STOP Making Low Content Books! Do THIS Instead (Amazon KDP)

About this video

Sean argues low-content books (notebooks, planners, journals with minimal, repetitive interiors the user fills in) are a poor bet: they are so easy to make that the market is saturated, Amazon KDP classifies them as low content and gives no free ISBN so they sell as stationery, and near-identical books risk account loss for duplicate content. He recommends medium-content books (puzzle, coloring and activity books) or high-content fiction/nonfiction instead, because unique interiors raise the barrier to entry and lower competition. He focuses on puzzle books — word search, cryptograms, Sudoku, word scrambles, or combinations — citing examples he says earn money with few reviews, including a 2023 crossword book he claims makes $156–$214/day with one review and a 1,200-puzzle Sudoku book making about $9–$11/day. He demonstrates Book Bolt’s studio: create an 8.5 x 11 black-and-white paperback project, use the interior template library, upload a CSV of words for word scrambles, or generate Sudoku and circular mazes with solutions, noting the puzzle creation requires the Pro plan.

Key takeaways

• Low-content books are saturated, get no free KDP ISBN, sell as stationery, and risk duplicate-content account loss, per the creator.
• Medium-content puzzle/coloring/activity books and high-content books have unique interiors, higher barriers to entry, and less competition.
• Recommended puzzle types: word search, cryptograms, Sudoku and word scrambles, which can also be combined in one book.
• Book Bolt’s studio can generate word scrambles from a CSV word list plus Sudoku and mazes with solutions; puzzle creation needs the Pro plan.
• Typical puzzle-book setup shown: 8.5 x 11 trim size, black-and-white interior; adding a year like 2023 to a title targets a fresh keyword.

Episode details: published December 9, 2022 · 16:03 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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