Manual keyword research can be tedious and time-consuming, but it’s free! There are tools that give some basic results, such as the Chrome extensions mentioned in the lesson before this. There is also an online research tool that allows 2 free searches per day. Below are several videos that show you how to do manual, profitable keyword Read More
iPad and Procreate – What’s the big deal?
I write this post with mixed feelings. Ever since I bought my first smartphone, so many years ago, I’ve been a solid Android fan. It never entered my head to purchase an iPhone or iPad, I thought them overrated and overpriced. Well, the jury is still out on the latter, but I’ll tell you how Read More
Research: Niches
What is a niche? The Oxford Language dictionary describes it as: ‘denoting products, services, or interests that appeal to a small, specialized section of the population’. So, instead of creating a simple notebook that will have thousands of competitors, you could consider creating one that appeals to certain interests, such as cooking, fashion, driving…the list Read More
Uploading Your First Notebook
THIS TUTORIAL HAS BEEN UPDATED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE CHANGES THAT AMAZON HAS MADE TO THE LOW-CONTENT UPLOAD PROCESS. As shown in a previous tutorial, you need to be logged into your KDP account and in your ‘Bookshelf’. Click to upload a paperback book: I’ve taken a bit of a chance with my title Read More
What You Need
Before you upload your first book, you need an interior and a book cover. As we have already learned, the covers can be easily created for free. You can download free notebook interiors as a free gift when you sign up to receive my newsletter. You should also decide in advance what your book title Read More
Affinity Designer
You can purchase Affinity Designer here. You need to decide on the size of the book you want to create the cover for. The usual one for beginners is the 6×9 inch notebook. You can create and download a cover here. Enter your book information, calculate dimensions and then download the template. The usual amount of pages Read More
Canva
Visit Canva (affiliate link) and sign up for a free account. Now you need to decide on the size of the book you want to create the cover for. The usual one for beginners is the 6×9 inch notebook. You can create and download a cover here. Enter your book information, calculate dimensions and then download the template. Read More
Introduction To Uploading To Amazon KDP
Once you have created a KDP account, you may wonder where to begin. We are not going to upload anything as yet, this is just to give you an idea of what’s involved. Once in your KDP account, you will need to click your ‘Bookshelf’ link. Here you can upload paperback or hardcover books. We Read More
Tools You Can Use To Create Books
We will be looking at how to actually upload a book in a later tutorial. For now, here are some of the recommended tools you can use for creating your book interiors and covers. Just about any image editing/publishing program can be used to create your interiors and covers, but below are the ones I Read More
About Low-Content Books
Low-content books are books that don’t require a lot of work to create. You can make a simple, lined notebook with a nice cover, such as this one. You can create colouring books, planners, activity books, dot grid journals* and much more. These take very little effort compared to writing a novel, and there is demand for them. You can Read More