One problem I have is so many channels sounds like it’s easy to make money while they all know this is a long and steady process. So why don’t you get real with people and tell them what it actually takes to make it and keep it?
@meghapaul7662 Жыл бұрын
While their own income reports are missing.
@KindaLikeWater Жыл бұрын
I agree that too many videos make it sound "Get rich quick and easy!" But this one did talk about how this seller had a professional website done... paid for Amazon ads... created content for Instagram and TikTok... So, what real stuff do you feel is missing from this video? I'm asking because I agree that it's truly vital to know.
@JohnJ469 Жыл бұрын
I'm also concerned about the terminology. Shadow working isn't a "medium content" book. There's a lot of research and design going into it. There's exercises covering several facets of psychology so it's what I would call a "High Content" book.
@margaritallove9596 Жыл бұрын
EXCELLENT! It takes a whole lifetime, if it is based on your talents. 🌠
@lovefullexchange Жыл бұрын
If one looks back through this channel's content you'll see she gives a lot of real information typically in an authentic manner, not as a "get rich quick formula". She shares her research and that creators should do the same.
@AaronBraxton Жыл бұрын
I watched 3 of your videos back to back. I usually don't subscribe to many channels, but I found your advice so extremely helpful and inspiring that I had to.
@favoritesonline7 ай бұрын
I love this channel. She’s revealing golden nuggets.
@maxwell-cole Жыл бұрын
Fascinating fascinating video. Thank you for sharing this inspiring story.
@ArpTrivedi Жыл бұрын
Excellent as always, Catherine. Finding the right niche and supporting it with good air and ground cover, are key.
@AussieFiggy11 ай бұрын
Those tips on calculating royalties were really cool, thank you for sharing this!
@MoonGateHealingTao11 ай бұрын
Impressed. Inspired. Motivated! Thank you for creating these videos!
@RoxyanneYoung Жыл бұрын
I’m so grateful for your videos!
@SirGQtrader Жыл бұрын
Wow! That was such awesome information, a thumbs to you for your research. That is truly inspiring!
@TheTruthAlwaysRevealsItself9 ай бұрын
Also since she is offering this also in spiral bound is she offering this you think through Lulu? It's direction I am considering and curious your thoughts?
@TheTruthAlwaysRevealsItself9 ай бұрын
I was researching some journals and I did see some in color I know it would make it more expensive what is your take?
@MotivateMillions Жыл бұрын
Ha! I see you were also a child of the 90's! I too have the default postcode set to 90210 - it's the only US postcode I know.
@sheliawilson6716 Жыл бұрын
I noticed that as well!! made me laugh out loud! HA
@comeforaride Жыл бұрын
It's probably the only code she knows in US haha because she is British (Or Australian, my English accents detections has gotten very bad.)
@marciaperdue1553 Жыл бұрын
Very inspiring! Thanks for doing this video!
@srackley685910 ай бұрын
When you did the calculation you didn’t change the trim size to 6 x 9 inches so wouldn’t that make a difference?
@ascendmeditation134 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your always inspiring content!
@egpteho800410 ай бұрын
Very inspired. THANKYOU
@IAM-ni6hq Жыл бұрын
I have a book in my head that i rely did't know how to get out, and I just got a idea to do it! Thank you!
@melissap.9404 Жыл бұрын
How does the first example add a spiral bound to their kdp listing?
@goilo888 Жыл бұрын
Not just that, but how are there even ANY options for different formats? I’ve never seen the ability to offer that when I have uploaded books - you either have to choose softcover or hardback.
@mikeha Жыл бұрын
spiral bound books are not KDP, KDP does not have an option to have that
@goilo888 Жыл бұрын
@@mikeha Yes, I’m aware of that which is why I was questioning this, because we were told she’s an independent publisher - meaning she simply uploads to Amazon (just like I do) and yet here the listing plainly shows not one but three options for the buyer.
@Soxieaus Жыл бұрын
@@goilo888probably lulu, Ingram spark, drafted to digital one of those. She would not tick expanded distribution on Amazon and use the others for that, my understanding only, still a newbie
@bloomandfly6687 Жыл бұрын
@@mikeha but it is possible to print outside of Amazon and sell with Amazon FBA. so they just had to unit them for selling
@jetteejby1205 Жыл бұрын
What is it that make the royalty on this book so high? - is it just because of the price of the book, or are there other factors like ranking etc?
@appleorange805311 ай бұрын
So, what is a page? Is that one side or 2 sides of a sheet of paper? So, 132 pages, does that mean 132 sheets of paper plus cover, or is it 76 pieces of paper?
@colleenbivens9534 Жыл бұрын
Excellent video! Thank you! 🤩
@PrettyStar-j1l Жыл бұрын
great insight thank you!
@KindaLikeWater Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this encouraging video. I don't believe in false hope and rose-colored glasses, and I do love seeing the potential. The things I'd like to know about THIS case are: How did she determine that this niche was the way to go, and how much she had to invest up front, before she started realizing returns on her investment.
@brandonestelle9029 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing! Very inspiring!
@karenmcfarland3298 Жыл бұрын
As of today the first book is #1 and the 2nd one is #4! There are very few that could emulate this kind of success but that’s not to say it can’t be done. If you have knowledge or skills in something that people want or need to know about use that to create your books.
@andreadecandia5999 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video
@seopkim Жыл бұрын
question on this book - would this be registered as a low content book or just regular book given that she has prompts?
@YvonneK-k5t Жыл бұрын
I really enjoy your videos, especially this one. Yesterday, I was thinking about creating journals with prompts, quotes etc. and I decided it would be too much work 🥴But after watching this case study I will take a deeper look and give it a try... Thank you so much for the inspiration and motivation, I truly appreciate it. 💗
@alidhiea9209 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your helpful videos i love your channel, please provide us with some good more niches with a less competition because now days low content books are flooding insanely and we need something new ❤
@RandomButBeautiful Жыл бұрын
Very insightful video. Their marketing is extremely on point, they have created a brilliant sales machine. It's troubling though.. They are teaching people to affirm "I always get what I want" and calling that spiritual progress, mind blown! Amazing how rich you can get if you sell out all morals.. did they really have to sink so low as that in order to succeed...
@dawood121derful Жыл бұрын
People will buy any trendy notion these days. Wouldn’t be surprised if most are women who want daily affirmations. Yeah I said it.
@dawood121derful Жыл бұрын
I published 4 low content books in the last 2 days and when I tried publish a 5th, KDP informed me that I was at a limit. I see people on KZbin who have published 100-200 books in 6 months to a year. I don’t get why it’s such an encroachment. I had a really nice journal ready to go and I have no idea when I can publish it. Is there another POD site I can use where I don’t have these limitations and don’t need to build a website?
@Heart_Central11 ай бұрын
one video (don't remember which one) said that Amazon is limiting now that you can only upload 3 low content books/day.
@bogdanivanov2787 Жыл бұрын
"the shadow work journal" is trademarked. So be aware ladies and gentlemen.
@msvladyslavap Жыл бұрын
That’s insane 😢 it’s been a trend for years in various self help and healing groups, there are far better journals and prompts out there can’t believe this will be regarded as standard from now on
@msvladyslavap Жыл бұрын
Should’ve trademarked it as a basics or intro to shadow work instead
@RandomButBeautiful Жыл бұрын
there are mountains of shadow work journals on amazon, including many from before this particular one was created. And I did not think you could trademark a book title, correct me if I am wrong.
@bosslifebeauty Жыл бұрын
It's a Carl Jung psychology philosophy she did not discover it.
@msvladyslavap Жыл бұрын
@@bosslifebeauty 💯 shouldn’t be something that is so easy to trademark
@Swain137 Жыл бұрын
Hmm that's nice. However you have to be in certain countries right? Because some are NOT eligible for 70% royalties in the range of 2.99 to 9.99 dollars. Correct?
@saskatchewandave Жыл бұрын
I think it's 60%, that's what I get I believe.
@goilo888 Жыл бұрын
Not sure what you mean. The author can set any price they want. If Amazon set the minimum price of $4 for example you can sell it for $400. You won’t sell any, obviously, but that is a huge royalty.
@comeforaride Жыл бұрын
It changed in June. So she's actually making like $3 more now :-)
@comeforaride Жыл бұрын
@@goilo888 royalties used to be that 2.99-9.99 books used to get 70% royalty minus distribution/print costs. And $10+ used to have a 35% royalty rate. That changed in June. New royalties are 60% across the board minus fixed costs and minus page count (over 109 or so) or no page count cost (108 or less pages) don't quote me on page count but it's something like that. So she's actually making more money than she used to make before June.
@comeforaride Жыл бұрын
The cool thing is that she benefited from the royalty structure change.
@georgeeberle1119 Жыл бұрын
Cool video ! Thanks !
@Marco_A_4041 Жыл бұрын
Brazil, Alegria, RS, first video, very good! 🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎
@eileencarman9752 Жыл бұрын
Interesting content
@whathandleUtalkabt Жыл бұрын
That shaodow witchraft worked for that seller.
@BeeBeeBell Жыл бұрын
It is not shadow work as in occult. It has nothing to do with that. It is a self-help book and more closely related to psychology
@marciaperdue1553 Жыл бұрын
Not sure if it matters, but these books are both 6×9. Your demonstration for royalties shows 8.5x11.
@dawnatchison Жыл бұрын
KDP offers spiral bound????
@CoolerSchoolerPoetry Жыл бұрын
I have the same question.
@jillglascock Жыл бұрын
Nope
@dawnatchison Жыл бұрын
Thank you, that's exactly what I thought, now she's confused me lol @@jillglascock
@oneiceb5974 Жыл бұрын
Thank you
@markcandlin2635 Жыл бұрын
The TCK calculator you used is woefully inaccurate. According to it one of my books sells 165 books a month, I can tell you the real figure is closer to 74.
@lynda7406 Жыл бұрын
I looked this title up on the TESS and see that it has been copyrighted since Aug. 3 2023.
@delexiscomputronix2956 Жыл бұрын
Great
@ainara956 Жыл бұрын
Do you know how she was able to offer a spiral-bound option? I thought that was not possible with KDP?
@michaelsbeverly Жыл бұрын
It's not. There is no spiral-bound POD option with Amazon. Likely the books are printed in China and shipped to Amazon (FBA program). Amazon will link the same title together regardless of the publisher, for example, not many indies do their own audiobooks (some do, but not most) yet the audio book is listed on the product page along with the ebook and paperback. So, likewise, they'll put the spiral bound book on the same product page as the POD KDP version (analogous to the audio example above).
@TheTruthAlwaysRevealsItself9 ай бұрын
@@michaelsbeverlycouldn't a spiral bound be done with Lulu? I couldn't do FBA right away?
@Greatapp446 Жыл бұрын
Excellent video! Very informative. Thank you for creating it.
@CricketWebber Жыл бұрын
...and all with an interior from creative fabrica.
@TheTruthAlwaysRevealsItself9 ай бұрын
How is it all creative fabrica? I commented 6 months ago but I don't see that and would like to better understand what you are seeing?
@CricketWebber9 ай бұрын
@tammybarrett2442 there is an interior on creative fabrica, or there was at the time I last looked, that matched up exactly with this book. I'm not knocking the person selling the book at all. She didn't do anything wrong and she's one hell of a marketing genius.
@miki_wiki12 Жыл бұрын
This book is currently #2 on the bestseller list, beating Stephen King who is at #4!
@vignesmustola76344 ай бұрын
It looks like the Instant Puzzle Generator isn't free.
@peekay808 Жыл бұрын
I think you used 8.5 x 11 in your calculator…which means she is actually making more! 😳
@sheliawilson6716 Жыл бұрын
WOW! I'm a Newbie and all I am hearing is how oversaturated it is and you must have 100s of items listed to make sales so thank you for this! I LOVE this journal so much that I bought one for myself and gifted one as well! Thank you for your inspiration. Side bar- I would love to see you do a video on ISBNs- purchasing your own, where/when/how to use them, etc.. thank you again. Much blessings being sent your way
@magpiesfan Жыл бұрын
If you can make $200k a month, why aren't you just doing it, rather than making videos?
@shonajones6155 Жыл бұрын
A lot of online entrepreneurs have many income streams.
@BoostedVibes89 Жыл бұрын
Multiple income streams alot of them make good money on KDP but most of there cash comes from selling a course they offer
@carolday3381 Жыл бұрын
I think you missed the point, the point freedom empire i making is that this low content book author makes 200k a month off her books and why is that? Well in researching it, freedom empire shows that the author is on social media going over the book and other content relevant to the book, which generates interest like it was an ads service but instead of paying out for advertisement, the social media ends up paying the author money to advertise her books if she is monetized . Those views are future customers which she then drives back to the low content journal book. Hence,. By using social media the author is driving sales of that book to the tune of 200k a month income. Not just sales,.. their actual cut of money is a payday of 200k a month, if i understood that correctly. It shows the importance of getting your work in front of people. Also unlike other paid marketing services, social media posts stay there. They are always there until you delete them. So it can still be seen and generate interest years later.
@suihtflava Жыл бұрын
You clearly have limited thinking! Ever heard of multiple income streams? Hope that helps
@mettykreativedesigns Жыл бұрын
So should she only focus on one income stream?🤨
@barbarag7831 Жыл бұрын
How do they offer a spiral bound book on Amazon?
@miki_wiki12 Жыл бұрын
As books become easier to produce with the advent of AI, it seems developing a following through social media is becoming an increasingly important element of marketing books.
@StacieC127 Жыл бұрын
This is fine but why are you saying this is a “low content” book? This is at LEAST a medium content book as the pages differ and vary. The title of this video is misleading.
@michaelsbeverly Жыл бұрын
Saying this is making this amount of money "per month" based on these really high rankings isn't accurate. Almost no book stays for long in the top 100 or even the top 1000, some exceptions like maybe Colleen Hoover are exceptions to the rule, but the competitive nature of the business renders this idea of staying in the top 100 for more than a few days or maybe a couple of weeks very difficult. Part of the reason is that the market gets saturated when a book is highly ranked and advertised. Not to say, even if she's making $50,000 a month, month in and month out, that's not insanely great. I'm just pointing out that saying she's got a multi-year multi-million dollar revenue stream isn't correct (at least not on this evidence, based on a snapshot of the BSR one one given day). Also, for all we know, she could have spent $200,000 on marketing. Btw, the 90210 zip code is cute...