How One Book Can Create 10 Streams of Income - Kindle Publishing Tips

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Sean argues one book can be repurposed into more than ten income streams instead of relying only on Amazon. Beyond the main three he lists — KDP for ebook, KDP for paperback/print, and ACX for audiobook — he adds Draft2Digital for ebook distribution to stores like iTunes, Kobo and Barnes & Noble, PublishDrive (which he says covers some stores Draft2Digital does not, so he recommends using both), IngramSpark for paperback and hardcover, and Findaway Voices and Author’s Republic for wider audiobook distribution. Stream nine is translation, especially Spanish, which he calls very unsaturated: he says Spanish keyword searches often have less than 25 books, and Audible results may have only one or two, so books can rank on page one with little marketing. He claims his Spanish books made like a hundred bucks in the first month or more, including on IngramSpark, and recommends The Writing Summit for translation. Stream ten is bundling the book and repeating the process, including bundling translations. His sequencing advice is to start in KDP Select on Amazon for the ranking boost, promos and countdown deals, do marketing there first, and once a book makes less than $15 a month on Amazon, remove it from Select and go wide on Draft2Digital and PublishDrive; IngramSpark for print can be done immediately because there is no exclusivity. He frames this as diversification so losing an Amazon account does not lose everything.

Key takeaways

• Start with the Amazon trio Sean names: KDP ebook, KDP paperback, and ACX audiobook, then expand to Draft2Digital, PublishDrive, and IngramSpark for paperback and hardcover
• Use Findaway Voices and Author’s Republic as the audiobook equivalents of wide distribution, which Sean says send audiobooks to libraries and other outlets
• Translate into Spanish first: Sean says Spanish keywords often have less than 25 competing books and can rank on page one with little or no marketing, though he calls it a long-term play not a get-rich-quick one
• Bundle a book and repeat the whole distribution process, including bundled translations, but note Sean’s limits: nonfiction bundles are not allowed on Draft2Digital, and the same book can only be bundled once for ACX
• Stay in KDP Select first for Amazon’s boost, free promotions and Kindle Countdown Deals, then go wide once Amazon sales fall below $15 a month in Sean’s threshold; publish print on IngramSpark right away

Episode details: published October 30, 2019 · 12:14 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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