Why Kindle Publishing is One of The Easiest Business to Start For Beginners

About this video

Sean argues self-publishing through Kindle Direct Publishing is the easiest online business for beginners. He introduces himself as making, by his claim, over six figures annually while working about an hour a day, after failing at various online businesses for three years and making only about $500 before finding success in Kindle publishing, which he has done for over two years. He contrasts traditional publishing — where, he says, a publisher takes a large cut and a book can take a year or more to appear — with self-publishing, where uploading a file can lead to a live listing after roughly a 24-hour review, with higher royalties and ebook, print and audiobook versions providing three income formats from one book. The process he outlines is: research the market for topics and keywords already selling, outsource the writing and cover design, publish, do some marketing, and reinvest earnings into more books. He puts startup cost at a few hundred dollars per book, less if you write it yourself, but recommends ghostwriters; he says he pays about $150-$200 for a roughly 100-page book and about $5 for a cover, has around 80 books, and has never written one himself because Japanese is his first language. He claims about $13,000 a month from publishing and says it took him ten months to first exceed $10,000 in a month. Amazon, he notes, handles customer support, fulfilment and traffic, with no inventory and worldwide, location-independent sales. Realistically, he says a few thousand to $10,000 a month is attainable while millions are much harder than with Amazon FBA, and the skills learned can transfer to other online businesses.

Key takeaways

• KDP lets a book go live in about 24 hours versus a year or more traditionally, with ebook, print and audiobook formats from one title
• The model is research a selling topic, outsource writing and cover, publish, market lightly, then reinvest earnings into more books
• He claims costs of about $150-$200 per ghostwritten book and about $5 for a cover, with around 80 books he did not write himself
• Amazon handling support, fulfilment and traffic, plus no inventory, is why he calls it beginner-friendly and location-independent
• His claimed results — over six figures a year and about $13,000 a month — are his own; he frames a few thousand to $10,000 a month as the realistic target, not millions

Episode details: published October 21, 2018 · 12:36 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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