This Just CHANGED Amazon KDP Forever…The Future of Self Publishing

About this video

Sean outlines recent KDP changes and what he thinks they mean for the future. The changes are: KDP now asks on upload whether AI was used to generate text, images or translations; a daily upload limit with no official number, which he says based on everyone’s experience seems to be three books a day; Amazon launching its own generative AI for FBA listing help (title, description, bullet points), not yet in KDP but likely coming; and a split-tested review display that shows only the average rating (e.g. 4.3 stars) instead of also showing the total review count (e.g. 31,235). He interprets this as Amazon both embracing AI and trying to prevent low-quality spam, since a focus on average rating hurts low-quality books and the upload limit directly stops spamming. For the future he predicts AI is here to stay, AI-generated books might get a label that reduces sales, and bans are unlikely unless you spam low quality. He recommends using AI as an assistant rather than to generate the book so you can answer ’no’ and fall under AI-assisted. The new model is fewer, higher-quality books that solve a customer problem, building a brand and email list and selling backend offers — e.g. the same weight-loss information capped at about $18 as a book could be packaged as a video course at $397 as an example price.

Key takeaways

• New KDP requirements include declaring AI-generated text, images or translations at upload, and an unofficial daily limit that seems to be 3 books a day
• Amazon appears pro-AI (its own FBA generative AI listing tool) but is cracking down on low-quality spam, including via a rating-only review display test
• Use AI as an assistant, not to generate the book, to stay in the AI-assisted category and avoid a possible future AI-generated label
• Fewer high-quality books beat the old volume model of many low-quality books each making a little money
• Build a brand and email list from a book so the same content can be sold as higher-priced backend courses or coaching

Episode details: published October 2, 2023 · 10:09 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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