How to Make Letter Tracing Workbook in Canva for Amazon KDP (Step-by-Step)

About this video

Sean walks through making a letter tracing workbook in Canva for Amazon KDP. He presents letter tracing as profitable, citing Book Beam figures he shows for competing books — one he says is doing $4,500 a day, another ranked 28th in the Amazon bookstore at $600 per day, and one with only 19 reviews at $6 a day (over $180 a month). He models a competitor at 8.5 x 11 inches with 60-plus pages covering letters A to Z and numbers 1 to 10. In Canva he creates a custom 8.5 x 11 design, sets bleed margins using KDP’s resource page — for a 24 to 150 page book, 0.375 inch inside gutter and 0.375 inch outside margin with bleed — using rulers (Shift+R) and temporary squares as guides. He builds a letter page with a large capital and small letter in Canva Student font, arrow lines showing stroke direction, numbered steps, illustrations and words for things starting with that letter (apple and ant for A), then tracing rows using a traced line and Canva Student Dotted font at size 100, locking lines and copying blocks down the page. He repeats this for B, C and the rest of the alphabet and numbers, noting multiple pages per letter can push a book over 100 pages, then downloads as PDF Print. For the cover he uses KDP’s cover calculator (paperback, black and white, white paper, left to right, 8.5 x 11, with a 100-page example), downloads the PNG template, designs in Canva at the template dimensions, models competitors without copying them, adds a title, framed interior preview pages and an ages 2+ badge, keeps elements out of the cut-off zones, deletes the template and exports as PDF Print (CMYK needs Canva Pro, otherwise RGB). He closes by noting Fiverr gigs will make such books for $15, rising to $30 or $50 for more pages.

Key takeaways

• Use the standard 8.5 x 11 inch size for letter tracing workbooks, covering letters A to Z and numbers 1 to 10 like the competitors Sean models.
• Set bleed margins before designing: KDP guidance he cites gives 0.375 inch inside gutter and 0.375 inch outside margin with bleed for a 24 to 150 page book.
• Build each letter page with a large example letter, stroke-direction arrows, numbered steps, a matching illustration and word, then dotted-font tracing rows.
• Extend length by repeating pages per letter — multiple pages of the same letter can take the book over 100 pages — and export the interior as PDF Print.
• Generate the cover size with KDP’s cover calculator and template; if DIY is too much work, Sean notes Fiverr gigs make these books for $15, up to $30 or $50 for more pages.

Episode details: published September 30, 2024 · 17:32 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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