The BEST Way to Start Kindle Publishing if You Don't Have A Lot of Money

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Sean argues beginners with around $1,000 or less should start Kindle publishing with low-content books rather than high-content nonfiction. He says high-content costs have risen sharply: books once taught at 10,000-12,000 words now are recommended at about 30,000 words, ghostwriting rates he cites have moved from about $1.50 per 100 words toward $2 to $2.70 per 100 words, and ACX narration is around $50 per finished hour, pushing total production from roughly $300 per book three years ago to roughly $800-$900 now. The biggest beginner mistake, he says, is poor keyword research - a high-quality book on an unprofitable keyword will never earn back that larger investment. Low-content books such as coloring, how-to-draw, word search, Sudoku, maze, connect-the-dots and activity books can, he claims, be outsourced for $50 or less or generated with software, sell strongly around holidays, and teach the same keyword-research skills at far lower risk. Downsides are no audiobook version, sometimes paperback only, lower prices and royalties, but he says volume, branding, Facebook groups and email lists can still be built, and publishers can move to high-content later.

Key takeaways

• Start with low-content books if capital is limited, to practise keyword research with far less money at risk per title
• Keyword research is presented as the number one beginner mistake - an unprofitable keyword defeats even a long, high-quality book
• He cites high-content production rising to roughly $800-$900 per book, driven by longer 30,000-word books and higher ghostwriting rates
• Low-content types include coloring, word search, Sudoku, mazes and activity books, some creatable free with generating software
• Low-content has limits: typically no audiobook, sometimes paperback only, and lower sale prices and royalties than high-content books

Episode details: published September 2, 2019 · 16:45 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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