How to Make Money Selling Word Search Books on Amazon KDP (Step-By-Step)

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A step-by-step tutorial on creating word search puzzle books for Amazon KDP using BookBolt (which he says costs about $20 a month), ChatGPT and Google Sheets. He first researches in BookBolt’s Cloud feature, filtering puzzle/activity books by low Best Sellers Rank, and examines a top word search book priced at $8.99; using the KDP royalty calculator he calculates, as his own estimate in the video, about $2.46 royalty per sale multiplied by an estimated 640 monthly sales. He then creates a BookBolt project at 8.5 x 11 inches, black-and-white, matching the example’s page count, and sets puzzle options (fonts, 20 words per puzzle, diagonal/reverse words for adults, solutions after all puzzles). Word lists are generated with ChatGPT — keeping words under 20 characters, 20 per puzzle — pasted into column A of Google Sheets with a blank row separating puzzles, exported as CSV and uploaded to BookBolt. He designs pages with banners from Pixabay/Unsplash, a puzzle title, topic and fun facts inside the margins, then shrinks multiple solutions onto one page to cut printing costs. Finally he builds a cover in BookBolt, recommends downloading in CMYK for print, and notes covers can instead be outsourced on Fiverr.

Key takeaways

• Research first in BookBolt Cloud: filter for low-BSR puzzle books, note price, page count and trim size, and use the KDP royalty calculator to estimate per-sale and monthly earnings before creating.
• Price and format like proven sellers: he uses 8.5 x 11 inches, black-and-white interior, and notes a higher-than-typical price raises royalty per sale.
• Generate word lists with ChatGPT at 20 words per puzzle and under 20 characters each, put them in column A of Google Sheets with a blank row between puzzles, and upload as CSV to BookBolt.
• Place all solutions after the puzzles, and fit several solutions on one page to reduce page count and printing cost.
• Finish inside BookBolt with a designed cover showing an interior example, and download in CMYK for paperback; outsourcing the cover on Fiverr is presented as an alternative.

Episode details: published July 15, 2024 · 19:18 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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