How To Create a FUN Activity Book with Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) | KDP Amazon Publishing

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RJ Martinez explains how to create a fun activity book for Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), usable for coloring pages, mazes, hangman, connect-the-dots, word searches and similar activities. He starts with research: spy on competing books, note their page counts and activity mix, and plan to match or beat them. Examples he examines have 69 pages, 79 pages and 90 pages, with competitors at 80, 90 or 100 pages — so although five each of four activities plus five coloring pages makes only 25 pages, he says you may need ten of each to be competitive, and a more unique book with less competition is a long-term play. He then uses Book Bolt’s Puzzle Wiz tool to generate activities fast: uploading word lists in the example-file format to create around 20 pages of word searches, 10 pages of hangman with solutions included, and 10 pages of mazes, at 8.5 by 11 inches, single-sided. He notes the PDFs can be edited in tools such as Affinity Publisher or Adobe InDesign, that Book Bolt’s interior PDF combiner can rearrange and merge the activity PDFs into one interior, and that the cover can also be created in Book Bolt before downloading and uploading the finished book to KDP.

Key takeaways

• Research competing activity books first for page count, activity mix and BSR, then plan to match or exceed them — examples shown run 69 to 90 pages
• Break the book down by activity: mazes, hangman, connect-the-dots, word search and coloring pages, scaling quantities (five each is only 25 pages; ten each may be needed to compete)
• Generate puzzles with Book Bolt’s Puzzle Wiz by uploading word lists in its example format, choosing 8.5 by 11 inches and including solutions
• Use Book Bolt’s interior PDF combiner to order and merge the generated activity PDFs instead of assembling everything manually in other software
• Accept that an activity book takes more time than other low-content books — the creator argues that extra effort means less competition and a better chance of sales

Episode details: published August 11, 2021 · 18:59 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are RJ Martinez’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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