this information! You explained everything so well!! Thank you!!

[@angelahoy3751]

this was the best walkthrough i have created a whole coloring book and created my kdp acct will do a preview tmrw and upload after i watch the keyword video. Thanks

[@thornbottle]

I had no idea KDP was so simple. I have created several childrens books with chatGPT which i am blown away by and will now get onto creating some illustration for it with MidJourney so I can start to publish it. My son already loves me reading the short stories to him so I cant wait to see if people start buying it.

[@TehBananaBread]

News flash: They wont. Normall coloring books are already pennies and people are not gonna buy AI books with wonky lines when books from like kerby rosanes are 10/15 books only.

[@lukaszl9542]

did you earn some money on it?

[@Gimboid79]

Hi Paul, thanks for the step by step guide, much appreciated. I do have a question though, is there a completely free to use AI art tool that I can use instead of Midjourney that allows me to keep the licence... normally I'd happily pay for such a powerful tool but due to a series of life altering events I find myself struggling (financially and physically), so I'm looking for ways to start from scratch and maybe get some pocket money, and at least this idea will cost me nothing to try right! Thanks for your time.

[@Frederick_King]

Thank You Paul, It Works ... You're a life saver.

[@jamieford4594]

Thank you so much! I appreciate the information and especially appreciate the step by step guidance.

[@louisd95714]

I already did this. Just about every part of my Easter coloring book and Word search book was created by AI, with assistance from GIMP. from the inner contents to the front and back covers. But I didn't only use MJ. I also used completely free AI generators from Blue Willow and LeonardoAI

[@Hilux52i]

Dear, i tried with bluewillow many times,but i couldnt generate image properly as coloring book page,if you can,give me prompt as example 😢 huge help

[@louisd95714]

@@Hilux52i Try Leonardoai instead. Thye still have a free account, and use Leonardo Signature with Prompt Magic. That would definitely get you where you want to be. I got a bit lucky with Blue Willow also, but it was a crap shoot.

[@paulmarles]

Great suggestions. I'll take a look at them.

[@dudeman0811]

I was under the impression Leonardo AI made images public, but playgroundAI doesn't. Am I wrong? Someone please correct me.

[@louisd95714]

@@dudeman0811 There is a paid version of Leonardoai where you can create private images. Not sure about Playgroundai, but in my opinion Leonadooai is so much better,.

[@Gaming13331]

Thanks

[@paulmarles]

You're welcome. 👍

[@ZavierClarke876]

I love your video bro!! Your instructions are super clear.

[@jonahque16]

Thank you for this video, I’m glad you showed up on my timeline because this video was the easiest tutorial ever

[@Happyartistry]

Hello, I'm an artist from India and I was looking for some videos on KDP and your video came to my suggestion. It was my first time watching your video, and I'm happy I found your video, I truly appreciate your efforts, you took your time and explained everything most simply as possible thank you so much , I genuinely appreciate your hard work. Keep growing❤️❤️

[@interestingfactszone6338]

Am glad it helped you. Watch more of his vids, they will take u a long way. Goodluck

[@paulmarles]

Thank you. I'm glad you found it helpful. And welcome from India! 🙂

[@TheFactNook]

Thanks for this, I was on red bubble 1500+ designs, 1000's of likes and follows, sales... then I stopped creating on Canva and got in on Ai... prolly last 100 or so was Ai designs, Then bam!! My acct was just suspended and according to small print , they don't have to tell me why and possibly my acct will never get human eyes on it, or help!!!! so NOW I am listening to you and spreading my work around. I am SO bummed, it was countless hours of work. Gone! Ai is too blame because all else was created by just me, myself and I. I got everything ready today and will publish tomorrow. A bit concerned tho' on Ai.... any words of comfort. Thanks again and best wishes... Oh can you do --no shading instead of , noshading,

[@paulmarles]

You could try -no shading if that is a command. Amazon has not, as far as I’m aware, said there are any issues with ai images. It will also depend on what images you publish. It is still possible to breach trademark with certain images.

[@supersuperwendy]

Thank you for this amazing information, you inspired me to create my first coloring book tonight! I created a super cute easter coloring book for all ages using the AI, wow the results are amazing!! It's under final review with amazon, hoping it goes live quickly!

[@indiaw812]

Thank you so much for this tutorial. It is so helpful and learner friendly ❤!

[@luckyfriday80]

I literally just uploaded a coloring book about 30 min ago doing this exact same thing with MJ and canva. It took me about 3 months (I have a full time job and a toddler lol) I appreciate your ar prompt hint, that's a good thing to know so all the result pages aren't square. Cheers!

[@annmalleybooks]

Congrats on your new coloring book. Having a toddler alone is a full time job. Well done!!

[@wol.wordsoflegends]

congrats, I wanted to ask is it safe to use Ai, as I saw some articles where it was written that ai images can be detected, so later may be amazon implement this and you lose your seller account(I hope not)

[@paulmarles]

That's great to hear. Thank you for watching. 👍

[@luckyfriday80]

@@wol.wordsoflegends I have the commercial version of MJ so there shouldn't be any issues (but the world is always changing)

[@UnknownUnknown-km3fz]

Congratulations ❤, did you made any selling after publish!

[@vladimir.zlokazov]

Thank you for the video! I actually had some success with AI-generated coloring books for adults. One book in particular is very successful in the UK. I've branched it recently into 2 more books to be able to run sponsored brands campaigns. One advice I'd give is to try different markets. This coloring book is doing extremely good in the UK, but in the US the success is moderate. For Germany I've made a German version and it is doing pretty good as well.

[@paulmarles]

That's great to hear. 👍 AI for both image creation and writing is incredible and moving along at a rapid pace.

[@vladimir.zlokazov]

@@paulmarles that's true. however I do find areas where AI is not performing all that well. For example it is not very good at generating very simple illustrations for children. It seems that the level of abstraction needed for that is not yet in the model. Also any complex machinery is still out of reach: try generating something as simple as a bulldozer or a truck crane. So I figure I'd just stick to things that AI is good at with AI and order other things to freelancers as usual.

[@cotch40]

May I ask -- are you using any AI image upscalers for your coloring books? Or are you just using the image direct from Midjourney to Canva? If you're just using Midjourney image with no upscaling (other than the native upscaling inside Midjourney) is the resolution good enough for print? You've had no complaints about resolution/definition? I can't seem to find an answer on ths -- just wanted to make sure my images are crisp and clear. Many thanks!

[@vladimir.zlokazov]

@@cotch40 I use image upscalers and recently - a vectorizer. midjourney's resolution is not enough for print.

[@guillermostein]

Excelente tutorial! Muchas Gracias, seguí todos los pasos y publiqué.

[@markleland]

Thank you for all of the information and going through the entire process.

[@Shibatacomposer]

Hi Paul, i spent many hours learning kdp and there were still many questions, but this one video of yours helped answer almost all of them, thanks a lot!🙏 I just don't understand how kdp approved your submission in this video if they have a minimum resolution of 300dpi, and Canva only saves in 144dpi, with the PDF for print option, or perhaps because you have a pro account and there is a higher dpi? Also, you didn't mention the CMYK requirement, because the free version of canva allows you to save PDF, only in RGB 🌟 Anyway, thanks alot again for this tutorial!

[@SusanGebbia-xb3bs]

Canva Pro allows cmyk downloads best for printing.

[@Shibatacomposer]

I know, I wrote about it above. I was talking about the fact that the author did not mention the need for cmyk and the fact that canva does not save in this format without a pro version.

[@BetterWay2Homeschool]

This is INCREDIBLE! I made and published my coloring book during my son’s sporting practice today!!

[@paulmarles]

Congratulations! That's great to hear. I used to publish my books at my son's tennis practie!

[@merianne]

thank you, i think i will make my first coloring book tonight. Always grateful to you!

[@paulmarles]

You're welcome. Go for it!

[@TyCarnivorousRex]

Did you get prompted by Canva to account for the bleed size? From 8.5 to 8.625? How would I know this if there isn't a prompt? Thanks for any help Paul

[@SisterSherryDoingStuff]

I've had KDP reject my coloring books with a full bleed, and they told me to change the size of the page . I learned this by making mistakes. Now I know.

[@paulmarles]

No, Canva didn't prompt me. You decide whether your page has bleed or not and if it does then you add the extra measurements. This video may help explain better: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJ2al6aofbCUfdU

[@igniteanoise]

Thanks. Question: The 80 PDF pages you created = alternating 40 coloring + 40 blank, right?

[@paulmarles]

That is correct. One side of page has the image and the other side of the page is blank.

[@risingdamp220gaming6]

Thanks for the super straight forward tutorial!

[@carmadariacompaniona4181]

Thanks for the easy to follow instructions!

[@joannewalker8219]

Hi Paul, do you need to upgrade the MidJourney generated images since they are only about half the size we need them to be for an 8.5 x 11 coloring book?

[@fixitladie]

It depends on the quality that you can live with. I personally upscale mine 2x to 4x to get crisper lines. It's an extra step and makes your process a bit longer. However, once you get a system it's not so bad.

[@paulmarles]

Thank you. I'll try that.

[@paulmarles]

As I understand it, opening in a browser before saving increases the image size too.

[@paulmarles]

That's a good suggestion. 👍

[@joannewalker8219]

Thanks everyone! Great suggestions.

[@somaansa939]

Awesome! Thanks Paul for making this KDP journey easier and interesting with all you share. I truly appreciate it.

[@paulmarles]

You're welcome. Glad you've found the videos helpful.

[@linnymanuk]

Thanks, very clear step by step guide....best i have watched.👍🏻

[@wac74]

absolutely brilliant thank you Paul.

[@hallofm1rrors]

You're a genius! This video was way more helpful than another similar video I watched because I could never manage to get the margins quite to be able to publish to KDP. I think it's finally time to come up with some coloring books to rake in some sweet passive income.

[@paulmarles]

Glad you found it helpful. 👍

[@piotrmol5472]

Thank you for this tutorial. However, I'd like to point out something. When you resize the image as you did in canva, you compromise its quality. Depending on the image, you may end up with a pixelated illustration after printing it through KDP.

[@TunedByJ]

How to get around this issue so it’s not pixelated?

[@RayoBeatz]

thank you for your time and instructions very to the point and easy to understand.

[@tonytooshort]

Wow. Finally someone whose not trying to sell me on their personality and wants to just give me some useful information. 🤦🏽‍♂️ Thank you sir! 👏🏽

[@flyingtreeagency]

Thank you for making this super straightforward tutorial Paul! Just hit publish on my first coloring book "Zen Garden Coloring Book for Adults". It's a fun process generating the content with ai.

[@rekahodossy6580]

Hey! Congrats! How is it doing? Any sales?

[@alexduina3726]

Hey Paul, your video are good and I do follow you from time to time, but here's a question: there are so many videos like yours showing easy ways to create coloring (and many more) books using AI in simple/fast ways; besides that creating a book is generally the easy part and selling it AND making a profit is a total different story - what's the point to teach others to make books using AI (affiliate revenue and subscribers building aside) when there is a concrete risk that Amazon KDP will be flooded with tons of new books created with AI while the demand will stay the same? How are we going to survive as authors in an over-saturated Amazon KDP market? How do you see this play out in the next couple of years?

[@jem9978]

That's a great question. The market was flooded even before MidJourney came on the scene, never mind now, lol. There are lots of KZbinrs teaching this method and they're just setting their viewers up for major disappointment.

[@paulmarles]

The issue of saturation is brought up in every online business - KZbin, blogging, publishing on Amazon. It's simply not the case. Good quality and orginality is not saturated. Come up with some great ideas. Everytime I go to the first page on Amazon for coloring books there are new books appearing and some I think wow, I wish I'd thought of that. I remember that blogging was saturated and dead in 2010 and KZbin in 2016.

[@markspence7220]

@@paulmarles Couldn’t agree more. I’ve passed many an opportunity assuming I was the last kid on the block, when time showed I was the early bird. 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@NerdysseusYT]

@@jem9978 Remember, most of these KZbinrs don't even publish via Amazon KDP. They make their money by showing how to publish, referral links, affiliate marketing, selling courses and so on. The Problem with Canva + Midjourney is that those tools are not enough to publish at a decent quality because you probably need to upscale the images and improve their quality by vectorizing them.

[@ug8512]

He's helping flood an already flooded market. (with lazy deformed "creations") Next 2 years, continues to saturate. Books sell for pennies.

[@cristinatri9218]

Thank you for this tutorial… I published my first low content book ever today. Thanks a lot. This video is just amazing, it made it possible.😊

[@paulmarles]

Congratulations! That's great to hear. 👍

[@ghostprinceanubis3650]

Brother, you've inspired me to do this and earned a subscriber. Thank you

[@arifhasan5479]

Will Amazon allow these AI generated images in future? How much sure you are?

[@wol.wordsoflegends]

same doubt

[@JonJackson-ex4gi]

Notice he doesn't click publish

[@HeyMcFli]

Terms of use in mid journey say you get the commercial license which means you own. Check out the fine print.

[@JonJackson-ex4gi]

@@HeyMcFli Midjourney's terms of use also say this regarding copyright: Rights You give to Midjourney By using the Services, You grant to Midjourney, its successors, and assigns a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, sublicensable no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce, prepare Derivative Works of, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute text, and image prompts You input into the Services, or Assets produced by the service at Your direction. This license survives termination of this Agreement by any party, for any reason.

[@zbalart6895]

How to be sure if Ai images are safe for my kdp account?

[@paulmarles]

By doing some research.

[@tajoorba8930]

Still not proper COPYWRITE LAW

[@_isDelta]

Make sense, i will give a try. Thanks Paul.

[@ginchajsable]

This is a good Video !! I actualy created one colloring book and published it on Amazon !! Just from watching this !!! Thank you !

[@melanieklarofficial]

But it’s getting these images from the Internet. These are images of human drew and it’s missing mashing them together. Don’t you have to do a reverse Google search and wouldn’t come up from someone else’s work?

[@paulmarles]

No, that's not how the images are created. It's not just taking a few images and putting them together.

[@mehdiidhem786]

It's safe to use ai in kdp ?!

[@paulmarles]

Amazon hasn't said there is an issue. Written content I can see there a potential issue but I can't see an issue with images unless your misrepresenting them in some way. But I can't predict the future.