How to Create a Coloring Book for FREE with AI and Canva (Amazon KDP)

About this video

A step-by-step Canva tutorial for an adult coloring book to sell on KDP. He starts with specs: 8.5 x 8.5 inches, 100 pages for 50 images, black-and-white paperback, because markers bleed through, so each image sits on an odd (right-hand) page with a blank reverse. Using KDP’s bleed chart, the Canva page size becomes 8.625 x 8.75 inches with 0.375-inch margins set via rulers and a square guide trick. Research is done logged out or incognito to avoid personalized results, using BookBeam data on a mindfulness coloring book he says earns heavily. Interior images are generated in Canva’s Magic Media app using the monoline style, prompting for thick lines and no shading, accepting that AI images have flaws like unwanted grayscale. The cover is built on a template from bookow.com (used because KDP’s generator failed that day), with a vivid generated image checked against bleed lines using transparency. He then walks through the full KDP upload: title, categories, all seven keywords, free ISBN, honest AI-content disclosure, preview, and pricing at $6.99 to start, raising it as reviews accumulate.

Key takeaways

• Build coloring books with bleed sizing (8.625 x 8.75 for an 8.5 x 8.5 trim) and 0.375-inch margins
• Put images only on odd pages so bleed-through does not ruin the facing page
• Prompt AI image tools for thick lines and no shading/grayscale for usable coloring pages
• Research competitors logged out/incognito so Amazon results are not personalized
• Disclose AI-generated images honestly in KDP — he says Amazon does not penalize the disclosure itself

Episode details: published June 13, 2024 · 24:15 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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