How He Made Multiple Six Figures with Medium Content Books on Amazon KDP

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Sean interviews Josiah, a student in his Royalty Hero program who also filmed its low- and medium-content lessons. Josiah says he has made over $300,000 in royalties from KDP, mainly with low- and medium-content books, and sold his first account for $145,000. He first published in 2017 after a $10 Udemy course, writing an ultra-niched fitness stretching book himself that grew from about $50 a month to over $100 a month organically; he then spent six months losing ground on AliExpress dropshipping before returning to KDP around 2020, arguing publishing is more secure because Amazon supplies organic traffic while dropshipping depends entirely on ads and constant product testing. His first account held only about 15 books across five brands, including drawing books, music instruction books for kids, and coloring books, with most money coming from a few titles. For his second account (about 45 books) he has shifted away from coloring books toward harder, higher-content medium-content books such as instructional activity books for kids, reasoning that a higher barrier to entry means far less competition. He creates roughly half his products himself, having taught himself design out of necessity, and advises never outsourcing keywords or strategy, only production tasks, and using AI tools such as ChatGPT and Leonardo for illustrations, learning, and planning while guarding quality as AI floods easy niches. He advises beginners to publish one or two medium-content books quickly to learn the process cheaply, think in brands and years rather than short-term profit, and spend most time on research. On Q4, he stresses having cash flow ready and getting listings optimized and ranked in September and October, noting a Christmas story book launched December 26 made only about $200 that year but about $5,000 the next. He now also sells A+ content services through a site he calls KDP Chimp.

Key takeaways

• Josiah attributes over $300,000 in royalties and a $145,000 sale of his first account to just about 15 books across five brands, with a few titles earning most of the money.
• He returned to KDP after dropshipping because Amazon provides organic traffic, making publishing more secure than a purely ad-driven model.
• His current strategy favors harder, higher-content medium-content books, since a higher barrier to entry means much less competition than AI coloring or word search books.
• Keep keywords and strategy in-house and outsource only production; he creates about half his products himself after teaching himself design.
• Prepare for Q4 early — cash flow ready and listings ranked by September–October — because a late launch wastes the season until the following year.

Episode details: published September 3, 2024 · 44:52 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Sean Dollwet’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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