How to Create Halloween Coloring Books with AI to Sell on Amazon KDP

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Sean gives a step-by-step tutorial on creating Halloween coloring books with AI to sell on Amazon KDP for Q4, arguing the skill pays off every year even if one Halloween is missed. As examples, he claims one kids’ Halloween coloring book earns $40 to $57 a day, about $1,500 a month, an adult bold-and-easy book earns $62 to $84 a day, a cute-style book with bad reviews still earns $10 a day, and a brand-new book with only two reviews is on track for around $180 a month. Most competitor books are 8.5 x 11 inches, so he builds the interior in Canva at that size, using KDP’s bleed and margin guidance of 0.375 inches on all sides for books of 24 to 150 pages, setting guides with the ruler and placeholder shapes. He uses ChatGPT to generate 20 Midjourney prompt ideas, stressing prompts must specify no grayscale, simple thick lines and kid-friendly black-and-white art, then adds detailed suffix wording on outlines, line art and things to avoid. He warns AI images contain errors and need touching up in Photoshop or via a Fiverr editing gig starting at $5, rather than being published as-is. Images go on odd pages with blank even pages, exported as PDF Print, preferably CMYK with Canva Pro. For the cover he uses the KDP cover calculator template for a paperback, generates colorful Midjourney cover art, and assembles front, spine and back in Canva, keeping text clear of trim lines and the barcode area. He also shows outsourcing the whole book on Fiverr, citing $10 for five interior coloring pages — about $80 for a typical 40-page book — plus cover gigs. The closing emphasis is quality over raw AI output.

Key takeaways

• Halloween coloring books are a seasonal Q4 play that, per Sean’s examples, can earn from about $180 to about $1,500 a month per book, with demand returning each year.
• Build interiors at 8.5 x 11 inches with bleed and 0.375-inch margins on all sides, placing images on odd pages and blank pages on even pages.
• Prompt for coloring pages with no grayscale, simple thick lines and clean black-and-white line art; generic prompts produce unusable results.
• Never publish AI images as-is — fix errors yourself in Photoshop or pay a Fiverr editor, starting at $5 for simple edits.
• Use the KDP cover calculator template for the cover, and consider full outsourcing: about $80 in Fiverr fees for a 40-page interior at $10 per five pages.

Episode details: published October 5, 2024 · 12:16 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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