How to Make Money Selling eBooks on Amazon for Beginners (Step-By-Step)

About this video

The creator argues beginners should sell ebooks on Amazon KDP rather than through their own website, Gumroad or similar storefronts. Those routes, he says, provide no built-in traffic and force a beginner to handle traffic, payments, refunds and customer service alone, while Amazon already concentrates buyers who search with intent, have payment details saved and trust the platform — and Amazon, he notes, only earns when a sale occurs. He presents figures he cites for monthly KDP author earnings rising from about $19 million in 2016 to over $70 million in 2026 as evidence the market grew. He outlines low-, medium- and high-content books, advising readers to start low only for practice and move toward medium/high content for less competition and multiple formats plus translations. Using a decluttering example, his six steps are: research demand first via Amazon search and bestseller rank and treat existing competition as proof of buyers; create the book as a path from a reader’s problem to its resolution, writing it, hiring a ghostwriter or using AI with real editing rather than raw copy-paste; invest in the cover, which he says does most of the selling; upload to KDP with a clear keyword-bearing title, categories, keywords and a price slightly below established rivals; market with short-form social clips and low-budget Amazon ads until reviews and sales prompt Amazon recommendations; and scale by repeating the process deeply within one niche so each new book benefits from the brand’s existing audience.

Key takeaways

• Sell on Amazon KDP first: its built-in buyer traffic, trust, fulfilment and customer service remove work a standalone storefront imposes.
• Research before creating — use Amazon search results and bestseller rank to confirm demand, and treat competition as a positive signal.
• Structure non-fiction as a clear path from the reader’s current problem to the solved outcome; filler chapters earn poor reviews.
• Use AI, self-writing or a ghostwriter, but edit and fact-check thoroughly — publishing raw AI text invites bad reviews.
• Use a clear keyword-rich title and strong cover, launch below rival prices, market with short video and Amazon ads, then scale within one niche.

Episode details: published August 17, 2026 · 21:56 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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