This Amazon KDP Mistake is Costing You THOUSANDS a Month

About this video

In a review of books submitted by viewers, the creator argues the costliest beginner mistake is publishing a generic book into a competitive niche and then doing nothing — no reviews, no marketing, no packaging advantage — and expecting Amazon to sell it. Reviewing an AI-generated creepy-monsters colouring book with zero reviews, he says AI colouring books are now everywhere, so a seller needs a better cover, better content, more reviews or A+ Content to stand out, and explains his view of the algorithm: Amazon promotes books that first show initial sales and positive reviews, and buries those that show none. A children’s crossword book is criticised for targeting the broad ‘crossword puzzles for kids’ keyword, which he says returns about 50,000 results, without niching into a theme, and for sloppy subtitle keyword-stuffing and poorly formatted description bullets. A tracing workbook for kids has a good title and description but a weak Canva cover that fails to show the interior; he suggests a stronger cover showcasing sample pages, A+ Content and more reviews via services like Pubby, then low-bid Amazon ads. An autobiographical spirituality book is praised as a story but called a passion project with no searchable demand or keywords, better suited to podcast outreach than ads. Two colouring books — a cheeseburger gag-gift book and a dogs-in-famous-art book — get advice on SEO-friendly titles, brighter high-contrast covers, and for the gag gift, product-targeting ads against other funny gift books. The recurring fix is research demand first, differentiate, and invest the first month in reviews and promotion.

Key takeaways

• Upload-and-forget does not work: Amazon, in the creator’s account, only pushes books that first generate their own initial sales and reviews
• Avoid broad, saturated keywords like ‘crossword puzzles for kids’ without a theme or niche angle to reduce direct competition
• Get early reviews — the creator suggests services like Pubby — and aim for noticeably more reviews than competing zero-review listings
• For low-content and colouring books, the cover should show the interior and use bright, high-contrast design; add A+ Content to lift conversion
• Write books the market is already searching for; a personal autobiography with no keywords is a passion project unless promoted through podcasts or other outside channels

Episode details: published March 4, 2024 · 16:35 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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