Uploading and selling your comics on Amazon (Part 2)

[@Jack-gv3mk]

I’ve gone through honestly like 40 videos on how to publish my comic. This is the only one that actually helped and didn’t spend the whole time basically just trying to sell me their own comic.

[@ScottSerkland]

So Glad the video was helpful. Good luck publishing your comic!

[@ericmartin2740]

This was wonderfully helpful. I spent the past year working on my own comic and now I'm onto the marketing phase, so finding informative content like yours has been a godsend.

[@ScottSerkland]

Glad it was helpful! Best of luck marketing your comic!

[@Nash_Idaho]

I'm thankful i can learn this from someone who cares about their product, it seems like everyone else talking about Amazon print on demand are just in it to make money and sell their webinar course about how to get rich quick... Thank you for being genuine!

[@ScottSerkland]

Your welcome. Thanks, There are a lot of folks out there putting out garbage on KDP in order to make a quick buck ( to be fair some of them just don't know the difference between good and bad design) but I think we can create more quality products using KDP.

[@marshallboice]

Thank you for letting this creator see the deficiencies in his comprehension of these matters. This will make moving forward less like stumbling in the dark. I watched a couple with you before many moons back. I guarantee more views from me.

[@ScottSerkland]

Thanks! Happy to help!

[@AndreaMoreno-lg4kw]

Thanks so much for making this thorough tutorial! Very informative and helpful

[@ScottSerkland]

You are so welcome!

[@timfirestone9055]

Gratitude to you Scott.🙏

[@ScottSerkland]

Thank you Tim! It’s always good to know that you are appreciated.

[@_gesho]

Thank you for this! It was super helpful. I don’t know if you’ve recorded a video about this but it would be helpful to see a comparison of the quality of the books between self publishing vs Amazon PoD. Thanks again!

[@ScottSerkland]

Thanks. I haven’t done a video like that. Amazon is one option for self publishing, there are others but I done have as much experience with them other than for publishing comics.

[@franciscolagrifa18]

Thank you for this, you make it look easy, so I will give it a try for my graphic novel. cheers!

[@ScottSerkland]

There may be some trial and error when you first start to upload your books but stick with it.

[@mariodude345]

So I can't make a physical copy of the first issue of my 26 page comic because it would be too small for Amazon? That's disappointing.

[@ScottSerkland]

As of right now, unfortunately not

[@jaimetheone9150]

Add 24 pages worth of notes, sketchs, and jokes.

[@ccsartcrypt]

You can now but you will have to use premium colour which will cost more to print. You'll have to charge more than you normally would to make profit.

[@FuzzyDereck]

@@ccsartcryptThank you for this comment!

[@olatunjiridwan8061]

Great job, 👍, Must I be the one to draw the comics or is there a way I could publish comic drawn by another author, If yes, I'd love if you could create a video tutorial, You've earned a sub 😊👍

[@ScottSerkland]

Writers collaborate with artists on comics all the time. So yes you can write a story and hire an artist then publish the book on Amazon.

[@olatunjiridwan8061]

@@ScottSerkland thanks a lot 💙

[@mistersandy]

Being limited to only 2 internal pages that repeat is ridiculous and certainly a deal breaker for the BookBolt.

[@ScottSerkland]

True. I'm really hoping they provide an update for that oversight.

[@ronaldmcauley6607]

Thank you for this you make it look great but still got learn how to do it graphic novel

[@ScottSerkland]

Thanks. It’s a lot of learning and a lot of work making comics but if you need help I have a free course on my KZbin channel called Making Comics 101 that will help you.

[@mr.mikesart7111]

Very helpful

[@ScottSerkland]

Thanks!

[@Doginatank6896]

Thank you for this vid. I was wondering how this worked. Granted it'll be a while before I put this info to use, but I'd rather know stuff now than later.

[@ScottSerkland]

Glad it helped!

[@dark_nightwing_xl2797]

Hey hello, I’ve been watching your channel recently and I’m wondering how I can find any free cover sites, any suggestions?

[@ScottSerkland]

I'm not totally sure to be honest, the problem with free art for KDP is that so many others are already using the same art. Because I crate my own artwork I don't really know where to look, I would probably google free clip art, I imagine there are sites out there with libraries of resources.

[@enuendo19]

Hello, thanks for the video. I read the comments to see about printing comic books. Fortunately, mine is 28 pages plus covers, but for the life of me I can not figure out the custom trim size to set on KDP. Do you have any idea what you would put here if you were printing your comics? Obviously standard is 6.625x10.25, but the the comic is all butchered when I check the preview. I suspect it has something to do with the spine margin? Any idea? I have searched far and wide and I find it hard to believe I am the only person struggling with this..

[@ScottSerkland]

You're welcome, I wish I could help because my comics are single issues and I have yet to collect them into a trade I haven't tackled how to set up a custom comic size for KDP yet. I do know that KDP is super finicky when it comes to set up and everything is checked by AI. Unfortunately, there is no human who looks at the file and understands printing and why you would want to print something a certain way. It's all a bunch of trial and error and thring to figure out how to work within their parameters, it sucks!

[@corysievwright4813]

Thank you for this great resource. So, I can't upload my new comic issue #1 if it is only 24 pages? It has to be a minimum of 50 pages?

[@ScottSerkland]

That is correct, at least for Amazon KDP. Amazon did buy comixology so comics are on their radar, maybe they might roll out an option for printing single issue comics in the future.

[@corysievwright4813]

@@ScottSerkland Thank you

[@ccsartcrypt]

You can upload 24 pages now but to make a good profit for paperback you have to charge over £5 for it.

[@anishpatel1148]

Thanks for the video, do i wanted to have both Paperback and E-book do i need to submit to KDP separately?

[@ScottSerkland]

I think so, I know the front page layout is different for hard cover. I don't know if you can upload them under the same listing. I haven't uploaded any hardcovers yet.

[@BlueUniverseChannel]

how can i download without having my pages duplicated?

[@ScottSerkland]

There isn't really an easy way to do it in Bookbolt. It's good for creating the puzzles but I found I had to do a lot of work in other programs to get the pages as custom as I would like. I think I have to download all the pages and organize them in Adobe Acrobat.

[@TJ-spirit]

I have both a pen name and company name I was hoping to use. Could I include both in the book?

[@ScottSerkland]

Of couse, there ar no rules against doing that.

[@TJ-spirit]

@@ScottSerkland thanks

[@TJ-spirit]

@ScottSerkland how would I add both in the kindle details? Or would I have to manually add both separately?

[@TJ-cg8mq]

.. Just wondering Scott..., How do you sell digital versions on your website..?!?

[@ScottSerkland]

It depends on your web hosting. I use Squarespace which allows you to upload digital goods to your store. Although the file space is limited, if I have a product that is too big to upload I upload a PDF with a link to where the customer can download the files from Google Drive. Another option a lot of artists use is providing a link to a gumroad shop. It’s and extra step but it might be a less expensive option.

[@TJ-cg8mq]

@@ScottSerkland .. thanks!! Think this might be a viable option - haven't done anything substantial ie.. 50+ pages ..to warrant a spine..Lol

[@martin4u2]

Dear, Scott, how profitable is publishing comics in amazon kdp? Is there any metrics?

[@ScottSerkland]

It’s difficult for me to say. The books I sell on KDP are how to workbooks for creating comics. They sell well but I also do a lot of promotions myself. I don’t only rely on keywords and descriptions. My comics are only 22 pages so too short for KDP. When the story is done I will collect them all in a single volume and publish them on KDP. I think with comics you need to promote them yourself. Unless you have a unique niche that people are searching for like and instructional comic on how to do something specific.

[@martin4u2]

@@ScottSerkland Thanks for your reply! Once you collect your stories in a single volumen and publish on amazon, please feel free to share how it works out! Best success! :)

[@bridge1444]

Thank you. how much time does Amazon take to validate a comic book?

[@ScottSerkland]

I'm not really sure, If you mean, how long does it take for the approval process to publish a comic through KDP. It's 's about the same as any other book about 2 to 4 days on average.

[@bridge1444]

@@ScottSerkland Yes, that's what I meant. Thanks for this.

[@simonavdlb]

Is there anny option to publish manga (reading direction form right to left)?

[@ScottSerkland]

I’m not 100% sure. Theoretically yes you would have to design your book that way. The problem is Amazon are sticklers when it comes to thing they think are printed wrong and they might see that as an error and reject it. And unfortunately the approval process is all automated. I don’t think human eyes ever look at it. And there is no costumer service you can talk to when uploading and approving a book.

[@simonavdlb]

@@ScottSerkland that‘s sad :( thank you kind soul

[@mr.mikesart7111]

Where's part one on your channel

[@ScottSerkland]

I put a link in the discription, but here it is if you missed it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nILSapV_hLWnhtE

[@kaylenedawnbuteaufitnessbu2282]

Do you or anyone know if I can just get the ISBN # and have my book printed myself and just sell it on my amazon seller account? I've been selling used and new books on Amazon for years, and many times when the price of the book goes down, they de-activate my listing until I bring my price down to match the lowest. This worries me that they might do that with my book. Anybody know?

[@ScottSerkland]

You have the option to upload your own ISBN

[@davidanthonysullivan]

That 25 page minimum, is that a hard and fast rule or just a guideline?

[@ScottSerkland]

When I comes to comics I usually say there are no hard and fast rules but with Amazon KDP Yes they won’t print anything less than 25 pages (it might be more) otherwise I would have uploaded my single issues.