The Easiest Way to Publish Your Book on Amazon KDP (Low Content Publishing)

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(Summarized from the Dutch caption track.) Martinez walks through publishing a paperback on Kindle Direct Publishing, using an internet address and password logbook as the example, and offers free downloadable interiors in the description. On research: he builds the title and subtitle from Amazon search-bar suggestions and a keyword research tool (name garbled in the transcript), which he says showed keyword results with an average BSR around 117,000 — which he reads as proof of sales volume and demand. He warns against repeating keywords in the title/subtitle because it looks spammy, saying KDP dislikes it and can reject books over it. He studies competing covers for audience cues (he judges this niche mostly sells to women, and funny sayings and flowers do well) and cautions that an all-white cover can get dirty. The listing work covers writing a description that explains what’s inside (important because mobile shoppers lack the Look Inside feature), putting interior previews on the back cover to convert sales, entering backend keywords, and picking two categories, which the research tool helps locate. For the paperback setup he takes the free KDP ISBN, chooses black-and-white interior on white paper at 6x9, bleed PDF, and a matte finish (he uses glossy for color books), reads reviews in the niche for size complaints to improve later books, uploads the manuscript and cover, and approves the previewer (105 pages). He prices the book at $9.95, which he says yields about a $2 royalty, selects all marketplaces and expanded distribution, and publishes, noting review can take several days. He claims expanded distribution drives spikes — some days over 100 sales and $300–$500 days — and argues patience and a genuinely differentiated interior beat uploading many unchanged books.

Key takeaways

• Build KDP titles/subtitles from Amazon search suggestions and keyword tools, but never repeat keywords — he says KDP can reject spammy listings
• He reads an average BSR around 117,000 for his example keyword as evidence of real demand before publishing
• Compensate for mobile’s missing Look Inside with a detailed description and interior previews printed on the back cover
• His paperback setup: free KDP ISBN, 6x9 black-and-white on white paper, bleed PDF, matte finish for logbooks, all marketplaces plus expanded distribution
• Mine niche reviews for complaints (e.g. wrong size) to make the next book better; he prices this book at $9.95 for roughly a $2 royalty

Episode details: published March 23, 2022 · 16:08 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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