I Started a NEW KDP Account… Here's How Much it Made (Amazon KDP Earnings)

About this video

In this August income report for a second KDP account started in January, with a first high-content book published in February, the creator says he works 0-30 minutes a day overseeing a team and VA. He reports 27 books: 6 high-content, 8 Spanish, 3 coloring, 3 word search, 3 lead-generation, 2 audiobook-focused, plus 2 companion workbooks/journals. He claims KDP revenue of $5,946.12 for August and $308 from ACX audiobooks, for about $6,255 combined, with lifetime KDP revenue around $23,800 and September tracking slightly ahead. By category he claims high-content books made $4,810, Spanish books $492 (mostly from one title), coloring books $255, lead-generation books $193, the new workbooks $125 combined, audio-focused books $50 with no ads, and word search books $21 with no ads. He claims ad spend was $3,466.54 at a 69% ACoS, leaving roughly $2,000 profit before one-time production costs, which he argues should be treated as startup costs — about $1,000 per high-content book in his case. Plans he lists include finishing ACX uploads, starting IngramSpark, optimizing ads, bundling existing books at no extra production cost, and testing more low-content and shorter high-content titles.

Key takeaways

• Creator claims high-content books drove most August revenue, while low-content books added smaller, largely ad-free amounts that can stack with volume
• Reviews are presented as the key growth lever — he urges publishing, then focusing on gathering reviews before moving to the next book
• Creator claims companion workbooks/journals underperformed so far despite about 15 reviews, and may need more reviews and momentum
• He frames book production as a one-time startup cost and judges ongoing profitability mainly against ad spend
• Scaling plans center on expanding the same catalog to ACX and IngramSpark, creating bundles, and continuing ad optimization into Q4

Episode details: published October 17, 2022 · 10:44 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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